PRIVACY STATEMENT

Effective on August 4, 2009

Thank you for visiting carpentersshelter.org (”Website”).  This statement explains the types of information Carpenter’s Shelter (”Organization,” “us,” “our” or “we”) may obtain about users of the Website, and how the information is collected, used, and disclosed.  This statement applies only to information collected through the Website and not to information collected offline.  We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time without notice (for example, if we modify our practices regarding the collection or use of information).  Amendments to this statement will be posted on the Website and will be effective when posted.  Your continued use of this Website following the posting of any amendment shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

What Information Do We Collect?

• We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit the information to us such as when you leave a comment or communicate with us by email.
• The types of personally identifiable information that may be requested include your name and email address.
• Any credit card information supplied via the online credit card donation program is handled through a third party site, Network for Good.

How Do We Use your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

• To personalize and enhance your Website experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content which may be of interest to you.
• To allow us to respond efficiently to your questions.
• To administer a promotion, survey, or other Website feature.
• To do internal analysis to enhance delivery of services, fundraising and management techniques.
• To send you our newsletter, email, or other material.  If you would no longer like to receive e-mail from us, please refer to the “How Can You Modify or Delete Your Account Information or Opt-out of Receiving Emails and/or Other Information?” section below.

How Do We Protect Personal Information?

Since we cannot guarantee the impenetrability of the servers we use, we store only names, email addresses, street addresses, and phone numbers on our own servers. We have established and implemented reasonable physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the personal information we collect online.

This Website may contain forums and/or message boards.  Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information, and you should exercise caution when considering the disclosure of your personal information.  You agree that the Organization is not responsible for material posted by you or others in these public forums.

Do We Disclose the Information We Collect to Outside Parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to third parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice or also as described below:

• Enforcement of Rights/Security.  We reserve the right to release personal information (i) when we are under legal compulsion to do so (e.g. we have received a subpoena) or we otherwise believe that the law requires us to do so; (ii) when we believe it is necessary to protect and/or enforce the rights, property interests, mission or safety of the Organization, our users or others; or (iii) only when we deem it absolutely necessary to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, prevent fraud and otherwise enforce the Privacy Statement and Website Terms of Use.

How Can You Modify or Delete Your Information or Opt-Out of Receiving Emails and/or Other Information?

If you register with the third party sites Volgistics or Network for Good, you may log into your account at any time and modify, delete or update your information and change your preferences such as your email subscriptions.  Please note that due to email production schedules you may receive any emails already in production.  Additionally, you can unsubscribe from emails or newsletters by following the instructions contained in the email or newsletters.

What About Privacy on Third-Party Linked Sites?

In an attempt to provide you with better service, the Website may contain links to third-party sites.  These linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies or may have no privacy policy.  We are not responsible or liable for the content, activities or privacy policies of linked sites.  Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Website, and welcome any feedback about a linked site (including if a specific link does not work).

How Do I Ask Questions and Provide Feedback Regarding Privacy?

We welcome your questions, comments and concerns about privacy.  Please contact us at information@carpentersshelter.org or 703-548-7500 ext. 204 with any questions or comments you may have regarding the privacy of your information.

TERMS OF USE

Effective on August 4, 2009

This Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) is between you and Carpenter’s Shelter, Inc. (”Organization,” “we,” “us” and “our”).  This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions upon which we make available carpentersshelter.org, its contents, and its services to you (collectively “Website”).  Your use of the Website is expressly conditioned on your compliance with, and acceptance of the terms of, this Agreement.  We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time without notice.  Amendments to this Agreement will be effective when posted.  Your continued use of this Website following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

Privacy. Our use of your information is governed at all times by our Privacy Statement,  which is incorporated into this Agreement.

