Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Privacy Policy

This site is provided by Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (“BGCB”). BGCB is committed to complying fully with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. BGCB does not intend to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Our information collection practices are described below. While we encourage children to visit our site and learn more about our programs, we recommend, however, that parents approve and closely supervise the activity of their children at this and all other online sites. We urge children to check with their parents before entering information on any web site and we urge parents to discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online release of personal information to anyone they don't know.

The Information BGCB Collects
We respect your privacy as our online guest, and we will not collect any identifying or personal information about you while you are here except as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

BGCB collects information in several ways from different parts of this site. BGCB may collect personal information from you when you register with this site. BGCB also may ask you for personal information at other times, such as when you ask a question or report a problem with this site. If you contact BGCB, BGCB may keep a record of that session or correspondence, including a record of your e-mail address. There also may be services on this site that require you to fill out an online form or send BGCB an e-mail message in order to utilize these services. BGCB collects any information that you provide in such circumstances, including any personal information. 

We may ask you for identifying and personal information to:

• Invite you to receive periodic e-mail updates about our progress: When you accept, or “opt in,” we ask you to give us your e-mail address. You can “opt out” of receiving these periodic updates at any time.
• Processing any online donations you make to Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: When you donate to honor someone else, we do not use the information you give us about that person for any other purpose.

BGCB also may collect IP addresses, domain names, and similar items regarding users of this site to measure the number of visits, pages visited, average time spent on this site, and similar items.

"Cookies" may be used in connection with this site. A cookie is a small amount of identifier data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. By using cookies, information is potentially collected without your express knowledge. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies but permit you to change the setting to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent. While refusal to accept cookies will not prevent the use of some portions of this site, other portions of this site may not function properly without cookies.

How BGCB Uses the Information it Collects
BGCB uses the information it collects through this site to improve its marketing and promotional efforts, to improve its content, and to customize this site's services, content, and layout. BGCB may provide the information it collects through this site to BGCB’s business partners, and to third parties who provide services on BGCB’s behalf. BGCB may use the information it collects through this site to inform you of new services, changes, or promotions. We will not disclose your personal information collected through this site to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy without first informing you of such change in our disclosure practices and providing you a choice regarding such disclosure. 

Integrity and Security
BGCA employs commercially reasonable managerial and technical measures to help protect the security and integrity of the personal information it collects online through this site. You acknowledge, however, that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while BGCB strives to protect your personal information, BGCB cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to or from this site. 

Privacy Practices of Other Sites
This Privacy Policy only address the use and disclosure of information BGCB collects online through this site, not information that BGCB collects through other sources. For your convenience, this site may contain links, or addresses, that you can simply click to open other useful sites where we do not control the content or privacy policy. Carefully review the approach these sites take to your privacy before you use them or provide them with information.

We assume no liability for any unauthorized actions of third parties or accidental transmission errors that may disclose information about you, and BGCB is not responsible for these other sites’ privacy practices, which may be different from BGCB’s privacy practices.

Changes To This Privacy Policy
BGCB may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this posting. Please consult this Privacy Policy regularly.

Last updated: December 18, 2007