Last Updated July 2026
The Ohio Masonic Communities, and its subsidiaries, or affiliates, including Ohio Masonic Home (collectively referred to herein as “OMH”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your personal information. This “Privacy Policy” informs you about our practices regarding the treatment of information we collect from you online, the kinds of information we collect, how that information is used, with whom we share it, and how you can opt-out of, use, correct, or change such information.
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU CONTINUE. BY ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE OR USING ANY OF ITS FEATURES, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ARE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN THEIR ENTIRETY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, PLEASE REDIRECT YOUR BROWSER AND EXIT THE WEBSITE.
This “Privacy Policy” outlines how your personally identifiable information (your “Visitor Information”) may be collected, used, and shared in connection with your access to and/or visitation or use of our site, https://omcoh.org/ (the “Site”), as well as what information we may collect through any third-party application or third-party sites, social networks, or social media sites (such as Facebook, Meta, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc., collectively “Applications”). This Privacy Policy also describes your choices and rights regarding the use, access, and correction or deletion of your Visitor Information. By visiting our Site, you consent to the use of your Visitor Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may also be asked to provide clear and unequivocal affirmative consent to the collection, processing, and sharing of your Visitor Information via opt-in procedures.
This Site is owned and operated by The Ohio Masonic Communities. This Privacy Policy only applies to Visitor Information obtained by OMH in connection with or related to your use of the Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any Application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from, or on, our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Site you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time and your continued use of this Site means that you are consenting to be bound by the most recently updated version of this Privacy Policy.
We collect Visitor Information when you use our Site. Sometimes you may submit it to us yourself, other times it may be collected automatically. Our handling of your Visitor Information is generally limited to handling and resolving general inquiries and improving our Site. You are not required to provide OMH with the personal data that we request, but if you choose not to do so, we may not be able to provide you with our services, with a high quality of service, or respond to any inquiries you may have.
Your Visitor Information may be collected, used, and shared. As detailed below, the type of Visitor Information collected may vary based on how it was gathered, but may include, among other things, your name, telephone number, email address, address, and other information that you voluntarily submit (e.g., when you submit information via our ‘Contact Us’ link), information automatically collected about your usage of our Site that does not include personally identifiable information (e.g., the content that you choose to view and how you interact), and information about you that third parties may share with us if such third parties have previously received your consent to do so. In general, your personally identifiable Visitor Information means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device. It does not include (i) publicly available information from government records; (ii) de-identified or aggregate information; or (iii) certain other personal data protected by other sector-specific state or federal laws.
Moreover, we may automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
OMH does not collect or process any data on the Site regarding the following: race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs; trade union memberships; genetic or biometric data; health or mortality; or sexual orientation.
We may collect several categories of information from and about users of our Site, including:
On our Site, we collect your Visitor Information through various means, including through:
OMH may collect Visitor Information that is voluntarily provided by you or with your permission. For example, we may ask you for information, such as your name and e-mail address when you contact us. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information. You always have the option not to provide the information we request. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit the Site, but you may be required to provide your information by other means if we need such information to provide our services to you.
To review and change your Visitor Information, please contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We may not accommodate a request to change your Visitor Information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause your Visitor Information to be incorrect. Please review the section below concerning Privacy Rights and Considerations for more information concerning your individual rights regarding our collection and use of your Visitor Information.
Our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (invisible images often referred to as pixel tags or clear GIFs) on the Site in order to recognize users, assess traffic patterns, identify preferred content, and measure Site engagement. We may also include web beacons in our e-mail messages in order to count how many e-mail messages have been opened, for example.
Some of these web beacons may also be placed by third-party service providers (e.g. Google, Microsoft, Meta, Adobe, Gravatar, and HubSpot) to help determine the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These web beacons may be used by third-party service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain web pages and compiles anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our third-party service providers to learn which advertisements bring you to our website and how you use the Site.
Our servers log information about your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, your browser type, your browser version, the pages you visit, how long you spend on those pages, the date and time of your visit, and the current URL you are requesting. This information is always provided by your browser and automatically logged. These log files are stored in a secure location and used in our internal analysis of traffic patterns.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. A cookie is a small data file that is written onto a computer’s hard drive by a web browser. A cookie file can contain and/or automatically collect information, such as a user identification code or IP address that a website will use to track the pages and number of times you have visited. The data read from these cookies may be linked to personally identifying (PII) and non-personally identifying (non-PII) information. We may collect and use non-PII to help us improve our services, customize your experience and analyze use of our services. This Privacy Policy does not limit our use or disclosure of collected non-PII. We reserve the right to collect, use and disclose such non-PII to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our sole discretion.
