Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a national organization that serves local independent member organizations (the “Local Boys & Girls Clubs”). Together Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands and other regional Clubs form one of the nation’s largest networks of local youth organizations dedicated to promoting the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of youth throughout the United States of America.
Each Boys & Girls Club organization is a separate legal entity, is governed by an independent board of directors, executive committee or other governing body and is solely responsible for its own affairs, including, but not limited to, matters of safety; compliance with federal, state and local laws; physical facilities; uses of technology, finances; policies and programs and personnel policies and decisions. Each Local Boys & Girls Club has sole authority to hire, to terminate, to prescribe the duties of and to establish the terms of employment of its employees and officers.
The national Boys & Girls Clubs of America has no authority with respect to employment policies or decisions of Local Boys & Girls Clubs. Accordingly, each Local Boys & Girls Club controls its own affairs and Boys & Girls Clubs of America does not control and cannot be held responsible for the actions of Local Boys & Girls Clubs.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands Privacy Policy
This site is provided by Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands (“BGCM”). BGCM is committed to complying fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. BGCM does not intend to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Our information collection practices are described below. While we encourage children to visit our site and learn more about our programs, we recommend, however, that parents approve and closely supervise the activity of their children at this and all other online sites. We urge children to check with their parents before entering information on any website and we urge parents to discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online release of personal information to anyone they don’t know.
The Information BGCM Collects
We respect your privacy as our online guest, and we will not collect any identifying or personal information about you while you are here except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
BGCM collects information in several ways from different parts of this site. BGCM may collect personal information from you when you register with this site. BGCM also may ask you for personal information at other times, such as when you ask a question or report a problem with this site. If you contact BGCM, BGCM may keep a record of that session or correspondence, including a record of your e-mail address. BGCM may also occasionally ask users to complete surveys for research purposes. There also may be services on this site that require you to fill out an online form or send BGCM an e-mail message in order to utilize these services. BGCM collects any information that you provide in such circumstances, including any personal information.
We may ask you for identifying and personal information to:
- Invite you to receive periodic e-mail updates about our progress: When you accept, or “opt in,” we ask you to give us your e-mail address and respond to some questions that help us tailor our information to your interests. You can “opt out” of receiving these periodic updates at any time.
- Processing any online donations you make to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands: When you donate to honor someone else, we do not use the information you give us about that person for any other purpose.
- Accepting your online “registration” at our site: When you agree to give us identifying and personal information, you are giving that information only to Boys & Girls Clubs of Midlands and the parties we have involved in operating this site. You are giving it solely to enable the services this site provides.
BGCM also may collect IP addresses, domain names, and similar items regarding users of this site to measure the number of visits, pages visited, average time spent on this site, and similar items.
“Cookies” may be used in connection with this site. A cookie is a small amount of identifier data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. By using cookies, information is potentially collected without your express knowledge. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies but permit you to change the setting to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent. While refusal to accept cookies will not prevent the use of some portions of this site, other portions of this site may not function properly without cookies.
How BGCM Uses the Information it Collects
BGCM uses the information it collects through this site to improve its marketing and promotional efforts, to improve its content, and to customize this site’s services, content, and layout. BGCA may provide the information it collects through this site to BGCA’s business partners, and to third parties who provide services on BGCA’s behalf. BGCA may use the information it collects through this site to inform you of new services, changes, or promotions. If you do not want us to send you this type of information, please let us know by contacting us at info@bgcm.org. We will not disclose your personal information collected through this site to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy without first informing you of such change in our disclosure practices and providing you a choice regarding such disclosure.
Generally, BGCM may use cookies and the information they provide to: (a) remind it of who you are; (b) access your account information in order to deliver to you better and more personalized service; (c) estimate its audience size; (d) determine the nature and extent of repeat usage; and (e) measure certain traffic patterns to understand how users’ habits are similar or different from one another, so that BGCM may improve its site.
BGCM understands the importance of privacy and confidentiality to users of this site. BGCM will not share personal information you submit through this site with companies not affiliated with BGCM for purposes of marketing or promoting events, products, or similar items, unless such events, products, or similar items are related to BGCM, and except that BGCM may, from time to time, make personal information available to selected third parties, but only in the aggregate.
BGCM may disclose information it collects through this site when required to do so by a court, regulatory agency, subpoena, law, regulation, or other body of competent jurisdiction and authority, and for administrative and other purposes that BGCM deems necessary to maintain, service, and improve its products and services and to protect its rights and property. Finally, if you become involved in any violation of security, violation of this website’s Terms of Use, or violation of any party’s or third party’s rights, BGCM may release information about you to assist in investigating, resolving, or remediating any such incidents.
Integrity and Security
BGCM employs commercially reasonable managerial and technical measures to help protect the security and integrity of the personal information it collects online through this site. You acknowledge, however, that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while BGCM strives to protect your personal information, BGCM cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to or from this site.
Privacy Practices of Other Sites
This Privacy Policy only address the use and disclosure of information BGCM collects online through this site, not information that BGCM collects through other sources. For your convenience, this site may contain links, or addresses, that you can simply click to open other useful sites where we do not control the content or privacy policy. Carefully review the approach these sites take to your privacy before you use them or provide them with information.
We assume no liability for any unauthorized actions of third parties or accidental transmission errors that may disclose information about you, and BGCA is not responsible for these other sites’ privacy practices, which may be different from BGCA’s privacy practices.
Contacting BGCM About Your Personal Information
If you would like to review the personal information that BGCM has collected about you through this site in order to verify its accuracy and completeness, or if you have a question or complaint regarding BGCM’s privacy practices, or to request that BGCM delete your personal information from its records, please contact BGCA at info@bgcm.org.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
BGCM may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this posting. Please consult this Privacy Policy regularly.
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