Privacy Policy
Stand Against Trafficking—Privacy Policy for Nonprofit Organization, Version 1, May 28, 2020
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This Privacy Policy outlines the rules and regulations for the use of Stand Against Trafficking’s website at https://standagainsttrafficking.org/
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Stand Against Trafficking, in care of Community Partnership of the Ozarks, 330 N Jefferson A, Springfield, MO 65806
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It is Stand Against Trafficking’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://standagainsttrafficking.org/ (hereinafter “Stand Against Trafficking,” “Stand,” "us," "we," or "https://standagainsttrafficking.org/"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
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This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on our http://www.lwvswmo.org/ set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
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Website Visitors
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Like most website operators, Stand collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Stand's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Stand's visitors use its website. From time to time, Stand may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Stand also collects potentially personally-identifying information such as internet protocol (IP) addresses for logged-in users and for users leaving comments on https://standagainsttrafficking.org/ blog posts (if applicable). Stand only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
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Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
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Certain visitors to Stand's website choose to interact with Stand in ways that require Stand to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Stand gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we may ask visitors who sign up for online access at https://standagainsttrafficking.org/ to provide a username and email address.
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Security
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The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Cookies
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To enrich and perfect your online experience, Stand uses what is commonly known as "cookies" and other similar technologies provided by third pares to display personalized content and appropriate advertising in addition to storing your browsing preferences on your computer.
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A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Stand uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of https://standagainsttrafficking.org/ and their website access preferences. Stand's visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Stand's website, with the drawback that certain features of Stand's website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
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By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Stand's use of cookies.
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Links To External Sites
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Our service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy and the terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, their products or services.
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Stand may use Google Ads or AdSense, Facebook, Bing and others for remarketing.
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The Stand website may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites (including but not limited to Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven't completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an inquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone's past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google's privacy policy. You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt-out of interest-based advertising entirely by adjusting cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin. If you choose to opt-out of cookies then you’ll need to adjust the settings on each browser used including but not limited to Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari, and others.
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Aggregated Statistics
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Stand may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Stand may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Stand does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
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E-commerce
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Those who engage in transactions with Stand are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Stand collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Stand. Stand does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described herein or in our Terms and Conditions of Use document.
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Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
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Privacy Policy Changes
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Although most changes are likely to be minor, Stand may change its Privacy Policy from me to me, and at Stand's sole discretion. Stand encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.