CPOA - Privacy Policy

NPO Staff

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Community Partnerships for Older Adults takes your privacy seriously and knows you care about the privacy of the information you provide on our Web site. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting partnershipsforolderadults.org, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.

Information Collection

The information you supply if you choose to register on our Web site helps us provide you information about our program through major program announcements and our e-newsletter. This information is also used to contact you in the event that you are awarded a grant. Here are the types of information we gather:

Information You Supply

You need to complete the registration form in order to use some parts of the Web site, such as the online submission process or the discussion boards. When you register we ask for information such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, zip code, organization, role, and whether you would like to receive notifications from the program. We receive and store in a secure database any information you enter on our Web site. We use this information to contact you about services on our site for which you have expressed interest.

You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to receive program notifications or e-newsletters from us if you choose those options.

Automatic Information Collected

We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, this website uses cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your hard drive that identifies you as a unique user. Cookies allow our Web site to access your information when you "login", keep track of the preference you chose stored in the “my profile” section of our Web site, estimate and report our total audience size and traffic, and allow you to use the “remember my password” feature.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Be aware, however, that some parts of the Community Partnerships for Older Adults Web site may not function properly if you refuse cookies.

E-mail Communications

After you have registered with our Web site, an automatic confirmation e-mail is generated and sent to you using the e-mail address you provided when you registered. Other e-mails are automatically generated when you make a change to a personal preference or submit an online application. Any other communications are sent based on your personal preference file. If you have chosen to receive communications such as major program announcements, the newsletter or a biannual survey, these will be transmitted via the e-mail address you provided when you registered.

Does Community Partnerships for Older Adults Share Your Information?

No. Information you provide on the registration form or via any other collection source on the Web site is used solely for internal purposes and is not shared with Third Parties.

Although we do not anticipate any of the following, your information may be disclosed if such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Choice/Opt-out

You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having us contact you if you no longer wish to receive certain communications. If you no longer wish to receive major program announcements, the e-newsletter or bi annual surveys, you can do so by visiting your “my profile” page and choosing not to receive information. You can also e-mail Community Partnerships for Older Adults at communitypartnerships@usm.maine.edu to have your account modified or deactivated.

How Secure Is Your Information?

Your information is protected during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. If you have logged into our Web site, please remember to sign off when you are finished by clicking the “logout” button, which will end your session.
The servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this document and post the date on which changes were made.

If, however, we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will you via the e-mail address you provided when you registered and/or by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

Contact Information

If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
E-mail: communitypartnerships@usm.maine.edu
Telephone: (207) 228-8374
Fax: (207) 228-8373

Postal Address:
Community Partnerships for Older Adults
Muskie School of Public Service
University of Southern Maine
509 Forest Avenue, Suite 290
Portland, Maine 04101-1521

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