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Online Privacy Policy
The following policy applies to the Center For Women in Transition
site at www.aplaceforwomen.org
The Center For Women In Transition is committed to protecting the privacy and
security of its online visitors. This policy statement provides our visitors
with an overview of the measures we have taken to provide a safe environment
for everyone.
The Center For Women in transition discourages the use of electronic
communication (email) in situations where your personal safety could be at
risk. Please contact our 24-hour Help Line at 1-800-848-5991 OR 1-616-392-1970.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We consider the following, among other things, to be personally identifiable
information: full name, e-mail address, phone number, and street address.
We only use the personal information obtained from you to respond to, and
process your request for goods and services or donations. We do not sell
personal information to any other organisations or companies.
We will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others without
first obtaining your consent, unless required to do so by law.
NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND THE USE OF COOKIE TECHNOLOGY
We collect non-personally identifiable information through the use of a software
technology called "cookies," and through our visitors' voluntary submissions to
us and/or upon our request. By non-personally identifiable information, we are
referring to information about our visitors' browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator
or Internet Explorer), operating systems (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), Internet
service providers (e.g., AOL or NET.COM) and other similar information, which
we track in aggregate form.
The non-personally identifiable information that we track is anonymous and will
not be identified with or lead us back to any of our visitors.
Cookie technology helps us to know how many people visit us and where visitors
go on our site. Cookies are small bits of information we send to your computer.
Among other things, this non-personally identifiable information allows us to
know which areas are favorites, which areas need a bit of improvement, or what
technologies and Internet services are being used by our visitors so that we
may continually improve our visitors' online experiences.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
We collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate information on the use of
www.aplaceforwomen.org. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by
a Web server when you're on the Web. When you visit our site your computer's IP
address, the date and time of you visit, as well as the page or pages that you
have accessed are logged. We only use the information we find out from tracking
IP addresses in the aggregate, such as how many users entered a specific area
of our site, and not to track a specific IP address to identify an individual
user. However, we may use such information to identify a user if we feel that
there are or may be safety and/or security issues or to comply with legal
requirements.
SECURITY
The Center For Women in Transition ensures that all personally and
non-personally identifiable information that it receives via the Internet is
secure against unauthorized access. This information is kept in a secure system
isolated from direct connection to the Internet. This means that no eyes but
ours will ever see the information that our visitors send to us, unless we
indicate otherwise. We will never give out personal information unless required
by law. We may also give out personal information when we deem it advisable in
order to protect the safety and security of our sites and visitors to our
sites.
The Center For Women in Transition uses secure server software over a Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) line to protect your credit card information. It encrypts
all of your personal and credit card information so that this information
cannot be read as it travels to our ordering system, and once it is received,
it is stored in a location not accessible via the Internet.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Visitors will find links from www.aplaceforwomen.org to independently owned,
controlled and/or managed World Wide Web or Internet sites whose content we
have found of possible interest to our visitors. While we initially visit these
sites to which we directly link, please note that we do not monitor or control
the content that appears on these sites and such content may be constantly
changing. We encourage all end users of www.aplaceforwomen.org to read the
privacy policies of all linked sites before navigating through them.
Please note that we may revise our above policy as the content on our sites
continues to change.
www.aplaceforwomen.org is owned and operated by
The Center For Women in Transition
411 Butternut Drive
Holland, MI 49424.
We can be reached by phone at (616) 392-2829 and by e-mail at
mail@aplaceforwomen.org.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or practices, or you wish to
amend, update, or verify the information on file, or to notify us that you want
your information deleted from our files, please contact us at this address.
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