Privacy Statement

The Poolesville High School Booster Club takes the privacy of our visitors and the security of their personal information seriously. We provide this summary of our Privacy Statement (“Statement”) because you have the right to know what personal information we collect, how it is protected and used, as well as the circumstances under which it may be disclosed.

To Whom this Statement Applies

This Statement only applies to The Poolesville High School Booster Club. This Statement does not apply to any third parties.

The Personal Information We Collect: How It Is Gathered and Used

We collect only the personal information you voluntarily provide to us such as your Booster Club membership form, or that is given to us through online sales. “Personal information” may include your name, shipping and/or mailing address (if goods are to be mailed or delivered to you), home telephone number, and email address.

Online Purchases Using PayPal or Venmo

We use PayPal and Venmo for the purpose of accepting secure online payments such as annual Booster Club membership dues, monetary donations, spiritwear, or mulch sales made using either your account or a major credit card.

On all purchases made through these applications and/or websites, only the buyer’s name, address, phone number, shipping details (if applicable), description of the purchase, and amount of payment are provided to us. Credit card account numbers and security codes are not transmitted to us by PayPal or Venmo. See PayPal’s or Venmo’s privacy statements for more information.

How You Can Control the Use of Your Personal Information

There are known methods that spammers can use to hide their identity by using other people’s email address to send unsolicited emails. If you have any questions about the authenticity of an email you receive that appears to be from the Poolesville High School Booster Club, contact us at phsboosters@gmail.com and do not furnish personal information such as your social security number or a credit card number in response to the email in question.

Other Types of Information We Gather and How it is Used

Our website uses (HTTP) cookies to understand how our site visitors link to our site and what pages they view during their visit but does not provide any personally identifiable information (PII) to us. A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computer should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website with the understanding that certain features of our website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Links to Other Websites

We may provide links to other organizations affiliated with Poolesville High School, and to other websites we think you may enjoy. These sites operate independently of the Poolesville High School Booster Club and may have established their own privacy and security policies. For the best online experience, we encourage you to review these policies before submitting any personal information through these sites.

If you have further questions regarding this Statement, please contact us by email at phsboosters@gmail.com or by regular mail at Poolesville High School Booster Club, P.O. Box 245, Poolesville, MD 20837, making sure to include your name and mailing address or telephone number so that we can contact you.

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