Terms & Conditions

 

The Peace Train Public Art Project (“Peace Train”, “the Project” "the company") is a philanthropic initiative produced by Peace Central Station Incorporated, a registered non-profit (“Peace Central Station”, “PCS”, “the Organization”). The Project is designed to engage the public with specially curated and designed art installations in places of interest, with the goal of raising awareness for important issues and generate funding for partner organizations. PCS sets forth the following terms & conditions for engaging in this website, its content and features, and any webforms or payment portals. For more information on how we process user/donor information, please see our Privacy Policy. By engaging with this website or any of its features, you understand and agree to these terms & conditions. Any violation or misuse of these policies or this website or any of its features and functions may result in legal action.

 

COPYRIGHTS & LIMITATIONS OF USE

 

The Peace Train Public Art Project is the sole property of Peace Central Station Incorporated, and all related videos, images, physical media, designs, recordings, specific language & copy, product descriptions, titles, slogans, methods, offers, logos, and other content including but not limited to: brochures, leaflets, marketing briefs, advertisements, are the considered the sole property of the PCS & its owners, officers, & authors and are considered proprietary. As such, any reproduction, posting, copying, duplication, manipulation, or repurposing of these materials apart from their intended usage is strictly prohibited. Partner logos, descriptions, links, and all other media are used by permission, and remain the property of their respective owners and institutions with all rights reserved. Furthermore, unless otherwise stated or under the public domain, it is to be assumed that the ideas, concepts, themes, methods, direction, and all other such materials both physical, digital, and conceptual, featured on the website(s), and at PCS events & installations are the intellectual property of PCS and are protected under copyright. PCS reserves the rights to its IP, and unless specifically authorized, does not grant permission to any student, guest, or third party to its use. Unauthorized use may result in legal action where & when necessary to protect its IP, proprietary materials, brand, and philanthropic goals, especially in instances which could in any way potentially dilute, detract from, or confuse that product/service/brand/reputation/business with that of PCS, it’s Projects, or its overall mission, even if such actions are not, or cannot yet, be determined to have caused direct harm to PCS or its projects.

 

PAYMENTS & REFUNDS

 

Peace Central Station is a non-profit registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In its continuing mission to raise awareness and funding for various philanthropic causes on its own through various initiatives and in conjunction with its partners, PCS accepts public donations. Donations made via this website are accepted through a third-party payment service. By engaging in our website to make a donation, you acknowledge that all information you provide is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge, and consent to the use of any information you provide for the purposes of processing your donation and agree to be contacted by PCS regarding your translation and for future communications regarding our mission. For more information about how donations are processed and how information is used & stored, please review our Privacy Policy and those of any third party services we utilize. Purchase is incomplete without valid, corresponding payment in full. Donations are non-refundable except where required by law. Unless specifically agreed to in writing by the Organization, donations are unrestricted and may be used for any specific purpose or initiative, or any & all general purposes by the Organization at the Organization’s sole discretion. Peace Central Station complies with all requirements for financial disclosures and donation reports as required by law or as agreed to by request of its partners. For more information regarding how PCS uses donations, please e-mail: contact@peacecentralstation.org. If you feel a donation was made in error, or you have a question about a specific transaction, please contact us.

 

Accuracy, Completeness, and Timeliness of Information

 

PCS is not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete, or current. PCS makes every effort to keep website information up to date, in conjunction with social media outreach and the use of our newsletter/mailing list, however errors and omissions may occur. We encourage our partners, donors, and the public to perform their due diligence before engaging in our services, and to e-mail contact@peacecentralstation.org with any questions, concerns, or clarification about our programming or initiatives. The material on this site is provided for general information to the best of our ability, but should not be relied upon as the sole basis for making decisions to donate or become involved in our initiatives without consulting a member of our staff for the most current information. Any reliance on the material provided on this website without confirming or clarifying with a member of our staff is done so at the user’s own discretion and they assume all risk.

 

This site may contain certain historical or outdated information. Any such information is provided as a reference point only, and we reserve the right but are under no obligation to modify the contents of this site at any time. To the best of its ability PCS provides links and additional information pertaining to our partner organizations and affiliates, however this information or corresponding links/media may not be complete or accurate at the time of publishing. By using this website, you agree that it is your responsibility to monitor the site for any changes and to verify all information before proceeding further.

 

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

These terms and conditions are subject to change at any time. All visitors to our website or any events & programming are responsible for being familiar with these policies and the latest revision date. Any inadvertent omission or error in PCS's policies shall not constitute nullification of any other policy or section of this document. In such instances where no stated policy addresses an issue in question, PCS shall have sole discretion on setting forth a policy in accordance with our mission, values, and applicable law. 

 

CONTACT

 

Any questions or concerns regarding our policies may be directed to contact@peacecentralstation.org or (781) 619-4039

 

Privacy Policy

 

Peace Central Station respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of our website, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the site, whether as a guest/member of the general public, newsletter subscriber, donor, partner, or registered user.