We and our partners may use cookies and similar technologies on the Site to personalize and optimize your browsing experience by: providing you tailored content, enabling social media features, safeguarding against spam and malware, analyzing trends, traffic, and user behavior, administering the Site, gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole, tracking web and advertising analytics throughout the Site, remembering preferences and voluntarily-submitted information (e.g. name, email), performing location-related functionalities and analytics, participating in market research (e.g., website ratings), and educating OMH about how the Site can continue to be improved. You may turn off cookies in your browser or have your browser warn you before accepting cookies. If you choose to turn off cookies, you may not be able to experience all of the features on our Site.
Cookies fall into the subcategories below.
Essential Cookies. Certain cookies are used for specific purposes that are essential to your secure use and navigation of the Site. Without them, OMH may not be able to provide core Site functions and features to you, and the Site would not operate as well as you or OMH would like. These cookies collect and use information such as your server preferences, single-session data and corresponding identifier, web beacons and log files, and other credential-related information. Essential cookies also help inform OMH whether you require, or have already been served, an affirmative consent request in connection with our data policies. Essential cookies also include analytics cookies, which provide us data that allows OMH to better understand its users and improve the Site based on what we have learned from that data.
Preference Cookies. Other cookies are used to collect and process information about your preferences and similar choices in connection with the Site in order to optimize your browsing experience. Preference cookies include social media cookies, which collect information about your social media usage and other data you may have provided in connection with such usage (if you access the Site through a social media website or mobile application, you may have social media cookies). If you wish to modify or change your social media cookies, please visit the appropriate social media website and review the settings related to your applicable social media account(s).
Advertising Cookies. To help support the Site and further tailor your experience, OMH and certain of our third-party providers may also use cookies on the Site to personalize the content you may be shown. Some advertisements may use advertising cookies to provide targeted advertisements that may be more consistent with your interests than non-targeted advertisements. OMH does not provide user information to third parties except in connection with the Site or as required by law.
Services providing analytic tools (“Analytic Services”), including without limitation Google Analytics®, are being used with the Site which transmits website traffic data to servers in the United States. Google Analytics may collect information such as IP address, device and browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring websites. Analytic Services do not collect personal information, identify individual users, or associate your IP address with any other data. We do not share any personally identifiable information with our Analytic Services in connection with their performing of any services on our Site. We use reports provided by Analytic Services to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage. Each of these services has their own privacy policy that you should refer to. If you would like more information on how Google handles your personal information, please visit their privacy policy here.
The Site may contain links to websites not owned or controlled by OMH. We do not have any control over these third-party websites and do not endorse them. If you choose to click on a link for a Third-Party Website, that Third Party Website may collect your personal information and/or information about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, and other online services websites. We do not:
We encourage you to be aware of Third-Party Websites and their privacy policies, as we are not responsible for their privacy policies or processing activities and practices. Please review the privacy policy of each website you visit before you submit any personal information.
Collection and processing of Visitor Information by or in collaboration with our third-party vendors depends on your activity on the Site. Your Visitor Information may be processed based on the following:
We collect, process and disclose your Visitor Information only for specific and limited purposes. For example, to respond to inquiries received from the use of any quote request webpages on the Site, to assess and handle any complaints, and to develop and improve our services, communication methods and the functionality of our Site.
Our primary goal in collecting, using, and sharing Visitor Information is to enhance your experience on the Site, support the Site, and improve its features, performance, and other elements. We will not use your Visitor Information without a valid legal basis to do so, and we will only process your Visitor Information in a way that is compatible with and relevant to the purpose for which it was collected and authorized.
Your Visitor Information may be used for the purposes outlined below.
To respond to general inquiries and to provide customer support when needed, we collect or use the following information, including your first and last name, telephone number, and email address. Additionally, your Visitor Information may be used to present the Site and its content to you, request feedback, and for any other purpose with your consent.
