Friends & Neighbors of Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Friends & Neighbors”) operates fnofpa.org. It is Friends & Neighbors’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Friends & Neighbors collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Friends & Neighbors’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Friends & Neighbors’ visitors use its website. From time to time, Friends & Neighbors may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Friends & Neighbors also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments. Friends & Neighbors only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Friends & Neighbors’ website choose to interact with Friends & Neighbors in ways that require Friends & Neighbors to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Friends & Neighbors gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Friends & Neighbors are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Friends & Neighbors collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Friends & Neighbors. Friends & Neighbors does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Friends & Neighbors may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. For instance, Friends & Neighbors may monitor the most popular posts on friendsandneighborsofpa.org and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Friends & Neighbors does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Friends & Neighbors discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Friends & Neighbors’ behalf or to provide services available at Friends & Neighbors’ website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Friends & Neighbors will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Friends & Neighbors discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when Friends & Neighbors believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Friends & Neighbors, third parties, or the public at large. Friends & Neighbors takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Friends & Neighbors uses cookies to help Friends & Neighbors identify and track visitors, their usage of Friends & Neighbors website, and their website access preferences. Friends & Neighbors visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Friends & Neighbors’ website, with the drawback that certain features of Friends & Neighbors’ website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Friends & Neighbors, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Friends & Neighbors goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Friends & Neighbors may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Friends & Neighbors may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Friends & Neighbors’ sole discretion. Friends & Neighbors encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
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