Your
privacy is very important to us. To better protect
your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our
online information practices and the choices you can
make about the way your information is collected and
used at this site.
The Information We Collect
At this site, you can order products,
enroll in volunteer activities, vote in polls or otherwise
express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services
such as our guestbook, or participate in one of our online
forums or communities. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected at these pages include:
name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit
card information (through Pay-Pal), and information about
your interests in and use of various products, programs,
and services.
At certain
parts of
our site, only persons who provide us with the requested
personally identifiable information will be able to
order products, programs, and services or otherwise
participate in the site's activities and offerings.
We also may collect certain non-personally
identifiable information when you visit many of our web
pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g.,
Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system
you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the
domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g.,
America Online, Earthlink).
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our programs and services and to respond to your inquiries about our offerings.
We sometimes use
this information to communicate with you, such as to
notify you when you have won one of our auctions or when
we make changes to our subscriber agreements, or to fulfill
a request by you for an online newsletter.
The information we collect in connection
with our online forums and communities is used to provide
an interactive experience. We use this information to
facilitate participation in these online forums and communities.
We sometimes use the non-personally
identifiable information that we collect to improve the
design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize
your Internet experience. We also may use this information
in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to
offer you products, programs, or services.
We may disclose personally identifiable
information in response to legal process, for example,
in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may
disclose such information in response to a law enforcement
agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary
to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential
threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise
required by law. In addition, we may transfer information
about you if we are acquired by or merged with another
agency or organization.
Agents and contractors of Hope Haven,
Inc. who have access to personally identifiable information
are required to protect this information in a manner
that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example,
not using the information for any purpose other than
to carry out the services they are performing for Hope
Haven, Inc.
Although we take appropriate measures
to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information,
we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information
that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that
is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
Finally, the Hope Haven, Inc. site covered
by this Privacy Notice will not use or transfer personally
identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated
to the ones described above without also providing you
with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Cookies and "Web Beacons"
To
enhance your experience with our site, many of our
web pages use "cookies." Cookies
are text files we place in your computer's browser to
store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not
tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable
information unless you choose to provide this information
to us by, for example, registering at one of our sites.
However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally
identifiable information, this information may be linked
to the data stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage
and to improve the content and offerings on our sites.
For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience
at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when
you return to our site), save your password in password-protected
areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites.
"Web beacons" or
clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a web
page to monitor the behavior and collect data about
the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web beacons
can be used to count the users who visit a web page
or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor
viewing that page. We may use web beacons on this site
from time to time for this and other purposes.
Collection of Information By 3rd Party Sites & Sponsors
Our site contains links to other sites
whose information practices may be different than ours.
Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices
as we have no control over information that is submitted
to, or collected by, these third parties.
Our Commitment To Security
We have put in place appropriate physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and
help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security,
and correctly use the information we collect online.
How You Can Access & Correct Information
If any
information provided by you is found to be incorrect,
you may contact info@hopehaveninc.org to
submit corrections.
To protect your privacy and security,
we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity
before granting access or making corrections. How To Contact Us
If
you have any questions or concerns about the Hope Haven, Inc. online
policy for this site or its implementation you may
contact us at info@hopehaveninc.org .
