VOICE-Buffalo, Inc. attempts to establish trusting relationships based on respect for personal identity and information by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site http://VOICE-Buffalo.org.
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VOICE-Buffalo, Inc., which operates this website, collects absolutely no information on any user visiting this website. We feel that those using this site do so for information or other purposes and are not obliged to provide any information to us unless they so desire.
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There is no information collected by third parties from this site. Should a user choose to provide information to our staff through this site, under no circumstances will that, or any part of that information, be shared with a third party unless the user expressly states it is their desire that we do so. It is our policy that any information users submit about themselves is strictly confidential and to be used by the staff members only for the user's intended purpose in providing that information.
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Users may correct any information they had previously submitted to VOICE-Buffalo by simply contacting the staff or website facilitator and correcting any information desired by way of the telephone, mailing address or email address provided on the navigational bar to the left of each page.
If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact the Voice-Buffalo, Inc. staff by email or the website facilitator.
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
VOICE-Buffalo, Inc. is is the sole owner of the information obtained through http://VOICE-Buffalo.org. VOICE-Buffalo, Inc. collects no information from our users at any points on our website unless the user submits information of their choice to our staff through this site. When the user submits information on their own, it is held in strict confidence and is not shared with anyone outside of Voice-Buffalo, Inc.
Information Use
Profile
We do not collect or store any information on users through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. No profile or information about clients is stored on our website and we do not retain individual user information that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, there is no collected information on our website tied to the users who do provide information about themselves. No profile is collected or used to tailor a user’s visit to our website or to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile or any information about you with third parties. We simply do not collect or retain any profile on our users.
Cookies
We do not use a cookie, a piece of data stored on the user’s computer, to obtain or track information about the user. Neither do we use session ID cookies or persistent cookies.
Third Party Advertising
There are no ads appearing on this website delivered to users by any third party ad server nor are there any Web advertising partners involved with this site.
Log Files
This website does not use log files. Log files typically include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We do not employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help websites manage content on our site by informing them of what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We do not use clear gifs in any way. In addition, we do not use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by the recipients.
Service Announcements
Someday there may be an occasion that necissitates sending out a strictly service-related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email if they have given their email address to our office. Users may always opt-out of these communications by simply informomg our office that they do not wish to receive such announcements through regular email.. However, any such communication about notifications of service disruption would not be promotional in nature.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.
We share no aggregated demographic or personal information with third parties.
Business Transitions
In the unlikely event that VOICE-Buffalo, Inc. goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being absorbed by another sibling organizatoin or selling a portion of its assets, users’ general contact information (which consists only of user email addresses at the office) will not, in any circumstances, be part of the assets transferred.
Links
This Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, at VOICE-Buffalo, Inc., are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, they should read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to the VOICE-Buffalo.org website.
Surveys
From time-to-time, our site requests information from users via surveys in order to research participants need. Participation in such surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name, address, phone number and or email address). Contact information will never be shared with third parties. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Users’ personal identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we explicitly give prior notice and receive express permission from the user. Such surveys will never use users’ personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to make reference to our website services to a friend, we will not contact that friend unless they contact us first.
Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website through a form or an email, their information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registrations, order forms or polls ask users to enter financially sensitive information for the sake of contributions or remuneration for event expenses, that information is transmitted through PayPalTM, VeriSignTM or some third party secure on-line transaction company and is never made known to anyone outside of VOICE-Buffalo.
All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only members who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information (such as contact information for sending confirmations, etc.). All members of our organization are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Any time new staff members become involved in helping with mailings or publicity work, they are reminded about the importance we place on privacy and what they can do to ensure our users’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that host our website do not store personally identifiable information.
If users have any questions about the security at our website, users can send an email to the website facilitator.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by using the email, US mail or telephone contact information of the Contact Us page.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us using the contact information on the Contact Us page. |
