Who we are
We are the Great Falls Council Scouting America (Great Falls Council). Our website address is https://gfcscouting.org. Our physical address is 2860 Genesee Street, Buffalo, NY 14225. Our phone number is (716) 891-4073 and our general delivery email is info@fiveriversbsa.org.
Disclaimer
This set of web pages for the Great Falls Council is maintained by private individuals as a public service and in no way represents the Scouting America or the Great Falls Council. We make absolutely no guarantees as to the currency, accuracy, or quality of information that we publish.
Information presented on this website is provided as a service to the Scouting community to make it easier to find answers to questions and give access to sources of Scouting information. Every effort has been made to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information. However, all information may not be completely accurate or up-to-date. Official Scouting documentation is available only at your local Council office.
Great Falls Council makes no representations or warranties as to the suitability of this information for your particular purpose, and that to the extent you use or implement this information in your own setting, you do so at your own risk. In no event will the Great Falls Council be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, consequential, incidental, special, or claim for attorney fees, arising out of the use of or inability to use the information provided.
Some of the links on this and other pages of this website may lead to resources or content outside the control of the Great Falls Council. These links should not be construed as an endorsement by the Great Falls Council. The Great Falls Council is not responsible for the content on any other server.
Great Falls Council currently uses the domain names “gfcscouting.org” and “www.fiveriversbsa.org”. Any Web page using any other domain name is outside the control of the Great Falls Council.
The information contained herein was current as of the date this site was established. Changes or modifications may have occurred since that date. You are urged to contact the responsible source to confirm the accuracy of this information and errors will be corrected as soon as possible.
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Great Falls Council on the World Wide Web. Our websites are designed to make it easier and more efficient for Great Falls Council Scouters to interact with their Council. As with all online resources, we appreciate that many visitors to our sites will be concerned about their privacy. The Great Falls Council is committed to preserving your privacy when you visit our sites.
This policy addresses the collection, security, and access to information that may be obtained through the use of the sites maintained by the Great Falls Council. This policy covers the following topics:
- Information We Collect
- Public Disclosure
- Access
- Choice
- Cookies
- Security
- Linking
- Information Disclaimer
- Information Collected
- Embedded Content from Other Websites
Information We Collect
If you visit a website maintained by the Great Falls Council to read or download information, we do not collect information about you. You should be aware that the IP server that services our domain name does collect certain information. Please visit the IP server home page for details of the server Privacy Policy.
If, during your visit to the Great Falls Council websites, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable information, we may collect such information. Examples of personally identifiable information may include:
- An email address if you are communicating with us through email
- Information you voluntarily submit to the Council to complete or submit an application or form online
- Other information volunteered, such as survey information or content of email
In general, please note the information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video, and other graphic formats you send us. Information is retained under existing laws and other Council policies.
Public Disclosure
As a rule, the Council does not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online except where you have given us permission, or where the information is public. Visitors should be aware that information collected by the Council on its websites may be subject to examination and inspection if such information is a public record and not otherwise protected from disclosure.
Access
Any personally identifiable information you enter in a user profile will be open and accessible to you for review and modification. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented in this Privacy Policy, you can contact the Council Office using the contacts above.
Choice
You may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (i.e., surveys or emails). Your choice to not participate will not affect your ability to access information on the Council’s Web sites.
Cookies
We do not use cookies to customize your browsing experience. Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser and they provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to the web sites. If you have further questions about cookies, the Computer Incident Advisory Capacity Unit that monitors computer problems for the U.S. Department of Energy issued a study on March 12, 1998, of the risks to users of cookies, titled “Information Bulletin 1-034: Internet Cookies.”
Security
In certain instances, you will have the opportunity to receive or create a password to access or submit personal information. You should not divulge your password to anyone and the Council will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail. When you are finished with those applications that are password protected, you should exit the page.
Link Disclaimer
The Council provides links to other websites, not maintained by the Great Falls Council, which appear to be of interest to the Scouting community. A link does not constitute an endorsement of the content, viewpoint, policies, products, or services of that website. Once you link to another website not maintained by the Council, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website, including but not limited to its privacy policy.
Information Disclaimer
Information provided on the Council’s websites is intended to allow the public immediate access to public information. While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current, and reliable information we recognize the possibility of human and/or mechanical error. Therefore, the Great Falls Council, its employees, officers, and agencies expressly deny any warranty of the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by this system and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Any person who relies upon such information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.
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 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.