Boys' & Girls' Brigade Privacy Policy
This site is provided by The Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade. Brigade is committed to the safety and privacy of the children that visit this site. Our information collection practices are described below. While we encourage children to visit our site and learn more about our programs, we recommend, however, that parents approve and closely supervise the activity of their children at this and all other online sites. We urge children to check with their parents before entering information on any website and we urge parents to discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online release of personal information to anyone they don't know.
The Information Brigade Collects
We respect your privacy as our online guest, and we will not collect any identifying or personal information about you while you are here except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Brigade collects information in several ways from different parts of this site. Brigade may collect personal information from you when you register with this site. Brigade also may ask you for personal information at other times, such as when you ask a question or report a problem with this site. If you contact Brigade, Brigade may keep a record of that session or correspondence, including a record of your e-mail address. Brigade may also occasionally ask users to complete surveys for research purposes. There also may be sections of this site that require you to fill out an online form or send Brigade an e-mail message in order to utilize these sections. Brigade collects any information that you provide in such circumstances, including any personal information.
We may ask you for identifying and personal information to:
- Invite you to receive periodic e-mail updates about our programs. You can “opt out” of receiving these periodic updates at any time.
- Process any online donations you make to The Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade. When you donate to honor someone else, we do not use the information you give us about that person for any other purpose.
- Accept your online “registration” at our site. When you agree to give us identifying and personal information, you are giving that information only to The Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade and the parties we have involved in operating this site. You are giving it solely to enable the services this site provides.
Brigade also may collect IP addresses, domain names, and similar non-personally identifying items regarding users of this site to measure the number of visits, pages visited, average time spent on this site, and similar items.
Cookies
"Cookies" may be used in connection with this site. A cookie is a small data file that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. By using cookies, information is potentially collected without your express knowledge, however the information that may be stored is used solely to improve your experience while visiting the site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies but permit you to change the setting to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent. While refusal to accept cookies will not prevent the use of some portions of this site, other portions of this site may not function properly without cookies.
How Brigade Uses the Information it Collects
Brigade uses the information it collects through this site to improve its marketing and promotional efforts, to improve its content, and to customize this site's services, content, and layout. Brigade may provide the information it collects through this site to Brigade’s business partners, and to third parties who provide services on Brigade’s behalf. Brigade may use the information it collects through this site to inform you of new services, changes, or promotions. If you do not want us to send you this type of information, please let us know by contacting us at Boys' & Girls' Brigade. We will not disclose your personal information collected through this site to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy without first informing you of such change in our disclosure practices and providing you a choice regarding such disclosure.
Generally, Brigade may use cookies and the information they provide to: (a) track who you are in order to deliver to you better and more personalized service; (b) estimate its audience size; (c) determine the nature and extent of repeat usage; and (d) measure certain traffic patterns to understand how users' habits are similar or different from one another, so that Brigade may improve its site.
Brigade understands the importance of privacy and confidentiality to users of this site. Brigade will not share personal information you submit through this site with companies not affiliated with Brigade for purposes of marketing or promoting events, products, or similar items, unless such events, products, or similar items are related to or in direct association with Brigade.
Brigade may disclose information it collects through this site when required to do so by a court, regulatory agency, subpoena, law, regulation, or other body of competent jurisdiction and authority, and for administrative and other purposes that Brigade deems necessary to maintain, service, and improve its products and services and to protect its rights and property. Finally, if you become involved in any violation of security, violation of this website’s Terms of Use, or violation of any party’s or third party’s rights, Brigade may release information about you to assist in investigating, resolving, or remediating any such incidents.
Integrity and Security
Brigade employs commercially reasonable managerial and technical measures to help protect the security and integrity of the personal information it collects online through this site. You acknowledge, however, that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while Brigade strives to protect your personal information, Brigade cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to or from this site.
Privacy Practices of Other Sites
This Privacy Policy only address the use and disclosure of information Brigade collects online through this site, not information that Brigade collects through other sources. For your convenience, this site may contain links, or addresses, that you can simply click to open other useful sites where we do not control the content or privacy policy. Carefully review the approach these sites take to your privacy before you use them or provide them with information.
We assume no liability for any unauthorized actions of third parties or accidental transmission errors that may disclose information about you, and Brigade is not responsible for these other sites’ privacy practices, which may be different from Brigade’s privacy practices.
Contacting Brigade About Your Personal Information
If you would like to review the personal information that Brigade has collected about you through this site in order to verify its accuracy and completeness, or if you have a question or complaint regarding Brigade’s privacy practices, or to request that Brigade delete your personal information from its records, please contact us at Boys' & Girls' Brigade.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
Brigade may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this posting. Please consult this Privacy Policy regularly.
Last updated: November 13, 2006
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