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Asociacion Tepeyac de New York PRIVACY POLICY effective October, 2005
This privacy policy applies to http://www.tepeyac.org and all websites and URL's controlled or operated by Asociacion Tepeyac de New York, which link to this policy, unless otherwise specified. Antorcha Guadalupana is operated and provided by Asociacion Tepeyac de New York, and the privacy policies applicable to its use is governed by this private policy. This is a new privacy policy effective as of the date set forth above. Even if you read and approved a prior policy, you need to review this new version as it has been updated and revised. Titles and headings are provided for general reference and ease of use only, as information may be covered in more than one heading or under other headings. If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact Tepeyac's webmaster at [email protected].

Information Collection

Registration and Programs Enrollment

In order to complete to enroll as a user of our programs, a user must first complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services and programs on our site for which they have expressed interest, to inform users about services and programs we offer to. By providing this information to us, or by submitting a registration request, you expressly consent to being contacted by us and by our programs' staff via phone, fax, email, mail or other reasonable means, at any of your contact numbers or addresses, in order that we may provide the services set forth on our Web site, or for other reasonable purposes related to our programs and services. Unique identifiers (such as username and password) are not required. It is optional for the user to provide aditional information.

Volunteers Enrollment

In order to enroll as a volunteer in our programs, a user must first complete a volunteer enrollment form. During enrollment a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about our volunteer program and process for which they have expressed interest, to inform users about services and programs we offer to. By providing this information to us, or by submitting a registration request, you expressly consent to being contacted by us and by our programs' staff via phone, fax, email, mail or other reasonable means, at any of your contact numbers or addresses, in order that we may provide the services set forth on our Web site, or for other reasonable purposes related to our programs and services. Unique identifiers (such as username and password) are not required. It is optional for the user to provide aditional information.

Services Request

We do not request information from the user in our contact us process. As the users can use this form to request any of our services (immigration, labor, educational and legal consulation), they do not have to provide detailed information about the service requested. No financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date) is collected from the consumer. This information is used to match users with appropriate service/program professionals. The information may also be used to contact the consumer to verify or clarify their service request or to customize the consumer's Web site experience or future Tepeyac communication.

Information Use

Registration Information

We store information that we collect through the Web site experience and activities, cookies, log files, to create a record of our programs and volunteer users. Collected information is recorded in out contact and volunteer databases. This record is used to register the users to our programs and volunteer projects and to communicate to them.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data tied to information about the user and stored on the user's computer. We use both session cookies, which terminate when a user closes his browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on the user's computer until manually deleted. By setting a persistent cookie, we enable our users to skip our introduction page, thereby saving time while to access our Web site. If users reject these cookies, they may still use our Web site.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes technical information to analyze trends, and administer the Web site.

Communications from Tepeyac

Service Announcements

On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly services, programs and volunteer related announcement. For instance, if our services, programs are temporarily suspended or canceled we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can email to [email protected] to stop receiving this announcements. However, these communications are not promotional and not commercial in nature.
We DO NOT communicate with users to provide services or information in regards to information not related to our programs, services and volunteer or information not in accordance with the user's wishes.

Sharing Information

When you submit information to Tepeyac.org, you authorize us to share this information with our network of services and programs in order to try to provide the services you request. For example, when a user request a consulting service of our association Our service/programs professionals can contact the user, such as telephone numbers, physical addresses and email addresses, that information is shared with our service/programs professionals who have accepted a service request lead. In addition, we have other approved contractual partners that fulfill services requests, or that utilize their own service professionals to supplement our network, and we share your information with them, subject to contractual confidentiality restrictions, in order to attempt to provide the services requested.

Though we strive to preserve user privacy, due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will always remain confidential. By way of example, we may disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a belief that such action is necessary or advisable to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, legal proceeding, process or investigation served on our business or Web site(s), or when we believe parties are misusing or attempting to misuse our Web sites or services, including but not limited to violating the law, committing fraud, deception, theft, attempting to harm or divert our business, engaging in threatening or inappropriate behavior or threatening to place, or placing themselves or others in danger. Finally, although we strive to protect your privacy, third parties beyond our control may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Therefore, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

Tepeyac.org will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your personal information by a third party to whom Tepeyac.org is allowed to disclose you personal information under this privacy policy.

Links and Integrated Partnerships

This Web site contains links from and to other Web sites. Please be aware that Tepeyac.org is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our Web site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Tepeyac’s Web site.

Security

"Perfect security" does not exist on the Internet and we do not guarantee security of information or that unauthorized access will not occur. However, we take all reasonable precautions when protecting your personal information. Servers that store personally identifiable information are located in a supervised and/or locked facility. Users' personal information off line is restricted by our internal security procedures, and authorized access to such information is only provided to our employees and staff who reasonably need the information for their areas of responsibility ( for example, a volunteer programs, educational programs, etc).

Your information may be transferred to and maintained in whole or in part on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and may be stored on equipment or in facilities leased or licensed from third parties.

If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to [email protected].

Changes and Updates to This Policy and to Tepeyac Services, Programs and Volunteer oportunities of Web Site(s) We reserve the right to change our information, features, services, products, policies, programs, disclosures and disclaimers at any time. Changes to this Policy will be in writing and be posted on our Web site as applicable. Please check these terms periodically for changes. At the top of the policy we indicate the date of an update.

Contact Information

If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Asociacion Tepeyac de New York
251 west 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 633-7108
[email protected] or
[email protected]