Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

New York Cares is committed to preserving the privacy of its volunteers and visitors to this Web site. The registration form requires volunteers and visitors to provide certain contact information. This information will be used to track volunteer projects and to communicate with New York Cares' visitors and volunteers about New York Cares' opportunities and activities. From time to time, New York Cares may share the contact information volunteers have provided with key partners that support our mission so that they may send you material you may find useful. New York Cares does not sell, rent, or otherwise exchange donor lists. In addition, New York Cares never shares, gives, loans, or sells any of the financial information provided to us for any purpose other than completing the transaction you specified, unless otherwise required by law. This policy applies to all information received by New York Cares, both online and offline.

No Warranties

NEW YORK CARES MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, OR SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITH SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NEW YORK CARES MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT HOSTS THE SITE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER FORMS OF HARMFUL COMPUTER CODE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NEW YORK CARES, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS WEB SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Links to other Web sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those Web sites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site. Links to other Web sites are provided by New York Cares as a convenience to its users. New York Cares is not responsible for the materials contained at any Web site linked to this site.

Credit Card Encryption

New York Cares cares about making your transactions with us secure. We use industry standard encryption and security protocols that makes it very difficult for anyone to intercept or otherwise gain control of your credit card information. Companies we work with in processing credit card transactions also use these highly sophisticated encryption methods and security protocols.

Cookies

Certain sections of the New York Cares Web site uses cookies to store user login information, which allows the user to access New York Cares’ Web site without having to enter login information every time the user navigates the Web site. The cookies also act as links to username, password, demographic information, volunteer history, and other information that the user has provided to the Web site. Most browsers give users the option of denying or disabling cookies. Refusal to accept cookies may prevent some features of the New York Cares Web site from functioning properly.

In addition, New York Cares tracks website visitor behavior using Google Analytics so we can continue to improve the experience for our volunteers. All of this data is completely anonymous. Details include:

• The Google Analytics features New York Cares has implemented is based on Display Advertising (e.g., Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, the DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration, or Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting).
• Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings(link is external).

New York Cares will not facilitate the merging of personally-identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information previously collected from Display Advertising features that is based on the DoubleClick cookie unless you have robust notice of, and the user's prior affirmative (i.e., opt-in) consent to, that merger.

If you wish to hide all of your browsing behavior you can use Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on(link is external).

Acceptance and Right to Change

If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should terminate your use of this Web site. If you have any questions or concerns, or if you wish to unsubscribe, please e-mail us at info@newyorkcares.org or call us at 212-228-5000. New York Cares reserves the right to revise this privacy policy at any time.