Who we are
The Swedish Finn Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to preserving the legacy of our immigrant ancestors. Our offices are located at:
1920 Dexter Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
We can be reached by phone at:
+1(206)706-0738
We can be reached by email at:
info@swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
Our website address is: https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact forms
We do not sell your data to any third parties, ever.
If you fill out a contact us form we collect your name and email address so we can respond to your inquiry. We do not collect this data for marketing purposes. The contact us form is not stored on our website for any amount of time but is instead routed to our email provider.
If you fill out a new member application or a renew your membership form we collect your name, address, email address, and phone number in order to administrate the membership and send the occasional email. The form itself is deleted from the website when the membership is processed. Membership data (name, address, email address, and phone number) are kept offline. Some membership data is used so you can access our Member Portal. You can control what data is stored by accessing My Account. However, your name and email address are needed in order for you to use the Member Portal. If you do not wish to use the Member Portal all of your data can be deleted. If you find it difficult to delete your data please email us at info@swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org and we will delete it for you upon receiving your request.
If you fill out our DEE form we collect all of the data entered into our database. However, this data is not your personal data, except for your name and contact information. Your name and address we will not published in the database online but will retain the information offline in order to contact in regards to database if necessary. We do not use this data for marketing purposes.
If you Subscribe to Our Newsletter we use that data to send your our electronic newsletter via email. The form is not stored on our website.
Occasionally, at our discretion, we use third-party services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
We send group emails using Constant Contact. They have their privacy policy can be located here: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-notice#information-collect
We use Gravity Forms to build our website forms. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://www.gravityforms.com/privacy/
Our website uses WordPress as a content management system. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
We use WPML as a tool to facilitate website translation. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://wpml.org/documentation/privacy-policy-and-gdpr-compliance/
Our website uses Google fonts to provide typefaces. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy
Our website uses Font Awesome to provide icons. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://fontawesome.com/privacy
Cookies
If you have a membership and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select Remember Me, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
We use cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use Google Analytics to track this information on our behalf. We anonymize IPs and respect Do Not Track requests. Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
WPML uses cookies to identify the visitor’s current language, the last visited language and the language of users who have logged in. While you use the plugin, WPML will share data regarding the site through Installer. No data from the user itself will be shared.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since every browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off it will turn off some of the features of the site.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use Google Analytics to track this information on our behalf. We anonymize IPs and respect Do Not Track requests. Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Who we share data with
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
The third-party partners who assist us in operating our website are:
We send group emails using Constant Contact. They have their privacy policy can be located here: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-center
We use Gravity Forms to build our website forms. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://www.gravityforms.com/privacy/
Our website uses WordPress as a content management system. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
We use Stripe to process payments. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://stripe.com/privacy
Our website is hosted by Morgan Digital. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://www.morgan.fi/tietosuojaseloste/
How long we retain data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information. If you choose to no longer be a member your data is removed from the website. Membership data is kept offline for the administration of the membership and to maintain a historical record. If you wish to be erased from our historical record contact us at info@swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org and we will erase your data when we receive the request.
What rights you have over your data
If you have a membership on this site you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
We send group emails using Constant Contact. They have their privacy policy can be located here: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-center
We use Gravity Forms to build our website forms. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://www.gravityforms.com/privacy/
We use Stripe to process payments. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://stripe.com/privacy
Our website is hosted by Morgan Digital. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://www.morgan.fi/tietosuojaseloste/
How we protect your data
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Our contact information
Our address is:
1920 Dexter Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
We can be reached by phone at:
+1(206)706-0738
We can be reached by email at:
info@swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
Our website address is: https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
What data breach procedures we have in place
We keep most of our data offline. If a data breach does occur we will notify anyone affected as soon as we know within 72 hours. This notice will come via email unless that method is compromised. If we must use another method we will notify user via mail.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not purchase data from any third parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
When your data is entered from a membership form your email address is sent to our third party email provider, Mail Chimp (if you have opted in) for our use only. Their privacy policy can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
