The Flagler Museum values the personal privacy of each visitor to our website

Privacy Policy for the Flagler Museum application

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

​Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation:
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

​Definitions:
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account: means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate: means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Application: means the software program provided by the Charity downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Flagler Museum.
Charity: (referred to as either "the Charity", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, USA.
For the purpose of the GDPR, the Charity is the Data Controller.

Country refers to: United States
Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Charity as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a mobile phone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Charity. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Charity to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Charity, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Charity in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the Charity, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

  • ​Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
  • Types of Data Collected
  • Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • ​Email address
  • Usage Data

​Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

​Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

​When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

​Information Collected while Using the Application
While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission:

Information regarding your location
​​We use this information to provide features of Our Service, to improve and customize Our Service. The information may be uploaded to the Charity's servers and/or a Service Provider's server or it may be simply stored on Your device.

You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through Your Device settings.

​Use of Your Personal Data
The Charity may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • ​To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

​We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Charity assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another charity.
    With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
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Retention of Your Personal Data

  • The Charity will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
  • ​The Charity will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

​Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Charity's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

​Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

​The Charity will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

​Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

  • If the Charity is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

​Law enforcement

  • Under certain circumstances, the Charity may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

​Other legal requirements

  • The Charity may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Charity
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability
  • ​​Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

​Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

​Payments
We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

​Apple Store In-App Payments
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at  https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/

Google Play In-App Payments
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at  https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

​​Stripe
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at  https://stripe.com/us/privacy

​GDPR Privacy
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Charity is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Charity .
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Charity .

In any case, the Charity will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

​Your Rights under the GDPR
The Charity undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
    Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

​​Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

​You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

​Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

​If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

​Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

​We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

​Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

​We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

​You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

​Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By visiting this page on our website:  https://www.flaglermuseum.us/contact

gordonFebruary 3
The Financial and Economic Character of America at the Turn-of-the-Century
John Steele Gordon

Author of many books on financial history, including The Business of America. For more than ten years, John Steele Gordon has written the widely read "The Business of America" column in American Heritage magazine. Marked by a combination of erudition, wit, and eloquence, Gordon's stories have celebrated the high points, and occasional low points, in the history of business in this country, from the colonial period to the present. The best of his mini-histories have been gathered in The Business of America. Gordon is also the author of The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power, Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt, and The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street. He can be heard on National Public Radio's Marketplace and has appeared in a number of television documentaries about American and economic history. Gordon's lecture will focus on American business at the turn-of-the-century.

 


 

Roger_Moss_small1February 10
Technology in the Home at the Turn-of-the-Century
Roger Moss, Executive Director, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia.

Besides serving as Executive Director of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Roger W. Moss is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture for the Historic Preservation Program of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds positions on the Boards of Directors of the British Cathedrals and Historic Churches Foundation, the Christopher Ludwick Foundation, and the Abraham Lincoln Foundation. Moss lectures extensively and is the author of numerous articles and books on historic architecture and decorating. He will discuss the technology which emerged during the turn-of-the-century and found its way into American homes of the Gilded Age.

 


 

George_David_Smith_smallFebruary 17
The Wisdom of the Robber Barons
George David Smith

George David Smith, Clinical Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University. Before gaining his post as Clinical Professor of Economics and International Business at New York University's Stern School, George David Smith worked as project manager and antitrust history consultant at the Cambridge Research Institute from 1979_1981. In 1982 he was founding partner of The Winthrop Group, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York, where he has been a consultant to such companies as ALCOA, General Electric Company, and Shell Oil Company. He is a research associate of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and has been twice named a Glucksman Faculty Fellow. His research interests include business strategy and structure, government regulation, technological development, and the evolution of financial systems. Smith will explore the topic of his latest book – the highly successful and influential business practices of the "Robber Barons" of the Gilded Age.

 


 

Armin_Allen_small1February 24
Newport: The Evolution of a Resort
Armin Allen

President of the Board of Trustees, Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island. Armin Allen serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Preservation Society of Newport County. He is the former Director of European Sculpture, Works of Art, and Ceramics at Sotheby's and was a leading London-based dealer in European ceramics. Allen previously served as Curator for the Preservation Society of Newport County before assuming his current position on the Board of Trustees. He has been a contributor to numerous magazines and exhibition and sale catalogs. Currently he works in real estate and serves as a specialist consultant to Phillips Auctioneers in New York. Allen will explore the birth and development of one of the best-known resorts of the Gilded Age.

 


 

Sandra_Barghini_small1March 3
Henry M. Flagler's Paintings Collection: The Taste of a Gilded Age Collector
Sandra Barghini

Chief Curator, Flagler Museum. As Chief Curator at the Flagler Museum, Sandra Barghini is responsible for the restoration and preservation of Henry Flagler's estate, Whitehall, and the care of its related collections. She previously served as Chief Curator at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California and received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to attend the American Academy in Rome in 1989.Barghini has curated numerous exhibits and written and contributed to many exhibit catalogues, including A Society of Painters: Flagler's St. Augustine Art Colony, A Young Man's Legacy: Rare Photographs of the Titanic, and A Distant Muse: Orientalist Works from the Dahesh Museum of Art. Her latest catalogue accompanies the exhibit, Henry M. Flagler's Paintings Collections: The Taste of a Gilded Age Collector, the first comprehensive look at Flagler's art collection. Barghini's lecture will explore the broad range of Flagler's taste as a typical Gilded Age collector.