STUDENTVOLUNTEERS.US PRIVACY POLICY
Our Commitment to Privacy
Studentvolunteers.us has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting the privacy of personal identifying information about our users. Our commitment to you is that we will use our best efforts not to disclose information collected from you, other than as described in this policy. The following discloses in detail our information collection, utilization and dissemination practices for studentvolunteers.us
In short, our Privacy Policy is:
- We will only use personal information you provide us according to the terms outlined in this document.
- In order to participate with studentvolunteers.us, you must provide a limited amount of information so that studentvolunteers.us and business/community organizations that you would like to work with may contact you.
- During registration, or through your Account Profile, you may choose to “opt out” of receiving communications from studentvolunteers.us or your local Volunteer Center or “opt in” to receiving communications from third parties about volunteering and other, non-volunteering, opportunities or activities.
- We WILL NOT provide your personal identifying information (e.g., name, contact information or volunteer information) to third parties who are not Authorized Users of studentvolunteers.us unless you indicate otherwise.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
studentvolunteers.us collects contact information, demographic information, volunteer interests and other personal identifying information (“Personal Data”) from all Volunteer Centers, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, private businesses, volunteers or visitors to studentvolunteers.us (collectively referred to as “Authorized Users,” and each is an “Authorized User”). All Authorized Users must agree to the applicable Terms of Use (the “Terms of Use”) posted on the Site, or must otherwise have written permission from studentvolunteers.us to use the Service.
In addition, studentvolunteers.us collects certain information, which cannot be used to personally identify any user (“Non-Personal Data”). Non-Personal Data ordinarily includes aggregate, summary, or other anonymous data, and may include, by way of example, statistics regarding total registrations, total number of volunteers matched to opportunities, popularity of particular pages within the Site, or information regarding types of Internet browsers used by Authorized Users. We also collect Non-Personal Data about each Authorized User’s IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website, but such IP addresses are not associated with individual account profiles or registration information.
When using the Service, we may create “cookies” on your computer for purposes of facilitating and maintaining your current user session, and may collect Personal Data using those cookies in order to enable studentvolunteers.us to identify you in connection with the Service and to track use of the Service for purposes consistent with this policy.
Any Authorized User providing Personal Data is certifying that he/she is over the age of 14. As such, we do not collect or maintain Personal Data from individuals we actually know are under 14 years of age, and no part of our Site or Service is designed to attract people under the age of 14. Protecting the privacy of children is very important to us. Thus, if we ever obtain knowledge that a user is under the age of 14, we will take steps to remove that user’s Personal Data from our databases and to prevent the user from utilizing the Site and the Service.
HOW DO WE USE AND DISCLOSE COLLECTED INFORMATION?
studentvolunteers.us uses the Personal Data of Authorized Users as needed to provide the Service, to recruit volunteers for community events or service opportunities, conduct searches for potential volunteers and to communicate with Authorized Users. We also use both Personal Data and Non-Personal Data when evaluating ways to improve the Site and the Service. As further described below, we may disclose collected information, including Personal Data, to certain third parties in connection with providing the Service or as required by law. We will not use or disclose collected information in ways substantially different from what is described in this policy, unless otherwise required by law.
studentvolunteers.us also uses information collected through the Site and the Service to communicate promotional information to Authorized Users (“Promotional Information”). Promotional Information may include materials about volunteering, your local Volunteer Center and nonprofit organizations, government agencies or community businesses participating in the Service, and/or about our business partners and affiliates. studentvolunteers.us will refrain from sending Promotional Information to Authorized Users who “opt out” of receiving such information. studentvolunteers.us offers all Authorized Users the opportunity to recommend the Site and Service to others. If you provide any such recommendations, please note that we will identify you by name as having made the recommendation. Also, we may attempt to contact the individual and/or entity through email(s) in order to invite them to visit the Site. We also provide these contacts with the opportunity to “opt-out” of receiving Promotional Information.
Studentvolunteers.us will respect your preferences, as you may indicate to us in your Account Profile (further described below), regarding whether it is permissible for us to make disclosures of Personal Data other than the disclosures described above. If you indicate in your Account Profile that we may make such disclosures, depending upon your selections, your local Business/Organization, may contact you to provide information about volunteer opportunities (these communications should not include solicitations for funds or other support). Additionally, if you so select, the Service may contact you on behalf of business partners and sponsors of studentvolunteers.us with information about goods or services they provide, which if purchased, also provide financial support to the Service.
