United
Way of Dutchess County
Privacy Statement Notice
I.
GENERAL
United Way of Dutchess County is committed to protecting your privacy.
Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you this notice
explaining how we treat information provided to us on this web site.
This notice may be changed or updated from time to time. If you have
questions about our Privacy Notice, you may contact us at:
United
Way of Dutchess County
75 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 471-1900 (845) 471-1933 (Fax)
We
believe that you should have control over who receives your personal
information, whether it concerns where you live, what your interests
are, or how you choose to conduct transactions. Therefore, we do not
use or disclose information about your individual visits to our site
or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, e-mail
address, or telephone number, to any outside companies except for the
use of completing a donation transaction that you initiate.
II.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In general, our web site host automatically gathers certain usage information
like the numbers and frequency of visitors to United Way of Dutchess
County's web site. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective
data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site,
so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can
make it for as many of you as possible.
III.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
At our site, we do not collect personally identifiable information from
individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly.
This means we do not require you to register or provide information
to us in order to view our site.
United
Way of Dutchess County only gathers personally identifiable data, such
as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, e-mail addresses, etc., when
voluntarily submitted by a visitor. For example, personally identifiable
information may be collected in order to respond to a stated desire
to volunteer time to us or make a donation online. This information
is used solely by United Way of Dutchess County or other entities involved
in the operation of this site for internal purposes. Only those persons
who need it to perform their job responsibilities are authorized to
have access to your personally identifiable information. In addition,
we maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures that
comply with legal requirements to safeguard your personally identifiable
information. United Way of Dutchess County lists are never sold to third
parties. We will only share personally identifiable information with
third parties when the person submitting the information authorizes
us to share it or we are required by law.
Is
Your Credit Card Information Secure?
We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use a
method that is standard industry security protocol, which makes it extremely
difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you
send to us. Contributions may also be made by calling United Way of
Dutchess County at (845) 471-1900.
What
is a "Cookie"?
A cookie is a text file saved to your computer's hard drive. The text
file contains small pieces of data sent by a web server and stored on
your computer when you visit certain web sites. Your browser can "read"
this information when you visit the site again. A cookie cannot access
your computer files or hard drive.
Cookies
are used on this web site for visitor tracking only, to distinguish
new versus repeat contributors. Cookies are not associated with credit
card numbers.
Links
to Other Sites
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that
the United Way of Dutchess County is not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when
they leave our site and to read the privacy notices of each and every
web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
notice applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Note
to Parents About our Privacy Notice
United Way of Dutchess County welcomes children to learn more about
our organization and, where appropriate, find opportunities to serve
their communities through United Way of Dutchess County programs and
volunteer activities. However, we encourage this be done only with their
parents' knowledge and supervision.