Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

This Privacy Policy outlines the procedures applicable to information obtained through the Web site newagendaky.com and related pages (the “Web site”).  Privacy policies for information collected from any other source may be different than the policy expressed here.  By visiting the Web site, you agree to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?

The purpose of the Web site is to provide information about the New Agenda for Kentucky project and to allow visitors to submit ideas as part of the project’s idea gathering efforts.  In order to provide users with valuable information and beneficial resources, we store information about your visit. The information provides project staff with important details that assist in developing new content to better serve our Web site users. We do not automatically identify you personally and the information we gather is used in an aggregate form. We collect the following information each time you visit our site:

· ISP domain name and IP address but not e-mail address
· Aggregate information on the pages you visit
· Name and release number of you Web browser software
· Name of your operating system
· Date(s) and time(s) you access our site
· Web site address that brought you to newagendaky.com (referral URL).

Voluntary Collection of Information

Sometimes it is necessary to collect personal information about you, such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address and/or telephone number. However, this information is only provided by you on a voluntary basis – we do not collect this information for every user that visits newagendaky.com. If you send e-mail to us from our Web site, we do reserve the right to use that e-mail address to contact you concerning your inquiry. Beyond following up with concerns, issues or questions about the New Agenda for Kentucky project from our Web site, we also may use your information for the following:

· Contact you about any ideas or other submission made to the Web site
· Send you news and other information about the New Agenda for Kentucky project
· Improve the content and design of our Web site
· Verify your identity

Review of Collected Information

If you want to review the information we have collected and maintained about you, please use contact us at New Agenda for Kentucky, c/o Kentucky Chamber, 464 Chenault Rd., Frankfort, KY  40601.

This Web site is not for Children

We ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you under the age of 18, you may only use this Web site in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parents and/or guardians.

Who will see my information?

Information is collected for use by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce solely in connection with the New Agenda for Kentucky project. Your information will be seen by employees of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and any contractors that it may hire in connection with the project, who will be obligated to maintain confidentiality of the information.  Your information will not be shared with individuals or organizations outside of the New Agenda for Kentucky project. The privacy of visitors to our Web site is extremely important. We do not share – rent, sell, exchange or otherwise provide information – to any third-party organization. However, if legally obligated to disclose information, we will provide it.

Our Use of Cookies

In order to provide custom, personalized services, the New Agenda for Kentucky Web site does use “cookies” to provide useful features to visitors of our Web site. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. For example, a Web site may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you, your preferences or the pages you last visited.

Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site might not work properly.

We use cookies on our Web site to store and sometimes track visitor preferences. We will not link the cookie to any of your personal information.

Online Registration

The goal of the New Agenda for Kentucky Project is to present Kentucky’s next governor with a proposed action agenda that represents the best thinking of the state’s business and civic leaders, entrepreneurs and other citizens who reflect Kentucky’s geographic and demographic diversity. A vital part of this process is gathering ideas.  Towards this end, we allow visitors to the Web site to submit ideas after the completion of an online registration form. During the registration process, we ask for certain information to complete the registration, including name and e-mail address. We only collect personal information about visitors that is supplied to us by those visitors. This guarantees the confidentiality and protects personal information.

Submissions

You agree you are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any submissions you make to newagendaky.com, and you will not submit material that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive or obscene. You agree that you will not submit anything to the Web site that will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s).

While we appreciate your interest in newagendaky.com, we do not want and cannot accept any ideas you consider to be proprietary regarding designs, product technology or other suggestions you may have developed. Consequently, any material you submit to this site will be deemed a grant of a royalty free non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, display, transmit, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute these materials throughout the universe in any medium and through any methods of distribution, transmission and display whether now known or hereafter devised. In addition, you automatically waive and give up any claim that any use of such content violates any of your rights, including privacy rights, publicity rights, moral rights or any other right, including the right to approve the way the New Agenda for Kentucky Project or the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce uses such content.

Links to Other Web sites

We supply visitors with links to other Web sites that provide valuable information. We, in no way, endorse the material or information found on these sites. If you decide to visit a Web site linked from our site, please review that site’s privacy policy before sharing personal information.

The New Agenda for Kentucky Project or the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce cannot be held responsible for practices of non-affiliated, third-party Web sites.

Security of Communications

We recognize that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. You should keep in mind that the possibility exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any e-mail message you send over the Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled or encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is intercepted during communication.

To enhance the level of security for communication and the transmission of personal information, we have reasonable security measures in place in our physical facilities designed to minimize the risk of loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you during your visit to newagendaky.com.

Modifications to Our Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes.

If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

Modification Date

This Privacy Policy was last modified April 13, 2007.

Conditions of Use

Your access and use of the site is subject to the Privacy Policy and these Conditions of Use. We suggest printing and retaining a copy of the Privacy Police and these Conditions of Use for your future reference, but you should be aware that we may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time.  By your continued use of the web site you agree to be bound by future revisions.

Modification Date

These Conditions of Use were last modified April 13, 2007

Copyrights. 

All the content included on this Web site, including, but not limited to, the text, applets, graphics, photographs, sounds, data, images, audio and video clips, logos, button icons, digital downloads, data compilations and software (“Content”) is the property of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or its Content suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used to operate the Web site is the property of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and its software suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation, collection, selection, arrangement, assembly and coordination of all Content available on the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Web site is the exclusive property of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.  You do not acquire any ownership rights in materials you download or copy from any Kentucky Chamber of Commerce web site.

Trademarks

The New Agenda logo, and any other logos, slogans, and service names indicated on the web site are trademarks of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or are used by Kentucky Chamber of Commerce with the permission of the owner.  Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used (i) in connection with any product or service that is not Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s; (ii) in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers; or (iii) in any manner that disparages or discredits Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or its web site. 

License and Site Access, Termination of Access

Kentucky Chamber of Commerce grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access, display, copy, download and print the materials on the Web site for your own personal use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.  You may create a hyperlink to the home page of the web site; provided, that you do not use New Agenda logos, falsely imply a relationship with the New Agenda or the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, or provide false information about Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s products or services.  Any third party site which you link to the New Agenda web site must comply with all applicable laws. If you are under 18, you may use the New Agenda web site only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Kentucky Chamber of Commerce may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the web site without notice for any conduct that Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, in its sole discretion, believes is in violation of any applicable law, these Terms and Conditions, or the Privacy Policy, or is harmful to the interests of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, another user, third party provider, merchant, sponsor, licensor or service provider. 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND PRODUCTS CONTAINED ON THE NEW AGENDA WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE CONTENT, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.  KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE NEW AGENDA WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT INCLUDED ON THE WEB SITE.  KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND PRODUCTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.  KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE NEW AGENDA WEB SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. 

THE LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES.  IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Consent To Jurisdiction, Governing Law

You consent to personal jurisdiction and agree to exclusive venue in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and in the courts located in Franklin County, Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in any proceeding arising out of or relating to your use of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce web site or these Conditions of Use. These Conditions of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, notwithstanding any conflict of law principles of the law of such commonwealth.

How do I contact the New Agenda for Kentucky project if I have questions?
The New Agenda for Kentucky is a project of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. If you have any questions about the New Agenda for Kentucky project, please contact the Kentucky Chamber. Visit our Contact Us page for additional information.