Howard Family Portal Privacy Policy

The Howard Family Portal 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 Howard Family Portal web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the The Howard Family Portal web site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Howard Family Portal collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home address or telephone number. The Howard Family Portal also collects demographic information such as your zip code, age, gender.

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

The Howard Family Portal encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from The Howard Family Portal so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. The Howard Family Portal is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of The Howard Family Portal.

Use of your Personal Information

The Howard Family Portal collects and uses your personal information to operate The Howard Family Portal web site.

The Howard Family Portal does not sell, rent or lease its member lists to third parties.

The Howard Family Portal does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations.

The Howard Family Portal keeps track of the web pages our members visit within The Howard Family Portal, in order to determine what Howard Family Portal areas are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content within The Howard Family Portal to members whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The Howard Family Portal web site 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 The Howard Family Portal or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Howard Family Portal; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Howard Family Portal, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The The Howard Family Portal web site uses "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.

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 Howard Family Portal web site.

Security of your Personal Information

The Howard Family Portal secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Howard Family Portal secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement

The Howard Family Portal will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect member feedback. The Howard Family Portal encourages you to periodically review this statement to be informed of how The Howard Family Portal is protecting your information.

Contact Information

The Howard Family Portal welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Howard Family Portal has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the Howard Family.