Privacy Policy and Legalities

Welcome to the Guiding Eyes For The Blind Volunteer Network website.

Guiding Eyes For The Blind is a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation. Our mission is to enrich the lives of blind and visually impaired men and women by providing them with the freedom to travel safely, thereby assuring greater independence, dignity and new horizons of opportunity.

The many purposes of this web site include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Provide up-to-date information to our volunteers associated with our breeding, puppy raising, early & home socialization programs.
2. Provide the public with an online resource to learn how they can become involved in our program & volunteer in a number of different ways.
3. Provide Region Coordinators with information that helps them to better manage the resources within their respective regions.
4. Provide our staff with an online resource & direct their volunteers needing additional support with 24/7 access. This site will also provide certain general information concerning our programs, facility and staff that will improve the overall operations of our Center.

INFORMATION YOU GIVE US

We know that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we want to keep your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting our site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy notice. From time to time, we may modify this policy, so please review it periodically for changes.

It is important to know that you can visit the Guiding Eyes for the Blind site without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind may collect anonymous information about users who visit our site and compile this anonymous information for statistical analysis. For instance, we may use it to determine usage patterns so we know which parts of our site are popular.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind collects personally identifiable information only when you voluntarily provide it to us on our site, such as when you register, sign up to receive emails, make purchases or donations, or complete applications. You can choose what information you give us, but you may not be able to access certain features on our site as a result.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind will use your information for the purpose for which you give it to us (e.g., to complete a gift shop purchase, donation, volunteer or admissions application). We may also use this information to send you occasional postal or electronic mailings, unless you have directed us not to.

You have the right at any time to "opt out" of receiving marketing information that Guiding Eyes for the Blind sends you by unsubscribing to our mailing list. You may do so during the registration process or you may contact Guiding Eyes for the Blind at kmcclure@guidingeyes.org" to indicate your preferences.

Please note that if you become a contributor, your information may be shared with other nonprofit organizations. Guiding Eyes for the Blind never sells our donor names, but from time to time we do exchange with other non-profit organizations in order to allow us to maintain funding levels. If you do not want your information to be exchanged with other non-profit organizations, please email kmcclure@guidingeyes.org.

SECURITY

Guiding Eyes for the Blind strives to keep your information secure and safeguard it from unauthorized access by using firewalls to protect our servers and virus/intrusion detection software. However, no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure, so you provide your information at your own risk.

LINKS

This site may include links to other web sites that may be of interest to you. Links are provided only as a convenience and do not imply any endorsement of another site. Once you access another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website.

CHILDREN

Guiding Eyes for the Blind may have specific information on our website that may be of interest to children. We encourage parents to participate in their child's experience on the web.

We do not sell products to children. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you may order our products only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, including but not limited to, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Guiding Eyes for the Blind and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS

Marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of Guiding Eyes for the Blind including licensors, in the United States and other countries.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNCIATIONS & OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may post reviews, comments and other content, submit suggestions, ideas or comments, questions so long as the content is not illegal, obscene or threatening or defamatory and does not contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters or any form of "Spam". You may not use false e-mail addresses or impersonate any person or entity. Guiding Eyes for the Blind reserves the right to remove or edit such content in its sole discretion.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Guiding Eyes for the Blind attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, Guiding Eyes for the Blind does not warrant that descriptions or other content of this site are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify this site, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Guiding Eyes for the Blind.

Any abuse of this website will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

This site is provided by Guiding Eyes for the Blind on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Guiding Eyes for the Blind makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, products or services included on this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Guiding Eyes for the Blind disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Guiding Eyes for the Blind does not warrant that this site, its servers, or e-mail sent from Guiding Eyes for the Blind are free of viruses or other harmful components. Guiding Eyes for the Blind will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting this web site, you agree that the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these conditions of use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Guiding Eyes for the Blind or its affiliates.