Privacy Statement

Wicomico County Tourism is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Wicomico County Tourism website (www.wicomicotourism.org) and governs data collection and usage. By using the Wicomico County Tourism website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Wicomico County Tourism collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Wicomico County Tourism also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Wicomico County Tourism. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Wicomico County Tourism for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Wicomico County Tourism website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Wicomico County Tourism public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Wicomico County Tourism does not read any of your private online communications.

Wicomico County Tourism encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from www.wicomicotourism.org so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Wicomico County Tourism is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Wicomico County Tourism and Wicomico County Tourism family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information

Wicomico County Tourism collects and uses your personal information to operate the Wicomico County Tourism website and deliver the services you have requested.Wicomico County Tourism also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Wicomico County Tourism and its affiliates. Wicomico County Tourism may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Wicomico County Tourism does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. SWicomico County Tourism may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Wicomico County Tourism may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Wicomico County Tourism, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Wicomico County Tourism does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Wicomico County Tourism keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Wicomico County Tourism, in order to determine what Wicomico County Tourism services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Wicomico County Tourism to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Wicomico County Tourism websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Wicomico County Tourism or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Wicomico County Tourism; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Wicomico County Tourism, or the public.

Use of Cookies

Wicomico County Tourism website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Wicomico County Tourism pages, or register with Wicomico County Tourism site or services, a cookie helps Wicomico County Tourism to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Wicomico County Tourism website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Wicomico County Tourism features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Wicomico County Tourism services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Wicomico County Tourism secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Wicomico County Tourism secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Wicomico County Tourism will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Wicomico County Tourism encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Wicomico County Tourism is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Wicomico County Tourism welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Wicomico County Tourism has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Wicomico County Tourism at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.