Who we are

We are Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter! For over 100 years, we have represented the city of Philadelphia, where it all began! We aim to promote education about the values and principles of American Liberty and Democracy by creating content which is fun and engaging, tagetting children and adults of all ages.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We never share your private data with third parties. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Writing Content for us

If you choose to contribute content for us, whether in the form of comments, written articles, images, videos, or other forms of media, you retain the copyright over your content. Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter, never claims to own a copyright over your original work, and you may freely continue to publish these contributions on other sites, including sites which may be deemed our competitors. However, by choosing to share this content on our website, you grant Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter, the unlimited, irrevocable right to publish said content in perpetuity, and you agree that this content may remain published on our website indefinitely. While you may request to have your content and name removed from our website, you agree that Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter is not obligated to comply with this request. You furthermore agree that by submitting content for publication on our website, you have agreed that Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter may make reasonable edits to your content. The existence of such edits does not obligate Sons of the American Revolution, Philadelphia Continental Chapter to remove your content from our website, nor does it revoke your granting of permission to publish said content in your name indefinitely.

Interpretation of the legality of these terms

In the event that any of the above terms are deemed to be contrary to the law in any jurisdiction, only those portions which are deemed contradictory to the law shall be disregarded, and the remainder of the policy shall be upheld and enforced.