PRIVACY POLICY
Feeding America Tampa Bay respects the privacy of our site visitors and handles any information you provide us with care. Your name is safe with us. Please be assured that in more than 30 years of service, Feeding America Tampa Bay has never rented, sold or loaned our donor list and we never will. We value both your support and your privacy. It is the policy of this organization to provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, disability or national origin.
Feeding America Tampa Bay will only request specific information from you in order to complete a transaction (donation, newsletter request, etc.) We do not require that site visitors with personal information in order to contact us. If you do choose to provide us personal information voluntarily through any form that is available on this site, we do not distribute this information to any third party. Your information will be added to our donor database, but this information will not be sold or traded to other companies or organizations. We may use your personal information to contact you in the future.
All credit card information is taken in a secure environment, and all data are then passed in encrypted form to our processors.
If you have any questions or concerns about the protection of your privacy while visiting our site, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for reading this privacy policy and visiting our Web site. Additional information is as follows.
Feeding America Tampa Bay's Collection and Use of Your Information
In the course of using the Site, Feeding America Tampa Bay may ask you for your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number as well as other relevant information. Feeding America Tampa Bay also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows 2000 or Mac OS), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink), aggregate data about the number of visits to the Site and/or aggregate data about the pages visited.
How Feeding America Tampa Bay Uses the Information
Feeding America Tampa Bay uses the non-personally identifiable information ("Aggregate Data") to improve the design and content of the site and to enable Feeding America Tampa Bay to personalize your Internet experience. Feeding America Tampa Bay may use the Aggregate Data to analyze site usage as well as create services and/or products to fit your needs.
Except as otherwise indicated, Feeding America Tampa Bay uses the personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") you provide about yourself: (a) to respond to any of your inquiries or questions about our services; (b) for internal marketing purposes and as part of Feeding America Tampa Bay’s donor database; (c) to provide you additional and updated information, materials and other advertisements regarding the Feeding America Tampa Bay’s services; (d) to offer you other materials and/or information that Feeding America Tampa Bay believes may be of interest to you; (e) to cooperate with government officials or parties in litigation under process of law, or as otherwise required by law; (f) to protect the security or integrity of the site; (g) to protect against a threat of safety or destruction of property; and/or (h) to protect against legal liability. In all cases, however, Feeding America Tampa Bay agents, employees and contractors who have access to Personal Information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Feeding America Tampa Bay will not use the Personal Information, except as set forth herein, without your permission; provided, however, Feeding America Tampa Bay shall own all such Personal Information and maintain copies of such as part of its records. If you do not wish to receive any such information or to allow Feeding America Tampa Bay the right to use your personally identifiable information as described, please contact Feeding America Tampa Bay in the manner identified in the "Opt-Out" section below.
Opt Out
You may choose not to receive such information and/or to allow Feeding America Tampa Bay to use your information in the manner described above by contacting us directly at dmccarthy@feedingamericatampabay.org Upon receipt and processing of an "opt out" request, Feeding America Tampa Bay will, within its commercially reasonable amount of time, remove your information from any future marketing communications.
Security; No Liability
Feeding America Tampa Bay has implemented security measures to help protect against the risk of loss, misuse and alteration of any information under Feeding America Tampa Bay’s control. Feeding America Tampa Bay protects your online order information by using Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") technology. SSL encrypts your order information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other than Feeding America Tampa Bay. Nevertheless, such security measures may not prevent all loss, misuse or alteration of information on the Site, and Feeding America Tampa Bay is not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to any such security failures. You 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 site contains links to other web sites. Feeding America Tampa Bay is not responsible for nor can Feeding America Tampa Bay ensure the privacy practices or content of such other sites.
IP Addresses and Cookies
Like other Web sites, Feeding America Tampa Bay uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with Feeding America Tampa Bay’s servers, to administer the site and for security purposes.
"Cookies" are pieces of data sent from a Web server to a Web browser that enable a Web server to identify users that visit a site hosted by that server. Feeding America Tampa Bay may use cookies in order to identify you to our site so that Feeding America Tampa Bay can provide more customized information and services to you. In addition, our site may contain advertisements that may contain cookies. In general, if you choose, you can disable the use of cookies by reviewing your browser's preferences and options.
A Special Note about Children
Feeding America Tampa Bay does not knowingly gather any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. You must be 13 years of age or older to access the site. Feeding America Tampa Bay has no interest in collecting information from children under the age of 13.
How to Contact Feeding America Tampa Bay for Any Reason
You may contact Feeding America Tampa Bay with questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, updating any personally identifiable information or anything else related to Feeding America Tampa Bay and/or this site at http://feedingamericatampabay.org/ or at 813-254-1190.
Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with federal law and U.S Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national, origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USA Director, Office of Civil Right, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call 866-632-9992 or 202-401-0216 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity and employer.