Overview

Thank you for visiting the website of the Missouri Institute of Natural Science.  Please review our privacy policy in the following sections. The Missouri Institute of Natural Science does not collect personal information about visitors to our Website unless you choose to provide that information to us. The Missouri Institute of Natural Science does not sell, exchange or release your personal information to parties outside the Institute without your consent. Once we obtain your consent, we consider it valid until revoked by you.

Information We Collect

When you visit our Website, we automatically gather and store the following information about your visit so that we can track the use of our Website in order to make improvements. This information is stored and used in the aggregate only, and is not used to contact you personally:

The IP address from which you access our Website

The name of the domain from which you access the Internet

The type of browser and operating system used to access our Website

The date and time you access our site

The pages, files, documents and links that you visit

The Internet address of the website from which you linked to this Website

Cookies

In addition to information that our Website collects automatically, we may also collect cookies.  Cookies are small bits of digital  information sent to your browser by a website that you visit. Cookies are used to track usage patterns, traffic trends and general customer behavior, as well as to record other information from the Website. Collecting cookies allows us to make content adjustments and customer service improvements on our Website. Information that we obtain from cookies will not be used to create profiles of users and only will be used in aggregate form.

You may set your browser to refuse cookies from any website that you visit. If you choose to refuse cookies, you may still gain access to most of our Website, but you may not be able to conduct certain types of transactions (such as shopping) or take advantage of some of the interactive elements offered.

Sending Personal Information

Our Website will only collect personal information which you knowingly and voluntarily provide by, for example, sending emails, completing membership forms, registering for classes, events, or other programs, responding to surveys or ordering merchandise. If you provide us with personal information, we will normally respond to your inquiry, request or order. We may also contact you to provide information about the Museum’s activities, programs, membership and development opportunities, products and special events that may interest you. We will never share your name or information with any company outside the Museum unless you authorize us specifically to do so by opting-in or it is for the fulfillment of an order or request that you placed with us.

When we send you such information by email, you will always have an immediate opportunity to decline further communication. Please use the contact specified in the email so that we can remove you from the list that contains your name. If you are uncertain about whom to contact, you may contact us directly  at 417-883-0594.

Children and Privacy

The Missouri Institute of Natural Science  is concerned about protecting children's privacy. We do not collect personally identifiable information from children.  We monitor network traffic to ensure that our site remains available to all users and to identify unauthorized attempts to access, upload or change information or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized access is prohibited and punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Links

Within our Website there are links to external websites. When you link to third party websites, you leave our Website and no longer will be subject to our privacy policy. The Missouri Institute of Natural Science  is not responsible for the privacy practices nor the content of  third party websites, and such linking is not intended to be an endorsement of the third party website, its content or its policies.

Feedback

The Misssouri Institute is always looking for ways to improve how our users experience our Website.  Please send us your comments and inquiries by e-mailing them to info@monatsci.com.