Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana follows a simple and strict online privacy policy. We respect the privacy of our online guests. We will never share information regarding our online guests and will not collect personal information on our guests while on our site as set forth in this privacy policy.
Information Collected from Visitors
In common with other websites, Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana collects information in several ways from different parts of our website. Log files are stored on the web server saving details such as the visitors’ IP address, browser type, referring page and time of visit. Additionally, cookies may be used to remember visitor preferences when interacting with our website. A cookie is a small amount of identifier data sent to a visitor’s browser from a web server and stored on a computer’s hard drive.
Where registration is required, Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana may collect personal information such as a visitor’s email and username. Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana may ask for identifying or personal information to:
- Invite visitors to receive e-mail updates or news information. When a visitor “opts-in” for this type of information, our organization requests an email address. Visitors are able to “opt-out” of receiving this type of information.
- Process online donations to Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana. When a visitor donates in memory or honor of someone, information given to our organization on that person is not shared for any other purpose.
- Accept online registration for various purposes and/or events. When a visitor registers online, they are agreeing to give that information only to Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana and parties involved in operating this site.
- Process registration information for online contests. When a visitor agrees to give identifying and personal information, they are giving that information only to Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana and parties involved in operating the site.
- Process registration for special events. Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana may use a system to collect information about event guests including name, email, company, and address.
This policy addresses only what Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana collects online through our site and does not include other sources. Our organization does contain links, or addresses, that a visitor simply may click to open other useful sites. Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana does not control the content or privacy policy of other sites.
How Collected Information is Used
Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana uses information collected through our website to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, content, and user experience. Our organization also uses information collected to improve site services and layout.
Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Northwest Indiana may use cookies to: 1) remind a visitor who they are; 2) estimate audience size; 3) measure certain traffic patterns to understand how users’ habits are similar or different so Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana may improve our site.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana understands the importance of privacy and confidentiality to users of this site. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana will not share personal information you submit through our website with companies not affiliated with our organization for purposes of marketing or promoting events, or products unless such events or products are related to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana. Email may be sent to inform online visitors of news regarding our services or offers by us and our partners.
Integrity and Security
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana will not sell, trade, rent, exchange or lease its visitor/donor information to third parties or other organizations. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana also takes precautions to ensure personal information is accessible only to authorized individuals required to comply with our privacy policy.
Options are available to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana online visitors. If a visitor has subscribed to one of our organization’s services, he/she may unsubscribe by following instructions included in emails received. Also, visitors may block cookies via personal browser settings, however this may prevent a visitor from access to certain features of our organizational website.
Commitment to Donors and Online Payments
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana believes in safeguarding personal information and ensuring privacy is respected and protected for donors, ALL youth, volunteers, vendors, and alumni. Boys & Girls of Greater Northwest Indiana will use personal information to keep donors, stakeholders, vendors, volunteers and alumni of organizational activities including programs, special events, funding activities, and promotional partnerships. We respect all requests to remain anonymous, and will provide “opt-out” options for donors and others who receive materials and request their names to be deleted from mailings, phone calls, faces, or other electronic communications in the future.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana mainly utilizes eTapestry to securely process all online payments. Occasionally, PayPal and WePay secure payment processors are utilized for various fundraising activities. When Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana transfers and receives sensitive information such as online donations and account information, visitors are directed to a secure server which communicates via SSL encryption to reduce possibilities of interception and hacking. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana does not store credit card information and credit card refunds are processed manually by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana.
Donor information is maintained in a password protected, secured database. Only authorized personnel have access to this information and only for appropriate business purposes. This information is shared with Board members and authorized staff, only on a confidential and need-to-know basis.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana publishes a list of names of donors at designated giving levels in our annual report and other publications. Options for anonymous giving and “opt-out” selections are available. Please contact Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana for such requests.
Youth Information
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana protects any child data and does not intend to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents/guardians to approve and supervise online activity of their children. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana:
- Will not use pictures or names of children without a signed consent form.
- Requires consent when utilizing a child’s story for fundraising or marketing.
- May use the story of a child and use a fictitious name to protect privacy.