Overview
This privacy policy will advise you
about our guidelines concerning the use of your personal
information, including, without limitation, the reasonable
efforts we make to protect your personal information in
accordance with these guidelines, and about what choices you
have concerning our use of such information. Please read
this policy carefully. We may need to change this policy
from time to time in order to address new issues and reflect
changes on our Site. We will post those changes here so that
you will always know our policies regarding what information
we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we
will disclose that information to anyone. Please refer back
to this policy regularly.
We keep your private information
private by:
- Not selling your information—You've
entrusted us with your personal information, and we're
committed to using it wisely. YMCA of the USA will not
sell your personal information to anyone, for any
reason, at any time.
- Using firewalls and encryption—We
use firewalls and encryption technology to protect
personal information on our computer systems.
- Restricting who has access to your
information—We take precautions to ensure that
your internet account and personal information are
accessible only by employees who are authorized to have
access to your personal information.
If you have any questions or concerns
about our privacy policy, please contact us at:
YMCA of Arlington
1148 W. Pioneer Parkway, Suite H
Arlington, TX 76016
Scope of Privacy Policy
This policy applies to your use of
this site. This policy does not apply to your use of
unaffiliated sites to which this site only links.
Personal Identification Information
We may request personal
identification information from you (such as your last name,
age, city and state) in connection with your use of, or
participation in registration for surveys, forums, content
submissions, chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups,
requests for suggestions, or additional information, and in
connection with other activities, services or resources we
make available on any of our Sites. In all of these cases,
we will collect personal identification information from you
only if you voluntarily submit such information to us.
Except as otherwise provided in this policy, we reasonably
endeavor to ensure that we never intentionally disclose any
personal identification information about you as an
individual user to any third party without having received
your permission (through opt-in or similar procedures)
except as provided for herein or otherwise as permitted or
required under law. Further, YMCA of Arlington may contact you
based on the information you provide online whether in
connection with your registration or in such places as the
above described forums.If you do provide us with personal
information for any of these activities, we may use it to
conduct the activity.
YMCA of Arlington does not rent or sell
personal identification information, including information
provided by children, to outside marketers. In certain
circumstances, YMCA of the USA may share personal
identification information with trusted service providers
that need access to your information to provide operational
or other support services or we may share this aggregate
statistical information with other third parties; to ensure
the confidentiality and security of this information,
service providers must agree to safeguard all information in
strict compliance with our policy. We may also provide
information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement
officials in accordance with applicable law or when we
otherwise believe in good faith that the law requires it.
Non-Personal Identification
Information
We collect non-personal
identification information without limitation, through the
use of the following types of methodology:
- "Cookie" technology: A "cookie" is
an element of data that a website can send to your
browser, which may then store it on your system.
- "IP address tracking": An IP
address is a number that is assigned to your computer
when you are on the Internet. When you request pages
from our Sites, our servers log your IP address.
- "Web beacons": A Web beacon, or
"clear gif," is a small graphic image on a webpage or
web-based document that a website can use to determine
information about a user.
Non-personal identification
information might include the browser you use, the type of
computer, technical information about your means of
connection to our Sites (such as the operating systems and
the Internet service providers utilized), and other similar
information. Our systems may also automatically gather
information about the areas you visit and search terms you
utilize on our Sites and about the links you may select from
within our Sites to other areas of the World Wide Web or
elsewhere online. We use such information for our business
purposes, and, in particular, primarily to administer the
Sites, and, in the aggregate, to what technologies are being
used so that we may continually improve our Sites.
Privacy of Children
We are mindful that young people need
special safeguards and privacy protection. We realize that
they may not understand all the provisions of our policy or
be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices that
are made available to our adult users. We strongly urge all
parents to participate in their children's exploration of
the Internet and any online services, and to teach their
children about protecting their personal information while
online.
Donations
We collect only enough information to
process your donation and do not use the information for any
other purpose. Your payment information is transmitted to us
using a secure internet method that helps ensure the privacy
of this information. During the time your payment
information resides on our computers, it is in an encrypted
format and can only be accessed by authorized personnel with
a decryption key.
Links to Other Sites
Users will find other content on our
Sites that link to the sites and services of other third
parties. We do not control the content or links that appear
on these sites. In addition, these sites or services,
including their content and links, may be constantly
changing. These sites and services may have their own
privacy policies and customer service policies, or no policy
(policies) at all. We encourage you to review the privacy
policies of any third party sites or services before
providing any of them with your personal information.
Consent to Transfer
The Sites are operated in the United
States. If you are located outside of the United States,
please be aware that any information you provide to us will
be transferred to the United States. By using our Website,
participating in any of our services and/or providing us
with your information, you consent to this transfer.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using any of the Sites, you
signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy, your promise
to comply with the representations you make and contained in
the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, and your
understanding of the scope and limitations of the
protections provided under the Privacy Policy and Terms and
Conditions. If you do not agree to these policies, please do
not use our Sites. Your continued use of the Sites following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you
accept those changes.
Programs
