Your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it. We may amend this statement at any time by posting the amended version here. The effective date of this privacy statement is March 13, 2009.
The Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour (hereinafter referred to as SPCBT)/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota is committed to protecting your privacy and providing an exceptional tour experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the SPCBT/the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Information Collection & Use
SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota does not collect personally identifiable information on this web site, unless said personally identifiable information is provided by you. Online Registration Powered by Active.com During the registration process, The Active Network, Inc. collects personally identifiable information at www.Active.com. This information may include your name, address, gender, birthdate, telephone number, and e-mail address.
This information is necessary for the event registration and to contact you. When you register for an event with The Active Network, Inc., you will be able to opt-in to receive Active.com newsletters, e-mail communications, and product offerings. We encourage you to review The Active Network, Inc.'s Privacy Statement at www.Active.com. The Active Network, Inc. shares the personally identifiable information with SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minensota.
SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota and The Active Network, Inc. are the joint owners of the information collected on the www.active.com site.
SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. SPCBT/the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web sites.


Use of your Personal Information

From time to time, SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). We use this information to notify contest winners and award prizes and to monitor site traffic.

We may use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests. We will not share the personally identifiable information you provide through a contest or survey with other third parties unless we give you prior notice and choice. 
We will occasionally send you information on upcoming events and promotions. Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to receive these types of communications. Please see Choice/Opt-out below.

The SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail about cycling or related environmental information, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota 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 SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota riders, or the public.

Log Files
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web site.

We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Personally Identifiable Information:
We share personally identifiable information with some third parties. From time to time, SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota shares names and addresses provided to us with a limited number of organizations that produce bicycle and environmental programming.

Use of Cookies

The SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota site 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  register for the Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour, a cookie helps the SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota 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 SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily update your registration.

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 features of the SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota or web sites you visit.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by this site only and does not cover the use of cookies by The Active Network, Inc. or any sponsors. The Active Network, Inc.'s cookies do not contain any personally identifying information; they are used to provide features such as personalization, to save your Active.com member ID, and to keep track of your Active.com shopping cart. Again, we encourage you to review The Active Network, Inc.'s Privacy Statement at www.Active.com.


Security of your Personal Information

SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota 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

SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota  is protecting your information.

Choice/Opt-out and Comments
SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota has not adhered to this Statement, please contact SPCBT/The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota.  We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

If you no longer wish to receive our promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication or you may contact us at 651-290-0309, arey@visi.com,  or the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, P.O. Box 65766, St. Paul, MN  55165 to opt-out.