From time to time, we may provide e-mails or telephone calls highlighting new features, promotions, or content on the Site to those users who have expressly provided us with their permission to send such communications. For instance, we may communicate with you by email in response to your inquiries or send you service-related announcements based on Visitor Information you provide to us. Additionally, if you supply us with your telephone number, we may contact you regarding new products, services, or upcoming events. We may also use your Visitor Information to send you updates and other promotional communications with your consent. If you no longer wish to receive those email or telephone updates, you may opt-out at any time of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication (usually in the form of an “unsubscribe” link), or contact us to update your personal contact preferences. Note that unsubscribing from our emails will not prevent you from receiving transactional emails relating to support or service requests.
We may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing of information submitted on any contact form on the Site, the delivery of any mailings or correspondence, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We provide those companies only the information they need to deliver the service. In some instances, these companies may collect information directly from you and you will be notified of the involvement of the external service provider. Such companies are subject to agreements that require them to maintain the confidentiality of your information and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. We reserve the right to not track how you interact with any of the services provided.
You may be requested to voluntarily provide certain Visitor Information during your use of our Site. If you choose to do so, Visitor Information may be shared with OMH and its affiliates as well as business partners and vendors providing hosting and other web-based services for OMH.
OMH may use third parties to provide e-mail messaging, text messaging, account management and hosting services for the Site. When you sign up for services, we will share your Visitor Information as necessary for the third party to provide that service. These third parties are prohibited from using your Visitor Information for any other purpose. If you do not want your information to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer of your information by not using that particular service.
The ownership or control of the Site may change at some point in the future. Should that occur, we want this Site and/or OMH to be able to maintain a relationship with you. In the event of a change in ownership, merger, bankruptcy or change in control of OMH, your information may be shared with the person or business that owns or controls this Site. You will be notified as described below in “Changes to Privacy Policy.” Opting out of receiving information from third parties will not affect our right to transfer your information to a new owner, but your choices will continue to be respected regarding the use of your information.
OMH may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law, investigate fraud or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on OMH, or to protect and defend the rights or property of OMH.
OMH will not process your Visitor Information without a lawful basis to do so. In general, OMH will process your Visitor Information on any of the following legal bases:
When we collect and use your personal data for the purposes mentioned above or for other purposes, we will inform you before or at the time of collection. Where appropriate, we will ask for your consent to process your Visitor Information. Where you have given consent for processing activities, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The potential disclosures outlined herein serve as a Notice at Collection under the California Privacy Rights Act and other applicable data privacy regulations.
OMH takes the security of your Visitor Information very seriously. We take every effort to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. Our measures include implementing appropriate access controls, investing in the latest information security capabilities to protect the IT environments we leverage, and ensuring we encrypt and anonymize personal data wherever possible. Access to your Visitor Information is only permitted among our employees and agents on a need-to-know basis and subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations when processed by third parties.
Your information may be stored on servers owned and operated by OMH and its affiliates or by cloud/software service providers (“SaaS Services”) and located in the United States. Our SaaS Services are committed to using industry-standard physical, electronic, and organizational safeguards to protect information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access and disclosure to protect individuals’ privacy and to employing security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Visitor Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. When entering Visitor Information on the Site, look for the secure icon (typically an image of a lock) and ‘https’ designation in the address box of your browser window that indicates you are on a secure page. This Site is protected with an SSL certificate.
However, it must be noted that “perfect security” does not exist today. If you are concerned that your privacy may have been breached, please contact us using the contact information provided at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
The safety and security of your Visitor Information also depends on you. Any transmission of Visitor Information by you is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Site.
We will only keep your Visitor Information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us to keep your personal information for longer than reasonably necessary.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will actively review the personal data we hold and delete it securely, or in some cases, anonymize it when there is no longer a legal, business, or consumer need for it to be retained.
You should review the privacy policies of any third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties. Please contact each third-party provider directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies or the information they require for you to complete any transaction.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (“COPPA”) NOTIFICATION
Our Site is not designed for persons under the age of thirteen (“13”). We are not responsible for any access or use of the Site by children or minors under the age of 13. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on our Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on our Site or through any of their features, use any of the interactive features of our Site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us as outlined below.
OMH does not actively target or market to any member state in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). However, we may engage with some customer companies who have or maintain a presence in the EEA or who have customers and data subjects in the EEA, any of which may be covered under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”).
If you are a resident of the EEA, or are accessing the Site while physically located in the EEA, even if not a resident of the EEA, you have specific rights concerning your Visitor Information under GDPR. Further information and advice about your rights concerning your Visitor Information can be obtained from the supervisory authority in your country that is responsible for monitoring the application of GDPR.
