The Playwrights’ Center Privacy Policy
The Playwrights’ Center (hereinafter referred to as "PWC" and/or "the Center") has created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy while visiting our web site, and/or using our services, software and utilities. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for members, donors and for visitors to www.pwcenter.org, www.3toGetReady.org, or any Web Property of The Playwrights’ Center (the "PWC Website"). The Playwrights’ Center reserves the right to update this policy as its services and sites evolve and new services and sites are added.

Visits to the The Playwrights’ Center Web Sites
Anyone may visit the PWC Website and access information while remaining anonymous, and without revealing detailed personal information. However, there are areas of the PWC Website that are password-protected and that may require the user to enter personal information in order to gain entry. Any such information is used strictly for user verification purposes only.

The Playwrights’ Center’s Use of Personal Information
The Playwrights’ Center will endeavor to take appropriate steps to protect the privacy of the information you share with us. Whenever you give The Playwrights’ Center sensitive personal information, The Playwrights’ Center will take commercially reasonable steps to establish a secure connection with your web browser. The information we collect may be used to improve the content of our Web Sites, customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, to deliver member services, or for marketing purposes (see "Personal Information and Third Parties," below).

Name, Mailing Address and E-Mail Address
Throughout the PWC Website, The Playwrights’ Center collects this personal user information to fulfill orders and requests made online. Additionally on some forms, The Playwrights’ Center collects “opt-in” data - this personal information is to include users in future Playwrights’ Center mailings about services, news and features.

Telephone Numbers
Telephone numbers collected on forms throughout the site that are stored in The Playwrights’ Center’s databases are used solely for the purpose of verifying requests made on-line and/or delivering member services.

Credit Card Numbers
Credit card numbers are not stored on PWC Website through use of cookies or other unsecure methods and are collected on this web site solely for the purpose of collecting payment information. This credit card information is stored by The Playwrights’ Center’s databases for billing and verification purposes only.

Personal Information and Third Parties
From time to time, The Playwrights’ Center may provide personal information about members to third parties in the theater industry who are interested in presenting information and/or promotions pertinent to the topic of playwriting, or of interest to the theater industry in general. The Playwrights' Center does not share personal information about members with third parties in other industries, or for other purposes. The Playwrights’ Center does not share personal information about donors with any third party.

Cookie Technology
The Playwrights’ Center may use cookie technology to retain information about site visitors. Cookies may be used throughout the site on various forms to retain personal information, such as name, address, phone, etc., so that if the user fills out another form on The Playwrights’ Center’s site, this information is automatically transferred into the appropriate fields in the new form. The Playwrights’ Center’s cookies are "client-side,” and are deleted once the user closes his/her browser. If you do not wish to have a cookie used on The Playwrights’ Center’s site, you may need to alter your settings in your browser. After altering your browser settings, you will be alerted each time a cookie is being activated, and you may choose to reject cookies on a case-by-case basis.

Links to Third Party Web Sites
The PWC Website contains links to third party web sites. The Playwrights’ Center is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third party web sites.

Site Security
Several areas of The Playwrights’ Center’s web sites are housed on a secure server. All information entered in this area, including credit card information, is entered onto The Playwrights’ Center’s secure server area. Credit card numbers are used solely for the purpose of payment processing and are not retained by our cookie technology.

Discontinue Contact Policy
If you want The Playwrights' Center to stop contacting you, please write, call, or email the Center at the address below and tell us your name and address (as it appears on the mailing label) and/or the email address at which you received the unwanted materials.

The Playwrights’ Center
2301 East Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099

info@pwcenter.org
612-332-7481

Questions or Comments
All questions or comments should be addressed to:

The Playwrights’ Center
2301 East Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099

info@pwcenter.org
612-332-7481

THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER REFUND POLICY

Membership Dues:
In the event that you find the membership services unacceptable, The Playwrights’ Center will provide a full refund of membership dues paid provided that a written, signed refund request is postmarked within 30 days of purchase date.

Refund requests postmarked more than 30 days from the original date of purchase will subject the refund to a $10.00 administrative fee and will be prorated on a weekly basis. Refunds will be paid by check and mailed within 30 days of the receipt of the written refund request.

Class Fees:
From time to time The Playwrights’ Center may offer classes independently of its educational partner, The Loft Literary Center. For classes offered directly by The Playwrights’ Center, where fees are collected, the refund policy is as follows:
• A full refund of any fees paid will be made if notice of withdrawl from the class is received no later than 7 days before the date of the first class session. Notification may be made in writing or by telephone, by calling 612-332-7481.
• A $10 administrative fee will be charged in the event that withdrawl notification is recieved less than 7 days before the date of the first class.
• After the date of the first class session, refunds will be subject to a $10 administrative fee, and will be prorated on a weekly basis.

Mail all refund requests to:

General Manager
The Playwrights’ Center
2301 East Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099
USA

Donations:
Donations to The Playwrights’ Center are nonrefundable.

Application Fees:
Application fees paid to The Playwrights’ Center are nonrefundable.

THE PLAYWRIGHTS’ CENTER SHIPPING AND RETURN POLICY

The Playwrights’ Center does not sell retail products to ship.

Many member services are delivered exclusively via email. Therefore, to make the most of the Center’s services, it is incumbent upon a member to maintain a valid email address, and to designate the Center’s primary email address (info@pwcenter.org) as a “trusted sender” in order to prevent valuable informational messages from being blocked or filtered by “anti-spam” technologies. The Playwrights’ Center will make all reasonable efforts to comply with current industry standards in order to maximize the deliverability of member benefits via email but does not guarantee delivery to any particular email server or inbox.

Printouts (“hard copies”) of scripts submitted to The Playwrights’ Center in consideration for the Center’s various fellowship competitions, festivals, and/or other programs are not returned unless otherwise specified on that program’s application form.

Effective: 16-Mar-2006