Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc. (RMHC) is pleased to provide information to all of its customers about its online privacy policy. Please be assured that Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc. uses its best efforts to protect the privacy of visitors to this Web site.
RMHC gathers personal information, such as first and last names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and credit card numbers, only when voluntarily submitted by you. If you make an online donation, personal information will be collected from you in order to process that donation.
With your permission, we will use personal information collected from you to send you information, such as RMHC updates or information regarding various events, new fund-raising campaigns or major grant initiatives. If you do not elect to receive such materials, we will not send them to you.
Companies may be engaged by RMHC to perform a variety of functions, such as assisting with donation collection, providing technical services for our internet sites, etc. Such companies may have access to personal information if needed to perform certain functions. However, these companies may use such personal information only for the purpose of performing that function and may not use it for any other purpose. Other than as provided in this privacy policy, RMHC does not sell, transfer or disclose personal information to third parties.
RMHC reserves the right to use or disclose any information as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request, to protect the integrity of the site, to fulfill your requests, or to cooperate in any law enforcement investigation or an investigation on a public safety matter.
You are in control of any personal information you provide to us online. If at any time, you would like to correct the personal information we have about you or if you would like to change your preferences for contacts from us, you can let us know by contacting us at the postal address listed below.
"Cookies" are pieces of information that an internet site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow a certain internet site to remember important information that will make your use of the site more convenient. Like most internet sites, RMHC uses cookies for a variety of purposes in order to improve your online experience. For example, we track the total number of visitors to our site on an anonymous, aggregate basis. We may also employ cookies so that we remember you when you return to the site. We may associate personal information with a cookie file in that instance.
Use the options in your internet browser if you do not wish to receive a cookie or if you wish to set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Click on the "Help" section of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you disable all cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of this Web site.
We may offer links to sites that are not operated by RMHC. If you visit one of these linked sites, you should review their privacy and other policies. We are not responsible for the policies and practices of other companies.
You have the right to "opt-out" of certain of our uses of your Personal Information. For example, at the time you are requested to provide Personal Information on this Web Site and/or through our Services, you may have the opportunity to elect to, or not to: (1) receive promotional correspondence from Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc or (2) have your Personal Information shared with other companies or individuals. You may also make this request by sending an e-mail to info@rmhcofalbany.org. In this e-mail please identify which Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc Web site or Service you are referring to (or all of them) and say whether (i) you would like to opt-out of receiving promotional correspondence (including, for example, e-mail offers) in general, or just via e-mail, postal mail, short message service, instant messaging and/or by phone, (ii) you would like to opt-out of certain of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc. e-newsletters or correspondence, and if so which ones, and/or (iii) you would like to opt-out of having your Personal Information shared with other companies or individuals. You may also opt-out of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc e-mails by clicking on an opt-out link within the promotional correspondence you receive, sending an email to info@rmhcofalbany.org or opt-out of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc promotional email or SMS correspondence or Premium SMS Services by texting "STOP" to the shortcode provided on the Web Site for the particular Service. Please understand that if you opt-out of receiving promotional e-mails or SMS from Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc, we may still contact you by e-mail or SMS in connection with your account with us or to provide you with important information about Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc or this Web Site or the Services. Also, a request to have us stop sharing your Personal Information with other companies or individuals will only apply as of the date of the request, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, Inc will not be responsible for any communications that you may receive from companies or individuals that received your Personal Information prior to such request. In these cases, please contact that company or individual directly.
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Our privacy policy became effective on January 1, 2007. From time to time, it may be necessary for RMHC to change its privacy policy, so we suggest that you check here periodically. Rest assured, however, that any changes will not be retroactively applied and will not alter how we handle previously collected information.