Introduction

A Better Chance, Inc. ("A Better Chance”, “abetterchance.org" or "we") understands that privacy is important. A Better Chance is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and any personally identifiable information that you provide to us as you access and use the materials on abetterchance.com (the "Site"), including the subscription and login pages of the Site. The following Privacy Policy outlines the breadth of A Better Chance’s commitment to privacy. Please note that A Better Chance may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any material changes to our policy will be reflected on this page, so that you remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it. By exploring and using this Site, and by submitting information as you use this Site, you agree to A Better Chance’s use of such information as described herein. Please read this policy carefully.

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

External Links

This Site may contain links to external sites, which sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. A Better Chance does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.

Personally Identifiable Information

The nature of our services may requires that we request personally identifiable information from you (such as your name, street address, telephone number, credit card number,  e-mail address, and/or any other identifier that permits the physical or online  contacting of you) in connection with your use of, or participation in, scholar applications, online donations, newsletter sign-ups, volunteering and requests for additional  information (including via email to us), and in connection with other  activities, services or resources we make available on this Site. In all of these cases, all information is collected voluntarily. Except as otherwise provided in this policy, we will never intentionally disclose any personally identifiable information about you as an individual user to any third party without having received your permission.

If you give us your permission, we may also use personally identifiable information for internal or external fundraising or informational purposes. On occasion, for example, we may alumni emails.    Please note,  however, that under certain circumstances, if you initially do not choose to  "opt-in," or if you later "opt-out," you may not be  eligible for certain outreach efforts from us for which a name, e-mail address,  telephone number or other personally identifiable information is needed.

We have the following exceptions to these policies: We will release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court  order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if  there is an attempted breach of the security of this Site, or a physical or  property threat to you or others.

Further, the information you enter when making an online donation will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties for the purpose or carrying out the transactions.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We may collect non-personally identifiable information (browser types, technical information, operating systems used to access the site, ISP, user visits) through the use of:

• "Cookie" technology: A "cookie" is an  element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then store  it on your system.
• "IP address tracking": An IP address is a number  that is assigned to your computer when you are on the Internet. When you  request pages from this Site, our servers log your IP address.
• "Web beacons": A Web beacon, or "clear  gif", is a small graphic image on a webpage or web-based document that a  web site can use to determine information about a user.

Our systems may also automatically gather information about the areas you visit and search terms you utilize on this Site and about the links you may select from within this Site to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.

We may share this aggregate statistical information with our partners, suppliers and other third parties, but we will not share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal information.

Further, we may contract with a third party web analytics provider to help manage and optimize abetterchance.org.  We use this service to help us research how visitors use this Site. To do this, we use Web beacons and cookie technology on this Site. The type of information we collect includes the number of hits a web page receives, type of browser used, and number of times a visitor makes a donation. By supplementing our records, this information helps us learn things like what pages are most attractive to our visitors. Although this third-party provider logs the information coming from this Site on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be used. We collect summary and statistical information (see below) about the numbers of individuals who visit our web site and what those individuals view. This information is NOT shared with anyone beyond the support staff to this web site except when required by Law Enforcement investigation. Information collected and stored which may be held indefinitely include the following:

• The name of the domain (i.e., "company.com" or "school.edu") and Internet Protocol (IP) address (i.e., 204.35.172.19) whether yours individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), from which you access our web site;
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
• The date and time you access our site;

Scholar Information

Where access to the Our Scholars section of the website is required, the use of a User ID and password will be used to authenticate membership. You are responsible for keeping your User ID and password confidential. The use of your User ID and password by you or any other person with or without your knowledge or consent, in connection with A Better Chance, binds you legally and makes you responsible for any such online transaction. You should promptly notify A Better Chance if you become aware or suspicious of unauthorized use of your User ID and password. Software tags called "cookies" are used to identify and verify clients when they access the client side of our web site and to store return client information so that repetitive keystrokes are minimized. Cookies are used to remember client preferences and maximize performance of our services. Attempts to authenticate to the client side of our web site using user IDs and passwords are logged and audited. Client information and logs are maintained for purposes of security and accuracy. A Better Chance will not sell or distribute client information to any other person, organization, or entity.

Children under the age of 18

We realize that many members of our audience are under the age of 18 and may not understand all the provisions of our policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices that are made available to our adult users. We strongly urge all parents to  participate in their children's exploration of the Internet and any online services, and to teach their children about protecting their personal information while online.

Email

Any electronic newsletters or mass email sent by A Better Chance will provide recipients with the opportunity to opt-out of future automated communications. It is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases and servers although we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your  request.

Acceptance Terms

You signify your acceptance of the A Better Chance Privacy Policy through your participation and continued use/visitation of this website. If you have any concerns regarding the policy, please discontinue use of this site.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Your personal information and privacy is important to us. Please note that we will take whatever measures necessary to protect your privacy by keeping appropriate security measures on our database, exercising best practices with the transmission of your information (unless sent by a means outside of  our control, such as e-mail).

Please also note that any reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by A Better Chance.

Donor Privacy Policy

A Better Chance will not sell, trade or share a donor's personal information with anyone else, nor send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations. A Better Chance will only share personal information once the donor has given the charity specific permission to do so.