Privacy Policy
The Capital Area Humane Society (CAHS) is committed to respecting your
right to privacy and to keeping your personal information private. You
can visit the CAHS web site without telling us who you are or revealing
any identifying information about yourself. However, because our web
site includes areas in which visitors can provide personal identifying
information, we have developed this privacy policy to inform you of
our policies and practices regarding information we collect about you.
This privacy policy relates to the URL http://www.cahs-pets.org.
This web site is operated by CAHS for the benefit of its members and
other visitors interested in helping animals. CAHS reserves the right
to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time and for any reason.
Any changes to this privacy policy will be preceded by a notice posted
to this privacy policy at least ten (10) days prior to the effective
date of such change.
How We Collect Information About You
Information You Voluntarily Provide. CAHS collects and maintains certain
personal information about you when you send us an e-mail or complete
any of our online forms, such as when you make a donation, subscribe
to our online newsletter or become a member. Such information may include
your name, mailing address, and e-mail address. You may be asked to
provide credit card information to make a gift or become a member of
CAHS.
Other Information
We also collect other information that cannot identify you personally
when you visit our web site. This information includes your IP address
and your domain name. We log these IP addresses and domain names, and
aggregate them for system administration and to monitor the use of our
site. We use the aggregated information to measure the number of visits
to our site, the average time spent on our site, the number of pages
viewed and various other site statistics. This monitoring helps us provide
a more useful and engaging online experience to our visitors and helps
us to improve the quality of our web content.
CAHS uses cookies in order to make the results available for your on-site
searches. Cookies are not used for any other reason on this site. A
cookie is a small file that is sent out by a web site, accepted by the
user's browser, and placed on the user's hard drive. You can always
set your browser to warn of cookies being placed, and then choose which
cookies you want to accept. CAHS does not match any information gathered
by cookies with personal information you may have voluntarily submitted
to us.
Ways Information About You Is Used
We may use the information you voluntarily provided to contact you regarding
animal-related issues we feel you may be interested in, to keep you
updated regarding CAHS programs, and to extend an invitation to you
to support our programs. Every recipient of our electronic communications
can quickly and easily "opt out" of future communications
by following the instructions on any electronic communication we provide.
Other
The web site includes links to other web sites not affiliated with CAHS.
We attempt to link only to those web sites which also respect a visitor's
privacy. However, CAHS cannot be responsible for the content or policies
of third-party web sites. Please check with these third-party organizations
or companies for their specific privacy policies. If you find inoperable
links or are concerned about any of the sites to which CAHS currently
links, please inform us by contacting:
webmaster@cahs-pets.org.
Security
CAHS uses generally accepted, industry-standard security systems, software,
and encryption technologies to protect against unauthorized access to
CAHS servers, equipment, and other components of our online presence.
This includes using third-party vendors with industry-standard security
systems to protect credit card processing information.
Contacting CAHS
If you would like to contact CAHS about correcting information we might
have collected, or if you have any questions about this privacy policy,
please e-mail us at webmaster@cahs-pets.org.