Online Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 24, 2009

This Online Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is intended to describe how Rape Crisis Volunteers of Cumberland County (“RCC”) handles information gathered at rapecrisisonline.org. By visiting rapecrisisonline.org, you agree to follow the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy for any reason, please do not use this website. RCC and/or our affiliate entity, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (“RAINN”) may change these terms and conditions from time to time without prior notification, so please consult these terms and conditions regularly for any such changes.

Your privacy and security are very important to us. The following information will help you understand what information we collect online and how we handle that information once we collect it. This Privacy Policy will tell you if we disclose that information to anyone and what choices you have regarding how we use that information. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to rapecrisisonline.org and not to the websites of any other organizations to which we may link or that may link to us. For information regarding the online privacy policy of our affiliate entity RAINN, please visit http://www.rainn.org/privacy-policy/.

I. Collection of Information About You

Personally Identifiable Information:

General. In general, visitors may browse rapecrisisonline.org without being requested to reveal any Personally Identifiable Information. “Personally Identifiable Information” is information about you that would identify you, such as your name or address. However, there are pages on rapecrisisonline.org, such as pages about donations, receiving information, volunteering, or employment, where we may request Personally Identifiable Information about you such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or credit card number. rapecrisisonline.org may also collect information such as your computer’s IP address. RCC may seek such information in order to register you as a supporter of RCC, to enable your making a donation or purchasing merchandise (and to communicate with you about your donation or purchase), to enable you to use certain parts of the rapecrisisonline.org website, or to evaluate and/or respond to your volunteering- or employment-related inquiry. RCC may list the names of donors in our annual report and some brochures and benefit programs, to recognize the generosity of those who have given to our cause. In addition, we may use the information we collect to analyze site usage for rapecrisisonline.org to improve our content, to better understand our member and supporter base, and to customize our site’s content, layout and services. Finally, we may use your e-mail address and/or postal address to send you updates or newsletters apprising you of recent events and developments relating to RCC and/or RAINN, and our missions.

Other Uses. We may use internal service providers to facilitate our services, and therefore, may provide some of your Personally Identifiable Information directly to them. In addition, we work with other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will only have access to Personally Identifiable Information needed to perform their functions and may not use it for any other purpose.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), which uses cookies and tracking code to help analyze how visitors use our website. The information collected (including what browser and operating system you are using, your IP address, the pages on our website that you visit, your number of page views, and the time you spend on your website) is transmitted to and stored by Google. Google uses this information for the purpose of evaluating visitors’ use of our website in an aggregate manner, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or to third parties that process information on Google’s behalf. You can read Google’s policy at http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html.

Aggregate Data: We automatically gather, or aggregate, certain usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to rapecrisisonline.org, length of stay, time of visit, what browser was used, what pages visitors were referred from, what pages visors requested, and other anonymous data. This data helps us determine usage levels on different parts of rapecrisisonline.org and to conduct other internal research. We will share this data with our affiliate RAINN. In addition, we may aggregate such data and disclose it in a non-personally identifiable manner to sponsors, supporters and other parties to generate support for RCC and/or RAINN, our mission and services, or as required by law. In these situations, we do not disclose any information that could be used to identify you personally.

II. How We Protect Your Security

We care about the security of your personal information. RCC stores all information, including personal information, on a secure server that is only accessible by RCC employees and/or RAINN employees or contractors, pursuant to the terms described above.

Moreover, we employ different security techniques to protect your personal information from unauthorized access by users inside and outside of our organization, including standard encryption practices. You should be aware, however, that “perfect security” does not exist anywhere on the Internet. ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE WE TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF INFORMATION, WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WILL NEVER BE DISCLOSED IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SUFFICIENCY OF OUR SECURITY MEASURES.

Always be careful and responsible regarding your personal information. We are not responsible for, and cannot control, the use by others of any information which you provide or divulge to others, purposefully or inadvertently, including your e-mail address and any password you may create when you register for rapecrisisonline.org.

III. How We May Share Information

We will not publish, sell, share or rent information about you in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. However, we (including our trained volunteers), as well as our affiliate entity RAINN may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances. We may be required to (and you authorize us to) reveal any information about you that we possess to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe is necessary or appropriate, in connection with the investigation of a crime, mandatory reporting laws, fraud, intellectual property infringement, or other activity that is illegal, or may expose us, or you, to liability. Also, if we (including our trained volunteers) fear that you are in danger of committing suicide or are under 13 years old, we may be required to disclose whatever information you have provided to the appropriate authorities.

