Privacy Policy
The Great Rivers Council, Scouting America is committed to respecting and protecting the personal privacy of its members and visitors to this website.
We acquire personal information from you only by overt, voluntary means when it is in your interest for us to have such information, and we use the information solely for its stated purpose. We collect only the personal information that is necessary and relevant to accomplish tasks such as reserving Scout camping facilities, registering for Scout functions, and processing these transactions.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Anonymous Data
This site passively collects non-identifiable information including remote IP addresses, referral data, and browser user-agent strings from HTTP headers. Additional anonymous data may be collected in repositories, such as search engine terms entered by users.
Personally-Identifiable Data
Personal information is collected only through voluntary form submissions when necessary to accomplish stated purposes. Forms request only information reasonably necessary for their indicated objectives. No covert collection methods, cookies, or tracking technologies are employed to coordinate information across multiple form entries.
Who Is Collecting the Information?
Information is retrieved directly by the Great Rivers Council, Scouting America. For questions about this policy, please visit our Contact page.
How We Use the Information We Collect
Anonymous Information
Anonymous data is used to monitor website usage and user interests. Statistics analyzed include traffic volume, visitor counts per section, and popular search terms, providing insights into audience reach and usage patterns.
Personally-Identifiable Information
Personal information is used exclusively for its stated purpose. For example, contact information submitted via a form is used only for corresponding about the stated topic and sending relevant Scouting information.
Information Sharing
We do not share personally identifiable information about website visitors with anyone. Aggregate anonymous reports, statistics, and analyses may be shared within the organization or provided to third parties at the Great Rivers Council’s discretion. These reports contain no personally identifiable information.
The Council reserves the right to share all available information with ISPs and third parties as necessary to investigate misuse or abuse of its site, server, or information systems.
Data Retention
Personally identifiable information is typically not retained. Once used for its intended purpose, it is deleted. Due to this brief retention period, no mechanism is provided for users to alter or delete previously submitted information.
Children’s Online Privacy (COPPA)
This website does not collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. Interfaces requesting such information from children display notices that submissions cannot be accepted from users under 13. Where age or date of birth is requested, information is stored only if responses indicate the user is 13 or older.
Personal information is never required to access website content or resources. Refusing to provide information via web forms never results in denial of access to content.
Policy Modifications
This privacy policy may be modified, with changes posted on this page. Future modifications will not use previously submitted personal information in materially inconsistent ways without prior consent.