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This privacy statement discloses the privacy
practices for TechAtlas. TechAtlas is a project of NPower, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
committed to building and sustaining the technology capacity of
nonprofit organizations. While we promise not to rent, sell or give
the specific information you provide to anyone else without your
explicit permission, we may aggregate information entered by users
to create reports regarding the general state of the nonprofit
sector and to plan services and tools that will benefit nonprofits.
In any report, the information used will not be associated with any
specific nonprofit. In addition, NPower has access
to the data for administrative purposes necessary to run the
project.
Partner Program (Click here for more
information on the Partner Program)
TechAtlas Partners are typically organizations
or individuals you turn to for assistance of some kind.
Anyone can become a Partner but only you get to select and delete
your Partners. Partners can
view your data in accordance to TechAtlas's Terms and our Privacy
Statement below. Partners can edit your data through the system
depending on the privileges you assign them. At no time are we responsible for the actions of any
Partners you select directly or indirectly.
1. Information Collection and Use
TechAtlas collects information from our users
at several different points on our website. While your organization owns
the data entered into TechAtlas, we will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed
in this statement.
2. TechAtlas Registration
In order to use TechAtlas features, a user must
first complete an organizational profile form. Users are required to give their contact information (name and
email address). This information is used to contact the user about
the topics on our site in which they have expressed interest and
for the user to receive their lost password. It is optional for the
user to provide demographic information (annual budget, service
sector, number of employees, etc.). Demographic information is used
to understand trends in technology at nonprofits. In addition,
users may be contacted by Partners they have selected regarding
assistance with their technology.
3. Cookies
"Cookies" are software code
frequently used in customizable websites. TechAtlas uses cookies to remember if a user
has logged in while he/she is on our site. This allows TechAtlas
users to avoid logging in more than once, thereby saving time. Users
have the option of disabling or not accepting cookies by changing
the preferences on their web-browsing software*. If a user opts not to enable
cookies, he/she will not be able to use our website. No personally
identifiable information (name, agency name etc.) is collected with
the cookies that we set, and accepting cookies while on the
TechAtlas site will not put the user at risk for marketing to other
sites.
*Different browsers have different
cookie-settings. With Netscape you can ask the browser to allow,
warn you, or completely disable cookies. Internet Explorer has an
additional feature where you can specify different settings for
different security zones. You can choose to allow websites to
create cookies for you in your "trusted sites" (like
TechAtlas), to warn you before you create them in your local
Intranet zone, and to give you an option to never allow them in a
"restricted zone." See the "Help" section of
your particular browser for more information on working with
cookies.
4. Sharing
NPower will share aggregated
demographic information with partners, sponsors, and those
interested in the use of technology at nonprofits. This is not
linked to any information that can identify an
individual organization. We only share this information so that we can
highlight trends in the use of technology at nonprofits and
demonstrate the need for new tools and services for nonprofits.
TechAtlas Partners are allowed to share
aggregated information as well, but agree not to reveal organization
data from TechAtlas accounts without the express consent of the
organization.
5. Links
This website contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that TechAtlas does not claim any responsibility for
the privacy practices of other such sites including Partners. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this website.
6. Security
This website takes every precaution to protect
our users' information, and we have security measures in place to
protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under
our control. While we take security seriously, we cannot guarantee
that TechAtlas won't have a security breech.
7. Updates
We may send you site and service
announcement updates. Members are not able to unsubscribe from
service announcements that contain important information about the
service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services
and to handle issues related to their account via email or
phone.
8. Correction/Updating Agency Information
If a user's agency information changes (such as
address or email address), or if a user no longer desires our
service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or
remove that user's agency data provided to us. Users can currently
use the "My Organization Profile" section from the
TechAtlas Planning Center to change or correct information.
9. Notification of Change
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we
will post those changes on our website so our users are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to
use identifiable information in a manner different from that stated
at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. We will use information in
accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was
collected.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions about this privacy
statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this
website, you can contact:
Steve Andersen
Director of Technology Solutions, NPower
[email protected]
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for sharing
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