Please note that as a subsidiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is covered by their privacy policy. The statement below is an adaptation of this language. Click here for the full Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh privacy statement.
At the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, your privacy is very important to us. The following information will help you to understand more clearly our privacy practices, including how we collect, use, share and protect information about you and information you may share with us.
To Whom This Policy Applies
This Privacy Policy applies to the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. By accessing and using our website, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and you consent to the privacy practices (and any uses and disclosures of information about you) that are described in this Privacy Policy.
We may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to address new issues and to reflect changes in our databases, on our websites or in the law. We reserve the right to revise or make any changes to the Privacy Policy, and your interactions with us subsequent to any changes to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept such changes. We will post all changes to the Privacy Policy here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and when and how we will disclose that information.
Information We Collect
Through your involvement with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, you may disclose or update information such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number(s), cell phone number(s), fax number, credit card information or details about your Jewish community interests. This is most often done through donations that are made on online reservation pages or our secure donation page on the Jewish Federation website, written out on pledge envelopes, or taken over the telephone in conversation with a Jewish Federation or Holocaust Center staff member. We collect and store this information in a secure database. We do not store credit card information. We may store financial transaction information about your donations to the Holocaust Center for up to seven years and donor data (including giving information) permanently. The Jewish Community Foundation may also store information about your planned giving and related agreements, including contracts, wills and other related records.
We also may collect other identifying information from or about you in connection with your use of our website, social media, text messaging and interactions with us via email. For example, we may collect and store the content of, and data regarding, any correspondence you may have with us or our representatives, regardless of the subject matter or the mode of communication by which such correspondence is made. As with many other websites, the Internet servers used to operate our website may collect certain information pertaining to you and the software, equipment and communications method that you use to access the Internet and our website. This information can include: browser type, device type, domain names, access times, referring website addresses and IP addresses for logged in users. This information is used for the operation of our services, to maintain quality of our services, and to provide general statistics regarding use of our website.
How Your Information May Be Used
We do not sell, rent, swap or otherwise share our mailing lists with external organizations. We do not share email addresses with external organizations, except in cases of an event co-sponsored by another organization. Any personal information you provide to us will not be disseminated to third parties outside of the Federation except where that information is stored briefly with a third-party database or financial provider. We maintain agreements with all third-party providers to protect your privacy.
We may use the information you give us to provide services to you, at your request. We may use it to communicate with you through periodic messages regarding services, events, and other information and notices we believe you may find interesting or useful. We may use it for confirmation of donations, registrations, or other actions you take on our site, and for related customer service needs.
We may use the information that is not personally identifiable to analyze the design and functioning of our website and email in order to make improvements. We may use such information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.
We will disclose personally identifiable information when required to do so by law; we will disclose the minimal amount of information possible.
How We Secure Your Data
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh uses appropriate procedures to ensure the security of your personal information and to protect it from unauthorized access. In particular, our donation page is hosted on Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s website. When that page asks you to enter credit card information, we use the top industry standard security protection, including encryption, a PCI environment, SSL transmission connection, and a secure server for information transmission. We use third-party credit card processors to process credit card transactions. Once your credit card has been processed, your credit card information is not stored on our servers or our processor’s servers.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. We may collect personal data on children either from the child directly or from the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the child for purposes of registering with youth-specific events or services we provide. We will never use personal data of children for any purpose without your consent except in aggregate. We do use pictures of children taken at events. We do not publicly share pictures of students taken during field trips or school visits, unless a waiver has been signed. If you see photos of children that you would like to have us remove, please contact jreese@hcpgh.org.
It is your responsibility to provide us with accurate personal data. To the extent necessary for these purposes, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal data is accurate, complete, current and relevant to its intended use. These steps may include comparing and/or supplementing your personal data with information from external data providers. To update your information, please contact jreese@hcpgh.org.
Other Website Policies
Use of Links
Throughout our Web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers.
Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you would like us to consider adding to our Web site, please send an email to jreese@hcpgh.org with the subject “Link request.”
Use of Text and Images
If you would like to publish information that you find on our Web site, please send your request to jreese@hcpgh.org.
Email jreese@hcpgh.org for information about using our logo and images according to our brand standards.
Cookies
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. Jewish Federation affiliated websites, including Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, use cookies to improve the user experience and to help identify and track visitors, their usage of our websites, and their website access preferences. Website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh website, with the drawback that certain features of the websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Accessibility
This website is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. We welcome your comments. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact jreese@hcpgh.org
Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information
All of our mailings provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. You cannot remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication. For more information on controlling your communications preferences, please contact jreese@hcpgh.org.