Privacy Notice

We respect your right to privacy. We will never sell or share your information to any third party. We want you to know how we collect, use and protect information about our online guests. This privacy policy will tell you:

• What information we collect.
• How we may share information.
• How you can limit our sharing of information.

What information about guests do we collect?

Information You Give Us
We receive and may store any information you enter on our website or give to our website in any other way. For example, we collect information you provide when you place an order for tickets (through our ticketing partner, TicketLeap.com, register with us, or send us an e-mail. This information may include:

• your name.
• your mailing address.
• your e–mail address.
• your phone number.
• It may also include any other personal or preference information you provide to us.

Automatic Information
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our website. For example, we use "cookies" like many other websites. Through "cookies" we obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses our website. There are utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously. Although we cannot provide you with a personalized experience or certain services at our website if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

What are "Cookies" and how do we use them?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your web browser.

The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of our website's best features, so we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Does our website share information it receives?

We share information we collect at our website within our organization. The Lyric Opera of Los Angeles organizationmay use this information to offer you products and services, and information that may be of interest to you. We occasionally share this information with other local organizations we feel our audience members & patrons may be interested in. If you do not wish to have your information included in those mutually-beneficial exchanges, please send us an email and we will make sure your wishes are met.

Protection of Our Website and Others
We may disclose information you provide to our website when we believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our website, our users or others.

Business Transfers
If some or all of the business assets of our website are sold or transferred, we generally would transfer the corresponding information regarding our guests. We also may retain a copy of that guest information.

What choices do I have?
E–Mails
If you provide our website with your e-mail address, you may receive e-mails from us. Each of these emails have an "unsubscribe" feature that will enable you to easily unsubscribe from our email list. We will not flood your inbox with emails, but will send information, tips and general information that we believe are of interest to you, our visitors. If you do not want to receive marketing or promotional e-mails from us, please send an email to service@lyricoperala.org. You may still receive select e-mails from us if you have requested them through one of our site services such as the Newsletter, certain autoresponders, and any other notifications you may have subscribed to individually. You can discontinue these e-mails by canceling your subscription to these services.

More Information
Please call 1–800–471-9515 or contact us at service@lyricoperala.org if you have further questions about our e-mail unsubscribe process.

What about links to and from other websites?
Our website may offer links to other sites. Other sites have their own policies regarding privacy. If you visit one of these sites, you may want to review the privacy policy on that site. In addition, you may have linked to our website through another site. For example, in certain cases you may have linked to us through banner advertising on another site. In such cases the site you linked from may collect information from people who click on the banner or link. You may want to refer to the privacy policies on those sites to see how they collect and use this information.

Application of This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to all information collected or submitted on our website with the following exception:

Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to our use of information that is collected or submitted as described in this online privacy policy. We may change or add to this privacy policy so we encourage you to review it periodically.

Security
Our Commitment to Data Security
We have appropriate physical, electronic and procedural security safeguards to protect and secure the information we collect.

Secure Sockets Layering (SSL)
Although no orders are taken directly through our website, our partners, such as TicketLeap.com, have been properly screened to ensure that they have procedures in place to ensure your online security. These websites use Secure Sockets Layering (SSL) to encrypt your personal credit information, including your credit card number, before it travels over the Internet. SSL technology is the industry standard for secure online transactions. Because our sales partners use SSL, placing an order online at their websites is just as safe as giving your credit card number over the phone.

LAST UPDATED December, 2005.