Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and the security of your personal information. We have developed this Privacy Policy to reflect that important commitment.
This Privacy Policy describes the kind of information we collect from you and how that information is treated. It also describes how you can correct or change personal information, and what steps we take to safeguard information provided to us both online and offline.
If you have any questions concerning this policy, please contact us at info@bhchp.org.
Please note that this Privacy Policy governs all pages hosted at www.bhchp.org. This policy does not apply to pages hosted by other organizations to which we may link.
Information Collection and Use
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program may request information from you at certain places on our web site. This information is used by BHCHP only, unless stated otherwise.
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program may request information from you at certain places on our web site. This information is used by BHCHP only, unless stated otherwise.
You are under no obligation to respond to these requests for information. However, to participate in some of the activities we offer, information collection is necessary. The following sections describe the information we collect from you and how it is used.
Volunteers and Sock Drive Coordinators
When you become a volunteer or a Sock Drive coordinator for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, we ask you to provide us with demographic information including your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address. We use the demographic information to populate our volunteer database and to contact you in connection with volunteer and Sock Drive activities.
To keep our volunteers and Sock Drive coordinators up-to-date, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program sends occasional e-mail messages about activities and events. If you receive electronic communications from BHCHP and decide at any time that you no longer wish to hear from us, you may reply to the message with a request that you be removed from our list. We will attend to all such requests promptly.
Donors
When you give a financial donation to Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program through the web site, we ask you to provide us with your name, mailing address, e-mail address and credit card information. We use a secure third party to process your donation.
These companies do not retain, share or use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing us with these services. Prior to making a donation online, you will have the opportunity to review the company's privacy policy.
Computer Information
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program may collect information regarding website visitors, including IP address, browser and domain information. We may also track visitor usage patterns on our web site, including web site hits, using standard site tracking software. This information will not reveal, nor is it associated with, your personal identity.
Sharing Information
We do not sell, share or rent the information you provide us in any way.
We are sensitive to the issue of unsolicited e-mail (spam) and will therefore never rent, trade or sell your e-mail address.
At this writing, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program does not sell, rent or share mailing addresses with other charitable organizations.
Updating Personal Information
Boston Health Care for the Homeless maintains the information you provide to us in a database. If your information changes (e.g., a new mailing address or a new e-mail address) or if you no longer wish to receive communications from BHCHP, please contact info@bhchp.org to change your information.
Links to Third Party Sites
The Boston Health Care for the Homeless web site provides links to several other third party web sites. While we make efforts to choose our links carefully, we cannot take responsibility for the content of those sites or for their privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies on those web sites prior to use.
Other Uses and Disclosures of Information
Although unlikely, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personal information about our users. We will provide this information, to the extent technically possible, upon request and receipt of the appropriate documentation. Disclosure may also occur if we consider it necessary to protect people or property.
Security
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewalls and password protection systems. Only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers. Particularly sensitive information, such as customer credit card numbers, is encrypted prior to transmission. However, no Internet transmission can be guaranteed 100% secure. However minimal, you use this site and its services at your own risk.
Privacy Policy Changes
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program regularly examines the best options for maintaining a high degree of privacy on our web site. As a consequence, from time to time, this privacy policy may change. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program remains committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining your trust.