THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION, INC.

PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

The Community Hospice Foundation, Inc. takes very seriously the privacy of its donors and other Web site visitors and the security of personal information. We provide this privacy statement because you have the right to know what information we collect, how it is protected and used, and the circumstances under which it may be disclosed.

How Information Is Gathered, Collected and Used Via Our Website

When you visit our Web site, we only collect personally identifying information about you if you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary.

  • Reading or Downloading

When you access our Web site, we collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account), the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked to our site.

We use this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

  • Online Profile Updates and Donations

If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content about The Community Hospice Foundation, Inc. In addition, we may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the "Opt Out" section below.

Sending of Email and Information Gathered

You also may decide to send us personally identifying information by sending an electronic mail message containing a question or comment or by filling out a Web form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer you questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.

If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested. We won't share your name or email address with any outside parties.

Sharing of Information

We DO NOT share personal information with any third parties unless required by law.

Kids and Privacy

We do not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. Do not provide any personal information to us unless you are at least 13 years of age, and please caution your children not to provide any such information. If a child under age 13 has provided personal information, a parent or guardian may so inform us by writing to:

Community Hospice Administrative Offices
295 Valley View Blvd.
Rensselaer, NY 12144

Use of Links

Throughout our Web pages, we might provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, privacy practices, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you'd like us to consider adding to our Web site, please send an email to webmaster@communityhospice.org with the subject "Link request."

Use of Text and Images

If you would like to publish or reproduce information that you find on our Web site, please send your request to webmaster@communityhospice.org. Where text or images are posted on our site with the permission of the original copyright holder, a copyright statement appears at the bottom of the page.

Accessibility

This Web site is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. We welcome your comments. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact us at webmaster@communityhospice.org.

Users who have completed a Profile may access the Profile by logging in and selecting the Update My Profile link.

Security

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. All of our users' information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. The servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.   This website uses Digit encryption of 128bit SSL. Provided by Thawte.

Opt-Out or Changing Your Contact Information

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us through a special online form. You may choose to receive only specific communications or none at all. You may also update your contact information previously provided to us through another online form. You can not remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a notification of such changes on our Web site.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact us by email at webmaster@communityhospice.org or by writing at :

Community Hospice Administrative Offices
295 Valley View Blvd.
Rensselaer, NY 12144