JFCSNNJ Website Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 1st, 2021

Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Northern New Jersey, Inc. (“JFCSNNJ,” “we,” “us” or “our”) recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of our online visitors. The following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is the way we handle information learned about you from your visits to our website available at https://www.jfcsnnj.org/ and all other websites operated by JFCSNNJ, including but not limited to https://theridetofighthunger.rallybound.org/ (the “Site”).

PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. When you submit information to or through the Site, you consent to the collection and processing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information

JFCSNNJ collects personally identifiable information from you, which may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit or debit card information, date of birth, gender, age, religious affiliation, veterans status, referral information, employment status, volunteer activity, criminal history, transport ability and information, availability, role interest, references and any other information you may provide to us when you contact us. This information is collected and stored electronically when you make a donation, contact us via the Site’s “Contact Us” page, sign up to volunteer, register an account for our Wheels-for-Meals Ride to Fight Hunger event, make an appointment to visit our Corner Market food pantry, purchase a tribute card, sign up to receive our newsletter or sign up to attend one of our events.

Information Collected Automatically

In addition, information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by JFCSNNJ when you use the Site. This information may include device type, domain names, access times, the city in which the Site is being viewed, referring website addresses and other technical information such as protocol status and substatus, bytes sent and received, and server information. We may also collect information about how you interact with the Site. This information is used by us for our business purposes, including for the operation and improvement of the Site, for technical troubleshooting, to maintain quality of the Site, to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site and to monitor the effectiveness of our digital advertisement campaigns.

Cookies and Other Information Collection Tools

What are cookies? A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website or use an online service. When you visit the website or use the service again, the cookie allows that website or online service to recognize your browser or device. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information.

Duration of Cookies. We may use “session cookies” or “persistent cookies.” Session cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser or once your session ends. Persistent cookies remain on your device for much longer or until you or your browser erase them. Persistent cookies have varying durations that are dependent on their expiration date.

Why do we use them? Cookies help us improve the Site by providing us with information about which parts of the Site are most popular, enabling us to analyze technical and navigational information about the Site, and helping us to detect and prevent fraud. We also use cookies and other data collection tools (such as web beacons and server logs) to help improve your experience with the Site. For example, we use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Site. These tools use cookies to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site is transmitted to our data collection tool service providers. This information is then used by us to evaluate visitors’ use of the Site and to compile statistical reports on website activity for JFCSNNJ. If you would like to opt-out from the use of your information by Google Analytics, you may use Google Analytics’ opt-out browser add-on designed for this purpose.

How do I control cookies? Web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Some web browsers provide settings that allow a user to reject cookies or to alert a user when a cookie is placed on the user’s computer, tablet or mobile device. Most mobile devices also offer settings to reject mobile device identifiers. Although users are not required to accept cookies or mobile device identifiers, blocking or rejecting them may prevent access to some features available through the Site.

How Information is Used

We may use the information we collect for any of the following purposes:

• to provide the Site to you and to improve the Site;
• to provide you with information about our services, events and volunteer opportunities that may interest you;
• to provide you with our newsletter if you have subscribed;
• to schedule appointments at our Corner Market food pantry and run program reports;
• to keep track of active and non-active volunteers for upcoming opportunities;
• for security, to detect fraud or illegal activities, and for archival and backup purposes in connection with the provision of the Site;
• to fulfill your requests, such as those related to donations and purchases of tribute cards; and
• to communicate with you.

Sharing of Information

• With Third Party Service Providers Performing Services on Our Behalf. We share your personal information with our service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them. For example, we may use third parties to host the Site or assist us in providing functionality on the Site, provide analytics services for the Site, send out email updates about the Site and our services, events and volunteer opportunities and to process donation payments.
• For Legal Purposes. We also may share information that we collect from users as needed to enforce our rights, protect our property or protect the rights, property or safety of others, or as needed to support external auditing, compliance and corporate governance functions. We will disclose personal information as we deem necessary to respond to a subpoena, regulation, binding order of a data protection agency, legal process, governmental request or other legal or regulatory process. We may also share personal information as required to pursue available remedies or limit damages we may sustain. 
• Changes of Control. We may transfer or assign information, including your personal information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, liquidation, change in control or other sale by or of us or any affiliated entity (in each case whether in whole or in part).

JFCSNNJ does not share your personal information with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

Opt-Out of Emails

You may opt out of receiving our newsletter and other email communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in any such messages. Please note that if you opt out of receiving our newsletter, this does not impact other transactional and administrative messages which you will continue to receive (such as emails relating to donation payment information or event-specific information).

Social Media

Some aspects of the Site may allow you to interface with other websites, social media, and other online services, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. We will diligently work to identify these aspects of the Site to you, for example, by identifying them with the applicable third-party logos or trade names. By using these interfaces, you will allow us to access information about you from those other online services, including information and other content that you submit to those online services. If you interface with the Site through your social media account, we may contact you or enable you to share your experience and content via your social media account, which information may be publicly viewed by other users of those services.  For a description on how such social media services and other third-party platforms, plug-ins, integrations, and applications handle your information, please refer to their respective privacy policies and terms of use, which may permit you to modify your privacy settings with that service or platform.

Links to External Websites

Our Site may contain links to third party websites. Any access to and use of such third-party websites is not governed by this Privacy Policy but is instead governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites, and we are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites.

Security Used & Retention of Personal Information

JFCSNNJ uses reasonable security measures designed to prevent unauthorized intrusion to the Site and the alteration, acquisition or misuse of personal information, however, we will not be responsible for loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse of personal information that you provide through the Site that is stored by us, or for any damages resulting from such loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse.

Nevada Residents

Under Nevada law, JFCSNNJ does not sell your personal information. However, if you are a Nevada resident, you may submit a request that we not sell any personal information we have collected about you by contacting us as set forth below.

Do Not Track

Our Site does not currently take any action when it receives a Do Not Track request. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your webpage visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on the page. For details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from any person under the age of thirteen. No parts of our Site are directed to or designed to attract anyone under the age of thirteen.

Questions / Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at info@jfcsnnj.org or call 201-837-9090.

Notification of Changes

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted to this page so users are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it. Accordingly, please refer back to this Privacy Policy frequently as it may change.