Privacy Statement

North River Collaborative is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the North River Collaborative Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the North River Collaborative website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

North River Collaborative collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. North River Collaborative also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by North River Collaborative. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by North River Collaborative for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the North River Collaborative Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through North River Collaborative public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: North River Collaborative does not read any of your private online communications.

North River Collaborative encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from North River Collaborative so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. North River Collaborative is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the North River Collaborative and North River Collaborative family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

North River Collaborative collects and uses your personal information to operate the North River Collaborative Web site and deliver the services you have requested. North River Collaborative also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from North River Collaborative and its affiliates. North River Collaborative may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

North River Collaborative does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. North River Collaborative may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, North River Collaborative may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to North River Collaborative, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

North River Collaborative does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

North River Collaborative keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within North River Collaborative, in order to determine what North River Collaborative services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within North River Collaborative to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

North River Collaborative Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on North River Collaborative or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of North River Collaborative; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of North River Collaborative, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The North River Collaborative Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize North River Collaborative pages, or register with North River Collaborative site or services, a cookie helps North River Collaborative to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same North River Collaborative Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the North River Collaborative features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the North River Collaborative services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

North River Collaborative secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. North River Collaborative secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

North River Collaborative will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. North River Collaborative encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how North River Collaborative is protecting your information.

Contact Information

North River Collaborative welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that North River Collaborative has not adhered to this Statement, please contact North River Collaborative at dbaxter@nrcollab.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.