If RCC merges with or transfers substantially all of its assets to another entity, RCC has the right to share your Personally Identifiable Information with that entity. You will receive notice of such event, and we will request that the new entity follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy or notify you of any changes to it.

The data that we collect, and therefore may share, is limited in the manner described above.

IV. Our Policy Towards Children

We are concerned about the safety and privacy of children who use the Internet. Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request Personally Identifiable Information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information through rapecrisisonline.org without verifiable parental consent, we will use our best efforts to remove such information from our files. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information through rapecrisisonline.org without verifiable parental consent, he or she should contact our affiliate RAINN at 202.544.2348 or privacy@rainn.org.

V. Other Information Collectors

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses the use and disclosure of information that we collect from you online. If you disclose your information to others, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of such information. We do not control the privacy policies of others, including that of our affiliate RAINN. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

VI. Your Consent to and Changes in Privacy Policy

By using rapecrisisonline.org, you agree to the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy and the Website Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement. We may, from time to time, make changes to this Privacy Policy, based on your comments and our need to reflect accurately our data collection and disclosure practices. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information, this page will be updated and we will post a prominent announcement on rapecrisisonline.org.1

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our affiliate RAINN at privacy@rainn.org. Alternatively, you can mail RAINN at:

Privacy Coordinator
RAINN
2000 L Street, NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036

Please only address questions about this Privacy Policy to the above addresses. If you are concerned about a specific page, please email privacy@rainn.org.

VII. International Use

We make no claim that our website is appropriate or lawful for use or access outside the United States. Furthermore, our databases are located in the United States. If you access this website from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk. You are solely responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations regarding online conduct and website access. By sending us your data, you consent to its transfer to and storage within the United States.

VIII. Governing Law/Forum

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of New York. You agree that any dispute relating to this Privacy Policy or your use of this website shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in .


TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WEBSITE USE


Welcome to the Internet site of RCC. Please read our Terms and Conditions of Website Use carefully before using our website. By using this site, you accept the following Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms and Conditions”) and our Privacy Policy http://www.rapecrisisonline.org/pages/privacy-policy.cfm. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this site. These Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time at the sole discretion of RCC and/or its affiliate entity, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (“RAINN”).

I. Permitted Uses of Our Site and Content

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, photographs, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software (the “Content”), is the intellectual property of RCC or certain third parties, including RAINN, and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. If there are any inquiries regarding this website’s copyrighted material or copyright ownership, please e-mail privacy@rainn.org.

We have listed below the permitted uses of our Content by Internet site visitors. We reserve the right to change our permitted uses at any time.

  1. You may copy and print individual pages of our website. However, you may not extract, copy or download a large portion of the Content, such as by a bot, webcrawler, scraper, spider or other device that “harvests” portions of the site.
  2. Any copies of our website pages must not remove the copyright notice therein or other legends. You may not alter or modify the Content in your copies.
  3. You may use our Content solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. Unless you receive our permission in advance, you may not exploit any of our Content commercially, forward it as a mass distribution, or post it on another website, including a blog, social networking site or peer-to-peer distribution site. For Content that is not our property, you must receive permission from the owner of that Content to use the Content in any way.
  4. You may link other websites to this website, but you may not imply or suggest that RCC or our affiliate entity RAINN has endorsed or is affiliated with such websites. You may not display this website as “framed” within another website.

    5. II. Prohibited Uses of Our Site and Content

    RCC is concerned with protecting the privacy of others and the security of data it collects and encourages responsible, lawful use of its resources. RCC and/or RAINN has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor this website for any violations of the policies below and to take all appropriate actions in response, without notice to you. We reserve the right to change or supplement these policies at any time.

    1. You may not post or send through our site any materials or communications that are defamatory, obscene, profane, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, abusive, or otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion.
    2. You may not (and may not encourage others to) violate any law, regulation, rule or the intellectual property, privacy or publicity, or contractual rights of others, or attempt to violate the security of this website or use or gain access to the identities, information or computers of others through this website.
    3. You may not use this website for commercial, marketing or advertising purposes or to solicit information, transactions or money from other site users.
    4. You may not use this website to engage in spamming, flooding, flaming, trolling, spoofing, griefing, phishing or other unauthorized or unwelcome online conduct.
    5. You may not transmit any virus, worm, time bomb or similar system interference or corruptant through this site.

