Protecting your privacy is a top priority to us. We hope that the following information
will help you to understand how we collect and handle the personal information we
obtain and how we may or may not share it. In addition it is important to us that
you understand how we safeguard the personal information you provide to us.
The following statements apply to the personally identifying information we ask
for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that
individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or e-mail address.
Program refers to The Give2Network Program.
Information we collect from you
You may voluntarily register on the www.give2network.com site. When you register,
you may be asked to provide your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
You will also be asked to designate a participating organization as the beneficiary
of the contributions from purchases and searches you make using the toolbar. We
use this information to administer the give2network.com web site, to detect
any problems with servers, to maintain program quality and to track web traffic
patterns.
Give2Network collects limited non-personally identifying information your
browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes
your internet protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time
of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We
use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
How we will use the information
We use your personal information to operate the Program as well as to provide you
with information, updates and special offers that relate to the Program. We do not
license, sell or rent any personally identifiable information, to any third parties
not associated with the Program. Your information will be available to the coordinator
of your organization to improve fundraising capabilities. Your organization will not receive
any specific purchase or search details.
We may use certain third parties to provide marketing and to help administer the
Program. In order to obtain these specialized services, we may need to share personally
identifiable information with these third parties, who will be bound by legal agreements
not to use or disclose the information provided to them for any purpose other than
the requested services for the Program.
We may store and process personal information collected on our site in the United
States or any other country in which Give2Network or its agents maintain facilities.
By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these
facilities, including those located outside your country.
We may share aggregated information with others. Examples of this include the number
of users who searched for “Mars Rover” or how many users clicked on a particular
advertisement.
We may disclose your personally identifiable information, without notice, in the
following circumstances: (1) If required by law, (2) to protect and defend the rights
and properties of Give2Network (3) to protect and defend the personal safety
of the users of the Program (4) in the event of a business change such as a company
acquisition or merger. If any of the above events occur we will notify users by
posting updates on the www.give2network.com website.
Account Reporting Information
We will maintain records that keep track of your sign up/contact information.
You can use our website to view and/or update your account profile.
Cookies and other Technology
Upon your first visit to www.give2network.com, a cookie is sent to your computer
that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string
of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We uses cookies
to (a) identify existing registered users so that they may receive a more optimized
start up and session for registered users as opposed to new users or (b)to maintain
session information and prevent the need for logged-in members to re-enter login
and start up information when browsing outside of the give2network.com site.
We do this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and
patterns of how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.
You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly
without cookies. A cookie cannot read information off your hard drive or read cookie
files from other websites. The cookie information that we store cannot identify
you or your personal information.
Security Measures
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to
or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. We restrict access
to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information
in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes IP (internet
protocol) addresses, browser types, ISP (Internet Service Provider), referring/exit
pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer
the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregator use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Updating Information
If you would like to change any information you have provided to us, or have information
removed from our database, please contact Customer Service at support@give2network.com.
Links to Other Websites
The search results generated from our toolbars provide links to external websites,
which are developed and operated by people over whom Give2Network exercises
no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect
data or solicit personal information. We are not responsible for the processing
of transactions or orders that are placed on these merchants’ websites, nor are
we responsible for the content or privacy practices of these affiliated merchants
websites. If you have questions regarding the content or privacy practices of these
affiliated merchants, please review their respective privacy policies or contact
them directly.
Changes and Questions
Give2Network reserves the right to make changes to our privacy policy at any
time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are
more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the
changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. If you have
any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time.
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