Privacy Policy
The Secure Community Network® (SCN®) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created to demonstrate SCN’s firm commitment to the privacy of our website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by SCN’s website, www.securecommunitynetwork.org, and how this information is used.
What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected
In order to make your use of our website as worthwhile as possible, we may ask you for Personal Information and we may collect certain information from your computer each time you visit us. “Personal Information” may include, for example: (i) your name, home and/or business address, e-mail address, telephone or mobile number, and/or other information that may identify you or another person as an individual or allow online or offline contact with an individual; or (ii) information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our website, and usage details. This privacy statement explains, in general, what Personal Information and other information is collected on our website, how the information is used, and with whom we may share such information.
We collect this information: (i) directly from you when you provide it to us; (ii) from records and copies of your correspondence if you contact us; and (iii) automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, operating system, and browser types, as well as information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies. The information we collect does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns; store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our website according to your individual interests; speed up your searches; and recognize you when you return to our website. We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie non-personal information collected automatically to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.
This information is used solely for our own business purposes, such as to contact you at a later date, and is not shared or sold to outside organizations or companies. We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy.
How Your Information May Be Used
We will use the Personal Information to provide you with better service, to send notifications or alerts to you, and to respond to your requests, among other items. We may also use your Personal Information to maintain our internal record keeping. We may match information collected from you through different means or at different times, including both Personal Information and website usage information, and use such information along with information obtained from other sources, including third parties. In addition, we may send you notices (for example, in the form of e-mails, mailings, and the like), and otherwise correspond with you, about products, services, and events, sponsored by us and others, that we think might interest you. You may opt out of receiving such notices from us at any time. We may analyze user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our website and e-mails, both on an individual basis and in the aggregate.
Safeguarding and Securing the Data
SCN is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential. We follow industry-accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
Data Retention
If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire to be contacted by SCN, you may ask to have your personal information corrected, updated, amended or deleted/removed by following the unsubscribe instructions on our products, by emailing us at [email protected] or by contacting us by telephone at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is actively receiving materials sent to it or as needed to provide you with information or services. We will retain and use your information for seven years to comply with our accounting and legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
IP Address and Clickstream Data
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.
We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, or site functionality.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by SCN and may be used by our partners, to include digital marketing providers, affiliates, or analytics or service providers. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site, and to gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing these types of tracking technologies.
Like many organizations, we may use cookies on our website. Cookies are pieces of information shared between your web browser and a website. Use of cookies enables a faster and easier experience for the user.
There are different kinds of cookies with different functions:
(i) Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session. They are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. They usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page. They do not collect any information from your computer.
(ii) Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is one stored as a file on your computer, and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again.
(iii) First-party cookies: the function of this type of cookie is to retain your preferences for a particular website for the entity that owns that website. They are stored and sent between SCN’s servers and your computer’s hard drive. They are not used for anything other than for personalization as set by you. These cookies may be either Session or Persistent cookies.
(iv) Third-party cookies: the function of this type of cookie is to retain your interaction with a particular website for an entity that does not own that website. They are stored and sent between the Third-party’s server and your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are usually Persistent cookies.
For example, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics product provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies and/or anonymous identifiers to help SCN analyze how users use the site and market to users through the data obtained. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other products relating to website activity and internet usage for SCN. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We also use or permit other cookies, including those integrating with social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) on our site.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site — for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
SCN may run what are known as remarketing advertisements targeting users who have previously visited this website or another site operated by us. This practice is consistent with allowed remarketing from Google (typically using AdWords) and other providers of online remarketing and retargeting services.
Do Not Track (“DNT”). SCN assumes no responsibility for responding to “Do Not Track” web browser signals.
Links to Third Party Sites
When you are on our website you may have the opportunity to visit, or link to, other websites. These sites may have privacy policies that differ from those of SCN. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.
Social Media Features
Our website may include Social Media Features, such as the option to “Like” or “Retweet” via Twitter and Widgets, such as the Share This button or other features that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Service Providers and Other Personal Information Sharing Disclosure
We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities, such as website or database hosting companies, e-mail service providers, analytics companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on our behalf. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
We may also disclose personal information and website usage information:
- As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
- When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
- In the event that SCN, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation, or liquidation, Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets;
- As aggregate statistics regarding user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our website and e-mails to third parties in the form of aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual user; and
- To any other third party with your prior consent to do so.
Acknowledgment
By visiting this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as they may be amended from time to time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Exceptions
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that you may provide to us, or that we may obtain, other than through our website, such as by phone, through postal mail and through other live and print media.
Changes to this Policy
SCN reserves the right to change this policy at any given time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Questions
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us.