United Way of Allegheny County's Privacy Statement and Disclaimers
Privacy Statement

Summary
Registration/Subscription
Online Pledging
Campaign Reports Provided to Companies
Online Volunteering
Profile/Security & More     Agency Code Disclaimer
Helpconenctions Database
External Links Disclaimer
Planned Giving Disclaimer
Terms of Use Agreement
Equal Opportunity Employer
Tax & Financial Information    

Summary:
The United Way of Allegheny County is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The United Way of Allegheny County collects information from our users at several different points on our web site. We believe that knowing more about you will enable us to serve you better by personalizing the content and services we can offer.

We collect and use information in the following three areas:

1. Registration/Subscription
You may choose to become a registered user of our site to receive special benefits and services that will provide you with a more personalized experience. If you wish to take advantage of this service, we will ask you to provide us with some personal information.

• Information Collected:
  We collect your name, password, e-mail address, birth date, and home ZIP code (for U.S. residents only). We collect your birth date to maintain the privacy of those under 13. In order to help you remember your site password and thereby maintain your personalization, we also ask you to choose a secret question and to submit the answer to that question. In addition, you can choose to supply optional information, including your areas of interest related to your community's health and human service needs, so that we can help give you the information you desire.
• How the Information is Used:
  Registration information is primarily used to provide you with a more personalized experience. The information may also be disclosed for general reporting and site statistics, but you will never be personally identified.

A member Name is required for login and is used to personalize the site. A Password is also required for login. You are the only one who has access to this information. We highly recommend that you keep any references to this information in a safe place, choose a password that would be hard for others to guess (don't use anything obvious, like your birthday), and change it as often as you like. Passwords are CASE SENSITIVE for an additional layer of security.

Your E-mail address is used to send you information related to your giving or volunteer activities or to give you information relative to specified interests. You will not receive unsolicited email from us unless you specifically give us permission to contact you via email. You will always have the option to unsubscribe from receiving future emails by modifying your profile.


2. Online Pledging:
You may choose to make a charitable gift through the United Way of Allegheny County web site to a variety of health and humanitarian agencies. We are able to direct your dollars to the choices you indicate during your gift transaction. The pledge transaction occurs on secure pages of the site using SSL technology, the accepted standard for secure web transactions.

• Information Collected:
We request specific information from customers when they desire to pledge online. A customer must provide information related to the transaction such as an address for billing and gift acknowledgment, pledge amount, recipient choice information and payment information.

This information is used for billing purposes and to complete the customer's transaction. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user. The total gift and choice information is used by United Way of Allegheny County for reporting purposes. In addition, we can use this information to personalize your future visits.

Unless you instruct us not to, we will provide the recipient agency with your name, address, and the amount pledged, so that the agency can thank you for your contribution. We may also provide the recipient agency with your e-mail address.

If you decide to nominate an agency that is not on list of agencies, you may write your nominee's information in during the agency selection. The nominated agency information is then used for contacting that agency for verification and that they meet eligibility criteria. If this agency is not eligible for a gift through the United Way of Allegheny County, you will be notified for further action.

• How the Information is Used:

Campaign Reports Provided to Companies
Specifically for employees of companies running ePledge campaigns

When a traditional campaign (using pledge cards) is conducted, the company conducting the campaign administers this process through the use of the pledge card. The company tabulates each card and completes a campaign report form. The company sends the information to United Way along with copies of the pledge form. This form enables the company to track its progress and also maintains a record of each employee pledge so that the company is able to determine campaign results, as well as issues that are important to its employees. It also provides data for employee’s inquiries regarding how much they pledged and who they designated in previous campaigns.

A company’s use of epledge diminishes its ability to track results and have information available to answer employee inquiries. As a result, United Way provides online campaign reports to the companies that conduct full epledge campaigns (all pledges received online) or combination campaigns (pledges submitted by cards and epledge) to give those companies the information necessary to properly manage those campaigns. The campaign reports are stored on a secure server and passwords are required to access the reports.