 

When accessing the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy also applies to information we collect on the Website via contact forms, donation processing, and through e-mail, text, phonecalls, or other electronic messages between you and the Website or PCS representatives.

 

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website. Our donation processing is handled via third party, and our newsletter is managed through a third party CRM. Additional terms & conditions may apply.

 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

 

When you access the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you during your visit.

 

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US. The Website provides various places for users to provide information. We collect information that users provide by filling out forms on the Website, communicating with us via contact forms, responding to surveys, entering donation & payment information including sensitive personal information such as full legal name, address, contact information etc., entering search queries on our search feature, registering for an event or service via the Website.

 

We use information you provide to us to process donations completely and accurately as required by law, to deliver on our mission of outreach and awareness, to improve our overall performance as a charitable organization, and to provide you with additional offers, resources, promotions, and information. Your information may also be disclosed in financial reports where required by law. In accordance with our policies, we may share donor and contact info with our partner and affiliate organizations in furtherance of our mission, and to provide our donors with access to additional resources and information from our partner organizations. PCS complies with all federal and state regulations regarding the collection, storage, and sharing of your information, and will not otherwise sell or exchange your information.

 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT THROUGH AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGY. As you navigate through our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies (including Google Analytics) to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through our website, and any communications between your computer and our Website. Among other things, we will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type. 

 

The information we collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. We use this data to improve our Website and our service offerings. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to us, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.

 

USE OF COOKIES AND PIXELS

 

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.

 

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

 

PCS reserves the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. PCS reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media & e-mail marketing sites. ​

 

THIRD PARTY USE OF COOKIES

 

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

 

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

 

EMAIL INFORMATION

 

If you choose to correspond with us through email, or provide us your contact information, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail, and telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address, attend an event either online or in-person, or make a donation on this site. For further information see the email policies below.

 

EMAIL POLICIES

 

We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except where reasonable in accordance with our named partner organizations, and as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.

 

We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable federal & MA state law.

 

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.

 

Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from us at anytime. Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail, or by written request to contact@peacecentralstation.org. With the exception of potential automatically generated emails from our third party donation processing service (receipts, updates to their policies etc.) all official PCS communications will originate from peacecentralstation.org or from an @peacecentralstation.org e-mail address.

 

HOW AND WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION

 

PCS collects your information in order to support your interest & engagement in our mission, and to keep accurate and complete donor records. We use collected information to track your preferences and to keep you informed about the programs, projects, and progress in which you have indicated interest. PCS also reserves the right to use any contact information we've collected as a means on contacting you with regard to matters of payment/non-payment of donations. As a visitor to this Website, you can engage with our homepage and media therein without providing any personal information, however users shall be required to provide certain personal information when making donations or completing web/contact/survey forms.

 

If you are outside the European Union and engage with any forms or sections of our websites/apps which request your information, we may automatically enroll ​you to receive our free email newsletter or future targeted promotional e-mails. If you do not wish to receive these communications, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, or you receive an email from a list of which you do not wish to be a part, you can send an email to contact@peacecentralstation.org requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.

 

If you are in the European Union and engage with any forms or sections of our websites/apps which request your information, we will only enroll ​you to receive our free email newsletter if you affirmatively consent to it. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, or you receive an email from a list of which you do not wish to be a part, you can send an email to contact@peacecentralstation.org requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.

 

HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US?

 

We use personal information for purposes of presenting our Website and its contents to you, providing you with information, providing you with offers for products and services and information about our events and initiatives, and conducting the business of collecting charitable contributions.

 

From time-to-time, we may use the information you provide to us to make you offers or provide you information from our partner organizations. Should you opt to take part in such promotions, the third parties will receive your information.

 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

 

As a general rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action, to any other individual, company, organization, however we may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, staff, partner affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you.

 

We may disclose your personal information to a third party, including a business manager, lawyer or collection agency, or government body when necessary to enforce our terms of service or any other agreement between you and PCS, or as required by law for any legal or financial disclosures/reports.

 

We may provide your information to any successor in interest in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Organization's assets and/or business.

 

We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our community, property, services, legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so.

 

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION AND SECURE INFORMATION TRANSMISSIONS?

 

We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors and developers. Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. Additionally, our Company devices employ reasonable security measures, anti-virus & anti-malware/ransomware software, and encrypted backups.

 

For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be encrypted or transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email. For sensitive transactions, we employ the secure services of companies like Stripe for all invoicing & payments.

 

The Company may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

 

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, PCS takes commercially reasonable measures (such as two-step verification for all authorized users), and uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

 

POLICY CHANGES

 

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

 

VISITORS' GDPR RIGHTS

 

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

 

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.

 

You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.

 

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

 

You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

 

To the extent that you provided consent to the Company's processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

 

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

 

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

 

CONTACT

 

Any questions or concerns regarding our policies may be directed to contact@peacecentralstation.org or (781) 619-4039