Privacy Policy

Effective May 1, 2008

Welcome to the hopestreetgroup.org ("Hope Street Group") Privacy Policy. Hope Street Group wants you to fully understand how it collects, uses, and discloses your Information. This Privacy Policy applies to Hope Street Group website, www.hopestreetgroup.org.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to:

• Inform you of what information of yours Hope Street Group is recording and using;
• Restrict secondary usage so that information collected for one purpose cannot be used for another without your consent;
• Provide a procedure to correct or amend erroneous information about you; and
• Ensure you that Hope Street Group will use your personal information for its intended purpose and take reasonable precautions against possible misuse.

This website is intended for individuals 18 years of age or older. By using, viewing, accessing, or registering with the website, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age. If you are not at least 18 years of age or do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should not use, view, access, or register with the website.

By using, accessing, viewing, or registering with the website, you expressly consent to Hope Street Group's use and disclosure of your personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the hopestreetgroup.org User Agreement. This Privacy Policy is effective upon your first use or viewing of, access to, or registration with the website.

Information Collected

We collect non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or most recently visited URL. We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your age, household income, buying preferences, etc. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey or registration form. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.

Submitted Information

It is Hope Street Group's intent to only use the information you provide to us for the purpose of for which such information was provided. For example, Hope Street Group uses this information to send you e-mails that you have requested and for administrative purposes, marketing, customer service, delivery of policy news and information, and related activities. In addition, your user ID (either your full name or e-mail address) may be visible to the website's users. Any listings or content that you add to the website may be visible to the website's users. Hope Street Group does not control, and is not responsible for, any information or content that is exchanged via e-mail or as a result of your or another user's accessing or using the website.

Browsing Information

When you use the website, Hope Street Group's servers (which may be hosted by a third-party service provider) automatically collect information about your activities while using the website, including the web pages you view, the times you view them, the search terms you use, information about the browser you are using, as well as your IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies your computer's location on the Internet and may be automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. Your personal information is linked to your browsing information. Hope Street Group may, in the future, collect other browsing information from you to help us tailor the website for you and deliver personalized information to you.

Hope Street Group uses this browsing information for internal purposes, such as to help understand how the website is being used and to improve it, for systems administration purposes, and for other information to help you navigate through the website, such as showing you your recently viewed pages. Hope Street Group also uses "cookies" to enable a user to specify unique preferences and for authentication purposes. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive, not on our site. For example, hopestreetgroup.org's cookie currently contains your display preferences, a list of pages that you have visited, which are displayed in your footprints list, and a session ID for user identification. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a Web site as easily as possible. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to prevent you from reentering all your registration data at each connection.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Except as otherwise noted below, Hope Street Group does not disclose personal information to third parties. Although it may disclose aggregated information about the use of website, that information does not contain personal information.

But Hope Street Group may disclose personal information as follows:

• With our contractors and service providers in order to maintain, enhance, or add to the website's functionality;
• To third-party product and service providers to provide products or services you've requested; and
• To marketing and advertising partners who work on behalf of or with Hope Street Group.

Hope Street Group will transfer information about you if it is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Hope Street Group will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. In addition, if Hope Street Group becomes part of another organization, including without limitation, by merger, change of control, sale of assets, or other acquisition, the acquiring organization will obtain and have access to the personal information that Hope Street Group collects. Finally, Hope Street Group cannot ensure that your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties due to reasons beyond its reasonable control. Hope Street Group may disclose personal information when required by law or under the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary in order to conform to applicable law, comply with subpoenas, court orders, or legal process served on Hope Street Group; to establish or exercise Hope Street Group's legal rights or defend against legal claims, and to protect its property or interests, its agents and employees, personal safety, or the public. Under such circumstances, Hope Street Group may be prohibited by law, court order, or other legal process from providing notice of the disclosure and, therefore, Hope Street Group reserves the right not to provide such notice, in its sole discretion.

Member ID and Password Control

You are responsible for all actions taken with your user ID and password. Therefore, we recommend that you do not disclose your password to any third parties. If you choose to disclose your user ID or password or personal information with third parties, you are responsible for all actions taken with your account. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your e-mail address or password on the website.

Procedure to Correct or Amend Personal Information

You may view and make changes to your personal information by logging in and accessing your profile by clicking on the Profile link on My Dashboard on the left navigation tab and clicking on edit. You may also view your profile and any personal information that you have included in your profile, by clicking on your username when you post on Hope Street Group. You are required to provide an e-mail address when you register with Hope Street Group. This e-mail address will not be visible to users who view your profile. If you are concerned with the privacy of your personal information, we recommend that you not register with Hope Street Group. Hope Street Group may, in the future, include other requests for personal information from you to help it tailor the website to you and to deliver personalized information to you or when you do things like purchase products or other services in connection with the website.

Mailing Lists

Hope Street Group may create mailing lists to which users can subscribe. If you subscribe to one of these lists we will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that your email address is not exposed to other subscribers.

Updates

Hope Street Group may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as its services change. If Hope Street Group updates this Privacy Policy, it will post the updates on this page. Unless otherwise provided, the revised terms will take effect on the date they are posted. Once such changes become effective, your continued use of the website will signify your accepting the new Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, or any revised Privacy Policy, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the website.

Hope Street Group allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done through the following methods:

1. e-mail the information to update@hopestreetgroup.org
2. visit the Customer Service section of the site and follow the appropriate instructions.

Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases. We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or corrected in our records. Our Web site contains links to other Web sites. Hope Street Group is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security

Our site makes every reasonable effort to follow industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we intend to take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information. All financial information is encrypted during transmission, and our databases are accessible only to internal employees.

Choice; Opt Out

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us, by the following means:

1. send an e-mail to update@hopestreetgroup.org
2. visit the Customer Service section of the site and follow the appropriate instructions.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Hope Street Group does not edit in advance and is not responsible for any listings made by its members and reserves the right to remove part or all of any listings at any time at its sole and absolute discretion.

Questions

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us by email at info@hopestreetgroup.org.