The main purpose of our Web site is to provide information and services to individuals and to Federation Web sites. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting it and to making you aware of our online practices regarding the privacy of your information.

Information Collected
Our Web site does not automatically collect any individually identifiable information, such as email addresses, from visitors. We collect personal information when you provide it in the course of interacting with the site. At the site you are able to register for courses or events, subscribe to an email newsletter/ sign up for broadcast email (using our “Sign Up Now” form), or make a donation. In so doing, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, or information about your interests and activities. If your personal information changes and you wish to update it (such as your address), or if you wish to delete your information, you can make changes to your info on the site using our “Sign Up Now” form. If this should prove insufficient, you may contact our office to update your personal information as requested. We also may collect information that is not personally identifiable, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

How the Information Is Used
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 use information you provide about others to enable us to send them your greeting cards.
We do not sell, rent, swap or otherwise share our mailing lists with external organizations. Any personal information you provide to jewishinseattle.org will not be disseminated to third parties outside of the Federation. We may use the information that is not personally identifiable to analyze the design and functioning of our site in order to make site 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.

Cookies
Our site makes limited use of cookies. A cookie is a small file that is saved on your computer browser that contains information related to your use of a site. We use cookies to personalize your experience on our site by recognizing your name when you return. If you are a registered user, a cookie may link to your user profile as a convenience to bypass the necessity of logging in. If you reject cookies, you might experience limited usability in some areas of our site.

Security
jewishinseattle.org uses appropriate procedures to ensure the security of your personal information and to and protect it from unauthorized access. In particular, when we ask you to enter credit card information, we use the top industry standard security protection, including encryption, SSL transmission connection, and a secure server for information storage. Once your credit card has been processed, your credit card information is not stored on our web-servers.

Links
We provide links to other Web sites that we believe you will find useful. We ask you to recognize that JewishinSeattle.org is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites.