Privacy Policy

Community Women Against Hardship takes precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page.

Our website uses information collection forms to collect email addresses and other personal information from visitors who voluntarily submit it. The collected data is then used to distribute Community Women Against Hardship solicitations and news to our visitors.

Community Women Against Hardship makes every effort to ensure the secure collection and transmission of sensitive user information. We do not sell or disclose any of the information it gathers to any other organization, business, or agency.

This privacy policy applies to the collection of information, including information collected on our website. By submitting your information to us or any of our staff, you consent to the terms and conditions of the policy and to our processing of personal information for the purposes stated below.

Personal Information

“Personal Information” identifies you personally, such as your name, address, telephone number, and email address. We collect and store the personally identifiable information that you have provided us. Here are some examples of ways in which we may collect your information.

• When you request information via one of the email addresses identified on our website or otherwise contact us in person, by phone, or by email, with a question. We may then collect your name, address, and email in order to respond to that inquiry.
• We may collect your name, email address, and other contact information if you register for an event.
• We may collect your name, email address, telephone number, and payment information when you make a contribution, either on our website, over the phone, or by mailing in a check.

The above list provides a sample of personal information that may be collected by Community Women Against Hardship. From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above.

Registration

In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. At your option, you may also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but it is not required.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

ü We will not sell, trade, or share your personal information collected on the website or through any other business activities with anyone else.

ü We will not send you mailings on behalf of other organizations.

ü We will only share your personal information if you give us specific permission to do so.

ü We will collect payment information, billing address, and other information necessary to process a donation or event registration.

ü We will use your information to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law or comply with the legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights, or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of others.

ü We will use personal information to protect against potential fraud. We may verify with third parties the information collected while processing a gift, event registration, or other donation. If you use a credit or debit card on the website, we may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that your card information and address match the information that you supplied to us and that the card being used has not been reported lost or stolen.

ü You have the right to review the information that we have collected about you. Please contact us in writing at Administrative Assistant, 3963 West Belle Pl., St. Louis, MO 63108, to review that information.

Except as described in this Privacy Policy or at the time we request the information, we do not otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties. Further, Community Women Against Hardship will not sell or trade your personally identifiable information to any third parties.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will note the last update at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. For changes to this policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information, we will obtain your consent before implementing the change by sending a notice to your primary email address and home address specified in our records and by placing a prominent notice on our website.