Last Updated: 11/24/2009
Welcome to Children's Home Society of Washington's (CHSW) Privacy Policy page. CHSW maintains strict privacy practices. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. No personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
The information CHSW collects:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on CHSW's website. On some pages, you can make donations, sign up for the e-newsletter, or register to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
Name
Address
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Credit/Debit Card Information
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, you might make a donation in another's name and enter their address, e-mail address, and other personal information. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected might include:
Name
Address
Phone Number
E-mail Address
Where CHSW collects your information online:
When you make a donation online, sign up for the electronic CHSW newsletter, send a comment via the "Contact Us" feature online, or register for an event on the web site, your name and contact information will be relayed to CHSW. When you are engaged in a transaction, whether through event registration or an online donation the amount of your gift will also be relayed to CHSW. Your contact information will enable CHSW to acknowledge you/your donation directly. Additionally, you will be asked to enter your credit card information when making a transaction online.
CHSW uses a third-party vendor to process credit card transactions. This information is transferred for processing purposes only. Any information collected by our credit card processor is used only for transactional and/or financial record-keeping purposes, or as required by law.
CHSW may use the information that we collect from you as follows:
Unless you opt out of receiving e-mail messages, CHSW uses the e-mail address that you provide to send out periodic news regarding the organization that could include program highlights, special events, agency news, or stories on the children and families we serve. In an effort to provide the best, most relevant content to our audience, CHSW may at times ask for input on how to better serve supporters.
When you make a donation or sign up for the e-newsletter, you may elect to receive communications from reputable partners serving a similar mission. If you choose to receive such communications, CHSW may share your information with other nonprofit organizations.
CHSW may disclose information we collect from you if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, or (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (c) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Children's Home Society of Washington, its employees or the public as required or permitted by law.
CHSW may also collect and store aggregate (non-identifying) or anonymous information about user contact, site use, website traffic patterns, and related site information to assists us in improving outreach efforts, and improve our website design. CHSW may share this knowledge with site advertisers, and reputable partners serving a similar mission. This information does not identify you individually.
Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, CHSW will not disclose information we collect from you to any third party, including other nonprofit organizations, unless you specifically request that we share your information with a third party.
Who has access:
Only Children's Home Society of Washington staff who are responsible for administering our website have access to personally identifiable information collected about you. This group will not share personally identifiable information about you with anyone else without your permission.
Data security commitment:
CHSW puts the highest priority on the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and help ensure the correct use of information, CHSW has established appropriate and reasonable security procedures (physical, electronic, and administrative) to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How you can correct your information or opt out of future communications:
To correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information, contact CHSW at 1-800-456-3339 or via our online contact form.
If you do not wish to be contacted after submitting any online personal information, you may opt out at the bottom of any
e-mail communication you receive. To do this, select the "unsubscribe" option included at the bottom of a recent
e-mail. You may also ask us to remove you from our mailing list and cease further contact from us at any time by sending a request through our online form. If you submit a donation and then choose to opt out, you will still receive an acknowledgement of your gift, and your gift will remain tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Changes to Privacy Policy:
CHSW may change this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page, so that you will always know what type of personally identifiable information is collected and used. CHSW will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. Any continued use of our website following the posting of changes implies agreement to the terms of our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at any time through this website or at:
Children's Home Society of Washington
ATTN: Marketing Communications/Online Privacy Policy
3300 NE 65th Street
Seattle, WA 98115-0190
(206) 695–3200 or 1-800-456-3339