The following details the information contained in epledge campaign reports.

1.
2. Reports that Summarize Information
1. Summary Reports
2. Designation Reports
3. Leadership Prospect Reports

The Summary Reports provide various aggregated information on number of employees, number of cards returned, number of gifts, and gift amounts and some calculated fields on department performance such as percent of participation, average gift and per-capita gift. These reports do not list the contributors’ individual names.

The Designation Reports include the agency name and total amount designated for all contributions from locations of the company. These reports do not list the contributors’ individual names but do account for all the dollars raised in a company location or in a United Way’s identified service area for the company locations.

The Leadership Prospect Reports provide various aggregated information on number of employees, number of cards returned, number of gifts, and gift amounts, and some calculated fields on campaign performance such as percent of participation, average gift and per-capita gift. The key sort field of these reports is a “leadership prospect flag” provided by the company. This flag is similar in usage to location or department flags in other summary level reports and is used to aggregate information about employees the company considers prospects to make a leadership level gift. These reports do not list the contributors’ individual names.

No personally identifiable information is contained in any of the summary level reports.

3. Reports at the Detailed Data Level
1. Campaign “IN” Reports
2. Campaign “OUT” Reports
3. Leadership Giver Reports

“IN” and “Leadership Givers” reports provide on a location, department, and cost center basis (or other code as identified by the company) detailed gift information at the donor level for all employees who have made an online gift or returned a pledge card with either a contribution or pledge refusal. The report can be provided with names only or with contributions by name.

“OUT” reports provide on a location, department, cost center basis, or other code as identified by the company, prior year gift information at the donor level for all employees who have NOT yet made an online gift or returned a pledge card with either a contribution or pledge refusal. The report is available with names only or with prior year gift amounts included with individual names.

Leadership Giver Reports provide on a location, department, cost center basis (or other code as identified by the company) detailed gift information at the donor level for all employees who are identified by the company as “leadership gift prospects” and have made an online gift or returned a pledge card with either a contribution or pledge refusal. The report is available with contributions by name or with the names only.

Regional/National Company Campaigns – United Way of Allegheny County will, upon request and at the specific direction of a company, provide detail of employee gifts from work locations in the United Way service area (as defined by the United Way associated with the work location zip code based on United Way of America’s GiftLink tool) to the company or the local United Way. This data will be in standard format. Designation detail is considered private information and is not provided to the company, other United Ways, or other third parties.

Company Campaign Data – A company may request, and United Way of Allegheny County will provide detail of employee gifts from that company. This data will be provided upon request in a standard format. Designation detail is considered private information and is not provided to the company, other United Ways, or other third parties.

For purposes of completing payroll deduction withholdings, United Way of Allegheny County will provide the company with all relevant and necessary information (but not including designation detail) required for the company to establish payroll deduction withholdings in keeping with the donors expressed desire to make a gift to United Way using payroll deduction.


3. Online Volunteering
All volunteer information is gathered by and coordinated through an independent web site: www.volunteersolutions.com/pittsburgh , which is operated by another entity named Volunteer Solutions. Through this web site, an individual can search for volunteer opportunities while a non-profit organization seeking volunteers can list opportunities on the web site. Refer to "Links to Other Web Sites from United Way of Allegheny County" and our "Terms of Use" for information regarding United Way of Allegheny County's policy for linked web sites.

Volunteer Solutions privacy policy is accessible via their web site .

• Information Collected:
For individuals, information about demographics, your volunteering areas of interest and contact information will be collected. Non-profit organizations posting opportunities will be asked to provide information related to the organization and the volunteer opportunity. Please see Volunteer Solutions privacy policy for more detail.

• How the Information Is Used:
This information will be used to develop statistics on volunteer activity. If you have explicitly stated so when registering, United Way of Allegheny County may notify you via e-mail with volunteer opportunities in addition to any email notification via volunteer solutions. Again, please see Volunteer Solutions privacy policy for more detail.


