Privacy & Conditions of Use
City of Refuge Privacy Statement
City of Refuge is committed to respecting your privacy and security. We provide this Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy and security practices, and to inform you about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and from the bottom of every City of Refuge web page. Once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified such as name, email, phone number, address, and any related interest) either online or offline, you can be assured that it will only be used to support your relationship with City of Refuge.
Information Collected
In your relationship with City of Refuge, you can make donations, request materials or subscribe to emails or SMS text messages. The types of personal information we may collect include name, contact and billing information, transaction and payment information. If you apply for a job, all related application information will be collected and stored internally. In order to tailor our subsequent communications to you and continuously improve our services, we may also ask you to provide us with information regarding your personal or professional interests, demographics, and contact preferences.
Disclosure of Information
City of Refuge uses your information to understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction, communicate back to you, update you on the impact of your donations and special events, and to personalize our services and communications with you. To manage our operations, we may share your information with third parties that perform a function related to City of Refuge’s operations, such as contacting our supporters or processing payments. Credit card and/or checking account information is used only for payment processing and is not retained for other purposes. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research or provide you with information we think would be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt out or decline City of Refuge marketing or market research contact.
Sharing Information
It is City of Refuge’s policy to ensure that all data including name, email, phone number, address, and any related interest is not used or disclosed except as necessary to provide services, to protect the confidentiality or security of personal data or as otherwise permitted by law. City of Refuge does not rent, sell, or lease data including name, email, phone number, address, and any related interest with others.
Links to Other Resources
Our website may contain links to third-party online resources, such as payment providers or unaffiliated organizations. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of online resources operated by others. This Privacy Statement does not apply to any other online resources where a link to this Privacy Statement does not appear. We are not responsible for the performance of sites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this website we recommend that you review each site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.
Choice
City of Refuge will not use or share the personally identifiable information (name, email, phone number, address, and any related interest) you provide to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without first letting you know and offering you a choice. As previously stated, you may let us know if you do not wish to receive communication from us, and we will do everything we can to honor such requests.
Accuracy
City of Refuge takes reasonable steps to ensure that personal data is reliable, accurate, and complete. The steps we take to ensure data integrity are made in light of the purposes for which the Personal Data is used. It is the policy of City of Refuge to ensure that all Personal Data is maintained only as long as necessary or as otherwise permitted by law.
Access
To review or correct your personal information (name, email, phone number, address, and any related interest), or opt-out of receiving communication contact us at 404.952.1201 or info@cityofrefugeatl.org, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections. It is the policy of City of Refuge to ensure that all personal data is maintained only as long as necessary or as otherwise permitted by law.
Security
City of Refuge is committed to ensuring the security of your information. We have implemented reasonable electronic, physical and procedural safeguards designed to help protect against the loss, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information under our control. We use encryption systems, when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information. Certain features of our website may require you to use an access code, password or similar unique identifier. You are responsible for protecting the secrecy of your account information. Although we strive to protect your personal information, no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. There is some risk associated with any data transmission, including the risk that personal information may be intercepted in transit. If a breach of your personal information occurs we will provide a notification within a timeframe and by a manner permitted by your local jurisdiction.
Consent to Transfer
This website is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the website or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
Conditions of Use
City of Refuge provides these services described to you subject to the conditions contained within this Privacy Statement. If you visit our website you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future City of Refuge website, service or visit any entity referenced by City of Refuge, in its website, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to any such entity.
Are cookies used?
Cookies are used to determine the success of City of Refuge's website and marketing campaigns. This allows us to be good stewards with the donations that are given to us to determine our online effectiveness, which also helps keep our expenses low. You may adjust your browser settings to accept or not accept certain browser cookies. However, if you choose not to accept cookies, some functionalities on our Site may not function properly.
In addition to cookies, we use other technologies, including pixel tags, to gather information on how our users interact with our website and to help us efficiently monitor our website and marketing campaigns. These technologies, for example, show us popular pages, conversion rates, click-throughs and other information that can be used to improve our website.
Copyright
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, photographs, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the sole and exclusive property of City of Refuge or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of City of Refuge and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
License and Site Access
City of Refuge grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, and revocable license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of City of Refuge. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any information, images, content or photographs or any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of information for the benefit of another; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of City of Refuge. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Marks, photographs, content or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of City of Refuge's website without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing City of Refuge's website name or Marks without the express written consent of City of Refuge. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by City of Refuge, to access this site.
Choice of Law, Courts, and Dispute Resolution
The Privacy & Conditions of Use are construed under the laws of the State of Georgia, without application of the principles of conflicts of laws. City of Refuge and any end user of its website agree to submit any disputes first to a non-binding mediation, and if unsuccessful to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts of Fulton County, Georgia or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
No Warranty Disclaimer
City of Refuge, and on behalf of its officers, directors and agents, disclaims any and all representations, warranties, damages, and liabilities with respect to any aspect of the information, including but not limited to its accuracy or sufficiency, provided on its website hereunder whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. City of Refuge makes no representations or warranties regarding availability, quality or otherwise.
Site Policies & Modification
City of Refuge reserves the right to make changes to this site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time.
Last Updated: November 2022