Welcome to www.womenasingleparents.com (.org, and .net), and www.WomenasSingleParents.com (collectively, the “Website”), the official website of Women as Single Parents Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“we,” “us” or “WSP”) provided to our users (“you”) for your personal use, education, communication and participation. This privacy policy (the “Policy”) is in place to protect your personal information and explains WSP’s practices regarding your personal information collected through the use of the Website. By accessing the Website you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of the Policy, and agree that WSP may collect, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Policy and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy do not visit the Website and do not provide us with any personal information.
WSP does collect certain personally identifiable information. However, WSP only collects Personal Information (as defined herein) to the extent necessary to provide you with the information, for donation purposes as discussed below, and other services of the Website. For > purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” means any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual, or an individual whose identity may be inferred from the information. In order to contact WSP or register with WSP to become a potentially Member or Partner of the organization you will be required to sign up and submit certain Personal Information. By providing such Personal Information, you will be able to contact WSP and register to become a Member or Partner, and also make donations to WSP.
For donation purposes only, WSP does collect Personal Information, which will include a person’s credit card number, the billing address, mailing address, and name of the person who agrees to make a donation. WSP will also collect the bank account number from those individuals who prefer to make a donation via their bank account. WSP uses this credit card information solely for the payment processing of your donation and will not retain this information for marketing or any other purpose. Please be aware that WSP will not ask for your credit card information, except as set forth in this Policy.
WSP also collects certain non-personally identifiable information. When you visit and access the Website, WSP collects the following non-personally identifiable information from you:
When you visit the Website we send one or more “cookies” to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your browser from our web server and is stored on the hard drive of your computer. We may use cookies to improve the services provided on the Website by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Cookies do not contain any Personal Information, but rather the collected information is useful to customize the Website for you. Almost all modern websites use cookies to improve the quality of the website and to provide a more efficient experience. Your browser can be set to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept cookies, however, the Website may not function properly or may diminish your experience of the Website.
When you send a message or other communication to us, WSP may retain those communications in order to answer inquiries, and respond to your requests and improve the Website and our services to our Members and Partners. You agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise submit to the Website, any communications which (i) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent; (ii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; (iii) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right; (iv) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component; or (v) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact.
Aggregated information is information, recorded in any form, about more than one individual, where the identity of the individual is not known, and cannot be inferred from the information. We may use aggregated information to: (i) describe our user base to third parties; (ii) to understand and respond to our members’ partners’ and users’ needs and preferences; or (iii) to make recommendations to our users.
Except as provided in this Policy, AT NO TIME WILL WSP REQUEST YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION (EXCEPT FROM THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE AGREED TO DONATE TO WSP), SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. WSP is concerned with identity theft and the practice known as “phishing,” so please safeguard your Personal Information to help protect you from identity theft.
WSP takes precautions to ensure that Personal Information is kept private, and to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of your Personal Information. Please note however that we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information. We assume no liability for the loss of any Personal Information or any damage that may result from the loss of such information that you transmit to us via the Website.
Under what circumstances will WSP disclose my Personal Information without my consent?
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE JUSTIFIED OR PERMITTED, OR WHERE WE MAY BE OBLIGATED TO DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION WITHOUT CONSENT. Such circumstances may include, without limitation, the following:
THIS POLICY ONLY APPLIES TO THE WEBSITE. The Website may provide links to other websites but when you click on any of these links you will be redirected from our Website to another third-party website. Please be advised that we do not exercise control over these third-party websites that may be displayed as links on our Website and we are not responsible for such websites. These third-party websites may solicit Personal Information from you, place their own cookies or other files on your computer, or collect other forms of data from you. You should carefully review the privacy statements of any third-party websites you visit, because those privacy statements will apply to your visit to such other websites.
The Website is not intended or designed to attract “minors” (as defined under the laws of their jurisdiction or residence). It is our practice not to collect Personal Information from any person that we know is under 18 years of age, and we will not use Personal Information if we learn that it was provided by any person we know to be under 18 years of age. By using the Website, you affirm that you are over the age of 18 as the Website is not intended for any children under 18 that are unaccompanied by their parents or legal guardians. Parents should be aware that this Policy governs our use of Personal Information. Any Personal Information voluntarily given by children through their use of the Website may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited communications. We encourage parents to inform their children of the safe and responsible use of their Personal Information while visiting internet websites.
We will promptly remove all of your Personal Information if you request us to do so to the extent possible. Please understand that we may not be able to honor your request if we are legally obligated to retain that information.
If you have any questions or comments about the Website, WSP, or this Policy, please contact us via the “Contact Us” section located on the Website’s homepage.
WSP may make changes or supplement this Policy from time to time. If there are any changes to the Policy, we will post them on the Website to notify users of the changes. Changes to the Policy will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Policy on the Website, as well as to existing information held by us. We will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if we (1) change this Policy in a material way, or (2) seek to collect, use, or disclose Personal Information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained, unless otherwise required or permitted by law./p>
This Policy was last updated on: October 25, 2018