Literacy Center West Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Privacy

Protecting your privacy is important to us, and we provide this notice to inform you about our practices to grant you the opportunity to decide how your information is used. Literacy Center West is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Literacy Center West may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page occasionally to ensure that you are happy with the any changes. This policy is effective from 9/8/2010.

The Way We Use Information

Literacy Center West will not sell, give out, or accept solicitations for your personal information to any third-parties. We use this information only for the purposes of providing our services, including responding to any request or inquiry you may make on this website. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to satisfy your request or inquiry or as required of us by law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Literacy Center West will not be liable, and all users and participants of our services agree that Literacy Center West will have no liability of any kind, if any information regarding members is obtained by third-parties by hacking into the Literacy Center West database and web site, and/or by any other unauthorized acts by any third-parties.

We may use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with partner organizations. For example, we may tell a partner organization that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals. Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Use of Cookies

Literacy Center West uses “cookies” on its web site. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred to a visitor’s computer’s hard drive through the user’s web browser to enable Literacy Center West’s systems to recognize a visitor’s browser each time a visitor visits the Literacy Center West web site. Cookies can be disabled by resetting the visitor’s web browser. Cookies, among other things, make it easier for visitors to access the web site and services, and help us track the pages that visitors go to, determine the length of time visitors spend at any particular area of the site, and track the services visitors choose to use. Cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to read data from hard disks, execute any code, send any viruses or destroy a visitor’s files. For information on how and whether cookies will be accepted by a particular web browser, please refer to the documentation accompanying the web browser in question.

Literacy Center West will store user’s credit card information on a shared server which is protected from hackers and unauthorized access. Access to all private information regarding users will require a login name and a password. While Literacy Center West utilizes all commercially reasonable efforts to protect the security of its user’s data and credit card information, Literacy Center West assumes no liability and disclaims any liability whatsoever for any unauthorized use or access of a user’s credit card information. All users of the Literacy Center West’s website hereby waive and release any claims against Literacy Center West for any unauthorized use and/or access of a user’s credit card and/or personal information.

Publicity Release - Consent to Use Comments, Likeness and Name

Upon notification by Literacy Center West, users and participants of Literacy Center West services agree that Literacy Center West may utilize their first name, any comments they may provide, and potentially their likeness in advertising, promotions and testimonials about our services. Each user and/or participant agrees that he/she is not entitled to receive any kind of payment or remuneration from Literacy Center West for such usage. Each user and/or participant further waives any rights that he/she may have to inspect or approve of the finished product or the testimonials, advertising or promotion that may be used in connection therewith, or the use to which it is applied so long as such usage is not defamatory. Each user and/or participant hereby releases and discharges any and all photographers, or others capturing his/her likeness, and his/her grantees, successors and assigns, and all persons acting under his/her permission or authority, from any and all liability by virtue of any blurring, damage, or distortion, or use in composite form, whether intentional or otherwise, that may occur, or be produced in the taking of pictures, or in any processing tending toward the completion of the finished product. If any member and/or participant does not wish to have his or her name, comments and/or likeness utilized, then such person must affirmatively notify Literacy Center West of his/her desire that his or her name and/or likeness not be used. Literacy Center West will provide an “opt out” provision in the Membership Profile form to allow users to “opt out” of the use of their name, comments and/or likeness.

Proprietary Rights Notice

This web site and its contents were prepared and are owned by Literacy Center West. Any duplication, distribution or other use of this web site, its contents and/or the Literacy Center West name and logo, except as permitted in connection with use of the Literacy Center West services, or except as expressly authorized in writing by Literacy Center West is strictly prohibited. Literacy Center West assumes no liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies included within this document, web site or any accompanying materials. Information in this document and on this web site is subject to change without notice.

This web site contains links to other web sites. Literacy Center West does not independently verify the accuracy and/or content of these links, nor does it assume any liability in connection with such links. No affiliation, sponsorship or approval should be assumed by the presence of any such link on the Literacy Center West web site. Other product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners and no affiliation, connection or sponsorship should be implied or assumed based upon the use of such trademarks on this web site or in any accompanying materials.

Our Commitment to Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How You Can Access or Correct Your Information

You may inquire about your personally identifiable information by calling us at (513) 244-5062. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

How to Contact Us

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at (513) 244-5062.