Registration, Password and Security. Whenever you provide us information, you agree to:  (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information, and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
Some portions of the Website contain links to third party sites, such as Volgistics and Network for Good, that may require you to register and you may be asked to select a password.  Please select a password that would not be obvious to someone trying to guess your password, and change it regularly as an added precaution.  You agree to maintain the confidentiality of your password(s), and you agree that you are fully responsible and accountable for all activities that occur under your password(s).  You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or other breach of security.  We reserve the right to take any and all action, as we deem necessary or reasonable, to help ensure the security of the Website and Website information, including, without limitation, terminating a registration or user access.  Notwithstanding the above, we may rely on the authority of anyone using your password(s) and in no event and under no circumstances shall we be held liable to you for any liabilities or damages resulting from or arising out of (i) any action or inaction of the Organization under this provision, (ii) any compromise of the confidentiality of your information or password(s), and (iii) any unauthorized access to your information or use of your password(s).  You may not use anyone else’s information or password at any time.

License. The Organization grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license (i) to access the Website, and (ii) while accessing the Website, to view the materials displayed on the Website for your personal use, and for no other purpose.  You may download printed copies of any materials displayed on any portion of the Website as may be reasonably necessary for your personal use as a user of the Website and for no other purpose, but such copies shall not be distributed to others.  Uses of the Website not expressly authorized herein are prohibited.

Prohibited Conduct. You agree not to:  (1) access or attempt to access any information, documents or material that you are not authorized to access through any means not intentionally made available through the Website; (2) disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Website, material, documents, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Website or any affiliated or linked websites; (3) access or use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any Organization server and/or server used by the Organization in connection with the Website or any network(s) connected to any Organization server and/or server used by the Organization in connection with the Website; (4) use any material or documents in any manner that infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any party; (5) transmit unsolicited or bulk communications to any Organization Website registrant or to any carpentersshelter.org email addresses or other e-mail addresses associated with the Organization; (6) post or otherwise submit any software, programs or files that are harmful or disruptive of another’s equipment, software or other property, including any corrupted files, time bombs, Trojan Horses, viruses and worms; (7) disrupt, interfere or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Website or other websites, material, documents or services associated with the Organization; (8) violate any applicable laws or regulations related to the access to or use of the Website, and/or any portion thereof, and/or engage in any activity prohibited by this Agreement; (9) prepare, compile, use download or otherwise copy any user information and/or usage information or any portion thereof, or transmit, provide or otherwise distribute (whether or not for a fee) such information to any third party; (10) engage in any chain letters, contests, junk e-mail pyramid schemes, spamming, surveys or any other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise); (11) use any robot, spider, or other such programmatic or automatic device, including but not limited to, automated dial-in or inquiry devices, to obtain information from the Website or otherwise monitor or copy any portion of the Website; (12) scrape or harvest any webpage, including but not limited to any material or information; and/or (13) use any Organization domain name as a pseudonymous return email address.

Use Policies for Online Communities. The Organization may offer opportunities to participate in online forums such as message boards (”Online Community”).  The Organization asks that you respect our Online Community and participating individuals.  Your conduct should be guided by common sense, basic etiquette, and the organization’s core value of respect.  Any opinions, advice, statements, or other information that constitutes part of the content expressed or made available by third parties on the Online Community are those of the respective authors or producers and not of Organization, its directors, or employees.  We will review and delete any content, in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of the Organization violates this Agreement or which might in the Organization’s sole discretion be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights of, or harm any third parties, but the Organization is under no obligation to do so.  The Organization does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of material submitted by third parties participating in the Online Community.  Under no circumstances will the Organization, its directors, or employees be held liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the Online Community.  It is your responsibility to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or other content available.  You agree that you are responsible for any posts that you make, and for any consequences thereof.  You may only post and/or transmit information using your legal name.  To further these common goals when posting any material to any Online Community, including without limitation, any statement or other content, or otherwise participating in the Online Community, you agree not to:

