Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Our ongoing commitment to the protection of your privacy is essential to maintaining the relationship of trust that exists between The Nominal Group, Inc. and all of our users, whether they are nonprofit organizations, volunteers, or other visitors to the site. This notice of our privacy policy is intended to help you understand our online information security practices.
The Information We Collect
You may have accessed The Nominal Group, Inc. directly by visiting our web site, the homepage of which is located at www.thenominalgroup.org. This notice applies to all information you submit to The Nominal Group, Inc., through our web site.
The types of personal information we may collect are:
For trainings, conferences and workshops scheduled:
First and Last Name
Title
Organization
Address, City, State and Zip Code
Email address
Telephone number
Fax number
Type of Training, conference or workshop attended
Method of Payment:
Credit Card Type
Account Number
Exp. Date
Cardholder's Name
For donations:
First and Last Name
Title
Organization
Address, City, State, and Zip Code
Email address
Telephone number
Fax number
Type of Training, conference or workshop attended
Method of Payment
Credit Card Type
Account Number
Exp. Date
Cardholder's Name
How We Use Information
We use the information we collect about you to provide information to you about The Nominal Group, Inc. and related industry topics. We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive.
Please be aware that, to the extent required to provide our services, we share your information with volunteers, other nonprofit organizations, or our Partners, as applicable:
- For Training, Conferences, Workshops or Meetings Announcements:
We may use our email lists for sending out announcements on our trainings, conferences, workshops and meetings and other Nominal Group outbound communications. We do not, however, sell, rent or trade our volunteers, nonprofits or partners email addresses to outside parties.
- For Nonprofit Organizations:
If you submit information to us as a nonprofit organization, then it is subject to the terms and conditions as a nonprofit partner of The Nominal Group, Inc., your information (excluding your EIN number) will be accessible by anyone who accesses The Nominal Group, Inc. In addition, all information you provide to The Nominal Group, Inc. (including your EIN number) may be provided to our Partners for purposes of their provision of volunteering services in conjunction with The Nominal Group, Inc.
Children's Privacy
We welcome volunteers 13 years and older. Due to our status as a non-profit organization, we are not required to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). However, we strongly encourage our volunteers 13 and older to use our services only with parental consent.
Cookies
Cookies are tiny data files that web sites commonly write to your hard drive when you visit them so that they can remember you when you visit. A cookie file contains information that can identify you anonymously and maintain your account's privacy. Our site uses cookies to maintain a user's identity between sessions so that the site can be personalized based on user preferences or a user's history.
Third-party Access and Use
Occasionally, we hire third-party service providers to help provide or improve the services we offer you. Sometimes it is necessary for these providers to have access to the information we collect about you. In those cases, we take reasonable steps to ensure that these providers do not use or otherwise disclose any information we collect about you except for the purpose of fulfilling their service obligations to us. We may share your information with third-party service providers in connection with the following:
- Information collected from nonprofit partners may be shared with our agency Evaluator in order to effectively evaluate service delivery outcomes.
In the unlikely event that The Nominal Group, Inc. undergoes a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, the acquiring entity will be subject to this Privacy Policy in its use of your personally identifiable information. In addition, in the further unlikely event that The Nominal Group, Inc. is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent (a) there will be no further use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information by The Nominal Group, Inc. and (b) your personally identifiable information will be destroyed. In addition, there will be no use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information by any entity that acquires assets of The Nominal Group, Inc. pursuant to such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.
Your privacy is very important to us. Due to factors beyond our control, however, we cannot fully ensure that your information will not be disclosed to third parties. For example, we may be legally obligated to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access your personal information.
Links
This site may contain links to other sites. The Nominal Group, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Changes to Policy
The Nominal Group, Inc. may change this privacy policy from time to time. The Nominal Group, Inc. will notify you of any such changes by posting notice of the changes on The Nominal Group, Inc. home page. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using The Nominal Group, Inc. web site. Continued use of The Nominal Group, Inc. web site following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
How to Contact Us
We appreciate your questions or comments about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with The Nominal Group, Inc. Please send email to info@thenominalgroup.org or thenominalgroup@aol.com or you can send mail to 931
Hwy 80 West, Suite 2B1-3, Jackson, MS 39204.
Effective Date: October 14, 2005.