Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Macon Sense operates this website (“site”). These are our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the site.

By accessing this site, you agree to be legally bound by and comply with this user agreement. By using the website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this agreement.

Information Collected Through Our Site

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site (“Log Data”).

This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer or mobile device.

Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site.

Certain pages on our site may set other third-party cookies. For example, we may embed content, such as videos, from another site that sets a cookie. While we try to minimize these third-party cookies, we can’t always control what cookies this third-party content sets.

Additionally, we may use third party services — such as those that provide social media conveniences, measure traffic, send newsletters and facilitate donations — that may place cookies on your computer. We don’t have any way of knowing how such services handle the resulting data internally. Macon Sense makes no claim, nor takes liability for the insecure submission of information via these applications.

Personal Data

We only collect personal information such as your name and email address when you sign up for a newsletter, donate to our organization, or otherwise submit it to us voluntarily. We do not share your personal data with any third parties other than some common service providers, whose products use your information to help us improve our site, deliver newsletters, or allow us to offer donation opportunities. In the vast majority of cases, your data remains private and cannot be shared with anyone else.

Macon Sense limits access to all user data for the purposes of newsletter, fundraising, and customer service only. User data is not sold to or otherwise shared with anyone not working with or for Macon Sense.

You may unsubscribe or opt-out of our email and mail communications at any time by hitting the “unsubscribe” button in any email you receive from Macon Sense, or by contacting us through the Contact Us form at the website.

It’s critical for us to protect your personal information, unfortunately, nothing on internet is 100 percent secure. While we do what we can to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You provide us with this data at your own risk.

Terms of Use

Links to Other Websites

Our site may contain links to other websites that may be important to our news reporting or for listing regarding events or entertainment, etc. We have no control over these other sites or their content. When you leave our site for another, you do so at your own risk. Other sites are governed by their own user agreements and privacy policies, which should be available to you to read.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

Although we take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, “Trojan Horses” or other destructive materials to our site, we cannot guarantee or warrant that our site is free from such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features. We are not liable for any claim, loss or injust based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies on our site, nor for any claim, loss or injust that results from your use of this site or your breach of any provision of this User Agreement.

Governing Law

This User Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Macon County North Carlina and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate the site and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement shall survive any such termination.

Changes to this User Agreement

This User Agreement is effective as of October 12, 2023 and will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our User Agreement at any time and you should check this User Agreement periodically. Your continued use of the site after we post any modifications to the User Agreement on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified User Agreement.

If we make any material changes to this User Agreement, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and User Agreement, please contact us by clicking here.