Privacy Policy

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce values and respects the privacy of our members. It is our policy to protect the information you provide. The following paragraphs describe what information the Minnesota Chamber collects, why we collect it, and how it is treated.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please send an email to mail@mnchamber.com or call us toll-free at 800.821.2230.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER COLLECT?

  • When you register for an event:
  • Your name
  • Your e-mail address
  • Your company name
  • Your contact information (phone number, fax number & address)
  • Your state and county
  • Your credit card information (card number, type & expiration date)

WHAT DOES THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

Internally, any financial information you provide via the event registration section of our web site is only used for billing purposes related to the event for which you've registered.

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate organizations retain the option to sell our membership list with your contact information (e.g., name, company name, company address, phone, fax and email) at any time to active members who are in good standing within the organization. Members may choose to opt out of this list by contacting the membership department at 651.292.4650 or toll-free at 800.821.2230. We do not disclose members' financial information.

Periodically throughout the year we update our members via email newsletters. If at any time you want to opt out of receiving our email newsletter, each newsletter includes instructions for doing so.

DOES THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER USE COOKIES?

A cookie is a tiny file of data that remains on your hard drive. The Minnesota Chamber does not use cookies on our web site or in our e-mails to collect any personal information. We do, however, use cookies in our surveys in order to ensure that our sample is valid and that the same member does not submit multiple responses.

We may collect your IP address, which is a unique number assigned to your machine by your Internet Service Provider each time you connect to the Internet. We will use this information (e.g., user traffic patterns, page views on the web site, click-through rates, search terms that users enter into our search utility) to monitor the flow of traffic and make improvements to the site's content.

WHAT ABOUT SITE SECURITY?

The Minnesota Chamber is committed to ensuring the security of your information. The Minnesota Chamber uses GoDaddy, the leading provider of Internet trust services, to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our site does link to third party sites, and the Minnesota Chamber claims no responsibility for the privacy and data usage on any third party site.

WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN USING THIS SITE?

While there is no content at www.mnchamber.com that is unsuitable for children, we do however process monetary transactions.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that users are always aware of how we use your information and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any time we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated in this policy, we will notify our users by email or a posted change to this policy at such time. We reserve the right to amend or change this policy at any time.

CONTACTING THE WEBSITE.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with this web site, you can contact the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce at mail@mnchamber.com.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER.

This site provides information designed to help users cope with their own legal, business, financial, and other needs. This information is not the same as retaining experts in those fields for advice. Although we go to great lengths to ensure the information is accurate, we strongly recommend you consult an expert, including but not limited to a lawyer, accountant, financial services consultant, or other professional as appropriate. Nothing contained in this web site is to be considered as the rendering of legal, financial, professional or other advice for specific cases, and users are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own legal, financial or other counsel. The information contained on this site is intended for educational, background and informational purposes only.