Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH
Privacy & Security Policy
This site is provided by Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH ("SalemBGC"). SalemBGC
is committed to complying fully with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998. SalemBGC does not intend to collect personal information from children under the age
of 13. Our information collection practices are described below. While we encourage
children to visit our site and learn more about our programs, we recommend, however, that
parents approve and closely supervise the activity of their children at this and all other online
sites. We urge children to check with their parents before entering information on any
website and we urge parents to discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online
release of personal information to anyone they don't know.
The Information Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH Collects
We respect your privacy as our online guest, and we will not collect any identifying
or personal information about you while you are here except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH collects information in several ways
from different parts of this site. We may collect personal information from you when you
register online from this site. SalemBGC also may ask you for personal information at other
times, such as when you ask a question or report a problem with this site. If you
contact SalemBGC, we may keep a record of that session or correspondence, including a record
of your e-mail address. We may also occasionally ask users to complete surveys for
research purposes. There also may be services on this site that require you to fill out an online
form or send us an e-mail message in order to utilize these services. The Boys & Girls Club
of Salem, NH collects any information that you provide in such
circumstances, including any personal information.
We may ask you for identifying and personal information to:
· Invite you to receive periodic e-mail updates about our progress: When you accept, or "opt in," we ask you to give us your e-mail address and respond to some questions that help us tailor our information to your interests. You can "opt out" of receiving these periodic updates at any time.
· Processing your online registration at our site: When you agree to give
us identifying and personal information, you are giving that information only to Boys
& Girls Club of Salem, NH and the parties we have involved in operating
this site. You are giving it solely to enable the services this site provides.
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH also may collect IP addresses, domain
names, and similar items regarding users of this site to measure the number of visits, pages
visited, average time spent on this site, and similar items.
"Cookies" may be used in connection with this site. A cookie is a small amount of
identifier data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's
hard drive. By using cookies, information is potentially collected without your
express knowledge. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies but permit you to change
the setting to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent. While refusal
to accept cookies will not prevent the use of some portions of this site, other portions of
this site may not function properly without cookies.
How SalemBGC Uses the Information it Collects
SalemBGC uses the information it collects through this site to improve its marketing
and promotional efforts, to improve its content, and to customize this site's services,
content, and layout. We may provide the information we collect through this site to
business partners, and to third parties who provide services on our behalf. SalemBGC may use
the information we collect through this site to inform you of new services, changes,
or promotions. If you do not want us to send you this type of information, please let us
know by contacting us at salembgc@comcast.net. We will not disclose your personal
information collected through this site to third parties except as described in this Privacy
Policy without first informing you of such change in our disclosure practices and providing you
a choice regarding such disclosure.
Generally, The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH may use cookies and the
information they provide to: (a) remind it of who you are; (b) access your account information in
order to deliver to you better and more personalized service; (c) estimate its audience size;
(d) determine the nature and extent of repeat usage; and (e) measure certain traffic
patterns to understand how users' habits are similar or different from one another, so that we
may improve this site.
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH understands the importance of privacy
and confidentiality to users of this site. We will not share personal information you
submit through this site with companies not affiliated with us for purposes of marketing
or promoting events, products, or similar items, unless such events, products, or similar
items are related to SalemBGC, and except that we may, from time to time, make
personal information available to selected third parties, but only in the aggregate.
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH may disclose information it collects through
this site when required to do so by a court, regulatory agency, subpoena, law, regulation,
or other body of competent jurisdiction and authority, and for administrative and
other purposes that it deems necessary to maintain, service, and improve its products
and services and to protect its rights and property. Finally, if you become involved in
any violation of security, violation of this website's Terms of Use, or violation of any party's
or third party's rights, The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH may release information about
you to assist in investigating, resolving, or remediation for such incidents.
Integrity and Security
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH employs commercially reasonable
managerial and technical measures to help protect the security and integrity of the
personal information it collects online through this site. You acknowledge, however, that no
data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while
we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of
any information you transmit to or from this site.
Privacy Practices of Other Sites
This Privacy Policy only address the use and disclosure of information The Boys & Girls
Club of Salem, NH collects online through this site, not information that we
collect through other sources. For your convenience, this site may contain links, or
addresses, that you can simply click to open other useful sites where we do not control the
content or privacy policy. Carefully review the approach these sites take to your privacy before
you use them or provide them with information.
We assume no liability for any unauthorized actions of third parties or
accidental transmission errors that may disclose information about you, and The Boys & Girls Club
of Salem, NH is not responsible for these other sites' privacy practices, which may
be different from our own privacy practices.
Contacting SalemBGC About Your Personal Information
If you would like to review the personal information that we have collected about
you through this site in order to verify its accuracy and completeness, or if you have
a question or complaint regarding our privacy practices, or to request that The Boys &
Girls Club of Salem, NH delete your personal information from its records, please
contact us at salembgc@comcast.net.
Legal Notice _ Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH is part of a national organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Together Boys & Girls Club of America and Local Boys & Girls Club organizations form one of the nation's largest networks of local youth organizations dedicated to promoting the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of youth throughout the United States of America and the world.
Each Local Boys & Girls Club organization is a separate legal entity, is governed by an independent board of directors, executive committee or other governing body and is solely responsible for its own affairs, including, but not limited to, matters of safety; compliance with federal, state and local laws; physical facilities; uses of technology, finances; policies and programs and personnel policies and decisions. Each Local Boys & Girls Club has sole authority to hire, to terminate, to prescribe the duties of and to establish the terms of employment of its employees and officers.
Boys & Girls Club of America has no authority with respect to employment policies or decisions of Local Boys & Girls Clubs. Accordingly, each Local Boys & Girls Club controls its own affairs and Boys & Girls Club of America does not control and cannot be held responsible for the actions of Local Boys & Girls Clubs.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, NH may revise this Privacy Policy at any time
by updating this posting. Please consult this Privacy Policy regularly.
Last updated: February 9, 2006