Effective Date: May 16, 2022

We at Serenity Home respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information we collect, how we may use that information, and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information. In addition, we describe the choices you can make about how we use the information you provide to us. We tell you how you can update your contact information, remove your name from our mailing list, or answer any questions you may have about our privacy practices.

What types of information does Serenity Home collect and use about me and how does Serenity Home use the information? We collect and use information about you to communicate with you about our services, promotions, programs, and events, and to customize our communications in those areas. We also collect information to improve your website experience, enroll children and youth; enable you to make donations to Serenity Home, enable contact with Serenity Home alumni, and enable you to stay informed on legislative issues important to Serenity Home. Here are the ways we obtain information about you and the types of information we obtain. We also tell you how we use the information.

Register for Our Newsletter. When you ask us to send you our newsletter, you provide us with your email address so we can fulfill your request.

Contact Us Link. If you contact us via our website, we may ask you for information such as your name, address, and email address so we can respond to your questions or comments. Unless you consent, we do not retain this information except to respond to your inquiries.

Website. Like many organizations, we use cookies and log files on our website. Cookies are small text files that websites often store on the computer hard drives of visitors to their sites. A cookie contains a unique code, which is used to recognize your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that was visited previously. Log files are small text files that websites automatically create when a user visits a site. We use cookies and log files to enhance the online experience of our visitors and to better understand how our site is used. Cookies and log files may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.

The “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Remember, though, without cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our website features, such as participating in online games and sweepstakes.

Enrollment. When you enroll you give us your name, email address, and phone number. If you are under 13 years old, we ask you to have your parent or guardian enroll you, or you may call your local agency directly.

Donations. You also give us contact information and credit card or checking information so we can process your donation. We use this information for that purpose and to customize our communication with you. Serenity Home will not share or sell a donor’s personal information with anyone else, nor send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations.

Other Ways We May Use Information to Provide Services. You may provide us with survey information to help us learn more about your preferences. We maintain information you provide to us in our database to provide you with the information, goods, or services you have requested.

Does Serenity Home share the information it obtains about me with third parties? Serenity Home does not share personal information about you with any third parties for their own marketing purposes. We do share this information with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf who may have their own privacy policies that may apply, but these service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. Serenity Home is not responsible for, and will not be liable for, the conduct, actions, omissions, or information handling or dissemination practices of third parties.

How does Serenity Home protect personal information? Serenity Home uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the Sites are generally available. However, there will be occasions when access to the Sites will be interrupted or unavailable. Serenity Home will use reasonable efforts to minimize such disruption where it is within its reasonable control. You agree that Serenity Home shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Sites. 

The security of personal information is a high priority for us. We maintain online safeguards to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration, and destruction of the personal information in our possession. To protect the security of your credit card information, we use the industry standard for Internet security — Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. This Internet encryption standard scrambles data as it travels from your computer to our server. You’ll know that you’re in a secure area of our website when the “http” portion of the Serenity Home website address in your browser changes to “https.” The “s” stands for “secure.” While we use the required encryptions, please be advised that we do not guarantee that any information sent from our Sites will be secure during transmission, nor can we guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to Serenity Home via the Sites or the Internet in general, including, for example, personal information such as your name or address.

How does Serenity Home update its Privacy Notice? Serenity Home’s products, services, promotions, and programs will change over time. This Privacy Notice will be updated periodically to reflect those changes and corresponding changes in our information practices. Whenever we revise this Privacy Notice, we will change the date on the notice to indicate when the revisions were made. Serenity Home reserves the right at any time to modify, alter or update this Privacy Policy. Your use of the Sites following any changes means that you agree to follow and be bound by the Privacy Policy as changed. Any change to this Privacy Policy shall be effective as to any user who has visited the Sites before the change was made. It is the obligation of users visiting the Sites before the change to learn of changes to the Privacy Policy since their last visit.

Does the Serenity Home website contain links to other websites? The Serenity Home website may contain links to other websites that operate independently of Serenity Home and are not under our control. We provide links to those sites solely for your convenience and information. Those sites have their own privacy notices, which we suggest you review if you visit any linked sites. It is possible that these links may be used by third parties or others to collect personal or other information about you. Serenity Home is not responsible the privacy practices of such websites, advertisers, or third parties or the content of such websites and it is your sole obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites. Serenity Home does not control these third parties’ use of cookies, collection of information, or how they manage such information. It is solely your obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites, advertisers, and any third parties. 

How can I update my contact information? Upon your request via postal mail, email, or telephone, Serenity Home will provide you with a summary of any personal information retained by Serenity Home that has been voluntarily provided by you to Serenity Home through online forms, registration forms, surveys, email, or another online avenue. Please email us to indicate that you would want to change the contact information we have for you. Please email us from the email address we would have on file so we can verify ownership.

Email us at info@serenityhomeinc.org

Will I receive email from Serenity Home? We will send you email only if you have provided us with your email address and have asked us to communicate with you this way.

What if I prefer not to receive communications from Serenity Home? Please email us to indicate that you would like to unsubscribe from our mailings. Please email us from the email address we would have on file so we can verify ownership.

Email us at info@serenityhomeinc.org if you have any questions about Serenity Home’s privacy practices.

What other terms apply to my use of the Serenity Home website? Please refer to the Website Terms and Conditions for further detail concerning User Content and other materials submitted to the Sites. As such, Serenity Home assumes no liability for the accuracy of such information, no duty to update or correct such information, and no liability for such communications arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.