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Privacy Policy

Our Practices Regarding Privacy

Your privacy rights are important to us. OurCalvert.org and our affiliated organizations are committed to respecting your online privacy and making sure that any information you share with us by using our website is properly protected. We have established this OurCalvert.org Privacy Policy so you know the importance we place on your privacy and so you can understand how we collect and use information collected from you when you visit our website or submit any personally identifiable information to us. This policy describes our overall privacy practices regarding information we collect on our websites and through other Internet mediums. Our policy does not apply to the practices of organizations that we do not own or control.

Website Data

When you visit our website, we collect information on the efficiency and working of our site. The types of information your browser or Internet session automatically sends us each time you visit one of our sites, which we automatically collect, include: 
• Your browser, e.g., Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox 
• Your Internet domain, e.g., Gmail, Comcast, Bellsouth 
• Your computer's operating system, e.g., Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux
• Your navigation path, i.e., the URLs of where you come to our site from, which of our pages you visit and where you go as you leave. 
• Our IP address 
This information lets us see how users find our sites and it tells us which pages users visit most frequently so we can make our websites more useful. We keep this information for an indefinite amount of time to improve the operation of our site and to provide better services to our users. 

Cookies

Our website use cookies (small files containing program code that reside on your computer) to provide usage statistics about our website and to understand where visitors learn about our website. We also may use cookies to simplify the re-entering of your data. You can adjust your browser settings to opt out of the use of cookies by having your browser disable cookies. Look for the cookie options in your browser in the Options or Preferences menu.

Contact Information

In addition to the data that your browser or Internet session sends us automatically, we may also collect personal data only as needed for us to deliver information about our products, services and special offers. Your personal data includes information such as: name, address, telephone number, email address and other data collected that would directly or indirectly identify you.

What information we collect about you

Much of what you likely consider personal data is collected directly from you when you: 

(1)    create an account (ex: name, address, phone number); 
(2)    complete contact forms or request newsletters or other information from us (i.e., email); or 
(3)    participate in contests and surveys or participate in activities we promote that might require information about you.

How we use information we collect 

We strongly believe in both minimizing the data we collect and limiting its use and purpose to only that (1) for which we have been given permission, (2) as necessary to deliver the information you’ve requested, or (3) as we might be required or permitted for legal compliance or other lawful purposes.

When inquiries and/or feedback are e-mailed or mailed to us, we store the question and the e-mail address/mailing address information so that we can respond. Unless otherwise required by laws, we do not identify who sends questions or comments to our website or mailing address. We will not obtain information that will allow us to personally identify you when you visit our site, unless you chose to provide such information to use. 
Information that you consider confidential should not be uploaded or sent to OurCalvert.org.

How we store, secure and retain information we collect

We use data hosting service providers in the United States to host the information we collect and we use technical measures to secure your data. While we implement safeguards designed to protect your information, no security system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that data, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care,  is absolutely safe from intrusion by others. How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information.  We follow generally accepted standards to store and protect the personal data we collect, both during transmission and once received and stored. We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide the Services you have requested and thereafter for a variety of legitimate legal or business purposes.

‘Do Not Track’ notifications

Some browsers have incorporated "Do Not Track" (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, our Services do not currently respond to browser DNT signals. You can use the range of other tools we provide to control data collection and use, including the ability to opt out of receiving marketing from us as described above. 

 

Opt-Out, Your Choices and Changing Information

 

You may choose whether or not you receive communications from us. You may also opt out or change or modify information you have previously provided to us by contacting us or by doing any one of the following: 
• Our site provides users the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor. 
• Marketing Email Opt-out: Each of our marketing email communications includes an opt-out link. You may click on that link and opt out from receiving marketing email. 
• Refusing Cookies: You can adjust your browser settings to opt out of the use of cookies by having your browser disable cookies. Look for the cookie options in your browser in the Options or Preferences menu. 
• Opt Out Now: Click at the bottom of our emails to opt out. You may also opt out or change or modify information you have previously provided to us by contacting us by doing any one of the following: 
o    Send an email to us at: info@ourcalvert.com 
o    Call us at 410-414-5997 
o    Sending a letter to: Calvert County Family Network, PO BOX 90, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 
Contacting You 
Different agencies and organizations have different methods of following up with you on information requests. Some send brochures in the mail, others reply via email or some may contact you by telephone. By using our service to request information from the organizations listed on the site, you are giving permission to OurCalvert.org and these parties (or their partners and vendors) to contact you using the methods of their choice, to fulfill your information request, notwithstanding your possible listing in the National Do-Not-Call Registry. If you do not opt out from receiving communications from us, we reserve the right to contact you in the future to help improve our operations or to introduce new services, such as surveys, to ensure that our advertising clients have followed up with your information requests in a timely manner.  

Our policy toward children

OurCalvert.org websites are not directed at individuals less than 18 years of age. We do not intend to collect personal information from such individuals. If you know of or have reason to believe anyone under the age of 18 has provided us with any personal data, please contact us.

Privacy Policy Changes

OurCalvert.org may change this Privacy Policy at any time. Should we revise this Privacy Policy in the future, we will immediately publish the amended Privacy Policy on our website. We recommend that you check our website frequently to view recent changes or updates. 

Contact us

We invite you to contact us if you have questions or comments about our Privacy Policy or you want to change the personally identifiable information you have provided to us. You may contact us by any of the following means: 

(1) Sending a letter to: Calvert County Family Network, PO BOX 90, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 
(2) Calling us at 410-414-5997 
(3) Emailing us at: info@ourcalvert.com
If you are a California resident and would like to request certain information regarding the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes, please submit your request by writing us, calling us or emailing us using the contact information listed above.