PRIVACY POLICY

This policy covers the treatment of all personal information that the Al-Anon Family Intergroup of Greater New York, Inc. (AFIGNY, or “we”) collects when you visit one of the pages on our website . In keeping with Al-Anon Traditions Eleven and Twelve, all Al-Anon Family Groups are called on to respect the anonymity of all members of Al-Anon, Alateen, and Alcoholics Anonymous. Accordingly, we understand that privacy is a very important issue for visitors to our website, www.nycalanon.org, and we take safeguarding our visitors’ personal information seriously.

Information Collection and Use

• In general, you can browse any of the pages of our website without revealing any personal information about yourself. Like all website owners, the only information we gather from general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP address and the page you requested. Aside from this standard tracking data, the only other personal information our site collects about you is such data as you knowingly provide in one of our on-line forms, such as your postal-mailing or email address. AFIGNY is the sole owner of any information collected on this site. What data we do collect, we may use for internal purposes to improve the services we provide, such as analyzing how visitors use our site so that we may consider ways to improve it. We will never sell, share or disclose any of the information we collect, including your postal-mailing or email address, to or with other organizations or parties. Keeping the information we collect secure is a top priority for us. Personal information is private and confidential; accordingly, the information provided is stored in a secure location and is accessible only by designated employees, trained in the proper handling of customer information. If we should hire other organizations to provide support services, we will require them to conform to our privacy standards and allow us to audit them for compliance.
  
• Please note that we use PayPal to process all credit cards, debt cards, and other Paypal transactions. PayPal has its own Privacy Statement, which you can read here. Your transactions with us that are processed through PayPal are subject also to PayPal’s privacy policy and practices.
  

Legal Disclaimer

• Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or other legal process served on us or our website.
  

Other Websites

• This website may contain links to other sites. Unless we expressly state otherwise, AFIGNY makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites. The fact that AFIGNY has provided a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. There are risks associated with using any information, software, or products found on the Internet, and we caution you to make sure that you understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon, or purchasing anything via the Internet. In addition, we encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our site, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. Please be aware that AFIGNY is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. Please check the privacy statements of these other sites for more information about their policies on collection and use of personal information.
  

Children under the age of 18

• We realize that youth under the age of 18 may visit our site and may not understand all the provisions of our policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices that are made available to our adult users. We strongly urge all parents to participate in their children's exploration of the Internet and any online services, and to teach their children about protecting their personal information while online.
  

Opt Out

• Any electronic newsletters or mass email sent by AFIGNY will provide recipients with the opportunity to opt out of future automated communications. It is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases and servers although we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your request. To unsubscribe to our email list, please send us an email with the word “Unsubscribe” and your name in the subject line.
  
• If you supply us with your postal address, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, requests for financial support, or program updates. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by contacting us using the address or phone number provided below, or sending us an e-mail.
  

Acceptance Terms

• You signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy through your participation and continued use/visitation of this website. If you have any concerns regarding the policy, please discontinue use of this site.
  

Changes to This Privacy Policy

• We may amend this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we use your personal information, we will amend the information on this page.
  

Copyright Information

• The copyrights to materials posted on this site are owned by or licensed to the Al-Anon Family Intergroup of Greater New York, Inc. or Al-Anon World Service Organization. All rights are reserved. The names and trademarks appearing on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity without the express, prior written permission of AFIGNY or WSO .

Restriction of Liability

• AFIGNY shall not be liable for any damages or injury caused by, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, line failure, or any cause beyond AFIGNY’s reasonable control.
  

Information Accuracy/Questions

• We make every effort to ensure that the information presented on our web site is correct and accurate. However, if inaccuracy should occur, we will make every effort to make a correction in a timely manner. To report any web site inaccuracies or to request answers to questions about our Internet Policy, or any other questions or concerns, please send us an email, telephone us at 212.941.0094 or write to us at:
  

             Al-Anon Family Intergroup of Greater New York, Inc.
             4 West 43rd Street, Suite 308
             New York, NY 10016

• You may also send address or email corrections to us by email, phone or telephone, using the addresses and numbers provided directly above.