Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the official Web site Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland. For additional information about this site or about Habitat for Humanity you may contact us at:

Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland
PO Box 303
Cleveland, TN 37364
USA
Phone: (423) 476-6947

Statement of Purpose

This Web site is an educational and informational electronic publication by Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland. Its purpose is to share the story of Habitat for Humanity’s house-building, hope-building work around the world and to invite interested online visitors to be part of those efforts. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland is committed to assisting families in need with the life-changing opportunity of buying decent, affordable housing using a team of enthusiastic volunteers and staff guided by Christian values. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, publicly supported organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Legal Notice

This site was developed and is maintained by Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland, Cleveland, TN.

“Habitat for Humanity” is a registered service mark owned by Habitat for Humanity International and may not be used without permission.

Reprint Information

Permission generally is granted to reprint articles from this Web site for educational, noncommercial purposes. Requirements for reprinting are as follows:

Writer’s byline, if applicable

Upon print publication of material from this site, for our records we require that a copy be sent to: Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland, PO Box 303, Cleveland, TN 37364, USA

Privacy Policy

Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland respects the privacy of our donors and Web site visitors.

In order to fulfill its mission, Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland maintains databases that are compiled exclusively of information knowingly and voluntarily provided to Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland by our donors and Web site visitors. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland respects the privacy of all donors and Web site visitors. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our donors and Web site visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law.

Web users are justly concerned about what information is being collected, and how it is being used.

Privacy & Security for Donors

Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland respects and protects your privacy and will never sell, trade or rent your personal information to other individuals or companies. The information that you provide is used only to complete your donation. With your permission, your name and contact information could be published in Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland Annual Report. If you do not wish share your name and contact information with the charity or charities you supported through Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland or you choose to make your donation anonymously, Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland will not share your name or contact information. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland provides a field to include an optional dedication with the donation. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove text from this field before it is provided to the designated charity, for example, if Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland deems it inappropriate, offensive or misrepresentative.

Please note, Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland receives Memorial and Special Occasion donations both on-line and through the mail. Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland may list the name, city and state of the donor and the occasion in a print Newsletter, unless the donor requests otherwise. This is a well-established policy adopted by most charitable organizations. However, donor amounts and specific addresses are never disclosed. Donors who want the amount of their donation publicly disclosed may request the same from Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland.

We must disclose pertinent credit card information to appropriate banking institutions for those persons using credit cards to make donations to Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland. Though the provider has represented to us that it uses industry standard security protocols to restrict physical as well as electronic access to your credit card information, we do not guarantee the security of your information when processed by the third party provider. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by our third party provider. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy of our third party provider prior to submitting your credit card information.

ReStore and Event Privacy

We treat all information we receive from you as confidential. Access to your personal information is limited to employees, associates, sales partners, representatives or others who would need such information to fulfill your request, to provide services or Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland ReStore products, or to enable you to register into a Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland event. (For example, we will share your credit card or check information with the financial institution that processes your payment.) Outside of such purposes, Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland does not sell, rent, exchange or give away any contact information from its customers or subscribers.

If you subscribe to the Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland E-New, we will notify you via e-mail of upcoming Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland events, as well as send you other updates. Every issue of the Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland E-New includes instructions for unsubscribing and for changing your e-mail address.

Complying With the Legal System

Though Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland makes every effort to preserve donor and customer privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our organization.

The Security of Your Information

We strive to protect the privacy of the information that you share with us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. As a result, although we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of the information that you submit to us via the Site and you do so at your own risk.

Changes to the Policy

Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland periodically reviews and updates this privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to our web site so our donors and customers are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Site Visitorship Data

Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland routinely gathers data on Web site activity, such as how many people visit our Web site, the pages they visit and where they come from.

Site visitorship data is collected on an aggregate, anonymous basis, which means no personal information is associated with this data.

Please be aware that our Web site contains links to other Web sites and that the privacy practices of these other Web sites may differ from those of Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland. Each Web site is responsible for its own privacy practices.

If Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland decides to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on our website immediately, at www.habitatofcleveland.org. If we decide to alter this Privacy Policy Statement, we will show the date of change using the “Last Updated” statement below.

Last Updated: March 21, 2016