• Post and/or transmit any material that is unrelated to the subject matter of the Online Community;
• Violate the rights of Organization or any third party (including rights of privacy and publicity);
• Post and/or transmit any material that is, or is deemed by the Organization to be, defamatory, libelous, false, misleading or inaccurate, obscene, pornographic, indecent, abusive, vulgar, violent, bigoted, illegal, racially offensive, hateful, harassing, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, offensive, invasive of personal privacy, sexually graphic, or explicit;
• Post and/or transmit information that promotes or facilitates illegal activities or piracy;
• Post and/or transmit any material (i) that you do not have the right to post or transmit under applicable law, including copyright, trademark, trade secret or securities laws, or (ii) in violation of your obligations to any third party, including nondisclosure agreements;
• Post and/or transmit without authorization people’s private and confidential information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and driver’s and other license numbers; or
• Falsely state or otherwise misrepresent you affiliation with a person or entity.

We reserve the right to investigate and take legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, removing any offending information or material and terminating your access to the Online Community.

Links to other websites. The Website may contain links to other websites not operated by the Organization.  The links are provided for your convenience.  The inclusion of any links to other websites does not imply endorsement by the Organization of those sites or their content.  We are not responsible for the content, links, or privacy of any linked website.  Access to any other sites linked to the Website is at your own risk.

Links to the Website. You are expressly prohibited from framing or linking or otherwise using or displaying the Website in such a manner so that it appears to be part of your own or someone else’s website.  You shall not deep link or otherwise link in a manner that bypasses the Website home page without our written consent.

Limitation of Liability. ORGANIZATION, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, NOR BE LIABLE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE WEBSITE, OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR DOWNLOADING OR UPLOADING OF ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL, OR DOCUMENTS.  YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WEBSITE IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE.

IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ORGANIZATION UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LOWEST LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ALLOWED BY LAW.

Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless, the Organization, its directors, employees, representatives, or service providers from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Website, including, without limitation, any information or content you post and/or submit to the Website, any material you download from the Website, or any interference with the operation of the Website.

Submissions. You agree that the Organization is free to use any communication, comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, techniques, content or any other material you may send to us, including, without limitation, surveys, responses to questionnaires or through postings and/or submissions to the Online Community and Website without further compensation, acknowledgement or payment to you for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, creating, modifying or improving the Website and our services.  Furthermore, by submitting any comment or other material to the Online Community and/or the Website, submitting information to us, or in responding to questionnaires, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicenseable, worldwide license and right to display, use, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute and create derivative works of such material or information submitted in any media, software, or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future.  By posting or providing any such material or information, you represent and warrant that public posting and use of such material or information by the Organization will not infringe on or violate the rights of any third party.

Trademarks and Copyrights. The Organization’s logo, marks, graphics, and trade dress used on the Website are the Organization’s property or the property of third parties, and may not be used in any manner (including in “meta-tags” or “hidden text”) without our prior written approval.  All the materials contained on the Website are copyrighted except where explicitly noted otherwise and are protected under law.  The Website may also contain material that is subject to the copyright rights of third parties.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice Policy. We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and ask you to do the same.  It is our policy to terminate the access privileges of those who are repeat infringers of the copyright rights of others.  If you believe that your work has been posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at the address below and provide the following information: (1) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (2) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, and identification of the URL or other specific location on the Website where the material that you claim is infringing is located; (3) your address, telephone number, and email address; (4) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (5) a statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

The Organization’s designated agent for notice of copyright infringement can be reached at:

Lissette Bishins
Executive Director
Carpenter’s Shelter
930 N. Henry Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-548-7500
LissetteSBishins@carpentersshelter.org

Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the entire understanding and agreement between the Organization and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the substantive law of the Commonwealth of Virginia without regard to its conflict of law provisions.  The parties agree, that in any action arising out of this Agreement or relating to the operation of the Website or content appearing therein, they irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of a state or federal court in Virginia and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, agree that either of those courts shall be the venue of choice for any such action.  Without limiting the effect of any disclaimer contained herein, any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises.

Miscellaneous. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.  No delay or failure by the Organization to enforce any of this Agreement shall be a waiver of any or our rights under this Agreement.  The Organization may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.  Your rights and duties under this Agreement are not assignable by you without consent of the Organization.