Victory Center Rescue Mission/Ministries INC.  Commitment to Donor Privacy

Last updated 08/21/2018

 

Affirmations to Our Donors

In exercising the right to privacy of our donor’s confidential information, it is the policy and practice of Victory Center Rescue Mission /Ministries to assure that:

• We at VCRM will never trade, share, or sell, rent its donor list or any donor’s personal information with other organizations, foundations, or government-related agencies. The only time when we will share or sell personal information is once the donor gives us specific permission to do so.

• All donor transactions are collected through a computerized system that maintains a high level of secured technology that protects sensitive donor information for authorized internal and external usage strictly monitored by network for good (https://www.networkforgood.com/about/privacy)

• This policy is comprehensive and applies to donor information collected both online and offline.

 

Purpose of Our Donor Privacy Policy

Victory Center Rescue Mission Ministries would like to thank the thousands of individuals and organizations for their donations, prayers, and volunteer efforts to help us transform lives of people who are in need of our services. At VCRM, we respect the privacy and confidentiality rights of our donors. To protect your privacy in the best way possible, we provide this notice explaining our donor information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. The information we collect will be used only for the purposes for which it was given and we assure that our donor’s privacy rights and confidential information are safeguarded and well-protected.

How and Why We Collect Donor Information and the Safeguards We Use

We at VCRM have taken the necessary steps to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and ensure the correct use of information. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect. Notice has been applied to all information submitted or collected on the VCRM website.

On some online pages you can make requests and register to receive materials. The types of sensitive personal information collected at these pages are:

1. Donor name

2. Donor address

3. Donor Email address

4. Donor Phone number

5. Donor Fax Number

6. Donor Credit/Debit Card information

 

The information we collect is used only to communicate with our donors or potential donors, and to do an internal evaluation of our giving information programs. Only VCRM Donor Processing professionals have direct access to this information. In protecting your privacy and security, VCRM will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

How to Remove Yourself from our Donor Records

We at VCRM will remove, upon request from an authorized user, a person or organization from our mailing or contact lists. If donors or other entities wish to be removed, call our Bookkeeper at (563) 242-9016 or contact us via email by selecting the hyperlink and follow the steps listed below:

 

1. Indicate if you want to be removed or if you want to update any of the following information.

2. Donor name

3. Email address (if applicable)

4. Phone number

5. Fax number (If applicable)

 

Use Limitations
This Site and the materials and information available on or through it are provided by VCRM as a service to its users. Except as expressly permitted, a user may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, sell, mirror, frame, or otherwise use any information obtained from this Site.

As a further condition of use of this Site, all users warrant to VCRM that they will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on these third-party web sites.

Terms and Termination from Use of VCRM Web Site to Make Donations
This agreement will take effect at the time the user begins using this site (indicating acceptance of these terms and conditions). VCRM reserves the right at any time to deny any user access to this site or any portion thereof, and to terminate this agreement.

Note – the Terms and Termination from Use section does not pertain to offline donations to VCRM

Contact Information
If you have questions regarding this site or if you are interested in obtaining more information concerning VCRM products or services, please contact us at mailto:victorycenter@qwestoffice.net or call (563) 242-9016

 

Feedback and Suggestions
VCRM encourages suggestions provided by its users about how to improve this site. Any ideas, suggestions, information, know-how, material, or any other content received through this site will be deemed to include a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license for VCRM to adopt, publish, reproduce, disseminate, transmit, distribute, copy, use, create derivative works, display (in whole or part) worldwide, or act on such content without additional approval or consideration, in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, and the user hereby waives any claim to the contrary. VCRM may refuse to post, or remove at any time, any content received through this site for any reason.

Reservation of Rights
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

 

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

Google

 

Google’s requirements can be found here https://privacy.google.com/

We have also implemented the following:

Demographics and Interests Reporting

 

We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

 

Victory Center Rescue Mission Privacy Policy