Privacy Policy
UCP of Greater Birmingham is committed to protecting your personal privacy while using this site. Please read the following policy to understand how the information you may choose to provide will be treated. UCP of Greater Birmingham is not responsible for the privacy practices of any website linked to the UCP of Greater Birmingham web site. This Privacy Policy is subject to change.
Credit Card Security
UCP of Greater Birmingham thanks you for your support and takes great care to secure your personal information and ensure the security of your online donations and purchases. Your credit card information is secured through Thawte which encrypts all your personal information including name, address, and credit card number.
We also take great care to secure your personal information off-line. Only authorized personnel within our offices who are charged with specific duties related to your donation or purchase are granted access to your personal information.
Personally Identifiable Information/Donor Privacy
We collect and maintain only personal information that is specifically and knowledgeably provided to us by individuals or their companies. Personally Identifiable Information includes, but is not limited to, first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone and fax number, and email address. UCP of Greater Birmingham does not collect personally identifiable information unless it is voluntarily and knowingly given to us. It is not necessary to register on the UCP of Greater Birmingham site to gain access to the information available on the site. UCP of Greater Birmingham does not sell, rent, share or disclose your personally identifiable information with or to other organizations.
A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent to your browser from a Web server which is stored on your computer’s hard drive and used to store or sometimes track information about your use of the site. Cookies will only be used to help us identify repeat users of our site. Other instances when personally identifiable information will be requested may include: online conference registration, e-commerce purchases, online inquiries, online registration for events and online giving.
Aggregate Information
We will protect personal information as described however; UCP of Greater Birmingham reserves the right to use aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group. In addition to the information provided to us by our visitors, we use standard Internet tracking tools that collect general information about the traffic to our site. Information tracked can include: total number of visitors, most visited sections, peak traffic times, browser versions utilized, referring web sites, search engines used, etc. This information will be used to improve the quality of the UCP of Greater Birmingham site for our audience.
Potential Disclosure of Information
UCP of Greater Birmingham may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be (1) violating terms of service, or (2) causing injury or interference with our rights or property or other users of the UCP of Greater Birmingham site. UCP may also access or disclose information when we believe in good faith that the law requires we do so.
Links to Other Sites
Because much of our site is information-driven, we frequently provide links to other web sites that contain information and resources our visitors may find useful. These sites operate independently of UCP of Greater Birmingham and have established their own privacy and security practices. We encourage you to independently review the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Updates to Privacy Policy
Periodically, UCP of Greater Birmingham may make changes to our Internet Privacy Policy or alter the functionality of our web site. This statement will be updated accordingly when such changes occur so we encourage you to check back periodically for the latest information on privacy practices at www.ucpbham.com. UCP of Greater Birmingham reserves the right to amend or alter its online privacy policy at any time without notice by posting such change to this site.
Any questions regarding the Privacy Policy of the UCP of Greater Birmingham web site may be sent in writing to:
UCP of Greater Birmingham
120 Oslo Circle
Birmingham, AL 35211