Privacy Policy
- What personally identifiable information of yours is collected through the site
- Who collects such information
- How such information is used
- With whom your information may be shared
- What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of your information
- What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information
Information We Collect
and How We Use It
Throughout The Arc of Texas website, in particular when creating a membership registration, donating online, completing an action alert, registering for a special event, purchasing a product, or completing various survey forms — visitors are asked to list name, address, and other personal contact information. Information collected is specifically and knowingly provided by site visitors and may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. text), address, telephone number, interests and other similar information.
The Arc of Texas has partnered with AWeber, an Internet software and services company that provides online electronic email and constituent relationship management solutions, as well as Harness, an online donation platform. Information collected through The Arc of Texas is securely stored, and is only accessible to a few employees of The Arc of Texas who manage our online audience engagement. The Arc of Texas will not disclose visitor’s name or any personally identifiable information (such as email address or phone number) to any party.
Neither The Arc of Texas nor our above-mentioned partners store sensitive information such as credit card numbers. When an online transaction is completed through The Arc of Texas website, such as a charitable contribution, credit card information is used solely for the purpose of completing that specific transaction and is not retained in a database.
The Arc of Texas will not sell, share or exchange personal contact information collected from this website with other entities. Visitors to The Arc of Texas website are not required to share any personally identifiable information. Users who do not wish to share personal information when visiting The Arc of Texas website can still access our webpages, information and resources.
Internet Protocol (IP) Address
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our website. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our website, analyze trends, track users’ movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the website, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Security
All information provided to The Arc of Texas is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our website that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of The Arc of Texas. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.
Other Websites
Our website contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which The Arc of Texas has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please contact media@thearcoftexas.org.
In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy in full. The Arc of Texas reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our website. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.