Privacy Policy
Woodstock Museum | woodstockmuseum.com
Last Updated: June 22, 2026
Woodstock Museum (“Museum,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization (EIN: 14-1812662) chartered by the New York
State Board of Regents as an educational institution. This Privacy
Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when
you visit woodstockmuseum.com (“Site”).
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1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
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Information you provide directly:
• Name and email address (contact form submissions)
• Name and email address (newsletter/mailing list sign-up)
• Payment information (processed securely through PayPal —
we do not store payment card data on our servers)
Information collected automatically:
• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type, device type, and operating system
• Pages visited, time spent, and referring URLs
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 4)
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2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
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We use the information we collect to:
• Respond to inquiries submitted through our contact form
• Send newsletters and event announcements (with your consent)
• Process donations through PayPal
• Analyze website traffic to improve our content and user experience
• Measure the effectiveness of our Google Ads campaigns
• Fulfill our educational mission as a nonprofit institution
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to
third parties for their marketing purposes.
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3. GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND GOOGLE ADS
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This Site uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors
use our website. Google Analytics collects information such
as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit,
and what other sites they used prior to visiting our Site.
We also use Google Ads conversion tracking to measure the
effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. This service
uses cookies to help us understand which actions visitors
take after clicking on our ads.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its
partners to serve ads based on your visit to this Site
and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
https://adssettings.google.com
You may also opt out of Google Analytics tracking by
installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information on how Google uses data when you use
our Site, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
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4. COOKIES
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Our Site uses cookies — small text files placed on your
device. We use the following types of cookies:
Essential cookies: Required for the Site to function,
including WooCommerce session cookies for our shop.
Analytics cookies: Google Analytics cookies (“_ga”, “_gid”)
that help us understand Site usage.
Advertising cookies: Google Ads conversion cookies that
measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
Third-party cookies: PayPal sets cookies when you interact
with donation buttons on our Site.
You can control cookies through your browser settings.
Note that disabling certain cookies may affect Site functionality.
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5. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
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Our Site integrates with the following third-party services,
each governed by their own privacy policies:
• PayPal (donation processing): paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
• Google Analytics: policies.google.com/privacy
• Google Ads: policies.google.com/privacy
• WooCommerce (shop): automattic.com/privacy
• YouTube (embedded videos, if any): youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/privacy
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6. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY
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We retain personal information only as long as necessary
to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy or as
required by law. We implement reasonable technical and
organizational measures to protect your information,
including HTTPS encryption for all data transmitted to
and from this Site.
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7. YOUR RIGHTS
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Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Opt out of certain data processing activities
• Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at:
hello@woodstockmuseum.com
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8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
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Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from
children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently
collected such information, please contact us immediately.
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9. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
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We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we do,
we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance
of the updated Policy.
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10. CONTACT US
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For privacy-related questions or requests:
Woodstock Museum
Attn: Privacy
P.O. Box 73
Woodstock, NY 12498-0073
Email: hello@woodstockmuseum.com
Phone: (845) 246-0600