The use of email addresses is for official Troop 44 business only. Troop 44 members, leaders, parents and others will hold email and email addresses in the highest regards.  Additionally email addresses shall not be used for distribution of socio-political or religious propaganda nor shall it be used for the distribution of chain letters, petitions, or items that do not meet the standards of Scouting.

Troop 44 Privacy Statement and General Web Policy

The purpose of this site is to provide information for Troop 44 members, the  local community and the scouting community worldwide.  Information regarding to an individual Scout, a Scouts progress within the program, or status is not able to be provided without the consent of the Scout parent as identified on his scouting application. 

We have taken extensive measures to fully comply with all  Minsi Trails Council  and National Council guidelines on website content, all National Scouting Guidelines and The U.S. House of Representatives Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 Title 15, Chapter 91

This legislation applies only to Web sites of a commercial nature. However, the Boy Scouts of America along with the Troop considers it to provide sound advice for any Web site that is intended for use by children.

Therefore, Troop 44 does not use its Web site to collect any personally identifiable information from any children while COPPA specifies children as under 13 years of age. While this site has no pages that require user input, any input from a request of personally identifiable information on an interface that is expected to be viewed by children under 13 years of age is accompanied by a notice that submissions cannot be accepted from users under 13 years of age. Where "age" or "date of birth" is requested.  In this case, no information would be stored or transmitted unless the response indicates that the user is 13 years of age or older.

Providing personal information is never a prerequisite for accessing any of the content or resources on this Web site. Specifically, refusal to provide personal information via a Web interface will never result in a user being denied access to any on-line content or resource he would be able to access were the information submitted.

Parental Consent

Parental consent is required for any information about your son to be included on this web site.  Photographs of our Scouting adventures, meetings, and activities are included when appropriate.   In these instances, they are images of the activities that represent Scouting at its best.  No names will be added to photograph details or captions unless written permission is given.

Consent forms are available at all Troop 44 meetings.

Under no circumstances will Troop 44 post youth e-mail, phone number, or address.

User Information Collection

This website does not collect any information from visitors directly or indirectly thru any measure to include information about the user's remote IP address, referral data (which page "linked" to the present request), and the browser software's user-agent string.  Pop-up ads are also not permitted on our website.

Please contact the Webmaster with any questions or concerns.