About Your Privacy
Your privacy is a priority for United Way of Berks County (referred to as “United Way”, “us” or “we”). Our privacy policy describes the information that we or our service providers collect from our website visitors and donors who contribute electronically (referred to as “you” or “your”) and the use of that data.
United Way of Berks County can be contacted at postmaster@uwberks.org
About the personally identifiable information we collect
We recognize that visitors to our site may be concerned about the information they provide to us and how we treat that information. Some parts of the website may require you to enter personally identifiable information for the purposes of receiving customized content, registering for events and/or volunteer opportunities or making a donation. This information may include addresses, zip codes and email addresses. United Way will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information. We do not require you to register or provide information to visit the public areas of our site.
Email Privacy
United Way of Berks County will not sell or rent your email address or other personal information to other organizations.
IP Addresses
United Way uses your IP address to collect statistical data related to tracking website traffic. Your full IP address is not stored.
Cookies
United Way of Berks County’s website uses cookies to track your usage of our website for the collection of statistical data and metrics.
How your information may be used
United Way of Berks County will never sell your information.
Financial and personally identifiable information provided to United Way for the purposes of making a donation is used solely by United Way or other parties to the transaction for the purpose of executing the transaction. If you have selected to receive an acknowledgment of your designated pledge, your contact information will be shared with the agency(ies) you selected.
United Way may use your email address to confirm your pledge or event registration or to notify you of United Way activities and information that we feel may be interesting and useful to you.
Your contact information, including email address and demographic information, may be provided to an outside vendor for the sole purpose of executing marketing activities on behalf of United Way of Berks County. We strictly prohibit contracted vendors from using your information in any way other than as directed by United Way.
When expressing interest in a volunteer opportunity via the eVolunteer portion of our website, your name and email address will be provided to the agency or organization posting the opportunity.
If you choose to complete a United Way survey, we may use your survey responses for the purposes of evaluating your feedback, data analysis and the personalization of marketing activities. Participation in surveys is voluntary.
Opt-Out Policy
If you wish to opt out of receiving marketing-related emails and information, use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of any email or contact postmaster@uwberks.org with your full name and email address.
External Links
www.uwberks.org may contain links to external websites. United Way is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of those websites.
Security
We have addressed the safety and security of your transaction with the greatest consideration. We use a high-grade encryption and the https security protocol, SSL, to communicate with your browser software. This method is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept the information you send us.
Modifications
We maintain the option to amend this policy at any time. Your use of our website after the date of the policy’s modification will be considered your consent to the updated policy.
Last modified: September 6, 2019