Welcome to Camp Amanda–Minnesota! We are operated by the Minnesota Foundation for Children, a charitable project of the Minnesota Funeral Director’s Association. Camp Amanda–Minnesota is a special camp for children, ages 6-14, who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or significant person in their lives. It is our mission to bring hope and healing to Minnesota’s grieving children. This privacy policy outlines the extensive safeguards we've taken to protect your privacy. This policy also explains exactly why we ask for the information that we do.
This is a long document, so here are the highlights:
Scope:
This privacy policy governs Camp Amanda-Minnesota's treatment of "personal
information" that Camp Amanda-Minnesota collects when you are anywhere
on the Camp Amanda-Minnesota website. This privacy policy may not apply to websites
outside of Camp Amanda-Minnesota's control that you may visit through your use
of Camp Amanda-Minnesota. Such sites include third party websites connected
to our network. Because Camp Amanda-Minnesota does not control these sites,
Camp Amanda-Minnesota cannot be responsible for their information practices.
Please check the Privacy Policy of any website before offering any of your personal
information.
Personal Information:
"Personal information" is information that personally identifies you.
Camp Amanda-Minnesota will ask for your username, password and email address
during the registration process. We strongly advise you not to use your complete
legal name as your username. All the information we collect from you will be
for statistical and demographic purposes only. We will not give out your information
or sell it to others. Further, we will not send you junk mail either. The only
things we email you will be things you explicitly ask for (like a password reminder),
or your account status. We may occasionally email you information about the
site.
Bulletin boards areas:
Only registered users can post statements or create topics on the Bulletin Boards.
Considering the real-time nature of these bulletin boards, it is impossible
for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please
remember that we at do not actively monitor the contents of and are not responsible
for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness
or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any
message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily
the views of this Bulletin Board or any entity associated with this Bulletin
Board. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged
to contact us immediately either by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable
messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame,
if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however,
so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages
immediately.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this Bulletin
Board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate,
abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening,
invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violates any law. You agree not
to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by
this Bulletin Board.
Although this Bulletin Board does not and cannot review the messages posted
and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at this
Bulletin Board reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason
whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages,
and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Camp Amanda-Minnesota and their
agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
Private Messages:
A private message is not email. Private messages are one-to-one communications
that can only be read by the recipient. Never give out personal information
about you including your name, address or phone number. If anyone asks you in
a Private Message to call, meet or visit them, immediately let a parent, guardian
or other adult know. You can also elect to be notified by email whenever someone
sends you a private message. You can also prevent anyone from sending you a
private message.
Cookies:
Our servers automatically collect information about what parts of Camp Amanda-Minnesota
and affiliated sites users visit and which pages are viewed. We use a feature
of your browser called a "cookie" to assign a User ID that automatically
identifies your computer when you visit the site. This is common practice on
the Internet. Cookies do not tell us anything about unrelated sites that you
visit, nor do they tell us anything else about what you may do on your computer.
Camp Amanda-Minnesota uses cookies to determine who is a new visitor to Camp
Amanda-Minnesota vs. who is a repeat visitor and other overall site statistics.
Other companies, including advertisers, may also collect information from you
through cookies while you are on Camp Amanda-Minnesota's site. Those companies'
use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policy. The Web server
does log your IP address, Web browser name and version in standard server logs.
We use your IP address and browser version information to help diagnose problems
with our server, monitor levels of traffic, and to administer our Web site.
This site uses cookies to store the login information to the forums. The option
to save your login information is entirely up to yourself, however you yourself
are responsible for ensuring that your account password and profile remains
secure from others using your computer. We recommend you do not
check the Log me in automatically box when you login; the board will
only keep you logged in for a preset time. This prevents misuse of your account
by anyone else. To stay logged in check the box during login, this is not recommended
if you access the board from a shared computer, e.g. library, internet cafe,
school, etc. We do not belong to any groups that track users
across Web sites.
User Choices:
Users and parents of users under 13 may, at any time, change, add or delete
any personal information you supplied to us or refuse to permit any further
collection of personal information by emailing cpopowitz@campamandaminn.com. If you
delete information, it will not be used by us or disclosed to third parties
in the future.
Security:
We use industry-standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal
information, such as firewalls and secure socket layers where appropriate. Your
account is password protected to ensure that only you (and your parent if you
are under 13) have access to your personal information.
All campers who wish to have accounts with Camp Amanda-Minnesota must be registered
to ensure that Camp Amanda-Minnesota has verifiable parental consent. Parents
may revoke their consent at any time by emailing cpopowitz@campamandaminn.com
Camp Amanda-Minnesota will not condition a child's participation in an activity
on the child's disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary
to participate in such activity.
Message Boards and Other Private Areas:
Message boards, photo galleries and other private areas of a camp website are
intended for members of that camp community only. For your security, these areas
require passwords that are provided to people affiliated with that camp (e.g.,
campers and parents).
To promote a safe and friendly environment online, Camp Amanda-Minnesota may
monitor chat and Message Boards, use filtering software, and remove any material
it finds inappropriate or objectionable. In addition, Camp Amanda-Minnesota
may investigate any complaints about users who are improperly using Camp Amanda-Minnesota's
services to harass or annoy others or gather personal information. If you believe
someone has gained improper access to any private areas, or you encounter any
other problems with Camp Amanda-Minnesota users, please notify Camp Amanda-Minnesota
at cpopowitz@campamandaminn.com.
You should not disclose personal information on a Message Board. If you voluntarily
disclose personal information, that information can be collected and used by
others.
Camp Amanda-Minnesota’s Internet Safety Tips
1. Keep your passwords private, even from your best friend! Your online service will never ask for them, so neither should anyone else.
2. Use only your Log-in Name and/or e-mail address when chatting or sending e-mail. Never give out personal information like your name, address, or phone number.
3. Always delete unknown e-mail attachments. They can contain destructive viruses.
4. Remember that nothing you write on the Web is completely private -- including e-mail. So be careful and think about what you type and who you tell.
5. People are not always as nice, cute, or funny as they may sound online. Never make plans to meet an online "friend" in person.
How do I prevent my username appearing in the online user listings?
In your profile you will find an option Hide your online status, if you switch
this on you'll only appear to board administrators or to yourself. You will
be counted as a hidden user.
I keep getting unwanted private messages.
If you keep receiving unwanted private messages from someone inform any Forum
Administrator, or email cpopowitz@campamandaminn.com they have the power to prevent
a user from sending private messages at all.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Camp Amanda-Minnesota will publish on its website any changes to this policy
prior to those changes taking effect. In addition, Camp Amanda-Minnesota will
email users of the change. As always, if you do not agree with this privacy
policy, you have the option of requesting that we delete your personally identifying
information from the site.
If you have further questions about our privacy policy or its implementation,
please contact Coral Popowitz by sending an e-mail to cpopowitz@campamandaminn.com,
calling her at (763) 550-0157 or by writing to Coral Popowitz c/o of Camp Amanda-Minnesota,
9859 13th Avenue North, Plymouth, MN 55441.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS PART OF OUR TERMS OF USE
AGREEMENT AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.