Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Company and Coon Valley Telecommunications Privacy Policy
The following is a description of Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Company and Coon Valley Telecommunications Privacy Policy for its Internet Access Services or subscribing to its video services, or by visiting its website, you are consenting to Coon Valley’s information gathering and use practices as in effect from time to time. If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy as it applies to Coon Valley’s services, please do not hesitate to contact us via telephone at 608-452-3101.
Information Collection
Coon Valley collects information from subscribers at several different points as it provides the internet access or video services. Coon Valley is the sole owner of the information it collects in the course of providing Internet access and video services.
Coon Valley’s website creates and uses “cookie” technology. “Cookies” are strings of text that a website stores on a user’s computer. Cookies enables a website to keep track of a user’s preferences and activities relating to that website.
Use of Information
Coon Valley uses information it obtains in the course of providing its services and from its website for the following purposes:
Internal marketing and analysis to subscribers who have consented to Coon Valley offering those services to them.
Order Processing
To maintain and administer the services it provides
To satisfy legal requirements, including but not limited to responding to legal demands for information, and enforcing Coon Valleys’ use policies; and,
As appropriate in situations that Coon Valley reasonably considers to be emergencies involving personal safety.
Coon Valley will not sell, share, or rent Subscriber’s information to others in ways other than as described in its Privacy Policy. We may share aggregated demographic information with Coon Valleys’ service providers. This information is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person or entity.
Links and Other Non Coon Valley Sites
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Coon Valley from its provision of Internet access services and video services and from its website. Coon Valley’s website may contain links to other sites. Coon Valley may also host websites designed and used by others. Coon Valley is not responsible for the privacy practices of sites other than its own. Coon Valley encourages subscribers to be aware when they leave Coon Valleys’ site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
Minors
Coon Valley’s website and its information gathering in connection with Coon Valley’s other services are not intended to collect information about minors. Persons under age 18 should use this and Coon Valleys’ video and internet access services, only with the supervision of a parent or guardian.
Security
Coon Valley takes commercially reasonable precautions to protect our user’s information. When subscribers submit personal information via the internet or via Coon Valley’s website, the information is protected both online and off-line. All of our users’ information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up- to-date on Coon Valleys’ security and privacy practices. The servers that Coon Valley stores personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment. If you have questions about security related to Coon Valleys’ services, you can call our office at 608-452-3101 or email us at cvt@mwt.net, or use postal mail to Coon Valley Farmers’ Telephone Company, PO Box 398, Coon Valley, WI 54623.
Notice of Change
If Coon Valley decides to change this Privacy Policy, Coon Valley may post those changes on this site so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Each subscriber has the right to review all personally identifiable information regarding the subscriber that is collected and maintained by Coon Valley. That information will be made available to a subscriber at Coon Valley’s office at 105 Central Ave, Coon Valley, Wisconsin during regular business hours, upon the subscriber’s request. Subscribers will be given a reasonable opportunity to correct any errors in the personally identifiable information Coon Valley has collected concerning that subscriber.
Coon Valley retains personally identifiable information only for as long as it is needed for Coon Valleys’ business purposes. Coon Valley is required to destroy personally identifiable information if it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which is was collected and there are no pending requests or orders for access to that information by the subscriber or pursuant to a court order.
Any person aggrieved by Coon Valleys’ violation of the Privacy Act may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for actual and punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and other reasonably incurred litigation costs. This remedy is in addition to any other lawful remedy available under federal or state law.
Privacy
Coon Valley treats email messages as private. Exceptions are those permitted by law, including, for example (I) as necessary to operate the system or protect Coon Valleys’ rights or property; (II) upon legal demand or court orders, warrants, subpoenas); or (III) where Coon Valley received information inadvertently which appears to pertain to the commission of a crime. Subscribers should be aware that electronic messages may be intercepted lawfully or unlawfully outside of Coon Valleys’ system. In addition, although Coon Valley has implemented certain security measures, Coon Valley cannot guarantee that its system or stored data of a subscriber will be free from unauthorized intrusion or otherwise guarantee the privacy of information of any subscriber. Subscriber consents to Coon Valleys’ collection and use of personal information collected in the course of Coon Valleys’ providing services to subscriber. Coon Valleys’ collection and use of subscriber’s personal information is subject to the terms of Coon Valleys’ privacy policy as posted on its website at coonvalleytel.com.
Interpretation and Enforcement
Subscriber agrees that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute arising from use of Coon Valleys’ service resides in the courts located in the State of Wisconsin. Subscriber consents to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Wisconsin, as to any claim or dispute arising from use of Coon Valley’s service. These Terms of Service supersede all other written or oral communications or agreements with regard to the subject matter. A waiver or modification of these Terms of Service shall only be effective if in writing signed by an authorized officer of Coon Valley. These Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin without regard to conflict of law principles. If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions shall be enforceable and valid to the greatest extent permitted by law. These Terms of Service apply in addition to any Internet access service or web hosting agreement between Coon Valley and the subscriber.