|
Privacy Policy |
Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii ("VLSH") uses its best efforts to respect the privacy of its online visitors. We do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our site. The information we receive depends on what you do when you visit our site. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect, how we may use that information, and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information. In addition, we describe the choices you can make about how we use the information you provide to us. We collect and use information about you to communicate with you about our products, services, promotions, programs and events, and to customize our communications in those areas. We also collect information to improve your website experience, enroll you as a VLSH volunteer, enable you to make donations to VLSH, and enable you to stay informed on legislative issues important to VLSH. Here are the ways we obtain information about you and the types of information we obtain. We also tell you how we use the information. Register for Our Newsletters. When you ask us to send you either our VLSH or Project Visitation newsletters, you provide us with your email address and/or postal address so we can fulfill your request. Contact Us Link. If you contact us via our website, we may ask you for information such as your name, address and email address so we can respond to your questions or comments. Unless you consent, we do not retain this information except to respond to your inquiries. Website. If you visit our site to read, or download information such as publications, forms, video and graphics, we collect and store the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to determine the number of visitors to the different sections of our web site. We use it to make the site more useful. Donations. You also give us contact information and credit card or checking information so we can process your donation. We use this information for that purpose and to customize our communication with you. Other Ways We May Use Information to Provide Services. You may provide us with survey information to help us learn more about your preferences. We maintain information you provide to us in our database to provide you with the information, goods or services you have requested. VLSH does not share personal information about you with any third parties for their own marketing purposes. We do share this information with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf, but these service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. We also may disclose information about you to other members of the VLSH family (such as our local agencies, which may have their own privacy policies) and as required by law. The security of personal information is a high priority for us. We work with partners who maintain online safeguards to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration and destruction of the personal information in our possession. To protect the security of your credit card information. The industry standard for Internet security -- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology is used to protect your information. This Internet encryption standard scrambles data as it travels from your computer to our server. You’ll know that you’re in a secure area of our website when the “http” portion of the VLSH website address in your browser changes to “https.” The “s” stands for “secure.” VLSH’s products, services, promotions and programs will change over time. This Privacy Notice will be updated periodically to reflect those changes and corresponding changes in our information practices. Whenever we revise this Privacy Notice, we will change the date on the notice to indicate when the revisions were made. We reserve the right to change our information practices and the terms of this Privacy Notice, and to apply the changed practices to all information we have about you. Links To Other Web Sites Links to third party Web sites on this site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the VLSH site. VLSH has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Thus, VLSH does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do this entirely at your own risk. Note to parents about our Privacy Policy VLSH welcomes children to learn more about our organization and, where appropriate, find opportunities to serve their community through VLSH programs and volunteer activities. However, we encourage this to be done only with their parent's knowledge and supervision. Children should ask for their parents’ permission before sending any information about themselves to us or anyone else over the Internet. NOTE: You must be thirteen (13) years of age or older to sign up for any of our programs. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us at: |