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Privacy Policy
Effective January 2007

Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. It is our general policy to collect and store only personal information that our members and visitors knowingly provide.

What Information Do We Collect?

Generally, we collect from visitors:
• The e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, who subscribe to our e-mail lists or list servs
• Information from your browser, including your IP address and the page you visited, which is recorded in our web site server logs. This data is analyzed internally to determine how to best provide information to visitors to our web site. No personal information is collected during the tracking process, only aggregate data -- such as the number of hits per page
• Information volunteered by the consumer such as purchase information, registration information, membership information.

From Members, Friend Members and Supporters:
• To gain access to members-only resources, these users may be asked to provide some limited information. These data are submitted voluntarily. User name or email and password may be requested through the web site. Similar information may be submitted to SCANPO through membership applications, conference or seminar registrations or publication orders.
• Cookies are pieces of information generated by a Web server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access. Cookies are embedded in the HTML information flowing back and forth between the user's computer and the servers. Cookies are implemented to assist the sign on process in the members-only section of the website.

SCANPO's Web site does not use "persistent cookies" or other persistent tracking technology.

E-commerce Transactions
• SCANPO utilizes viaKLIX to handle our online payment services. When you join or renew SCANPO membership, register for workshops, or purchase publications from SCANPOs web site, your personal information is subject to viaKLIX's data collection practices. For a full description, please read viaKLIX's privacy and security statements
• For registration guidelines including cancellations, please see SCANPO’s Registration Guidelines
• You may prefer to mail us your registration by printing the online registration form and mailing it to us at:
SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations
900 Elmwood Ave., Suite 101
Columbia, SC 29201
• Publication orders are shipped within 3 business days using First Class or Priority Mail from the USPS
• For all other activities and information exchanges on this site, this privacy statement applies.

How Do We Use This Information?

• To improve the content and usability of our web site and e-commerce functions.
• To notify members about updates to our web site, services, advocacy issues and other member interest products.

Who Has Access To The Information We Collect?

• We do not share the e-mail information collected with any individual or other organizations.
• SCANPO makes Member, Friends, Consultants and Supporter contact information available through the appropriate directory using its web site. SCANPO may incorporate that information into the printed or electronic copy of the directory, also available only to Members and Friends.
• For those who voluntarily submit information to subscribe to mailing lists, e-mail lists or e-mail groups, we use that information to provide those services.

Restriction of Liability

The information provided in this privacy policy should not be construed as giving business, legal or other advice or warranting as fail proof, the security of the information produced through www.scanpo.org.

Dispute Resolution

If for some reason you believe this site has not adhered to these principles, please notify the SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations e-mail at mhardy@scanpo.org. If our web pages are not fully in compliance with our stated policies, they will be corrected.
Contacting You

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us at the address below or writing to us at the address below, and telling us that you do not want to receive e-mail from our organization.

If you supply us with your postal address online you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new publications and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us at the below e-mail address or writing to us at the below address.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers online may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed online.
Contacting Us

Questions, comments or correspondence regarding your privacy?

Please e-mail us:
info@scanpo.org

Or write:
Mailing List
SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations
900 Elmwood Ave., Suite 101
Columbia, SC 29201

Or phone:
(803) 929-0399