Privacy Policy
Privacy, Billing, Terms Of Use, And Contact
The Human Services Council (HSC) is committed to maintaining your trust and confidence. The following online privacy policy is intended to protect and secure the personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified) you provide to us online. HSC may periodically send you e-mail announcing news and event information. However, HSC will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you do not wish to receive email from HSC, please opt out of such emails by [HOW? Is it an unsubscribe at the bottom of an email?] If you choose to supply your postal address in an online form, you may receive mailings from HSC as well.
No Sharing Of Personal Information
HSC never sells, rents, leases or exchanges your personal information with other organizations for their benefit. HSC does integrate with third-party software to help organize and manage our donors, partners and other individuals. HSC may occasionally send mailings on behalf of other organizations when their interests align with HSC.
Security
HSC is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the proper use of information, we have established and implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. HSC uses Internet Encryption Software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol when collecting or transferring sensitive data. Any information you enter is encrypted at your browser, sent over the public Internet in encrypted form, and then de-encrypted at our server. The identity of all who contact HSC through this Web site is confidential and personal information is accessible only to a small number of trusted HSC employees who have been specially trained in processing this information.
Cookies
From time to time, we may send a “cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie can’t read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to recognize you when you return to our sites, or to identify which areas of our network of Web sites you have visited (i.e. e-commerce sites, etc.). We may use this information to better personalize the content you see on our sites. Many Web sites place cookies on your hard drive. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at the HSC website and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
Children’s Online Privacy
We are concerned about the privacy of children and do not knowingly collect any personal information from a child under 13. We encourage you to become involved with your child’s access to the Internet and to our site to ensure that your child’s privacy is well protected. To read more about online safety and how to become more involved with your child’s online experience, visit the Federal Trade Commission Web site. You may also benefit from the information and resources available on ProtectKids.com.
Donations Policy
Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of HSC. HSC will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of HSC.
No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if, under any reasonable set of circumstances, the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.
HSC will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and encourages donors to seek guidance from their own professional in connection with making donations.
HSC will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services may be accepted at the discretion of HSC.
Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for HSC.
HSC will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by HSC.
HSC will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, HSC will restrict information about the donor to only those individuals who require the information from an operations or legal standpoint.
HSC will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders’ fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to HSC.
Return Policy
All donations are nonrefundable.
Contacting Us
If you have comments or questions about any of our policies or our website, please contact us. For information about your payment or order, please contact us at info@hscct.org.