    You agree to indemnify and hold harmless RCC and/or RAINN and their employees, agents and representatives from any and all liabilities, damages, losses, claims, expenses and fees resulting from your violation of our website policies.

    III. Copyright Notice

    RCC respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks that our website users do the same. If you believe that any material on this website infringes your copyrights, you may notify us in the way identified below.

    Pursuant to Section 512(c)(2) of the U.S. Copyright Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, RCC has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement. If you believe that your copyrights or other intellectual property rights have been infringed or violated on our website, or if you have any questions or complaints regarding copyright infringement on our website, our designated contact is:

    Contact Person

    Privacy Coordinator, RAINN
    2000 L St. NW, Suite 406
    Washington, DC 20036
    202.544.2349 (phone)
    202.544.3556 (fax)
    privacy@rainn.org

    To complain about such infringement, you must write to the above contact (including by e-mail) and provide the following (preferably in this format):

    1. Your name, address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address;
    2. A detailed description of the copyrighted material(s) and/or work(s) that you claim is/are being infringed on this website;
    3. A detailed description of the material(s) and/or work(s) that you claim is/are causing such infringement, and enough information (e.g., the specific web page address) to locate such material(s) and/or work(s) within the website;
    4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the copyrighted material(s) and/or work(s) in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
    5. A statement that the information in your notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you either own the copyright (or an exclusive right under the copyright) in the material(s) and/or work(s) that you claim is/are being infringed, or are authorized by such owner to act on its behalf; and
    6. Your physical or electronic signature.

    Once we receive such a notice, we may remove or disable access to the material claimed to be infringing and/or, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole and absolute discretion, terminate the access of infringing users. It is the policy of RCC and RAINN to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, account holders who are repeat infringers. If we remove or disable access to material in response to such a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the individual or entity who submitted it.

    Pursuant to Section 512(g)(2) and (3) of the U.S. Copyright Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the provider of content affected by an infringement notification may make a counter-notification. When we receive a counter-notification, we may reinstate the material in question.

    To make a counter-notification, you must write to the above contact (including by e-mail) and provide the following (preferably in this format):

    1. Your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or Washington, D.C. if your address is outside the United States) and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person;
    2. A description of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled (e.g., the specific web page address or other unique identifying information);
    3. A statement from you, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
    4. Your physical or electronic signature.

    IV. Trademarks

    [INSERT RCC TRADEMARK(S), with the “®” symbol for trademarks that are registered] and certain other marks displayed on this website are trademarks of RCC. [INSERT RAINN TRADEMARK(S), with the “®” symbol for trademarks that are registered] and certain other marks displayed on this website are trademarks of RAINN. Certain other trademarks displayed on this website are the property of their respective owners.

    V. Linked Sites

    For your convenience, this website may occasionally link to other organizations’ websites. We do not endorse, and do not have any responsibility for, any other websites, including their products and services, content, communications and website use policies. You access all other websites from this website entirely at your own risk.

    VI. Disclaimer and Limitations of Liability

    We hope you enjoy using this website, but please understand that you do so solely at your own risk.

    YOU AGREE THAT THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY RCC AND RAINN ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. RCC AND RAINN MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. RCC AND RAINN DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT, THAT THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, OR THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

    You agree that RCC, RAINN, and any of their affiliates will not be responsible or liable for any liabilities, damages, injuries, losses, claims, expenses or fees, including but not limited to special or consequential damages, relating to this website, including its operation, functionality, security, transmission of viruses or other subject matter, or any errors or omissions in the Content, or relating to a site linked to this site.

    You acknowledge that you shall use the Content on this website in a manner based upon your own determination and evaluation of the information contained therein, and RCC, RAINN, or any of their affiliates shall not be responsible for such use.

    VII. Changes to Terms and Conditions

    We may revise or supplement these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If we make any substantial changes to these Terms and Conditions, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our website.

    VIII. International Use

    We make no representation that this site is appropriate or lawful for use or access in locations outside the United States. If you access this website from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk. You are solely responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations regarding online conduct and website access. By sending us any of your data, you consent to its transfer to and storage within the United States.

    IX. Governing Law/Forum

    These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of New York. You agree that any dispute relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of this website shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in .