Privacy Policy

Last modified: [12/1/2021]

Introduction

Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. ("Company" or "We") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.cotraic.org/ (our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

· On this Website.

· In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

· Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.

· When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

· Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party, including our affiliates; or

· Any third party, including our affiliates, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website

Our Website includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under our domain, and We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at 412-782-4457.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

· By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information");

· Non-personal information that does not personally identify you, including information that is anonymized, aggregated, or publicly available when not combined with non-publicly available information about you.

· Credit card or banking account information (For more information about our commitment to donor privacy, please see our Donor Privacy Policy); and/or

· About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

· Directly from you when you provide it to us.

· Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

· From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

· Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of requesting further services and/or information. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.

· Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.

· Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

· Your search queries on the Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

· Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

· Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and brow ser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

· Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

· Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

· Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

· To present our Website and its contents to you.

· To provide you with information or services that you request from us.

· Process your membership application.

· To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

· To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

· To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer or provide through it.

· In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

· For any other purpose with your consent.

When you submit information by filling in an application form on our Website, we share this information with ChildPlus, a data management software specifically for early childhood programs. To view ChildPlus Security & Privacy Statement, visit childplus.com/privacy/.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties' services that may be of interest to you.

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

· To our partners and affiliates.

· To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

· To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

· To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

· For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

· With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

· To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

· To enforce or apply any agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

· If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may contact us to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

120 Charles Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
412-782-4457

Donor Privacy Policy

Last modified: [12/1/2021]

Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. (the "Non-Profit") is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and the personal information you may share with the Non-Profit or that the Non-Profit holds. The Non-Profit values our donors' trust and recognizes that maintaining this trust requires the charity to be transparent and accountable to our supporters and the public at all times. This Donor Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes the information collected about our donors and the Non-Profit's practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. For more information about the Non-Profit's commitment to privacy, please see our general Privacy Policy.

1. Information Collected and Maintained. The Non-Profit collects and maintains personal information that you, our donors, provide to us when you:

(a) Contact us by phone, mail, or email, in person, or via our website.

(b) Register for an event.

(d) Navigate through our website.

From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above, subject to your express approval.

2. Types of Information. The Non-Profit collects and maintains the following types of information about our donors:

(a) Personal information, including:

(i) Contact information, such as name, address, email, and telephone number.

(ii) Giving information, including types and amounts of donations and credit card or banking information. We utilize secure transaction methods when collecting credit card or banking information over the internet. The Non-Profit does not disclose credit card or banking account information provided by our donors, except for the proper processing of donations.

(iii) Information on events attended and publications received.

(iv) Any other information provided by the donor to the Non-Profit, such as public comments or posts on the Non-Profit's website.

(b) Non-personal information that does not personally identify you, including information that is anonymized, aggregated, or publicly available when not combined with non-publicly available information about you.

(c) Information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including information automatically collected through technical methods such as:

(i) Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.

(ii) Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

(iii) Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Non-Profit, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

3. Confidentiality. All information about any financial and non-financial transactions between you and the Non-Profit is considered highly confidential and we employ appropriate security measures designed to protect it. While the information is kept confidential, it is shared with the Non-Profit's board members, staff, volunteers, and professionals on a need-to-know basis and in compliance with all laws, regulations, court orders, or other governmental requests.

4. Use of Personal Information. The Non-Profit collects and maintains personal information to:

(a) Establish a relationship and communicate with you about the Non-Profit, including our programs, special events, and funding needs.

(b) Learn about our donors and what matters to you.

(d) Comply with all laws and regulations, including reporting requirements.

(e) Plan future fundraising activities and events.

(f) Analyze giving patterns.

(g) Solicit feedback from you by conducting surveys.

The Non-Profit uses industry standard safeguards to protect your personal information against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of your personal information. The Non-Profit will not share, sell, or exchange your personal information with any other entity for third-party fundraising or marketing purposes, except as provided in this Policy or as expressly consented to by you. To the extent that a third-party service provider is used to process any donations, the provider is bound by strict confidentiality rules, and your information will only be used to the extent necessary to process the donation.

5. Communications. The Non-Profit will from time to time communicate with you, including by telephone, text, email, and mail, concerning the Non-Profit's charitable activities, events, and requests for future support. The Non-Profit will not call or email you or send mailings to you on behalf of other organizations without your express consent. You may opt out of receiving these communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in any email communications.

6. Records Retention and Destruction. The Non-Profit complies with all Internal Revenue Service, state, and local regulations and the Non-Profit's internal policies governing the retention, management, and destruction of donor information collected and maintained by the Non-Profit.

7. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information. You can review and request changes to the personal information that the Non-Profit has collected about you by contacting the Non-Profit. However, please be aware that the Non-Profit may not accommodate a change request that would impact record retention or other operational requirements like remembering email opt-out preferences, violate any law or legal requirement, or cause the information to be incorrect. Deleting your personal information may also require deleting your user account (if any).

8. Changes to the Policy. This Policy is current as of the date stated at the top of this Policy. The Non-Profit reserves the right to amend this Policy from time to time. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

9. Children Under the Age of 13. The Non-Profit's website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the website. The Non-Profit does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to the Non-Profit, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If the Non-Profit learns it has collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, the Non-Profit will delete that information. If you believe the Non-Profit might have any information from or about a child under 13/16, please contact the Non-Profit.

10. Contact Us. To opt out of receiving communications from the Non-Profit, to review the personal information that the Non-Profit has collected about you, or to ask any other questions regarding this Policy, please contact the Non-Profit at the below address or phone number.

120 Charles Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
412-782-4457