Privacy Statement

Hand in Hand’s top priority is protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created to show Hand in Hand’s commitment to the privacy of our donors, volunteers and website users. This policy explains what types of information are collected on Hand in Hand’s website, www.myhandinhand.org, and how it is used.

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected
Those individuals who sign up to receive Hand in Hand Ministries e-mails voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We use this information for the limited purpose of communicating with you electronically. You may always “opt out,” either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

IP addresses
Hand in Hand uses IP addresses to administer www.myhandinhand.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

Cookies
www.myhandinhand.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us of your preferences for our website based on what you’ve done and told us before. The “cookie” is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.myhandinhand.org, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your web browser accordingly.

How Your Information May Be Used
We may use your personal information to provide e-mail alerts to you; to answer your requests; to process your immersion trip application; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitors of our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our supporter’s needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic, not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features.

Email Privacy
Hand in Hand does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure any information that we collect.

External Links
www.myhandinhand.org may include links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.myhandinhand.org domain, and Hand in Hand is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Modifications
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

If you would like to remove your information from our database, please call 502-459-9930.