English For New Bostonians

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PRIVACY POLICY

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Thank you for visiting the English for New Bostonians (ENB) website. ENB is committed to protecting the privacy of its online customers and visitors as well as the privacy and security of any information the organization collects through https://englishfornewbostonians.org (this includes all subpages thereto, the “Site”). ENB has prepared this Privacy Policy to highlight the organization’s commitment to your privacy and to inform you as to how ENB will use Your Information in connection with the services provided by English for New Bostonians (the “Services”). If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site nor should you sign up for the Services.

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General Information

In general, you can visit the Site on the World Wide Web (“website”) without telling ENB who you are or providing the organization with any personally identifiable information. However, ENB collects the domain names (not the email addresses unless you choose to provide your email address) of all visitors to its Site to gather various data, including the number of visits, pages visited, and average time spent on the Site. ENB uses this information to continually improve the convenience and functionality of the Site.

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ENB may also conduct online surveys to better understand the needs and profiles of Site visitors and to measure the interest of the visitors in the features of the Site.

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ENB may tailor its offers to you based on information you provide when you purchase various products and services, including from the organization’s online surveys, from information that may indicate your purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as information available from external sources, including demographic and census data. With your consent, English for New Bostonians may also share your email address with other reputable companies so they can send you product and service offers that may be of interest to you. You will be offered an opportunity to restrict access to your email address if you object to the use of your email address by any party other than English for New Bostonians. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, when you are asked for personal information on the ENB Site, you are agreeing to share that information with English For New Bostonians.

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Information Collection and Use

When you sign up for the Services, you will be asked to provide ENB with certain information, described in detail below (together, “Your Information”). Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, when you are asked for personal information on the Site, you are agreeing to share that information with English for New Bostonians and its affiliates.

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ENB may use Your Information for the following:

• To license reporting and assessment of service levels

• To better understand on an aggregated basis how ENB’s services are used, gauge traffic patterns and determine what types of content and services are most popular with Site users

• To verify access rights to content or services

• To provide you with information about English for New Bostonians products, services, news and events through the Site or email

• To allow you to purchase and download English for New Bostonians products and services

• To provide you with personalized and customized content programming, instructions, and services

ENB may also collect credit card and billing information to complete any purchases you make. English for New Bostonians does not permanently store this information. It is removed once the transaction has been completed.

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Limited Information Sharing with Third Parties

English For New Bostonians is committed to protecting your privacy. The organization will only share Your Information with third parties in accordance with your instructions and to provide specific services to you. For example, ENB uses a credit card processing company to bill users for Services or products purchased. This business partner does not retain, share, or store any personally identifiable information except to provide this service and is bound by a strict confidentiality agreement which limits their use of such information.

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ENB may share aggregated and anonymous demographic information with its business partners, but no such information can be linked directly to Your Information.

Although ENB will use every reasonable effort to preserve your privacy, the organization may need to disclose Your Information, including personally identifiable information, when required by federal, state local or other governmental regulations or laws. In such cases, ENB will use reasonable efforts to disclose only the information required by law enforcement personnel.

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Cookies

The Site uses a technology called “cookies” which may be used to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so the organization can recognize you when you return. All pages on the Site where you are prompted to log-in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies. These cookies (a) will let ENB know who you are and (b) are necessary to access your account information (stored on ENB’s computers) to deliver products and personalized services. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, however, please note that by not accepting cookies from English for New Bostonians, you will limit the functionality ENB can provide when you visit the Site.  We utilize third-party channels that use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. These third-party channels collect various information, including but not limited to: IP address, browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, date, and time of the server request. We and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies together to inform, optimize, and serve content based on someone’s past visits to our website.

 

Amendment of Privacy Policy

English for New Bostonians will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. You can determine when the Privacy Policy was last updated by looking at the “last update” date at the bottom of the policy. If there are material and substantial changes to this Privacy Policy, ENB will note these changes through a prominent notice on the Site.

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Security

Unfortunately, no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While ENB strives to protect Your Information, the organization cannot warrant the security of the information provided online. However, once ENB receives Your Information, the organization will do its best to ensure that its systems are functioning properly and will use reasonable and customary efforts to protect that information.

 

If you have any questions about English for New Bostonians’ Privacy Policy, please contact the Site Administrator at 105 Chauncy Street, Suite 104 Boston, MA  02111 info@englishfornewbostonians.org.  Although ENB will in most circumstances be able to receive your email or other information provided through this Site, the organization does not guarantee that it will receive all such email or other information timely and accurately, and is not legally obligated to read, act on, or respond to any such email or other information.