Our Privacy Statement
Making It Better is committed to maintaining the privacy of our Website visitors and donors, and to maintaining the confidentiality of their personal information. We have created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy on our Website. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Website, located at the URL literacynowhouston.org.
In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. LiteracyNow reserves the right, at any time and without notice to change, this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our site. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.
LiteracyNow does not share, sell, nor lease your information to third parties. If LiteracyNow receives your information, you may receive mailings, information, and promotions, from or on behalf of, LiteracyNow. If at any point you no longer wish to receive this information, please notify us via email, U.S. postal service (14781 Memorial Dr. #25, Houston, TX 77079), or by emailing us at info@literacynowhouston.org.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We respect your privacy, and it is our policy that personal information provided to LiteracyNow will not be shared outside of LiteracyNow without our donor’s expressed consent.
Personal information is solely utilized to process and receive donations, register attendance at an event or meeting, or to respond to information requests from Website visitors and donors. Donor anonymity will be respected if requested and where applicable. LiteracyNow does not sell, rent, or trade consumer mailing lists.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The only time LiteracyNow will ask for your personal information is when you register with us to make an online donation. During this process, LiteracyNow asks for your name, organization, address, city and state, zip code, phone, fax, email, and birth date.
We will store that information in our database to add you to our mailing list so that we can send you information about LiteracyNow.
Typically the mailing list would be used initially for recruitment or fundraising events and programs that benefit and support the mission of LiteracyNow. If you do not wish to receive such solicitations or notices, you will need to inform us separately that you do not wish to receive such information. In addition, if you contact LiteracyNow, we may keep a record of that correspondence. If at any time you no longer wish to receive e-mails from LiteracyNow, please let us know.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
Unless you specify that a gift is “anonymous” or otherwise request that your name not be listed, we list the names of donors on our Website, in some brochures, on email newsletters and event programs to recognize the generosity of those who have given to us. We do not sell our donor lists to anyone.
LiteracyNow strives to keep donors informed about how donations are used and their importance for continuing our programs. We send several e-blasts and mailings each year to accomplish this and include a donation reply card to invite financial support. Most LiteracyNow supporters want to receive all of our mailings and newsletters. However, you may opt-out of any and all mailings.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
LiteracyNow operates secure data networks protected by industry-standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users.
To protect your information offline, we have implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect from you online.
OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, no website operator is permitted to require a child under the age of 13, as a condition of participation, to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity.
LiteracyNow does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information from children under 13 to be stored on our Website.
CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION
If your personal information changes (such as your address), please contact us at 713-952-9162.
SHARING
On our Website, you have the opportunity to make online financial contributions and to search for Volunteer and other Financial Donation opportunities. These opportunities are hosted by LiteracyNow. Therefore, the policies with respect to these areas are identical to those applicable to our Website.
For information about our partners’ privacy statements, GiftWorks and PayPal for online donations, please see their associated websites and privacy policies. Below is a summary of our understanding of the privacy policies of these external hosts.
LINKS
Our Website contains links to other organizations and corporations who support LiteracyNow. Therefore, we encourage you to be aware and to read the privacy statements of each of these other websites. This privacy statement only applies to the LiteracyNow Website.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Policy or want us to remove your personal information, please contact us at info@literacynowhouston.org
LiteracyNow, 14781 memorial Dr. #25, Houston, TX 77079