Profile, Security, And More:

• Access to your profile information:
Some information is required for your free United Way account, but you will have access to the profile information we collect, including the ability to review, and modify information that is captured in your profile.
• Security:
This web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When you submit sensitive information via the web site, your information is protected both online and off-line.

We have installed a number of security measures to protect the confidentiality of your personal information:

• We have a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems.

• Your membership information lives on a separate database server that sits behind this firewall. We further safeguard your information with an encryption technology called Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL encryption protects any personal information you send over the Internet by making it impossible for that information to be deciphered by any systems other than the ones we use.

• The United Way of Allegheny County has developed a registration/login process so that your personal profile is password protected. You are the only one who has access to your personal information. You should always log out when you're done with your session to ensure that others cannot access your account.

• When our registration and pledging form asks users to enter sensitive information such as addresses, credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just "surfing".

• While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect access to user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

• Session Timeout:
Our web site has session timeout of 30 minutes. This means that if there is no activity under your user id for a period of 30 minutes, then your session will automatically end. If your session ends, you may login to the site to start another session.

• Opt-in Policy:
During the registration process and profile modification, our users are given the opportunity to "opt-in" to identify interests and receive future information. By allowing users to opt-in, we believe our customers have maximum control. You will always have the option to unsubscribe from receiving future information by modifying your profile.

• Customers under the age of 13:
As a general rule, United Way of Allegheny County does not collect information from anyone under the age of 13 and therefore will not accept registrations by people under that age. However, because we cannot ensure that our visitors will enter their registration information truthfully, we cannot reasonably stop all children under 13 from using our services.

• Browser Information:
We automatically gather standard web server and visitor traffic information, such as the type of browser you are using, the previous site you visited, and the next site you visit after leaving our web site.

• Monitoring the success of the Information and Referral searches:
We track successful and failed keyword searches to enhance the site's capability for future searches. We do not track searches at the user level; however, we will look at overall statistics on which searches are used most often and which keywords need to be added to our searching capability for future lookups.

• Cookies:
A cookie is a piece of data or web site places stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Our site does not place cookies on your machine.

• Links to other sites from United Way of Allegheny County:
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the United Way of Allegheny County is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

• Changes to the Privacy Statement:
United Way of Allegheny County reserves the right to change, amend, or update this Privacy Statement upon prior notice posted on our web site. If we do decide to change our Privacy Statement, we will post those changes here so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Continued use of our web site after any posted change indicates your consent to use your information in accordance with the changed, amended, or updated Privacy Statement.


:: Agency Code Disclaimer ::

This listing contains names and code numbers for agencies selected by donors in prior campaigns and found to be eligible to receive Contributor Choice gifts under the guidelines in place at the time the gift was made. To be eligible to receive your gift an agency must hold authorized, tax-exempt and tax-deductible status. It must furnish United Way with copies of its IRS classification letter, plus a signed statement that it complies with all applicable federal, state, county and municipal charitable laws and regulations.

Cultural, religious, recreational, political and formal educational organizations are not eligible.

If you do not find the name of your agency in the code listing, simply write in the agency full name, address, city, state and phone along with the amount of your gift you wish to designate to the organization. We will then determine the eligibility status and, if eligibility is approved, forward your gift as directed. If the agency is found to be ineligible, you will be contacted for further instructions.


:: Helpconnections Database ::

The listings in this directory are based on information supplied by the agencies themselves. Inclusion in the database does not imply endorsement, nor does exclusion imply disapproval of an organization.

The structure of the services index and definitions of the terms contained herein were originally published in A Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field by the Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, Inc., 526 W. Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel, CA 91776; Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. No part of this listing of human services terms and definitions may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, Inc.

:: External Links Disclaimer ::

The documents posted on this server contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations.

These links and pointers are provided for the user's convenience. The United Way of Allegheny County does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information.

Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.


