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This is the official web site of Chimp Haven, Inc.

Our postal address is:
13600 Chimpanzee Place
Keithville, LA 71047


We can be reached via e-mail at information@chimphaven.org
or you can reach us by telephone at (318) 925-9575.


Terms of Use

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Use of this Website, and information distributed in conjunction with this website, including without limitation the ChimpHaven.org online community, is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. Your use of this Website or of any content presented in any and all areas of the Website indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website.

Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the website of Chimp Haven, The National Chimpanzee Sanctuary, and reviewing our Privacy Policy. ChimpHaven.org has a firm commitment to privacy. We take your privacy concerns seriously and want to make every effort to address them as we strive to offer our site visitors a high quality and interactive experience. That is why we have adopted the following policy, which explains our position on information gathering and how we use and share any information we collect.

Chimp Haven does not collect personal information about visitors to our Website unless you choose to provide that information to us. Chimp Haven does not sell, exchange, or release your personal information to parties outside the organization without your consent. Once we obtain your consent, we consider it valid until revoked by you.

This privacy policy is subject to change from time to time. ChimpHaven.org shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall be effectively immediately following the posting of such changes on this website. The most recent version of these Terms of Use may always be found by clicking on the "Privacy Policy" link on the home page of ChimpHaven.org. You agree to review these Terms of Use from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of this website following changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. These Terms of Use were last modified on
October 1, 2007.

Information Collection and Use

If 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 (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account)
. 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.

When you register with our website or donate online, we ask for your name, e-mail address, physical address, zip code, phone and fax numbers, and comments. Once you register with ChimpHaven.org and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Chimp Haven will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone.

Chimp Haven's Website will only collect personal information which you knowingly and voluntarily provide by, for example, sending emails, completing membership forms, requesting information, responding to surveys or ordering merchandise. If you provide us with personal information, we will respond to your inquiry, request, or order in a timely manner. We may also contact you to provide information about Chimp Haven's activities, programs, membership, development opportunities, special events that may interest you. We will never share your name or information outside Chimp Haven unless you affirmatively authorize us to do so by opting-in.

When we send you 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 the Chimp Haven webmaster at webmaster@chimphaven.org

There may be links within the Chimp Haven's network of Websites where you can opt-in to receive information from non-Chimp Haven entities. If you opt-in, you may receive correspondence from these organizations on programs, products, or services that might interest you. If you decide to opt-out of receiving any further correspondence from a non-Chimp Haven entity, please correspond directly with that business or organization to be removed from their mailing list.

ChimpHaven.org may send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when:

. We have your consent to share the information; We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;

. We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or We find that your actions on our website violate the ChimpHaven.org Terms of Service or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses.

Cookies

At this time, ChimpHaven.org does not use cookies. Other organizations that are linked to ChimpHaven.org are subject to their own privacy policies and use of their cookies, and do not follow under this privacy policy.

Security

We take reasonable precautions to ensure that all credit card transactions that occur on the web site are secure. When you submit your credit card for any purchase Chimp Haven's Web site, that transaction is encrypted using "Secure Socket Layer" (SSL) encryption to prevent your credit card information from being seen as it travels over the Internet to our servers. 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.

Linking

Within the Chimp Haven's Websites there are links to non-Chimp Haven websites. When you link to third party websites, you leave our Website and no longer will be subject to our privacy policy. Chimp Haven is not responsible for the privacy practices nor the content of non-Chimp Haven websites, and such link is not intended to be an endorsement of the non-Chimp Haven website or its content.

Copyright

All photographs, videos and illustrations that appear on this web site are the property of Chimp Haven and can in no way be used without the written consent of Chimp Haven or its representatives.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Chimp Haven may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.

Questions or Suggestions

At ChimpHaven.org we take privacy seriously. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at webmaster@chimphaven.org or call (318) 925-9575.

General

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court having competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree that these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website have been drawn up in English. Although translations in other languages of any of the foregoing documents may be available, such translations may not be up to date or complete. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any conflict between the English language version of the forgoing documents and any other translations thereto, the English language version of such documents shall govern.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana and the laws of the United States applicable therein, without regard to conflict of laws provisions thereto. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of, and venue and situs in, Shreveport, Louisiana.

Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about our website or these Terms of Use, please feel free to contact us at webmaster@chimphaven.org or information@chimphaven.org. You may also call us at (318) 925.9575.