Brothers United (BU) strongly believes in protecting the privacy and integrity of personally identifiable information gathered from visitors to our Web site. Since the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance to us, we have created this policy to communicate our information collection and dissemination practices for this Web site. This policy may be changed or updated from time to time.
What Information We Collect:
You do not need to share personally identifiable information to use the Brothers United Web site. Personally identifiable information is information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number or email address. You can visit most portions of the Brothers United Web site without telling us who you are and without revealing any personally identifiable information.
Brothers United uses Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the Web site, track visitor movement and click-through behavior and gather broad demographic information that is not personally identifiable. This information helps us to better understand our visitor's site usage patterns and the types of content and information that may help improve your experience on the Brothers United Web site.
We gather personally identifiable information when you contribute to Brothers United online, Brothers United does not collect personally identifiable information about people without their permission.
Cookies:
Brothers United uses "cookies" on Brothers United Online Community pages, when a visitor signs E-Newsletter and when a visitor signs up to receive additional information from Brothers United. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on a visitor's hard drive that does not itself contain any personally identifiable information.
Cookies enhance a visitor's experience by saving the visitor from having to log in or provide information each time he or she re-visits Brothers United pages which are accessible by registered users only, and by customizing content based on a visitor's indicated interests.
How We Use Personally Identifiable Information:
We use your personally identifiable information to send you information about Brothers United programs, events and activities.
Credit card donations:
Web site donations are processed exclusively by Google Payment Corporation. Google is committed to providing safe, secure and private online transactions. For further details about their privacy practices and security precautions, please consult the Goggle Privacy Policy page.
When you make a donation to us through the Donate button on our Web site, Google shares your personally identifiable information with Brothers United so we or Google may acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax purposes and, unless you ask us not to, include you on Brothers United's mailing list.
When you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that an acknowledgment be sent to another individual/family, we will use the name and address of that individual/family for acknowledgment purposes only.
Email You Send to Brothers United:
If you choose to correspond with Brothers United through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.
We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone. Any email we receive is read only by those individuals who are essential to answering the question(s) presented.
Disclosure To Third Parties:
We will only share your personally identifiable information with Google (as described above), or with another third party, provided you give us your express permission, or if we are required by law to do so.
E-Newsletters and Other Email from Brothers United:
You will only receive e-newsletters from us if you have expressly signed up for a newsletter on the Brothers United Web site or at a Brothers United event.
The information we gather from subscribers to our e-newsletters (including email addresses) is not shared with other organizations or parties. From time to time we may send out email on behalf of other organizations, but we do not provide them with access to any personal information that you have provided.
All sent email contains a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or other email communication from Brothers United at any time.
How We Protect Your Information:
Brothers United cares about the safety and security of information gathered through its Web site. Our Web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored on a separate system that is not connected to the Internet.
Other Web Sites:
Please be aware that our site contains links to other Web sites. Brothers United cannot control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those Web sites.
How to Unsubscribe from Mailing Lists:
All Brothers United communication, whether via email or U.S. mail, provides information on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily. Those wishing to not receive communications from Brothers United ("do not contact") can simply notify our member services at Brothers United or via phone at (317) 931-0292 or via U.S. mail at 3737 N. Meridian Street, Suite 505 Indianapolis, IN 46208.
How to Correct Information You Have Provided:
You may correct and/or change any information regarding your request to receive additional information from Brothers United, participating in campaigns and action alerts, or online donations by contacting us at Brothers United.
How to Contact Us About Privacy:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this Web site, please send an email to:Brothers United
You can also reach us via U.S. mail at:
Brothers United
3737 N. Meridian St., Suite 505
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: (317) 931-0292
Fax: (317) 931-0294
Email:Brothers United