OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

Pure LLC (“Pure Charity”) respects the privacy of every individual who visits www.PureCharity.com (“Web site”). This notice explains our online information practices. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. By visiting www.PureCharity.com, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

USE OF COOKIES

We may use cookies, small files that are sent to your web browser and stored on your computer's hard drive, to improve your web site experience. A cookie is used to speed up your access to the Web site and the information you wish to see, but it does not contain any personal information. The majority of Web browsers accept cookies, but the “help” menu on your browser should give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new cookies. However, please be aware that if you block cookies, some Web site functionality may be lost.

DATA COLLECTION

We, or our web site service provider, collect two types of information:

1. Standard Web server traffic pattern information. General traffic, site usage, browser information and length of stay information is collected and stored in log files. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis.
2. Personal information. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you personalize a web site, volunteer, request information, or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, and subject of inquiry.

Personal information may be needed for certain optional online activities:

• Registration: If you are given the option of registering a user account on the Web site, we may retain the preferences you select so that you will not have to reenter the information each time you access our Web site.
• Contributions: If you choose to donate to our organization, our payment collection provider will collect standard credit card information (card number, card type, expiration date, CCID or security code) and keep a record of your financial transaction. Credit card numbers are held only until the charge can be processed (usually several minutes), then the number is only available to Customer Service for purposes of problem resolution.
• Requests: If you submit an online request for additional information or submit a question through a “contact us” query, we may have to gather additional information from you to respond to your request. Such information will vary with the request but often includes name, address, telephone number, and email address.

DATA USE

We limit the use of information provided to us on our Web site to the following:

INTERNAL USE

1. If you do not make an information request, donation, purchase, or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our site to improve our site and our service to you.

2. If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to:

   • Complete voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes.
   • Supply you with information including news, programs, trips and services.
   • Request voluntary time or monetary contributions.
3. We collect the email addresses of those who communicate with us by email. Inquiries may be forwarded to the appropriate department for response and may be entered into our constituent database. If your name is entered into the database, we may contact you (see (2) above).

EXTERNAL USE

Your personal information will not be shared or released to any organization or business entity other than those affiliated with or working in conjunction with us as follows:
1. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service and prohibit them from using that information for any other purpose.

YOUR OPTIONS

We respect your privacy and allow you to restrict internal and external sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit the ways in which we contact you.

For more information on how to inform us of any desired restrictions on how we communicate with you, please send us an email at questions@purecharity.com. If you contact us with an opt-out request, all reasonable efforts will be taken to ensure that you will not receive any of the selected communications from us in the future. If you do not wish to opt out at this time, you may do so at a later date should you so desire.

If you opt back into a specific service, you will receive communication in that manner, regardless of your overall opt out selections. These services may include newsletter subscriptions or email communication by asking a question using “Contact Us.”

ACCESS

Upon request, we will provide you with the information we maintain about you so that you may request corrections. This information will be sent via postal mail, which we believe is the most secure method of communication. Please contact us by email at questions@purecharity.com.

To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing information or making corrections.

DATA SECURITY

We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information and to honoring your choices for its intended use. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we strive to maintain physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards.

Examples of our security measures include: physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards; sophisticated security monitoring tools; documented security policies; use of strong encryption (e.g., SSL) by our donation payment processor for credit card transactions; restricted access of personally identifiable information; and, periodic security audits.

Internally, data is stored in password-controlled servers. Our staff and volunteers are educated about the importance of safeguarding your information and we are committed to holding them accountable for protecting your confidentiality. However, such precautions do not guarantee that our Web site is invulnerable to all security breaks. We make no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of our Web site is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure.

Whenever we permit an external third party to access personally-identifiable information, appropriate procedures are followed to help ensure that the information is used only for authorized purposes and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the choices constituents have made under this statement, and that the security, integrity and privacy of the information is maintained. While we will employ procedures to help ensure that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above, we cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies of such third parties.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Our privacy policies apply only to your use of the Pure Charity Web site. This site contains links to other sites, including sites that have a special relationship with us. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials or policies on those Web sites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.

CONTACT US

This privacy statement will be updated periodically and posted on our Web site. It applies only to our on-line practices and does not encompass other areas of the organization. References to "Pure Charity", "we", "us" and "our" are references to PURE, LLC staff and volunteers. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting revisions. You agree to review the Privacy Policies each time you use our Web site so that you are aware of any modifications. By accessing or using the Web site, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your access or use. If you have any questions about our policy or our compliance, you may send us an email at questions@purecharity.com.