September, 2024
Privacy Policy
Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania respects your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This privacy policy applies to www.goodwillnepa.org (hereinafter “us,” “we,” “the website,” or www.goodwillnepa.org). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose this information to third parties for e.g. payment or updated information. This privacy policy applies only to information we collect through the website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania, collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and serves typically make available, such as the browser type, language preferences, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting this information is to better understand how Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s visitors use its website.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s website choose to interact in ways that requires us to gather personally-identifying information. For example, we ask visitors to sign up for an email list and they provide a name and email address. We may share personal information with third parties, such as trusted business partners and service providers, to help provide services and deliver our products and services.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Links to External Sites
Our website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by Goodwill Industries of Northeaster Pennsylvania. If you click on a third party link you will be directed to that party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites, products or services.
Cookies
To enrich and enhance your online experience, Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania uses “cookies” or similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising, and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of www.goodwillnepa.org and their website access preferences. Visitors to our website who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies with the drawback that certain features of www.goodwillnepa.org may not function properly without the use of cookies.
Opt-Out of Promotional Correspondence
Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania sends emails with promotional offers to individuals who sign up and provide their contact information. Individuals who would no longer like to receive this information from Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania should click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any such email they receive from us and follow the instructions. Individuals should allow a reasonable amount of time in order to satisfy their request, as some communications may already be in process.
Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, together with other analytics services, in order to better understand how visitors use www.goodwillnepa.org and how we can improve the website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit a website, what pages you visit when you do so, and what other websites you used prior to coming to such website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit a website, rather than your name or other directly identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with your personal information. Although Google Analytics plants a persistent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit a website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google Analytics uses its cookie(s) and the information Google Analytics collects to track your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website, and other websites. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Services are governed by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. Google may utilize the data collected to track and examine the use of the Services, to prepare reports on its activities, and share them with other Google services. To more fully understand how Google may use the data it collects through the Services, please review “How Google Uses Information From Sites or Apps That Use Our Services” (located here).
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy at any time. The most recent version of the privacy policy is reflected at the top of this privacy policy.