Pro Bono New Jersey (probononj.org) Privacy Policy
Legal Services of New Jersey (“LSNJ”)
respects the privacy of our users. Our Privacy Policy governs our use of any information
we may learn about you when you visit our Web site, http://www.probononj.org
(“Site”). In addition to our Privacy Policy, the Site
is governed by a terms of use agreement (“Terms of Use”),
http://www.probononj.org/terms.aspx, which
governs in the event of any conflict with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy
is effective as of January 1, 2007. LSNJ reserves the right to change this Privacy
Policy at any time by notifying you of a new effective date.
Notice
Information Automatically Collected and Stored. When you browse
through our Web site, we automatically collect and temporarily store the following
information about your visit:
- the name of the domain you use to access the Internet;
- the type of browser and operating system you used to visit our Web site;
- the date and time of your visit;
- the pages you visited; and
- the address of the Web site you used to visit our Web site.
We use this information for statistical purposes and to help make our site more
useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information
will be collected about you.
Other Organizations. Some transactions and activities on our Site
may be in conjunction with other organizations (“Organizations”)
which allow us to offer you certain informational and/or promotional materials and
items. You may be asked to provide information that can personally identify you
in order to engage in these transactions and activities, and if you choose to do
so, that information will be shared with the Organizations, whose identity LSNJ
will disclose to you at the time you provide your information. While LSNJ’s use
of your information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, the Organizations’ use
of the same information will fall under their own privacy policies. If you’re concerned
about the Organizations’ use of the information, you should check with the applicable
Organization as to their privacy policy. Of course, you may feel free to decide
to not provide the required information and not proceed with the transaction or
activity. Once released by you, LSNJ cannot control use of the required information
by the Organizations.
Combining and Contractors. We may combine
the information that we collect from you on this Web site with information that
you provide to us in connection with your use of our other products, services and
Web sites, if any. We may use third party Web site management and advertising contractors
(the “Contractors”) to deliver advertisements and other
communications to you on our behalf and to otherwise manage our Site. We may also
use Contractors to contact you on our behalf, or facilitate some aspects of our
Site’s services or fulfill your purchase requests. These Contractors may be supplied
with or have access to your personally identifiable information solely for the purpose
of providing these services to us or on our behalf, and are under an obligation
of confidentiality to protect your personally identifiable information.
Collection, Use and Disclosure. We use your information to contact
you for marketing purposes you have approved or regarding a transaction you have
made on the Site. Financial information you submit to the Site is used to check
your qualifications, for billing needs, and for standard business and other related
purposes. We also collect general data and analyze statistics on the Site’s user
visits, purchases, backgrounds and demographics, which we only release to others
on an aggregate basis that does not reveal your personal information without your
approval, except to: (1) the Organizations in conjunction with transactions or activities
you have approved; (2) the Contractors; and (3) to others when necessary to enforce
the LSNJ Terms of Use, any agreement we may have with you, or when we believe we
are required to do so by law. We use this data to enhance our provision of products
and services to you and our users, improve the Site to best meet your interests,
to measure visits to different areas of the Site, to send you e-mail regarding marketing
opportunities, and to verify the number of users that have seen or clicked advertising
on the Site.
Children. The Site is not intended for children under the age of
13 years of age. LSNJ does not knowingly collect information from children under
the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's
Internet usage and to help enforce our privacy policy by instructing their children
to never provide information on this Site without their permission.
Cookies. LSNJ may place a “cookie” in the browser files of your
computer. This cookie does not collect information that personally identifies you
as an individual, but merely allows LSNJ to recognize your repeated visits to the
Site. We use our cookie collected information to make your visit to the Site more
enjoyable and for our administrative purposes. If you want to disable cookies, there
is a simple procedure in most Internet browsers that allows you to turn off cookies,
but please remember that cookies may be required to allow you to use certain features
of the Site. We do not retain or use any cookie collected information for marketing
purposes without your consent as described in the “Choice” section below.
Links. The Site contains links to other Web sites. In addition,
the Site may “frame” other Web sites, in which case other Web sites will appear
within an LSNJ border surrounding such Web sites. LSNJ does not control these other
Web sites, even when framed, and you should consult those other Web sites’ privacy
policies regarding their use of your information.
Choice
Opt Out. LSNJ may contact you for marketing purposes unless you
choose to “opt-out” of such contacts, which you will be able to do when you provide
your information. You can “opt out” of LSNJ’s further marketing contacts and use
of information that you have previously provided at any time. If you would like
to make such a request, please contact us at
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Necessary Communications. Notwithstanding your choice to opt out
of receiving marketing information, LSNJ of course reserves the right to contact
you regarding this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, your account status, changes
to any of your orders, and other matters relevant to the operation of the Site or
any products or services you may have ordered through the Site.
Access
Upon your request, LSNJ will use reasonable efforts to allow you to correct errors
in your personal information unless such correction may compromise privacy or security
concerns. If you have any questions or comments regarding privacy and LSNJ’s use
of information about you online, please contact us at
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Security
Security Measures. LSNJ maintains security measures to protect
the security of your transmission and LSNJ’s receipt of your individually identifiable
information.