Who we are

1. Our Policy.  This Privacy (“Policy”) covers Be An Angel Fund Inc’s., (Be An Angel) treatment of personal information or personally identifiable information that may be collected or submitted when the web-user (“you”) are using Be An Angel’s website or services.  This Policy does not apply to companies or organizations that Be An Angel does not own or control, or to individuals that are not under Be An Angel’s supervisory control. Please understand that whenever you voluntarily disclose Personal Information online this information cannot be made one-hundred percent secure and, in some cases that information can be intercepted, collected and used by others.  However, we work hard to protect your information at all times and protect your information in several ways.  Your information is stored on a secure server that Be An Angel and its authorized personnel can only access through a password.  Additionally, we encrypt information to prevent third parties without authorization from intercepting your information when it is in transit to us.

How We Collect Your Personal Information

1. While using the Be An Angel’s website, you may submit Personal Information when donating, applying for services or programs, ordering products and/or posting content.   Depending on the service or process, the Personal Information you may be asked to provide is your:

Name 

Postal Address

Email Address

Phone number

Credit or Debit Card Information

Age

Gender or other demographic information

Personal Information may also be collected, or your IP address logged, when you visit Be An Angel’s website.  Your IP information allows us to understand how you use our site and to enable us to make changes to our site in order to improve your experience.  Information regarding your computer, your connection to our website (such as your browser type, operating system, and platform) and your user history (including but not limited to, your session information, page errors and the length of your visits to specific pages within our website) may also be collected.

Our Use of Cookies

Be An Angel uses cookies to remember certain user information.  Cookies are electronic identifiers that are transferred automatically to your computer through your browser that allow our computers to save certain information you provide us and store information about you, so we can recognize you when you visit our website in the future.  This allows you to avoid logging in more than once, which saves time, and create a customized website that fits your needs.  You may, at any time, disable or refuse to accept cookies by changing the preferences or settings on your web browser.  If you choose to disable cookies, you will still be able to use our website.  However, you will not be able to fully take advantage of certain automation and other functionality features available.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Be An Angel may use the Personal Information you provide for purposes such as :  carrying out a registration made by you, customizing the advertising and content you see, fulfilling your requests for products and services (including purchases), improving the content and overall look and feel of our website and services, contacting you, conducting research, providing anonymous , reporting for internal and external clients, contacting users regarding changes to our website or business,  and customizing the content that you see on the Be An Angel’s website.  Be An Angel may also retain the details of purchases and other transactions, contributions or payments made with us or the partners affiliated with our website.

How Your Personal Information is Disclosed

It is Be An Angel’s policy not to disclose, sell, or rent your Personal Information to any individual, business, government entity or outside parties except (i) to provide products or services you have requested through us; (ii) in response to a validly-issued subpoena, court order, or other legal process; (iii) when necessary to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal action; or (v) where you request Be An Angel to do so.

From time to time, Be An Angel may use return email addresses to answer the email we receive from you.  Such addresses are not used for any other purpose. Your Personal Information will not be collected for use that is in violation of the law, or unrelated to what has been discussed in this Policy, unless you are also provided an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

From time to time, Be An Angel may use return email addresses to answer the email we receive from you.  Such addresses are not used for any other purpose. Your Personal Information will not be collected for use that is in violation of the law, or unrelated to what has been discussed in this Policy, unless you are also provided an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

1. Correcting Your Personally Identifiable Information.  You are responsible for ensuring that all Personal Information you provide on the website is maintained and kept current.
2. Web Statistics & Shared Data.   We collect and use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information and reporting and sponsorship purposes.
3. From time to time, we may use this information to better design our website and to share with select advertising partners, sponsors, and/or affiliates however, IP addresses are not linked to Personal Information.  For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women fillet out our registration form or contributed to a certain program, but we will not disclose to these partners, sponsors and/or affiliates anything that could be used to personally identify those individuals.

Children Privacy

1. Protecting the privacy of children is especially important to us.  For that reason, we do not collect information provided by users under the age of 13, nor do we solicit information from users under the age of 13.

Scope of This Policy

1. Third Party Websites.  Although this policy applies to all the information obtained by you for the purpose of accessing or suing content controlled and owned by Be An Angel, it does not apply to businesses or entities that are not owned or controlled by us.  This website contains links to other third- party websites.  Please be aware that Be An Angel does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of these third-party sites.  We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to take reasonable precautions when sharing your personally identifiable information on third party websites.

Opt-In Policy

1. You may “opt in” to receive newsletters, promotional offers, Be An Angel events   and services and other useful information from us.  To unsubscribe from our mailings, please email us at angel@beanangel.org and we will remove you from our list(s).

Amendments

1. Be An Angel reserves the right to amend this policy at any time.  Be An Angel will contact registered users by e-mail and post a notice of change on the web-site, when and if the terms of this policy are amended.

Contact

1. Contact:   You may contact Be An Angel Fund, Inc. (Be An Angel) directly by e-mailing angel@beanangel.org should you have any questions regarding this policy.