Privacy Policy

Benedictine Women of Madison is aware of the privacy issues and concerns facing online participants. We make our privacy policy available so visitors to our site may feel free to provide personal information, knowing this information is not intended for misuse.

What personal information is collected
Benedictine Women of Madison has the capability of collecting various bits of information from you without your active participation. Such information might include: IP address, browser type/version and computer platform. Your browser automatically submits this information in order to correctly fulfill page requests. No other information will be obtained from you without your consent.

Why we collect your personal information
In addition to the required information described above, we may ask you to voluntarily submit some personal information. Benedictine Women of Madison may do this for a variety of reasons, though in most cases this information will be used to directly contact you at your request.

Disclosure of personal information
Benedictine Women of Madison will maintain all information submitted for its original intent. We will not share your personal information with another third-party without your expressed consent.

All voluntarily submitted information may be maintained in our database. In all other cases, personal information is not kept in any form of a record (except for legally required information such as IP address, browser and operating system platform.)

At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest. Benedictine Women of Madison reserves the right to determine what cases warrant public interests.

How we protect your personal information
Benedictine Women of Madison safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet: change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Access to your personal information
You have access to the personal information you voluntarily submitted. All requests for such information are contingent on the willingness and ability to provide automatically collected information to us. We also may require all requests to be made in writing, and only after we receive proof of your identification.

Collecting other personal information
Like many Web sites, Benedictine Women of Madison reserves the right to use "cookie" technology. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you. Cookies help us understand which parts of our Web sites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can make the site even better.

Our organization's commitment to privacy
Reflecting our commitment to prevent misuse of your personal information, we make our privacy policy publicly available on this site. We also advance these policies to any third-party organization with which we choose to work on various projects.

Benedictine Women of Madison does not knowingly solicit personal information from children or send them requests for personal information.

The Benedictine Women of Madison Web site may contain links to other sites. Benedictine Women of Madison does not share your personal information with those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

If we are going to use your personal information differently from that stated at the time of collection, we will try to contact you via e-mail using the most recent information we have. If you have not given us permission to communicate with you, we do not intend to contact your or use your personal information in a new manner.

The Benedictine Women of Madison Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. We encourage you to review the privacy policy regularly for any changes.

Last updated: 10/01/2008