This Statement of Privacy applies to the Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Coastal Community Action, Inc. website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Coastal Community Action, Inc. also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Coastal Community Action, Inc.. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Coastal Community Action, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Coastal Community Action, Inc. public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Coastal Community Action, Inc. does not read any of your private online communications.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Coastal Community Action, Inc. so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Coastal Community Action, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Coastal Community Action, Inc. and Coastal Community Action, Inc. family of Web sites.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. collects and uses your personal information to operate the Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Coastal Community Action, Inc. also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Coastal Community Action, Inc. and its affiliates. Coastal Community Action, Inc. may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Coastal Community Action, Inc. may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Coastal Community Action, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Coastal Community Action, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Coastal Community Action, Inc., in order to determine what Coastal Community Action, Inc. services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Coastal Community Action, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Coastal Community Action, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Coastal Community Action, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Coastal Community Action, Inc., or the public.
The Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Coastal Community Action, Inc. pages, or register with Coastal Community Action, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps Coastal Community Action, Inc. to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Coastal Community Action, Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Coastal Community Action, Inc. features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Coastal Community Action, Inc. services or Web sites you visit.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Coastal Community Action, Inc. secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Coastal Community Action, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Coastal Community Action, Inc. is protecting your information.
Coastal Community Action, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Coastal Community Action, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the Coastal Community Action, Inc. webmaster. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
A common thread through all of our services, be they Family Services, Senior Services, or Housing Services, is that we help change lives by providing needed resources and support. Coastal Community Action, Inc. provides needed services to thousands of residents in our region annually.
