PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

For 110 years the YMCA of the Golden Crescent has been dedicated to building strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our members, volunteers, donors, and community constituents. The YMCA will not sell, share or release your name to any listing service, outside organization, or manufacturer, and any information provided by you will be held in the strictest of confidence.

Contact Information, Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information

If you have any questions about this Policy or you wish to review or correct your personal information that we may have on file, you may contact your local YMCA center.

Our Commitment to Privacy

We at the YMCA of Golden Crescent recognize the importance of protecting your privacy. The purpose of this notice is to explain the practices and procedures we implement to protect your personal information, the way we use this information, and the choices you can make regarding our of your personal information. This notice can be accessed by clicking on a “Privacy Policy” link on every page of our website. YMCA of the Golden Crescent is committed to protecting your privacy and will honor this Policy.

Changes to this Policy

The YMCA of the Golden Crescent reserves the right to change this policy at any time. To better serve you and your concerns about your privacy, we will notify you of any changes to this Policy by posting a notice prominently on the main page of our website (www.ymcagoldencrescent.org) indicating that there has been a change or update to the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read this Policy.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

You may browse the YMCA of the Golden Crescent website without submitting personal information. However, if you choose to participate in any of our online activities, you will be asked for applicable personal data such as your name, gender, postal address, email address, phone number, fax number, and payment information. The purpose of collecting such data is to respond to specific questions, to register you to receive e-mail updates and other events that have online registration, to honor requests for brochures or newsletters or to process payments and donations made online. YMCA of the Golden Crescent also uses this personal information to advise users of new online materials, activities, and events and to provide users with the opportunity to register for programs online or to donate money online.

Payment Information

Payment information, such as credit card number and expiration date, is entered when making a donation or paying for a YMCA program or activity. The YMCA of the Golden Crescent uses a third party to process your online donations and payments. Your credit card information is encrypted when submitted to the processor and transmitted over a secure connection between your computer and our server using Secure Socket Layers (SSL), the industry standard, to ensure the protection of your private information. This sensitive personal information is not shared with third parties other than the processor and is stored by YMCA of the Golden Crescent for verification purposes or for recurring donations that you have authorized.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website can place on a visitor’s computer hard drive to recognize repeat visitors, to facilitate a visitor’s use of the site, and to track a visitor’s access to and use of the site.

YMCA of the Golden Crescent uses cookies to improve the functionality of the website and the experience for those who use our site. We receive data that include the IP addresses, browser types, date/time stamp, donations, and sign-up information of visitors to our site. In addition, YMCA of the Golden Crescent uses cookies to allow us to track which other websites have linked visitors to our site, what pages of our site are used by and are of interest to those visitors, and to link to information those visitors provide to the YMCA of the Golden Crescent when they donate or sign up to take part in our programs and events.

Sharing Your Information with Third Parties

YMCA of the Golden Crescent never shares your e-mail addresses with third parties. Personal information collected from our donation pages is never shared with third parties.

Opting-Out of Future YMCA of the Golden Crescent Communications

You may opt out of YMCA of the Golden Crescent communications at any time by contacting [email protected]. You may also remove yourself from the YMCA of the Golden Crescent e-mail list by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link on any e-mail. Your email address is never shared with third parties.