Privacy Policy

You will need to provide certain information to obtain services or to complete transactions initiated by you through the site. If you choose not to provide information, we may not be able to provide those services or to complete those transactions. Please keep in mind that the more optional fields you enter enables United Way of Aiken County to provide enhanced products and/or services to you. You also may be required to provide additional registration information to obtain special services or to complete transactions initiated by you (e.g., recording a stated desire to donate online through this site through a company-sponsored campaign).

To make a donation through the site, you may need to provide certain other information relevant to how you choose to contribute in order to complete your pledge/gift transaction. (e.g. If you choose to give by credit card, you will be prompted to provide information such as your credit card number.)

Like many other websites, this site is equipped with a program that monitors traffic by automatically recording every visitor’s host and/or IP address. This program tracks the number of times the site is hit, how many visitors come to the site, and which parts of the site they frequent. The United Way of Aiken County does not disclose this information to anyone outside of the organization. Our website logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that actually browse the site.

We are committed to your privacy. We do not rent, sell or trade your personal information to others.

This website utilizes cookies to provide user-specific feedback.

The United Way of Aiken County uses personal identifiable information it gathers from you in connection with the provision of the services available to you through the site and in completing the transactions initiated by you. Listed below are some of the ways in which your information may be used:

• to improve The United Way of Aiken County services;
• to customize the content and/or layout of our site for each individual visitor;
• to notify you about new opportunities or activities of The United Way of Aiken County or our community partners;
• to ask for your participation in brief surveys;
• to generate aggregate statistical studies;
• to complete any transactions you may do at the site (which will include providing your information to the relevant agencies so that they can complete your transaction).

If you live or work outside the United States of America, from time to time, your personal information may be transferred to a country different from where you are located and processed there in accordance with this privacy statement. You hereby consent to such transfers and processing as described in this privacy statement. With whom does The United Way of Aiken County share my personal information? The United Way of Aiken County will not sell, reveal, or share any of your personally identifiable information with unaffiliated third parties except in the following limited circumstances:

• we have your permission to share the information;
• we are authorized to do so under this privacy statement; or
• we are required by law to disclose your information or to protect against fraud or illegal activity.

The safety and security of your transaction and information is important to us. We use encryption and the https security protocol, SSL, to communicate with your browser software. This method is the industry standard security protocol.

If you click on a hypertext link that takes you to another site outside of The United Way of Aiken County, we are not responsible for the information collection practices and use at that other site. In addition, when you initiate a transaction through such a link, any information submitted to such an entity to complete your transaction becomes subject to that entity’s privacy or information use policies. The United Way of Aiken County is not responsible for the privacy or information use policies of such entities.

You will always have the ability to opt not to receive email or other means of communication from the United Way of Aiken County. The United Way of Aiken County respects your privacy and realizes that not everyone likes to receive special announcements or information. Alternatively, after you register, if you would like to remove your name from the United Way of Aiken County lists, you can change your registration options by using the contact information below to request that the United Way of Aiken County remove you from its lists. Your opt-out will be effective unless you opt to receive email by updating your user profile. Again, please remember, once we have provided information to other organizations due to transactions initiated by you, we are not responsible for their use of the information, and you should consult their privacy and information use policies.