Maryland Community Connection value and respect all individuals and
organizations seeking to donate time, money, or resources to our organization
in need. We understand that you may be concerned about privacy issues that
surround the use of the Internet.
We believe that you should have control over who receives your personal
information, whether it concerns where you live, what your interests are, or
how you choose to conduct transactions. We're focused on only one thing:
helping you help us in a safe and secure environment.
Therefore, we do not disclose, share, sell, or trade information about your
individual visits to Maryland Community Connection or the information that you
may give us such as your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number, to
any outside companies except for the use of completing a donation transaction
that you initiate or a request to volunteer with us as anonprofit organization.
We will release personal information about you, if necessary, in order to
comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court
order.
Other Web sites that you may link to from our site, including our partners'
Web sites, have their own privacy policies. Maryland Community Connection is
not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage you
to review the privacy policies of Web sites before providing them with any of
your personal information.
How Maryland Community Connection Uses Information About You
When you make donations, we may specifically ask for information about you --
such as name, home or Internet address, and billing information -- in order to
provide that service or information to you. This information will be used
solely for the purposes of completing your donation.
Your personal information will be shared with the Maryland Community
Connection to whom you are donating unless you choose not to make it available
to them. When you make an online donation, you will have the opportunity to
keep your personal information private by electing to make your donation
anonymously. If you do elect to provide your name and information to the
charity, this organization will likely
retain your name and may use it for future solicitations. We may also provide
it to other organizations for their use. If you do not want to be contacted
again by Maryland Community Connection or want to make sure that this
organization that you have given money to does not share your name, you will
need to let us know directly. For more information on making an online
donation, visit our web site.
The information which Maryland Community Connection automatically gathers, such as the numbers and frequency of visitors to our site and its areas, is used only in the aggregate -- very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. This collective data helps us determine how much our visitors use parts of the site, so that we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. We also may provide aggregated statistical "ratings" information, never information about you personally, to our Maryland Community Connection partners about how our visitors, collectively, use Maryland Community Connection. We do this so they too can understand how often people use their areas and our site in order for them to provide you with the best possible experience.