Privacy Policy

Last updated on: 5/4/2026

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables will not collect any personal data (e.g. your name, address, telephone number and email address) unless you provide it voluntarily. You may choose to provide us with personal data in order to join the Orchid Society of Coral Gables, to purchase an item, to register for an event or our email newsletter. When you submit your personal data you are consenting to such use. Any personal data collected from visitors to our website is kept private by the Orchid Society of Coral Gables.

Cookies and Tracking

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables uses cookies on the website to maintain your account login. The cookie is not used for any other purpose. (A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer generated by the operator of a website.)

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables employs methods to track usage of the Orchid Society of Coral Gables website. No personal identification is utilized in this tracking, the sole use of which is to assist in determining how to improve the Orchid Society of Coral Gables website and membership services.

Payment Processing

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables uses Square as its payment processor for membership dues. Square is used to collect payment for:

• New Member Applications submitted through our Membership Form
• Yearly Membership Renewals for existing members (Single – $30/year; Couple – $50/year)

When you submit your Membership Form, payment is collected securely on the same page through Square's embedded checkout. Square may collect and process the following information in order to complete your transaction:

• Cardholder name
• Credit or debit card number, expiration date, and security code
• Billing address
• Email address (for receipt delivery)

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables does not store, process, or have access to your full payment card details. All payment information is handled directly and securely by Square in accordance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS).

Square may use the information you provide in connection with your payment as described in their own privacy policy. We encourage you to review Square's Privacy Policy at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy.

Links

Our website contains links to other websites. The Orchid Society of Coral Gables is not responsible and cannot be held liable for the content and/or for the privacy policies of external websites.

Updates of the Policy

The Orchid Society of Coral Gables reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy at any time and will immediately post the updated policy on this website.