Introduction

Northwest Connecticut Housing and Innovation Center (NCHIC) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website NCHIC.org. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

• Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards.

Derivative Data

• Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Financial Data

• Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site.

Mobile Device Data

• Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Create and manage your account.

• Process your transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.

• Administer donations and charitable contributions.

• Send you communications about our services, events, and other news and information we think will be of interest to you.

• Improve the layout and content of our Site.

• Understand and analyze how you use our Site.

• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

• Enforce our terms, conditions, and policies.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

• If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Business Transfers

• We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

With Your Consent

• We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Northwest Connecticut Housing and Innovation Center (NCHIC)
115 Spencer Street,
Winsted, CT 06098
860-379-0888
kgriffin@winstedhealthcenter.org

 

This Privacy Policy was created to help you understand how we handle your information. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting the information you share with us.