Privacy Policy

LAST UPDATED: May 7, 2022

Shore House works to empower and restore hope, independence and self-worth for people living with a mental illness by providing access to social, education and employment opportunities.

This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices with respect to data collected through the operation of the www.shorehousenj.org website and any other website that we own or control and which posts or links to this Privacy Policy, (collectively, our “Services”) in connection with:

Services we provide to current or potential members of our community (“Members”) and

Services we provide to current or potential donors to our organization (“Donors”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information we collect from you. Personal information Members or Donors may provide to us through the Services includes:

• Contact information, such as your first and last name, email and mailing addresses, and phone number.
• Profile information, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online account with us or other personal information we need to complete your profile.
• Communications, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, survey responses, or otherwise correspond with us.
• Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Personal information Donors may provide to us through the Services includes:

• Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, and events.
• Payment and other information needed to complete your donations on or through the Services (including name, payment card information, bank account number, and billing information) and your donation history. Network for Good collects and processes this information on behalf of Shore House. For more information about Network for Good’s privacy practices, please review its privacy policy.

Personal information potential Members may provide to us through the Services includes:

• Health information, including your medical professionals’ descriptions of your mental health histories and assessments.

Information we collect from public sources. We may also collect personal information from the following public sources such as blogs, forums or social media platforms. Donors also have the option to login to the Services via social media platforms, such as Facebook.

Automatic collection. We and our service providers may automatically log personal information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your activity occurring on or through the Services, such as:

• Device data, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing our site, and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
• Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.

Cookies and similar technologies. Our Services may use the following technologies:

• Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor‘s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, and helping us understand user activity and patterns.
• Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

Service delivery. We may use your personal information to:

• Establish and maintain your account on the Services;
• Provide, operate and improve the Services and our operations;
• Facilitate Donors’ login to the Services via social media platforms, such as Facebook;
• Process Donors’ donations;
• Communicate with you about the Services, including by sending announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages; and
• Provide support for the Services, and respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

Direct Marketing. If you are an existing Donor, we may use your information to send you marketing communications about Shore House, where permitted by applicable law (unless you have opted out). In other cases, we ask for your consent to send you marketing information. We may use the information that you provide to us to personalize communications and advertisements regarding our upcoming events and fundraisers. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Your Choices section below.

For research and development. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services, and promote our fundraising activities.

Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

• Comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
• Protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
• Audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies;
• Enforce the terms and conditions that govern our Services; and
• Prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your personal information with the following third parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

Service providers. Companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services (such as payment processing, hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services).

Social media platforms. When you interact with social media platforms on our Services, for example when you use Facebook to login, we share limited personal information with those platforms. We do not control the social media platforms’ use of your personal information. For more information about those platforms’ practices, please review their privacy policies.

The public. Other users of the website and the public, when you disclose personal information for public use. For instance, you may be able to leave comments and we will display your name along with the content you submit. We do not control how other users or third parties use any personal information that you make available to them. Please be aware that any information you post publicly can be cached, copied, screen captured or stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines) before you have a chance to edit or remove it.

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate to comply with law or for the compliance, fraud prevention and safety purposes described above.

Transferees. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of your personal information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving the sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our organization or assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

YOUR CHOICES

In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.

Access or delete your personal information. You can request to receive an exported file of the personal information we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal information we hold about you. We may decline to provide or delete information we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Opt out of marketing communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of the email. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.

Online tracking opt out. There are a number of ways to limit online tracking, which we have summarized below:

Blocking cookies in your browser. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our websites from setting cookies by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers.

Note that because these opt out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, so you will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Choosing not to share your personal information. You may choose not to share personal information that we request. However, in some instances, we may not be able to provide you with certain features of the website.

OTHER SITES AND SERVICES

Our website may contain links to other websites and online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third party websites or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites and online services you use.

SECURITY
We employ a number of technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, no security measures are failsafe and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

CHILDREN
This website is not intended for use by children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect information about children under age 13 through the website. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will delete it.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the website.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices, please email us at info@shorehousenj.com or write us at:

ShoreHouse
266 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ 07740