Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 10, 2023
Introduction
Catholic Charities of Madison (“CCM,” “we,” “us” or “our”) provides the CCM website (“Website”) to you (“You” or “User,” collectively “Users”). This Privacy Policy applies to the collection of personal information by CCM through www.catholiccharitiesofmadison.org and any sub-domains thereof (each of which constituting a part of the Website). By using the Website, you acknowledge you have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.
Information Collected
CCM may collect personal or aggregate information about Users of the Website. Personal information includes, for example:
Your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other information or preferences that you voluntarily provide to CCM.
Usage information, such as how you and your device interact with our Website (e.g., the pages you visit, the search terms you enter).
Information included in your employment application such as job history and education information.
Information you voluntarily provide when making a donation, such as billing address.
Other information you provide to us when you sign up to receive newsletters from us or otherwise contact us.
This information CCM agrees to maintain the confidentiality of personal information in accordance with the exceptions described herein.
Aggregate information is non-personally identifiable or anonymous information about Users, such as but not limited to the frequency that certain webpages are accessed by Users and the amount of time spent on individual webpages or sections of the Website, the number of visits to the Website by Users, types of browsers used by Users, cookie preferences, and search terms entered by Users. Aggregate information is used in a collective manner, and no single person can be identified by the compiled information.
Use of Information Collected
We use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:
To provide our Website and services.
To send you newsletters.
To respond to inquiries.
To process employment applications.
To improve User experiences by making our Website easier to use and navigate.
To request donations.
For other legitimate business purposes.
Collection and Use of Information from Children
In accordance with COPPA, CCM does not knowingly request or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent, and so does not intentionally collect personal information from children in violation of COPPA. However, if CCM receives actual knowledge that it has collected such personal information without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, CCM will delete that information from the Website as quickly as is reasonably practical.
Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information
From time to time, CCM may be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law, or if CCM reasonably believes that a User has committed unlawful acts or acts may endanger the health or safety of another User or the general public. CCM also reserves the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that CCM, in good faith, believe to be unlawful.
CCM may also disclose personal information with third party service providers, agents or independent contractors who help us maintain our Website and provide other administrative services to us.
If you make a donation, we share your personal information with unaffiliated third parties, such as our payment processor, necessary to fulfill your donation.
Finally, we may share your personal information in the course of any direct or indirect reorganization process including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, and sales of all or substantially all of our assets.
Cookies and Web Beacons
In order to help enhance the performance and functionality of the Site, we utilize session, persistent and third-party “cookies” that store a small piece of data on a users’ computers and collect certain information about the users’ visit to our Site. We also use cookies to understand users’ browsing and buying activities so that we can measure the success of online advertising campaigns we run on the Site. Our Site also uses web beacons (either directly or from our partners), along with cookies, to determine if a user has visited a particular website. These beacons aid in providing more relevant advertising to the user, as well measuring the success of an advertising campaign, but provide no personally identifiable information.
Cookies are small text files that web servers typically send to users’ computer when they visit a website. Cookies are stored as text files on users’ hard drive, and can be accessed by web servers when the user visits a website or views an advertisement. A session cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user is using the Site but is deleted once the browser session is finished. A persistent cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user utilizes the Site and stores and uses that information in connection with future visits of the user to the Site. Third-party cookies and/or web beacons are cookies or web beacons provided by our technology and/or advertising partners. Any third-party cookie or web beacon that we authorize for use on the Site only collects that information described below for the same stated purposes as if we were directly collecting the information. For a third-party cookie or web beacon, the third-party will have access to the collected information in order to provide us with information or services to enhance the performance and functionality of the Site.
The cookies and web beacons we use collect non-personally identifiable information about users of the Site, including: browser used to access the site, date and time, the URL of the page being loaded, users who have visited a particular website(s), any previously assigned cookie identification (a unique identifier assigned to a user to identify repeat visitors), browser window size, the geographic location of the user, device and operating system used to access the Site. The information we collect from these cookies and web beacons is used to determine information about a user’s visit to our Site, including the number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed, navigation history through the website, and other statistics. This information is used to enhance the users experience while visiting our Site and to improve the performance of our Site by, among other things, allowing us to monitor Site performance, making the Site easier to use, measuring the effectiveness of promotional placements, and tailoring the Site (including the ads and offers a user receives) to better match a user’s interests and preferences.
Users who prefer not to accept cookies can set their Internet browser to notify them when they receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being placed on their hard drive. If you consent to our collection of cookies and you subsequently wish to withdraw your consent, you will need to manage the settings on your web browser to delete all cookies and disallow further acceptance of cookies. Please note that disabling cookies on your browser will prevent us from tracking your activities in relations to our Site, however, it may also disable some of the functions and features of the Site and the Site may not work properly.
By continuing to use our Site, you are agreeing to our placing cookies and/or web beacons on your computer in order to analyze the way you use our Site. Please read this cookie policy carefully for more details about the information we collect when you use the Site.
If you do not wish to accept cookies or web beacons in connection with your use of this Site, please discontinue use of the Site.
Opt-Out
We provide you the opportunity to opt-out of marketing communications by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in email communications or by contacting us using the contact information provided below. We will process your request as soon as possible in accordance with applicable law, but please be aware that in some circumstances you may receive a few more messages until the unsubscribe is processed.
Additionally, we may send you information regarding our Website and services, such as information about changes to our policies and other notices and disclosures required by law. Generally, Users cannot opt out of these communications, but they will be primarily informational in nature, rather than promotional.
Third Party Links
Our Website contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. If you have any questions about how these other sites use your information, you should review their policies and contact them directly.
Notice Regarding Public Posting Areas
Please note that any information you include in a message you post to any chat room, forum or other public posting area is available to anyone with Internet access. If you do not want people to know your email address, for example, do not include it in any message you post publicly. PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN DISCLOSING ANY INFORMATION IN CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE BY OTHERS OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DISCLOSE IN CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS.
Security
We implement reasonable security measures to ensure the security of your personal information. Please understand, however, that no data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you understand that any information that you transfer to us is done at your own risk. If we learn of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using our Website or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Website. We may post a notice via our Website if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
International Data Transfers
CCM is based in the US. If you choose to provide us with personal information, please understand that your personal information may be transferred to the US and we may transfer your personal information to our affiliates and subsidiaries or to other third parties, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are visiting from the EU or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from US law, please note that you are transferring your personal information to the US and other jurisdictions which may not have the same data protection laws as the EU. We put in place appropriate operational, procedural and technical measures in order to ensure the protection of your personal information. You acknowledge you understand that by providing your personal information: (i) your personal information will be used for the uses identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy; and (ii) your personal information may be transferred to the US and other jurisdictions as indicated above, in accordance with applicable law.
Your California Privacy Rights and How We Respond to “Do Not Track” Signals
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits Users who are California residents to request certain information, once a year, regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
At this time our Website does recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include “Do Not Track” instructions.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will also revise the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on our websites and/or via email at the email address we have on file for you. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to keep up to date on how we are handling your personal information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Catholic Charities of Madison
702 S. High Point Road
Madison, WI 53719
ccharities@ccmadison.org
(608) 826-8000
