St. Joseph Orphanage values the privacy, confidence, and trust of individuals who visit our Web site. No personal information is collected at this site unless provided voluntarily by an individual requesting information, providing feedback, making donations or submitting information.

St. Joseph Orphanage only collects Personal Information when it is necessary to provide the services requested by an individual. Personal Information refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information. This includes such items as an individual's name, address, phone number, or e-mail address. We collect aggregate statistical information that helps us understand how people are using the Web site, in order that we may continually improve the site's functionality. For example, information about the visitor's browser, operating system, IP address, and the domain name of sites that are linked to the Orphanage's Web site are collected to better accomodate our site's visitors. The information collected is not associated with any specific individual and no attempt is made to profile individuals who browse the Web site. You may be asked to participate in surveys at this site. Participation is optional, and the choice to participate or not to participate will have no effect on your ability to use other features of the site.

It is our general policy not to make Personal Information available to anyone other than our employees, staff, and agents. St. Joseph Orphanage uses the collected information to respond appropriately to requests. This may be to respond directly to you or to improve the Web site. E-mail or other information requests sent to the Web site may be maintained. Survey information is used for the purpose designated in the survey.

Any Web page or application at this site may use cookies. Cookies are short and simple text files that are stored on a user's computer hard drive by Web sites. They are used to keep track of and store information so the user does not have to supply the information multiple times. The information that is collected through cookies at this site is handled in the same manner as other information collected here. You can configure your Web browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when a Web site attempts to send you a cookie. You can also check your hard drive for cookie files and delete them from your computer.

St. Joseph Orphanage is committed to the security of the information that is either available from or collected by this Web site. St. Joseph Orphanage has taken multiple steps to safeguard the integrity of its telecommunications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to, authentication, monitoring, auditing, and encryption.

This Web site has links to many other Web sites. These include links to Web sites operated by government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses. St. Joseph Orphanage is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites and suggests you review their privacy statements.

If you have any questions or comments about this policy or would like to review, modify, or otherwise remove Personal Information that you have submitted to St. Joseph Orphanage, we may be contacted by mail, phone, or e-mail at:

St. Joseph Orphanage
5400 Edalbert Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
(513) 741-3100
info@sjokids.org