HATAS Consumer Website Privacy Statement
Friday, February 12, 2010
Introduction
Your Privacy is important to us at the
Homeless and Travelers Aid Society (HATAS). The
only information HATAS obtains about individual
visitors to this website is information supplied
voluntarily by the visitor. This statement outlines
the policies and practices of HATAS regarding the
collection and use of your personal information
from your visit to our website. HATAS has created
this privacy statement to demonstrate our commitment
to maintain the privacy of visitors to our website.
Information Collected
The personal information we collect is for HATAS
purposes only and will not be sold or given to
a third party. We will not collect any identifying
or personal information about you unless you deliberately
submit such information in the course of making
a donation or making an inquiry.
1. General website usage information
To monitor site usage and improve the quality of
our website, we gather general information about
the use of our site. The information collected
does not identify you personally, but provides
us with ``usage data" such
as the number of website visitors or the pages
visited most often. We do not track individual
users visit to our website. The usage data collected
help us analyze and improve the quality and efficiency
of our website.
The usage data is able to be collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are small data files that are sent by a website and stored on your computer. Cookies are used by most websites. Cookies can contain information about your use of our website, but they are not used to identify or track you personally. Cookies allow us to make it easier for you to log-in again when you return to this site. If you use a password protected element of this website, we may use cookies to help us recognize you and maintain your preferences.
Cookies you receive from HATAS’s website do not contain any personally identifiable information. We do not use cookies for advertising or other commercial purposes. HATAS's website only uses cookies when they offer significant convenience or added benefit to you, or when the software we use requires their use. If you do not wish to accept cookies from our website or any others, use your Internet Options or Preference feature on your browser to turn off your automatic acceptance of cookies. You should be aware that significant portions of our website will not function properly if you do not accept cookies.
2. Personal Information Collected to Process
Transactions
In using some of the features of HATAS’s website,
it may be necessary to request of you personal information
necessary to process the transaction. This may include
your name, address, telephone and fax numbers,
e-mail address and credit card number
or other payment information. The information
provided while processing any donation is encrypted
through the secure Network for Good online giving
website. Your
personal information, such as that collected when making
an inquiry, is transmitted via e-mail. We have
taken and will continue to take reasonable steps to
ensure the secure and safe transmission of your personal
information. At this time the text in red is
not completely true, it is not encrypted it is sent
via e-mail.
Personal information submitted by you will only be viewed by our staff to respond to your inquiry or process your information. On occasion, employees or contractors may view personal information in the course of providing technical assistance to maintain and improve our website or in the course of receiving training relating to our website. We will not disclose your personal information to third parties unless authorized by you or required to do so by law.
3. Payment Method Information
Donation information, such as information contained
on your credit card, is collected through the Network
for Good encrypted website. While being used
to process the transaction, your payment information
is stored in an encrypted format and reasonable measures
are taken, by Network for Good, to ensure your payment
information is not vulnerable to theft or interception.
HATAS does not store or distribute your payment information
in a manner that is not necessary for processing your
transaction. You are always welcome to use traditional
means such as the telephone or mail in transmitting
your personal information to us.
4. Links to Other Websites
HATAS's website may contain links to other websites.
We provide these links for the convenience of visitors
to the HATAS site. HATAS makes no representations
regarding the information contained in the sites
linked to this website or the privacy or security
practices of those other sites. HATAS is not responsible
for the content nor the privacy practices of the
other linked websites. Please check with the other
sites to determine their privacy polices and the
collection and use of information.
5. Changes to this Statement
The terms, policy and practices contained within
this Privacy Statement will be updated periodically
to reflect new features or services. It is your
responsibility to review our Privacy Statement
on a regular basis to familiarize yourself with
relevant changes to the policy that may affect
you. The privacy statement was last up-dated on
2/01/10.
6. Notice Concerning Minors
If you are under eighteen years of age, you
should not provide information to HATAS without
the supervision and consent of a parent or guardian.
7. Legal Disclaimer
Unfortunately,
no data protection method or combination of methods
can be guaranteed as 100 percent secure. HATAS
is not responsible for and will not be held liable
for disclosures of your personal information due
to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts
of third parties. HATAS cannot guarantee the privacy
of your confidential information transmitted to
its website should you chose not to use the appropriate
secure on-line forms provided in the relevant pages
of the website. By using this website you agree
to the terms and conditions outlined in this policy
statement.