Privacy Policy

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 Web Site Privacy Policy
We have created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our Web site.

Reading or Downloading 
We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked to our site. We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.

Online Profile Updates and Donations 
If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the “Opt Out” section below. For your protection, the site does not retain credit card information.  You will be asked to provide it each time you visit the donation area.

Sending us an Email 
You also may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a Web form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer you questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.  If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested. We won’t share your name or email address with any outside parties.

Children and Privacy 
For children who visit our site, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children, such as first and last name or street address and city. When kids send email to us, their online contact information (email address) is not used to re-contact them and is not maintained in retrievable form.

Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information 
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us through a special online form. You may choose to receive only specific communications or none at all. You may also update your contact information previously provided to us through another online form. You can not remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication.

Use of Links
Throughout our Web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers. Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. 

Accessibility
This Web site is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. 

Questions about our policies
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at greg@aceintheholefoundation.org

Ace in the Hole Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and the personal information you may share with us. Ace in the Hole values our donors’ trust and recognizes that maintaining this trust requires the charity to be transparent and accountable to our supporters and the public at all times. This Donor Privacy Policy (the “Policy“) describes the information collected about our donors and Ace in the Hole's practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. 

Ace in the Hole collects and maintains personal information that you, our donors, provide to us when you:

• Contact us by phone, mail, or email, in person, or via our website.
• Register for an event.
• Make a contribution, either on our website, at a special event, over the phone, or by mailing in a check.
• Navigate through our website.

From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above, subject to your express approval.

Ace in the Hole collects and maintains the following types of information about our donors:
Personal information, including:

• Contact information, such as name, address, email, and telephone number.
• Giving information, including types and amounts of donations and credit card information. We utilize secure transaction methods when collecting credit card information over the internet. Ace in the Hole does not disclose credit card account information provided by our donors, except for the proper processing of donations. To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ Personal Information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.
• Information on events attended and publications received.
• Non-personal information that does not personally identify you, including information that is anonymized, aggregated, or publicly available when not combined with non-publicly available information about you.
• Information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including information automatically collected through technical methods such as:
  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

All information about any financial and non-financial transactions between you and Ace in the Hole  is considered highly confidential and we employ appropriate security measures designed to protect it. While the information is kept confidential, it may be shared with Ace in the Hole's board members, staff, volunteers, and professionals, such as service providers, on a need-to-know basis and in compliance with all laws, regulations, court orders, or other governmental requests.

Ace in the Hole collects and maintains personal information to:

• Establish a relationship and communicate with you about Ace in the Hole including our programs, special events, and funding needs.
• Learn about our donors and what matters to you.
• Process donations and event registrations and issue tax receipts.
• Comply with all laws and regulations, including reporting requirements.
• Plan future fundraising activities and events.
• Analyze giving patterns.
• Solicit feedback from you by conducting surveys.

Ace in the Hole will from time to time communicate with you, including by telephone, text, email, and mail.

Ace in the Hole complies with all Internal Revenue Service, state, and local regulations and Ace in the Hole's internal policies governing the retention, management, and destruction of donor information collected and maintained by Start Early.

This Policy is current as of the date stated at the top of this Policy. Ace in the Hole reserves the right to amend this Policy from time to time. We will post changes on the Website and the new Donor Policy will be effective immediately upon posting and will apply only to information collected thereafter. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

To opt out of receiving communications , to review the personal information collected about you or to ask any other questions regarding this Policy, please contact us:

Ace in the Hole Foundation
59 Brittany Lane

Westhampton Beach NY 11978