Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Online and Electronic Use 

Hands On is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online guests, customers, donors, and friends. We do not collect personally identifiable information about individuals-such as their names and postal and/or email addresses-except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals. We believe that maintaining privacy on the web is very important and we hope you will read this privacy policy carefully so that you will clearly understand both our commitment to you and your privacy and our method of collecting and using information. This privacy policy only applies to transactions made, and data gathered, on handson.org website and does not apply to any other website. The terms of this privacy policy shall govern all interactions with Hands On through either Hands On’s website or email. 

Information Provided by Visitors 

When you make a donation or purchase tickets to any event online, Hands On will ask you to provide personally identifiable information necessary to process and service your donation and/or order that may include your name, billing and shipping postal addresses, telephone number, email address, and credit card number. When you make a donation or purchase tickets to any event online, your credit card information will be temporarily stored on a secured server. We will retain the personally identifiable information you provided for our records and to facilitate customer service. You may also be asked for additional information required to complete and service your request.

How Hands On Uses Information Provided by Visitors 

Hands On never shares with third parties any email address you provide when you make a donation or purchase tickets to any event online, through the mail, in person, or on the telephone except as required by law.

Children Under Thirteen Years of Age 

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under thirteen years of age.

Emails and Newsletters 

Hands On regularly sends email newsletters to our registered email subscribers. On occasion, Hands On may send emails to individuals such as supporters who have provided us with their email address, informing them of Hands On events or other events we think might be of interest to them. Email recipients may always opt out of any email category at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the email message.

Data Security 

Hands On makes every reasonable effort to ensure that all of the transactions that occur on our website are secure. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Third-Party Service Providers 

Hands On may engage reputable third-party vendors in order to help us manage our website and allow us to better service our supporters and customers. These may include third-party vendors engaged to analyze, for marketing purposes, the information collected on our website. Hands On requires its vendors to maintain the confidentiality and security of Hands On information to which they are provided access and restricts the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by Hands On.

Hands On’s website may contain links to other websites such as our third-party vendors. Once you leave Hands On’s website, this privacy policy will not apply.

Contact Information 

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact: info@handson.org

Changes to Privacy Policy 

Hands On may revise its privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to review our current policy so that you will always know what information we gather and how we may use that information.