The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts shares your concerns about privacy on the
Internet. In order to better protect your privacy, The Food
Bank of Western Massachusetts has provided this notice
explaining its online information practices and the choices
you can make about the way your information is collected and
used on the Site. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy, being
part of the Terms, works in conjunction with the Terms and
Conditions of Use, but does not modify or supersede it.
The Food Bank of
Western Massachusetts’ Collection of Your Information
In the course of using the Site, The Food Bank of
Western Massachusetts may ask you for your name, e-mail
address, postal address, telephone number, fax number as
well as other relevant information. The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts also may collect certain non-personally
identifiable information when you visit many of our web
pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g.,
Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system
you are using, (e.g., Windows 2000 or Mac OS), the domain
name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America
Online, EarthLink), aggregate data about the number of
visits to the Site and/or aggregate data about the pages
visited.
How The Food Bank of
Western Massachusetts Uses the Information
The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts uses the non-personally identifiable
information ("Aggregate Data") to improve the design and
content of the Site and to enable The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts to personalize your Internet experience. The
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts may use the Aggregate
Data to analyze Site usage as well as create services and/or
products to fit your needs. Also, The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts shares this Aggregate Data with The Food Bank
of Western Massachusetts related entities, advertisers,
partners and/or other third party vendors. The Food Bank of
Western Massachusetts shall own such Aggregate Data and
maintain copies of such as part of its records.
Except as otherwise
indicated, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts uses the
personally identifiable information ("Personal Information")
you provide about yourself: (a) to respond to any of your
inquiries or questions about our services; (b) for internal
marketing purposes and as part of The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts donor database; (c) to provide you additional
and updated information, materials and other advertisements
regarding The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts services;
(d) to offer you other materials and/or information that The
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts believes may be of
interest to you; (e) to cooperate with government officials
or parties in litigation as required by law; (f) to protect
the security or integrity of the Site; (g) to protect
against a threat of safety or destruction of property;
and/or (h) to protect against legal liability. In all cases,
however, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts agents,
employees and contractors who have access to Personal
Information are required to protect this information in a
manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. The Food
Bank of Western Massachusetts will not use the Personal
Information, except as set forth herein, without your
permission; provided, however, The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts shall own all such Personal Information and
maintain copies of such as part of its records. If you do
not wish to receive any such information or to allow The
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts the right to use your
personally identifiable information as described, please
contact The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in the manner
identified in the "Opt-Out" section below
Opt Out
You may choose not to receive
such information and/or to allow The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts to use your information in the manner
described above by simply checking the box provided on the
contribution form itself, or by contacting us directly at
info@foodbankwma.org. Upon receipt and processing of an "opt
out" request, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will,
within its commercially reasonable amount of time, remove
your information from any future marketing communications.
IP Addresses and
Cookies
Like other web sites, The Food
Bank of Western Massachusetts uses your IP address to help
diagnose problems with The Food Bank of Western
Massachusetts’ servers, to administer the Site and for
security purposes.
"Cookies" are pieces of
data sent from a Web server to a Web browser that enable a
Web server to identify users that visit a site hosted by
that server. The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts may use
Cookies in
