Privacy Policy

Partners for Youth with Disabilities created this Privacy Statement to demonstrate respect for your privacy preferences and to disclose our information collection and sharing practices. Regardless of whether you provide us with your personal information via our Web site or in another manner (e.g. telephone, regular mail or face-to-face), we strive to honor your privacy preferences.

BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU HAVE AGREED TO: (1) abide by the practices described in this Privacy Statement, as may be amended from time to time; and (2) the transfer, processing and maintenance of your personal and sensitive information in the United States of America.

THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT: Depending on the type of communication or transaction, the personal information we collect may include, but is not limited to, your name, postal address, zip code, telephone number, organization name, e-mail address, credit card, bank information or billing information.

WHERE AND WHEN WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION: You will be asked to provide your personal information when making donations, making purchases on-line, registering for an event, requesting communications and/or in connection with other Partners for Youth with Disabilities business (whether it is via the Web site, e-mail, direct mail or telephone communications).

INFORMATION SECURITY: Partners for Youth with Disabilities has a layered security in our systems and only designated employees have access to hard copies of your personal information. All online transactions are done on a secure server. This means that information entered on the transaction page is encrypted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) before transmission. On secure pages, a “closed” lock symbol is displayed in the bottom part of your browser screen and the website address in the address bar at the top of the browser screen starts with an “https” instead of an “http”. Donation pages are verified by Authorize.net and transactions are processed using an Authorize.net merchant account.

Partners for Youth with Disabilities will only share donor names and postal addresses with third parties to complete a financial transaction. Except in the limited circumstances outlined below, Partners for Youth with Disabilities will never intentionally share your e-mail addresses, phone numbers, or financial information other than as required to complete financial transactions.

EXCEPTIONS: Partners for Youth with Disabilities reserves the right to share your personal information in certain situations:

  • Credit Card Transactions, Electronic Fund Transfers, Payments by Check or Money Order and On-line Transactions. Partners for Youth with Disabilities hires third parties to provide credit card, bank, payment and information processing services and order fulfillment services. If you choose to make an application for employment, make a donation on-line, by phone, through the mail or by other means, or make a purchase on-line, we will share your personal information with our processing service providers. We make an effort to require all third party service-providers to hold personal information in strict confidence. While we believe these other companies are upstanding and will treat your personal information responsibly, we do not own or control them and cannot guarantee your privacy.
  • Necessity. If we have reason to believe that there has been inappropriate interference with or use of our website, communications, charitable services or personal or real property (for example, see the Terms of Use and Linking Agreement), or if we have reason to believe that one of the Partners for Youth with Disabilities website users, donors, employees or other related parties may have been injured or may have harmed some other party, we will disclose, without notice to you, personal information as we deem appropriate or if compelled by a legal or regulatory authority.