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Privacy Policies
Below
are our online policies for Privacy, Copyright and COPPA. If
you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
ask.
Privacy:{top}
How
we handle the information we gather when you visit our web site.
- Web
server activity logs - Like most web servers on the Internet,
our servers collect and store all of the information that your
web browser sends when it requests a web page, including:
- the
name, domain, and numerical Internet address of the "host"
computer (typically a computer belonging to your Internet
Service Provider and not your personal computer) from which
you access the Internet. For example, your host computer's
name is Harriet and its numerical address is 63.145.212.102;
- the
date and time you accessed our site;
- the
Internet address of the web page that you came from;
- the
page you requested from our site and the number of characters
sent to your computer; and
- the
information your web browser software sends as its so-called
"User Agent," which typically identifies the browser
software and may also indicate the operating system and type
of CPU used in your personal computer.
- It
is impossible to determine the actual identity of an individual
user from this information. The logs are periodically summarized
and analyzed in order to study site usage over time and to
perform other studies to help us improve the site's organization,
performance, and usefulness.
- Electronic
mail - When you send us personal identifying information
via e-mail (that is, in a message containing a question or comment,
or by filling out a form that e-mails us this information), we
use it to respond to your requests. We may forward your e-mail
to individuals who are better able to answer your questions. We
do not retain or distribute lists of e-mail addresses to any parties
outside of Catholic Charities. In no event, do we distribute lists
of e-mail addresses.
- Online
surveys - When you voluntarily provide us with personal
information as part of an online survey, we use it to perform
various quantitative and qualitative analyses to improve customer
service and satisfaction. You are under no obligation to participate
in such surveys. Non-participation will not inhibit your use of
our web site in any way. If you provided the information to us
in error, you may request its removal at any time.
- Marketing
information - We may collect information from you, with
your permission, that will allow us to provide various customer
services, such as promotional materials and program or service
availability notices. We will remove such information at your
request.
Collection
and release of gathered information
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personal identifying
information about you when you visit our web sites, unless you choose
to provide such information to us. We do not attempt to identify
individual users or share any information we receive with any parties
outside of Catholic Charities. The only exceptions to this are:
- officially
authorized law enforcement investigations wherein Catholic Charities
has been served with an appropriate warrant to provide specific
information, or
- a
suspected attempt to deliberately circumvent our system's security
with the intent to gain unauthorized access or to do physical
damage for example, an attack by hackers. In this case, collected
information associated with a suspected intruder will be provided
to the FBI.
Retention
of collected information
Cookies - Some applications may save a "cookie" on your
computer's hard disk to provide a temporary history of actions taken.
A common example is the tracking of items placed in an online "shopping
basket." We do not retain any record of "cookies"
beyond what is necessary for running the application.
- Web
server activity logs - Monthly extracts of the log files are archived
and stored off-line at our discretion for an indefinite period
of time. Some statistical summaries derived from these data may
be retained online or off-line at our discretion for an indefinite
period of time.
- E-mail
- Information collected via e-mail will be retained at our discretion
in a directly readable form for as long as necessary to complete
our response. The e-mail itself may be retained in an archival
form.
- Online
surveys - Information collected via online surveys may be maintained
at our discretion for an indefinite period of time.
- Marketing
information - Such information may be maintained at our discretion
for an indefinite period of time.
Copyright:{top}
- All
content provided on this web site, including but not limited to
button icons, formatting, graphics, images, logos, software, and
text, is copyrighted by Catholic Charities under United States
law and is protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions.
Any reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system
or retransmission, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly
prohibited without prior written permission.
- You
are welcome to make a link to any of the Catholic Charities web
pages published on the Internet. There is no need to request permission.
- Use
of the Catholic Charities logo is prohibited without written permission.
COPPA:{top}
Catholic Charities does not operate a commercial Web site directed
to children under 13. We do not collect personal information from
children. We do not have actual knowledge that we are collecting
personal information from children. If at a future date Catholic
Charities establishes or provides services on a web site that in
anyway meets the criteria of the Act, Catholic Charities will ensure
that full compliance is met by Catholic Charities in every aspect
of the Act. Compliance |