YOUR CHOICES: OPTING-IN OR OPTING-OUT OF OPTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCLOSURES
Because studentvolunteers.us respects your privacy, we provide certain opportunities for you to indicate your preferences regarding how we use and/or disclose information collected about you from the Site and the Service. Each Authorized User will have an Account Profile, which among other things, allows Authorized Users to indicate their preference to “opt out” of receiving volunteer information from HON or your local Volunteer Center, or “opt in” to receiving communications from business partners and sponsors of studentvolunteers.us. Each Authorized User may indicate such preferences during the initial registration process, or may visit the “My Profile” section of the Service to update their preferences.
The Site may contain links to other websites, including those that may have their own posted policies regarding the collection and use of your personal information. studentvolunteers.us is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of every web site before providing any personal information.
ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Each Authorized User selects a unique username and password that enables his, her or its access to the Service. We monitor the use of the usernames and passwords in order to collect and maintain records of all individual transactions conducted through the Service by Authorized Users, and those records are associated with each Authorized User’s individual “Account Profile” within the Service.
Authorized Users may access their Account Profiles at any time to update Personal Data contained within that Account Profile. Subsequent uses or disclosures of information by studentvolunteers.us will reflect those changes. Certain information is necessary in order for studentvolunteers.us to provide the Service; therefore, if you delete such necessary information, you will not be able to use the Service.
Our Commitment to Data Security
The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and unauthorized alteration of Personal Data in studentvolunteers.us’s possession and control. We use our best efforts to ensure that all sensitive information provided by Authorized Users will be encrypted with industry standard encryption techniques. Furthermore, access to Personal Data is physically restricted within studentvolunteers.us”s own offices and facilities. Therefore, studentvolunteers.us”s employees are granted access to your Personal Data as necessary to perform specific jobs and tasks (e.g., performing customer service).
Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for information in our possession and control, no security system can protect against all potential security breaches. Furthermore, Authorized Users are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of passwords to the Service. If you have any questions about our security measures, please contact us using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of each page of the Site.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on the Site so that users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we will disclose it. Any such posted changes will be effective upon posting. Your continued access to and/or use of the Site or Service constitutes your assent to, and acceptance of, this policy, including all posted changes.
LINKED WEBSITES
The Website and Mobile Applications may contain links to other websites, including those that may have their own posted policies regarding the collection and use of your information. studentvolunteers.us is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of every web site before providing any personal information. We do not endorse any of these websites or pages, the services or products described or offered on such sites or pages, or any of the content contained on those sites or pages.
USER-PROVIDED CONTENT
Any information, communications, or material of any type or nature that you submit to the System by email, posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise (each a “Submission”) is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of the System and we are therefore not responsible for any Submissions contained on the System. By visiting any of our pages that are contained on the Website or any other portion of the System, you are representing and warranting to us that you have reviewed this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.
Additionally, in the event that we offer a message board or any other interactive or social-type feature on the System, please be aware that these areas may allow you to post, and share with other users, certain messages, content, or other information. We encourage you to be wary of giving out any personal information, or any personal information of others to which you may have access, in such forums. The information you post can be collected and used by other people. We cannot guarantee the privacy and safety of these areas and are therefore not responsible for any information you choose to post. Your use of these features is fully at your own risk.
SWEEPSTAKES, PROMOTIONS, AND SURVEYS
On the System, you may wish to participate in online polls, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions that we may offer from time to time. Participation in these polls, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and promotions is completely voluntary; you have a choice about whether or not to disclose information required to enter. Information requested may include personal contact information such as your name, address, date of birth, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, username, and/or similar information.
In addition, as noted above, we may share this information with our affiliates and other organizations or entities. Through these online polls, surveys and promotions, you may choose to participate in activities such as sharing information found on the System with others and sending email invitations. In connection with any online polls, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions that we may offer from time to time via the System, we use the information you provide to administer the polls, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. Subject to applicable contractual or legal restrictions, we also may use the information to communicate with you, or the other people you select, about our services or our marketing partners may use such information to communicate with you about the online polls, surveys, contests, sweepstakes or other promotions or their products and services.
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WEBSITES
Any Submission that you submit to any of our pages contained on a social media platform or website by email, posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of a social media platform and we are therefore not responsible for any Submissions contained on a social media platform or website. By visiting any of our pages that are contained on any social media platform or website, you are representing and warranting to us that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms of use of such website or social media platform and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.