If you are a resident of the EEA, under GDPR, you have the right to:
In some instances, OMH requires explicit consent from you to process certain personal data. In such instances, you will receive a direct request from OMH for your permission to collect and/or process your personal data and you will be required to provide affirmative consent. In any event, OMH will clearly explain what personal data is being collected and/or processed and how it will be used. OMH only collects the minimum amount of personal data necessary to perform its services. Explicit consent may always be retracted at any time by a data subject covered under GDPR.
If you are a resident of the EEA or accessed the Sites while physically located in the EEA, and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal data, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.
If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection supervisory authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
OMH’s ability to fulfill a request to exercise your rights, as outlined above, is subject to certain restrictions and circumstances outlined in GDPR. If you would like to exercise any of your rights under GDPR, or if you have any questions concerning the exercise of your rights, you may contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
OMH does not sell any personal data it collects about you to third parties. As outlined above, OMH may share data related to Log Files, Web Beacons, and Analytic Services with third parties in connection with maintaining and improving our Services. If you are a resident of California, under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), you have the right to:
If you would like to exercise your rights under the CCPA or CPRA, you may contact OMH as outlined further below. OMH may not discriminate against you if you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA or CPRA. You may only make a verifiable consumer request to know, obtain a copy, or delete your personal information twice within a 12-month period. Please note that California law requires us to verify the requests we receive from you when you exercise certain rights listed above. We may ask you to provide additional information to us in order for us to verify the request. When we contact you to request verification information, please respond and provide the information that we have requested. In some cases, we may require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request or that you are authorized to make the request on behalf of someone else. If you are disabled and need reasonable accommodations to facilitate your request, please let us know.
We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Our goal is to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we need more time (up to another 45 days), we will let you know of the reason and extension period in writing within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.
Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. When you request a copy of your personal information, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity easily.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
California’s “Shine The Light” law (California Civil Code §1798.83), permits users of our Site who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Visitor Information (if any) to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you are a resident of Colorado, under the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), you have the right to:
If you would like to exercise your rights under the CPA, you may contact OMH as outlined further below.
If you are a resident of Connecticut, under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), you have the right to:
If you would like to exercise your rights under the CTDPA, you may contact OMH as outlined further below.
If you are a resident of Utah, under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”), you have the right to:
If you would like to exercise your rights under the UCPA, you may contact OMH as outlined further below.
If you are a resident of Virginia, under the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act (“VCDPA”), you have the right to:
If you would like to exercise your rights under the VCDPA, you may contact OMH as outlined further below. OMH may not discriminate against you if you exercise any of your rights under the VCDPA.
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request by contacting us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
If you are a resident of Canada, under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), you have the right to:
When we collect information from you, you may inform us if you do not wish to be contacted for marketing/market research purposes in accordance with Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation. If you do not want to receive promotional information from us or our representatives, please use the unsubscribe option in your user account or the email you received, or contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy to update your personal contact preferences.
If you would like to exercise your rights under the PIPEDA, you may contact OMH as outlined below. OMH will not discriminate against you if you exercise any of your rights under PIPEDA.
Many other countries have comprehensive privacy laws, which may be similar to GDPR or PIPEDA, and provide their residents with specific rights to the privacy and management of their personal data and information. Additionally, many states in the United States have independently adopted comprehensive privacy laws, such as the CCPA, which provide their residents with specific rights with respect to their personal data and information. Many of these international and domestic laws include rights such as:
The exact scope of your rights varies depending on the country or state of your residence. To exercise any of your rights under the laws in your country or state of residence, please contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. To appeal a decision regarding a request you have made to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time as necessary to reflect customer feedback, changes in our services, and changes in the law. The updated version will be indicated by a revised “Last updated” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices and to review our most current Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
To request to review, update, delete your personal information, or exercise any of your rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy, or if you have any additional questions regarding this Privacy Policy or how to remove or modify your user information or related consents, please feel free to contact us by the e-mail or the mailing address below:
The Ohio Masonic Communities
Corporate Office
2655 West National Rd.
Springfield, OH 45504
Attention: PRIVACY OFFICER
By Phone: 1(877) 881-1623
By Email: omcmarketing@omcoh.org
OMH will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.
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