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Privacy Policy

North Salem Open Land Foundation respects your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it. The following policy presents an overview of how we collect, store and manage your private information.

Collection and Storage of Personal Information

North Salem Open Land Foundation collects information that is necessary for becoming an active member, including full name, address, phone number and email address. Donor information is stored in a password-protected database.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information is used primarily for purposes related to membership. We use mailing addresses to send information related to North Salem Open Land Foundation events or your membership status.

North Salem Open Land Foundation never rents or sells member information. 

If you provide an email address it will be added to our listserv. The listserv is managed in-house and we never exchange, rent or sell email addresses. If you do not wish to be on the listserv, please notify us and we will honor your request.

North Salem Open Land Foundation publishes the names and membership levels of donors in our Annual Report. The Annual Report is distributed to all members of the organization. If you wish to be anonymous in the listing, please notify us and we will honor your request.

Credit Card Security

We use outside credit card processing companies to process online credit card transactions for goods and donations. These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.Online transactions made via credit card are encrypted via SSL (secure socket layer) technology.

Cookies and Aggregate Information

Our website uses a technology called a "cookie". The cookie is a small piece of information that is temporarily stored on your computer. When you return to our site, your web browser passes the cookie from your computer back to our website. Cookies recall information you entered before so you don't have to reenter it again, keep track of items you put into your shopping cart, tell us what pages on the site you previously visited, and help us determine whether you came to the site from a particular internet link.At no time will the cookie reveal to others any personal information about you, including your name, address, or e-mail addresseven if you have submitted this information to other areas of the site.

Our website automatically logs information such as IP address and browser type of all visitors in order to measure the usage of our website. We use this information to analyze how visitors use our site, which helps us improve our visitors’ experience.

Service Providers

Service providers have access to your personal data only to perform their tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Visitors may block Google Analytics entirely using browser features or privacy software.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

Stripe

We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects transaction and personally identifying information, which it analyzes and uses to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. Learn more about Stripe’s privacy policies​​​​​​.

eTapestry

eTapestry is the email delivery provider we use to send you notifications and email marketing that you have subscribed to receive. Etapestry is a service of Blackbaud. For more information on the privacy practices of Blackbaud, please visit the Blackbaud Privacy Policy.

PayPal

We use PayPal as a payment provider. Learn more about PayPal's privacy policies.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Questions and Comments

North Salem Open Land Foundation is committed to keeping your information private. If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy please contact us at (914) 669-5860 or email info@ nsolf.org.