SPECIAL POLICY FOR JOB APPLICANTS
Any Personal Data that you provide to studentvolunteers.us when applying for a career position with studentvolunteers.us will be used solely to consider and act upon your application. studentvolunteers.us may retain your Personal data for a period of time, but only for as long as necessary for such purposes or as otherwise required or permitted by law. studentvolunteers.us may disclose your Personal Data to its agents and/or affiliates for the purpose of evaluating your qualifications for the particular position you applied for, for other available positions or as otherwise required by law. studentvolunteers.us may also disclose your Personal Data to third parties hired by studentvolunteers.us to collect, maintain, and analyze candidates for career positions, or as otherwise required by law.
VISITING THE SYSTEM FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
If you are visiting the System, or any part thereof, from outside of the United States of America, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, but please be assured that we take steps to protect your privacy. By using any portion of the System, you understand and consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities in the United States and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS AND DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES
California law requires that studentvolunteers.us indicate whether it honors “Do Not Track” settings in your browser concerning targeted advertising. “Do Not Track” is a standard that is currently under development. As it is not yet finalized, studentvolunteers.us adheres to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy and does not monitor or follow any Do Not Track browser requests.
ONLINE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
If you elect to subscribe to any online services provided via the System, including the ability to manage an account online, you will be required to submit certain Personal Information for the purpose of verifying your identity and your authority to manage the account. Each Authorized User can select a unique username and password that enables access to the online account enabled services. We may (but have no obligation to) monitor the use of the usernames and passwords in order to collect and maintain records of all individual transactions conducted through the System by Authorized Users, and those records are associated with each Authorized User’s individual account profile (“Account Profile”) within the Service. This Personal Data will be used exclusively by studentvolunteers.us, our agents, suppliers and third-party service providers for internal use and to respond to your service requests.
Authorized Users may access their Account Profiles at any time to update Personal Data contained within that Account Profile. Subsequent uses or disclosures of information by studentvolunteers.us will reflect those changes. Certain information is necessary in order for studentvolunteers.us to provide certain services; therefore, if you delete such necessary information, you may not be able to make full use of the Services offered on the System.
CORRESPONDENCE
We appreciate your questions and comments about this Privacy Policy, the System and the Services and welcome your email messages to takemyhelp21@gmail.com If you correspond with studentvolunteers.us, the Collected Information may include the content of, and metadata regarding, any correspondence you may have with us. We may share your messages with those within our organization who are most capable of addressing the issues contained in your message. We will keep a copy of your message until we have had an opportunity to address your concerns. We may archive your message for a certain period of time or discard it, but your email address will not be used for any other purpose.
COOKIES AND USAGE REPORTS
When using the System, we may create a small file known as a “cookie” on your computer or other device for purposes including, but not limited to, the following: facilitating and maintaining your current user session, statistics collection and analysis, System optimization, analytics, market research, and maintenance of user information. The information that we and our third party service providers track with cookies includes, but is not limited to, the type of browser (such as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer) and Internet-connected device being used to access the System, your IP address, your home domain or Internet service provider, your referrer URL (which is the URL for the website that you were viewing prior to visiting the System), how you were directed to the System, which specific pages you access on the System, how long you view each page, the time and date you access our System and the total number of visitors to the System and any portions thereof.
We may collect Collected Information using those cookies in order to enable studentvolunteers.us to identify you in connection with the Service and to track use of the Service for purposes consistent with this policy.
Most popular Internet browser applications will allow you to configure the browser so as not to accept cookies. However, setting your browser to reject cookies may, in certain instances, prevent you from taking full advantage of the System (or some portion thereof) and its capabilities, or cause some features of the System to function improperly or more slowly.
The Website (and certain other portions of the System) may use Google Analytics (including the Universal Analytics feature), a web analysis service provided by Google, in order to better understand your use of our Website (or other portions of the System) and how we can improve the Website and the System. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit a Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to the Website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with your personal information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit a website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Website or the System is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of the System, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected on the System to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. To more fully understand how Google may use the data it collects on the System, please review “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps”, (located here or any successor URL).
CONTACTING STUDENTVOLUNTEERS.US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Studentvolunteers.us 1751 Garraux Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327, or at takemyhelp21@gmail.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SYSTEM, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND CONSENT TO THE PRIVACY POLICY, AND TO THE USES AND DISCLOSURES OF COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE REFERENCED ABOVE.