Web Site Terms of Use

The Community Foundation of South Alabama values your support and the trust you have for the Foundation. This Terms of Use statement is intended to address any concerns you may have about your personal information collected through this web site.

If you have any questions about the Terms of Use statement or the use of your personal information, please contact the Foundation at: info@CommunityEndowment.com.

You may also contact the Foundation by mail:
The Community Foundation of South Alabama
P.O. Box 990
Mobile, AL 36601-0990
Attn: Terms of Use Statement

Your Consent
Please take a few minutes to review the Terms of Use statement. By using this web site, you are consenting to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Terms of Use statement. If you do not consent to the use of your personal information as described in the Terms of Use statement, please do not provide any information about yourself when you visit this web site.

Terms Of Use May Change
The Terms of Use statement describes the current policies and practices of The Community Foundation of South Alabama with regard to the personal information we collect from visitors to this web site. As the web site grows, the Foundation may need to update or revise the Terms of Use statement. We, reserve the right therefore, to update or modify this Terms of Use statement at any time, without prior notice, by posting the revised version of this Terms of Use statement on this web site. If we modify our Terms of Use statement, the modifications will apply only to the personal information collected after we have posted the revised Terms of Use statement on this web site.

You may access the current version of the Terms of Use statement by clicking on the link marked "Terms of Use."

This Terms of Use statement was last revised on June 15, 2012.

What Is Personal Information?
"Personal information" is information about an identified or identifiable individual. Your personal information may include your name, your address, and your e-mail address.
 
What Personal Information Does The Foundation Collect Through This Web Site?
The Community Foundation of South Alabama collects personal information you knowingly and voluntarily provide to the Foundation when you use this web site. For example, you will be asked to provide personal information when you: subscribe to a newsletter, apply for a grant or scholarship, add your name to our mailing list, complete a survey, complete an application to volunteer, or register for an event.

How Does The Foundation Use Your Personal Information?
The Community Foundation of South Alabama uses your personal information for the purposes for which it was provided. For example, if you subscribe to a newsletter, we use your contact information to mail or e-mail the newsletter to you. If you apply to volunteer, we use information about your background, interests, and skills to help you find the right volunteer opportunity. If you register for an event, we use the information you provide to process your registration. If you complete a poll or survey or send us comments or other information, we use that information to improve our programs, services, and communications. We also use your personal information to respond to your questions and comments, and to thank you for donations.

The Community Foundation of South Alabama uses personal information to compile statistics about visitors to our web site, and our donors, volunteers, and other supporters. These statistics do not identify you personally.

If you provide your name and address, you may receive periodic mailings from the Foundation with news, information, programs, events, and requests for support.

Cookies
In order to better serve the web site visitor, cookies are used in some areas of the web site to track general user trends. Cookies are small files that a web server requests web browsers to store and send to the same web server in the future – usually to provide the web site visitor a “personalized” or “persistent” browsing experience. Cookies are not used to store personally identifiable information.

Credit Card Transactions
The Community Foundation of South Alabama uses carefully selected third-party service providers to process credit card transactions on behalf of the Foundation. When you provide credit card information through this site, your information goes directly from your computer to a secure server operated by our service provider. The service provider uses your credit card information only to process your transaction and is bound by contract to treat all of your personal information as confidential. Although our service providers send us the information you provide when you complete a transaction, for your security, our service providers do not share your credit card information.

Does The Community Foundation of South Alabama Share Personal Information With Others?
The Community Foundation of South Alabama shares the personal information it collects with third-party vendors who act for or on behalf of the Foundation. For example, when you register for an event, a third party may process your registration on behalf of the Foundation. These third- party vendors may need information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use your personal information for any other purpose and are bound by contract to treat all of your personal information as confidential.

There may be some other limited circumstances in which the Foundation may share or transfer information in our databases to an unrelated third party. For example, to comply with a legal requirement or court order, in the event of a tax audit or other investigation, to protect the security of our web site and the integrity of our databases, if we reorganize or merge with another organization, or some similar event. Whenever the Foundation shares personal information with third parties, the Foundation takes appropriate steps, by contract or otherwise, to limit the use and prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personal information.

Technical Information Collected Through This Web Site
When you access this web site, The Community Foundation of South Alabama uses standard web server technology to collect technical information, such as the name of your Internet service provider, its IP address, the name of your operating system (such as Windows® or Macintosh®), your browser type (such as Netscape® or Internet Explorer®), the length of time you spend on our site during a visit, the pages you visit, and so forth. This information does not identify you personally, and the Foundation does not attempt to tie this technical information to any of the personal information you provide. The Foundation uses this information to improve our web site and make it more compatible with the technology used by our visitors.

Security
No organization can guarantee that its web site is completely secure. The Community Foundation of South Alabama does not warrant that this web site is completely secure or that it cannot be “hacked”. For this reason, you use this web site solely at your own risk.

Links To Other Web Sites
This web site may contain links to other web sites owned and operated by The Community Foundation of South Alabama. It also may contain links to web sites that are not operated by the Foundation.

This Terms of Use statement applies only to this web site, which may be accessed at www.CommunityEndowment.com and www.CommunityEndowment.org. It does not apply to personal information collected through other web sites owned and operated by The Community Foundation of South Alabama, nor does it apply to third-party web sites. Links to third-party web sites are provided as a service and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party web sites nor any association with their operators. The Community Foundation of South Alabama does not control these third-party web sites and is not responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the Terms of Use statement posted on each web site you visit before using the web site or providing any personal information about yourself.

Information About Children
The Community Foundation of South Alabama does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through this web site. If you believe that a child has provided information to us through this web site, please contact The Community Foundation of South Alabama at info@CommunityEndowment.com or P.O. Box 990, Mobile, AL 36601-0990, Attn: Terms of Use Statement. Please send enough information so that the Foundation can correctly identify the information provided by the child. We will use our best efforts to remove all of the information provided by the child from our systems.

Disclaimer
The Community Foundation of South Alabama makes every effort to ensure that published information is accurate and current. No officer or employee of The Community Foundation of South Alabama warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published on the CommunityEndowment.com web site nor endorses any products or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of the information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

Questions And Concerns
If you have any questions about this Terms of Use statement or concerns about the way your personal information is processed, please contact The Community Foundation of South Alabama at info@CommunityEndowment.com or P.O. Box 990, Mobile, AL 36601-0990, Attn: Terms of Use Statement.