| GMHC Privacy Policy
Gay Men's Health Crisis ("GMHC") strongly believes in protecting
the privacy and integrity of personally identifiable information gathered
from visitors to our Web site. Since the protection of your privacy is
of the greatest importance to us, we have created this policy to communicate
our information collection and dissemination practices for this Web site.
This policy may be changed or updated from time to time.
What Information We Collect:
You do not need to share personally identifiable information to
use the GMHC Web site. Personally identifiable information is
information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as
a name, address, phone number or email address. You can visit
most portions of the GMHC Web site without telling us who you are
and without revealing any personally identifiable information.
GMHC uses Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends,
administer the Web site, track visitor movement and click-through
behavior and gather broad demographic information that is not personally
identifiable. This information helps us to better understand our
visitor's site usage patterns and the types of content and information
that may help improve your experience on the GMHC Web site.
We gather personally identifiable information when you contribute
to GMHC online, when you sign up to use the GMHC Action Center or
"Get Active" features of the Web site, or when you fill out GMHC's
"Email Me!" (available throughout the Web site). GMHC does not
collect personally identifiable information about people without
their permission.
Cookies:
GMHC uses "cookies" on GMHC Online Community pages, when a visitor
signs up for "Get Active" and when a visitor signs up to receive additional
information from GMHC. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on a
visitor's hard drive that does not itself contain any personally identifiable
information. Cookies enhance a visitor's experience by saving the visitor
from having to log in or provide information each time he or she re-visits
GMHC pages which are accessible by registered users only, and by customizing
content based on a visitor's indicated interests.
How We Use Personally Identifiable Information:
We use your personally identifiable information to send you legislative
updates, action alerts, press releases, information about GMHC programs,
events and activities, local volunteer opportunities and information about
appeals to various government agencies.
Credit card donations:
Web site donations are processed exclusively by Blackbaud, Inc. Blackbaud,
Inc. is committed to providing safe, secure and private online transactions.
For further details about their privacy practices and security precautions,
please consult the Blackbaud, Inc. privacy policy directly from the link on
our donation page.
When you make a donation to us through the DonateNow button on our Web
site, Blackbaud, Inc. shares your personally identifiable information with
GMHC so we or Blackbaud may acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax
purposes and, unless you ask us not to, include you on GMHC's mailing list.
If you do not wish to be added to our mailing list, our online donation form
has an "opt-in" mechanism which can be unchecked for those users who wish
to make donations, but do not want to receive any additional email correspondence
from GMHC. You may also make donations anonymously by checking this preference
on the donation page.
When you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that
an acknowledgment be sent to another individual/family, we will use the name
and address of that individual/family for acknowledgment purposes only.
Email You Send to GMHC:
If you choose to correspond with GMHC through email, we may retain the content
of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We
provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ
in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone. Any email we
receive is read only by those individuals who are essential to answering the
question(s) presented.
Disclosure To Third Parties:
We will only share your personally identifiable information with Blackbaud,
Inc. (as described above), or with another third party, provided you give us
your express permission, or if we are required by law to do so.
Email Newsletters and Other Email from GMHC:
You will only receive email newsletters from us if you have expressly signed
up for a newsletter on the GMHC Web site or at a GMHC event.
The information we gather from subscribers to our email newsletters
(including email addresses) is not shared with other organizations or
parties. From time to time we may send out email on behalf of other
organizations, but we do not provide them with access to any personal
information that you have provided.
All sent email contains a link to unsubscribe or to modify your
profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or other
email communication from GMHC at any time.
How We Protect Your Information:
GMHC cares about the safety and security of information gathered through
its Web site. Our Web site has security measures in place to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our
control. Our web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All
databases containing personal information are securely stored on a
separate system that is not connected to the Internet.
Other Web Sites:
Please be aware that our site contains links to other Web sites. GMHC
cannot control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy
policies of those Web sites.
How to Unsubscribe from Mailing Lists:
All GMHC communication, whether via email or U.S. mail, provides information
on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily. Those wishing to not receive communications
from GMHC ("do not contact") can simply notify our member services at community@GMHC.org
or via phone at 212.367.1510 or via U.S. mail at 119 West 24 Street, New York, NY 10011-1913.
How to Correct Information You Have Provided:
You may correct and/or change any information regarding your request to
receive additional information from GMHC, participating in campaigns and
action alerts, or online donations by contacting us at community@GMHC.org.
How to Contact Us About Privacy:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have
collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with
this Web site, please send an email to: webmaster@GMHC.org.
You can also reach us via U.S. mail at:
GMHC Online Community
Gay Men's Health Crisis
119 West 24th St., 8th floor
New York, NY. 10011-1913
Phone: 212.367.1510
Fax: 212.367.1112
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