Privacy Policy
Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
It is Catholic Charities of the East Bay’s policy to respect and protect the privacy of our website visitors (“visitors”). This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how that information is used and kept.Catholic Charities of the East Bay recognizes the importance of protecting any information we may collect from visitors to our website. Catholic Charities of the East Bay uses this collected information for internal purposes only and maintains security measures to keep this information private and secure. This information will not be disclosed to third parties for commercial purposes as Catholic Charities of the East Bay is committed to protecting our visitors' privacy. However, Catholic Charities of the East Bay may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process, protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Catholic Charities of the East Bay website, or protect the personal safety or property of visitors, the public, or Catholic Charities of the East Bay and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers.
If one chooses to provide personal information while on the website for the purposes of making donations, sending emails, or comments on Catholic Charities of the East Bay’ comment forms, then it is Catholic Charities of the East Bay’ intent to let visitors know how Catholic Charities of the East Bay will use such information.
If visitors inform Catholic Charities of the East Bay that they do not wish to have this information used for further contact, Catholic Charities of the East Bay will respect those wishes. If visitors wish to review or correct the personal information Catholic Charities of the East Bay collected, visitors should contact Catholic Charities of the East Bay utilizing the contact information provided at the end of this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Use of Cookies
Certain sections of Catholic Charities of the East Bay’ website may use "cookies" to store visitor information. A cookie is a small string of text that a website can send to your browser that is intended to enhance your visit. In general, cookies can securely store a visitor's ID and password specific to that website, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a website have been visited, or keep track of selections in a form or shopping cart. A cookie does not retrieve data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address.Cookies helps Catholic Charities of the East Bay understand which parts of the website are the most popular, where visitors are going, and how much time is spent there. Catholic Charities of the East Bay uses cookies to study traffic patterns on the website so suitable improvements to the website can be made and provide visitors with better user experience. Cookies are not designed to provide Catholic Charities of the East Bay with any information unrelated to the website. One’s browser, however, does automatically provide the type of computer and operating system a visitor is using.
Security
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway providers database, only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. Nevertheless, such security measures may not prevent all loss, misuse or alteration of information on the website, and Catholic Charities of the East Bay is not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to any such security failures. Although Catholic Charities of the East Bay takes every precaution possible, understand that data and communications, including e-mail and other electronic communications, may be accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated over the Internet. Furthermore, the website contains links to other websites. Catholic Charities of the East Bay is not responsible for nor can Catholic Charities of the East Bay ensure the privacy practices or content of such other websites.Protecting the Privacy of Children
Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please contact us.Intellectual Property Notice
All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to Catholic Charities of the East Bay. All materials contained on this website are protected by copyright and trademark laws and are owned by Catholic Charities of the East Bay or are licensed or otherwise published by Catholic Charities of the East Bay with the permission of the owner of the material. All rights in such materials published with permission of the material's owner are reserved to the respective owners.Acceptance of Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Catholic Charities of the East Bay reserves the right to change this policy without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted to this page as soon as reasonably possible. Use of the Catholic Charities of the East Bay website constitutes consent and acceptance to any Terms of Use & Privacy Policy then in effect.Limitation of Liability
You agree that you will hold harmless Catholic Charities of the East Bay and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use this website or the information contained in this website or other websites to which it is linked. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this website or another website to which it is linked that appear to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will Catholic Charities of the East Bay, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, or the contributors of information to this website be liable to you or any other third party for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not toinformation collected offline. By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments concerning Catholic Charities of the East Bay’ Terms of Use & Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at cmiller@cceb.org or send a letter to:Catholic Charities of the East Bay of the East Bay
Oakland - Main Office
433 Jefferson Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: 510-768-3100
Fax: 510-451-6998
At Catholic Charities of the East Bay, we try to ensure the security of all of our electronic communications such as email and our websites. If you receive any email that appears to be fraudulent or feel our website has been compromised in any way, please contact us immediately at cmiller@cceb.org to report this activity. Fraudulent activities will be reported to the proper authorities. Never release any personal or financial information via electronic communication unless you are certain it is secure, such as through our secure online donation page.
