Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth Web site Policies
Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth, Inc. (RMH) is pleased to provide this information about its online privacy policy. Please be assured that RMHC uses its best efforts to protect the privacy of visitors to this web site. We also urge you to remember that privacy and security begin with you. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or password reminders and should exercise caution when disclosing information online.
Types of Information We Collect and How It Is Used
RMH only gathers personal information, such as, first and last names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers, when voluntarily submitted by you. With your permission, we will use personal information collected from you to send you information about our charity, such as special events, newsletters and fundraisers. If you do not elect to receive such materials, we will not send them to you. You are in control of any personal information you provide to us on-line. If at any time, you would like to correct the personal information we have about you or if you would like to change your preferences for contacts from us, you can let us know by contacting us at the postal address listed below.
Opting Out
If you do not wish to receive communications from RMH, you may opt to remove your name from our mailing list. To opt out of receiving communications from RMH, please send a written letter or e-mail providing your exact name and address to:
Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth
1004 7th Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
attn: Opt Out of Web Site
or
fortworthrmh@charter.net
Privacy and Security Policy
If you choose to submit personal information via submission forms, all of this information is encrypted using SSL, industry standard secure technology encryption that is designed to protect sensitive information. Your communication is authenticated using Thawte certificates. Personal information that you provide at the time of submission is stored only for the duration of the transaction, typically a few minutes. Once the transaction is processed, the information is overwritten to make it inaccessible.
Sharing of Personal Information
Companies may be engaged by RMH to perform a variety of functions, such as preparing a newsletter or special event mailing, database maintenance, etc. These companies may have access to personal information if needed to perform such functions. However, these companies may only use such personal information for the purpose of performing that function and may not use it for any other purpose. Other than as provided in this privacy policy, RMH does not sell, transfer or disclose personal information to third parties. RMH reserves the right to use or disclose any information as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request, to protect the integrity of the site, to fulfill your requests, or to cooperate in any law enforcement investigation or an investigation on a matter of public safety.
Technical Information: IP Addresses and Cookies
An IP address is a number assigned to your computer automatically when you use the Internet. When you use the RMH web site, technical information from your PC, such as IP addresses and browser version may be communicated to RMH. This information will not be linked to anything that identifies you personally and is not used to track the activities of individual users of the site. This information may be used to help RMH improve the look and function of its web site but will not be collected or aggregated into personal profiles for use or sale.
Cookies are files that web browsers place on your computer’s hard drive to tell the server whether you have visited this site previously. "Cookies" are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow the Web site to remember important information that will make your use of the site more convenient. Like most web sites, RMHC uses cookies for a variety of purposes, for example, we track the total number of visitors to our site on an anonymous aggregate basis. Use the options in your web browser if you do not wish to receive a cookie or if you wish to set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Click on the "Help" section of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Links to Other Sites
The Ronald McDonald House® is not responsible for content on sites other than www.ftworthrmh.org.
Copyright
The works of authorship contained in this web site, including but not limited to all design, text and images, are owned or licensed by Fort Worth RMH and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, stored by subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without our prior written consent, except that the user may make such temporarily copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the web site, and the user may make one permanent printout of each page of the web site (unmodified in form, with a copy of this Site Notice attached) to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of RMH.
Hyperlinks
You may provide a hypertext link to this web site on another web site, provided: (a) that the link must be a text-only link clearly marked "Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth" (b) the link must "point" to the URL "http://www.ftworthrmh.org" and not to other pages within the web site, (c) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth’s name and trademarks, (d) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not create the false appearance that an entity other than the Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth is associated with or sponsored by the Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth, (e) the link, when activated by a user, must display this web site full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked web site, and (f) the Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by amending this Site Notice. Inquiries regarding this policy may be directed to fortworthrmh@charter.net.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
From time to time, it may be necessary for RMHC to change this privacy policy, so we suggest that you check here periodically. Rest assured, however, that any changes will not be retroactively applied and will not alter how we handle previously collected information.
Thank you for taking the time to review our Site Policies. The Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth is very concerned about privacy and security on line. If you have any questions about these policy statements or the practices of this site, please contact:
Ronald McDonald House® of Fort Worth
1004 7th Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
attn: Opt Out of Web Site
817-870-4942
fortworthrmh@charter.net
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