:: Planned Giving ::

The information on this web site is illustrative only and is not intended to be legal or financial advice. Consult your own attorney or financial advisor to discuss your specific situation. For a list of advisors serving on United Way's Planned Giving Professionals Advisory Council refer to the "Advisor" Page.

Terms of Use Agreement

United Way of Allegheny County maintains this web site for your information, use and convenience. By accessing, browsing or otherwise using this web site, you agree to the terms of use found below. United Way of Allegheny County reserves the right to change these terms of use at any time.

1. LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Your access to, and use of, the United Way of Allegheny County web site is subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws and regulations.

2. COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARKS
All content included on this web site, including trademarks (registered and unregistered), text, graphics, logos and service marks (collectively, the "Marks") is the property of the United Way of Allegheny County and other parties. The United Way of Allegheny County hereby grants a limited license to you to display, copy, distribute and download Marks on this web site for the sole purpose of your personal, non-commercial use of the services of this web site. You are prohibited from using any Marks for any commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, use as metatags on other pages or web sites on the World Wide Web, without the written permission of United Way of Allegheny County or such third party that may own the Marks. All information and content ("Content"), is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content available on or through this web site for commercial or public purposes. Nothing in this Agreement confers any rights in the Marks to you that are not specifically mentioned in this Agreement.

3. TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL DATA
You acknowledge, consent and agree that by providing the United Way of Allegheny County with any personal or proprietary information through this web site, you consent to the transmission of such personal or proprietary information according to the United Way of Allegheny County's standard business practice and current Privacy Policy.

4. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of this web site, you agree to: (a) provide accurate, current and complete information as prompted by the web site registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update the registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, or United Way of Allegheny County has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, United Way of Allegheny County has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of this web site or its services by you. Your failure to abide by any other terms and conditions of this Agreement automatically revokes your authorization to use this web site, including a termination of any license granted in this Agreement.

5. DISCLAIMERS
THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION OR ACCURACY, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOES NOT ENDORSE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE BY ANY OTHER PARTY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR SECURE ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES, AND OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THESE PAGES, OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DISABLING ELEMENTS.

UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of this Web site (even if the United Way of Allegheny County has been advised of the possibility of such damages), including liability associated with any viruses, macros, or other disabling software that may infect your computer equipment.

Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. accordingly, some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. however, in no event shall the United Way of Allegheny County's total liability to you for damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract or tort (including but not limited to, negligence), or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this web site.

6. LINKED INTERNET WEB SITES
United Way of Allegheny County may provide links on this web site to other Internet web sites that are not under its control. United Way of Allegheny County is not responsible for the contents of any linked web site. Access to any other Internet web sites linked to this web site is at your sole risk. The inclusion of any link on this web site does not imply an endorsement by United Way of Allegheny County of any other Internet web site.

7. CHANGES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS
United Way of Allegheny County reserves the right to revise this Agreement at any time, and if you access this web site after such change you are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes to this Agreement.

8. VIOLATIONS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
United Way of Allegheny County reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of this Agreement, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to this web site. Failure to abide by all the terms and conditions in this Agreement automatically revokes your authorization to use this web site, including any license granted in this Agreement.

9. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless United Way of Allegheny County and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party. You also agree to indemnify the United Way of Allegheny County for any and all damage you may cause United Way of Allegheny County or its web site due to your interaction with this web site.

10. JURISDICTION/GOVERNING LAW
You agree to submit to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA and applicable federal law without regard to conflicts of laws principles. Any and all actions brought to enforce this Agreement or resolve any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be brought solely in the federal or state courts having jurisdiction in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and you hereby consent to and agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.


Equal Opportunity Employer
The United Way of Allegheny County treats applicants and volunteers without regard to their race, or color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status or veteran status.


Tax & Financial Information
Your contribution is tax deductible in accordance with the law. Contact The United Way of Allegheny County for detailed information. A copy of the official registration and financial information for The United Way of Allegheny County may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.