Client Privacy Policy

Midtown Family Services is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most meaningful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Midtown Family Services website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Midtown Family Services website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

The Midtown Family Services website collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Midtown Family Services. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Midtown Family Services for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Midtown Family Services Web site.

Midtown Family Services encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Midtown Family Services so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Midtown Family Services is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of Midtown Family Services and the Midtown Family Services website.

Use of Your Personal Information

Midtown Family Services collects and uses your personal information to operate the Midtown Family Services website and deliver the services you have requested. Midtown Family Services also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Midtown Family Services and entities it works with. Midtown Family Services may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Midtown Family Services does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Midtown Family Services may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of other entities about particular offerings that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Midtown Family Services may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Midtown Family Services , and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Midtown Family Services keeps track of the pages our customers visit within the Midtown Family Services website, in order to determine which of Midtown Family Services' services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Midtown Family Services' website to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Midtown Family Services will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Midtown Family Services or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Midtown Family Services; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Midtown Family Services, or the public.

Use of Web Tracking

The Midtown Family Services' website uses tracking, including cookie, to help you personalize your online experience. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Midtown Family Services website.

Midtown Family Services Site Usage Information

Information (e.g., log files, cookies, Internet tags, web beacons, etc.) we collect from you through your use of the Site will be used to (a) monitor the operation, technical functions and quality of the Site, (b) compile general statistics regarding use of the Site, and (c) analyze demographic information about the Site’s users. We may also use such information for research or improvements of the Site and the services we offer you. This data is also used by Midtown Family Services to deliver customized content and advertising to you when your use of the internet indicates that you are interested in a particular subject area.

Security of Your Personal Information

Midtown Family Services secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Third Party Links

The Site may contain links to third party sites on the Internet (“Third Party Sites”). Your use of all third party sites are at your own risk and it is your sole responsibility to evaluate the content and usefulness of the information obtained from third party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. If you are concerned about the privacy policy of a certain third party, you may contact them directly or visit their individual website to learn more about their individual privacy policies.

Changes to this Statement

Midtown Family Services will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Midtown Family Services encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Midtown Family Services is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Midtown Family Services welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Midtown Family Services has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Midtown Family Services at support@midtownfs.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Donor Privacy Policy

Midtown Family Services is committed to respecting the privacy of its donors. The types of donor information that Midtown Family Services collects and maintains are as follows: a) contact information including name, address, telephone number and email address; b) giving information; c)information on events attended, publications received, and special requests for program information; and d) information provided by the donor in the form of comments and suggestions.

Midtown Family Services uses this information to understand donor’s interests in its mission, and update them on the organization’s plans an activities. The information may be shared with staff, board members, volunteers and consultants only on a “need to know” basis Donor information collected both online and offline is never sold nor shared to anyone.

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact us at donate@Midtownfs.org We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back regularly to see if there have been any changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Website after those changes become effective, you consent and agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 1, 2024.

Donor Bill of Rights

Midtown Family Services subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits. It has been endorsed by numerous organizations.

The Donor Bill of Rights

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

1. To be informed of the organization's mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.

2. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization's governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.

3. To have access to the organization's most recent financial statements.

4. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.

5. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

6. To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

7. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

8. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

9. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.

10. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.