Athens County Foundation operates the athensfoundation.org website, which provides the SERVICE. This privacy policy is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the Athens County Foundation website.
If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone unless we specify so in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and email address. The information that we collect is retained to contact or identify you.
Log Data
We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
Cookies and Security
Cookies
These are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Our website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to accept or refuse cookies, and to know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Security
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites. Clicking on a third-party link will result in your visiting that site. Note that these external sites are not under our operation. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Protecting Information
The strong protection of sensitive information is the basis of our donors’ trust and a standard practice. We employ extensive physical, electronic and procedural protection mechanisms.
The Athens County Foundation does not sell or rent donor names or information to any firm or nonprofit organization, and it does not share it with any firm or nonprofit organization for their marketing or fundraising purposes, unless you or your authorized representative explicitly asks us to do so. You do not have to contact us to benefit from these protections; they apply automatically to all our donors.
We may share the personal information we collect with government agencies or other regulatory bodies and law enforcement officials (e.g. for tax reporting or for reporting suspicious transactions).
Donor Privacy Policy
The Athens County Foundation maintains the highest level or privacy concerning our donors’ contact and fund information.
All contact information is used for internal purposed only and never published. Note that contact information is required by the IRS in regard contributions, but is not for public inspection.
Fund names are published in Foundation communication material and media, unless a donor chooses not to list his/her fund.
The Athens County Foundation does not sell, trade, or share its donor list with any organization.
Children’s Privacy
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
Accessibility Statement
Athens County Foundation has a commitment to:
- maintaining an accessible website.
- ensuring that this website achieves “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, to comply with the National Disability Authority’s Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information Provided by Public Bodies.
- ensuring that all new information on the website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.
- including accessibility when we procure 3rd-party systems or upgrades to existing systems.
Areas for Improvement
We’re aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility. Currently, we are working to achieve this. We are hoping that this website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 within the next twelve months.
How to Send Feedback
We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this site and encourage you to contact us here with any concerns.