Privacy Policy

Welcome to www.buffalopeacehouse.org (the “Site”), a website provided and maintained by the Buffalo Peace House Inc., a non-profit corporation (“Peace House”).  The Peace House is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of information entrusted to us.

The Peace House respects your privacy, and this policy covers the Peace House’s disclosure, handling, and use of information collected from you through the Site in the ordinary course of the Peace House’s business.

1. Acceptance

Prior to using the Site, or otherwise providing any information to the Peace House, you should carefully review and ensure your understanding of this policy. Use of the Site is deemed to be an acceptance of this policy. For purposes of this Section, accessing the Site only to review this policy is not deemed to be use of the Site.

2. Information

In this policy:

  • “Analytical Information” means all Non-Personal Information, defined below, obtained through the use of cookies (or other tracking technologies) and server log files (including, but not limited to, (i) your search terms, (ii) your computer’s access date and time, browser, connection speed, internet service provider, language, location, manufacturer, visit details, and operating system, and (iii) whether or not you opened e-mail messages and other electronic communications from the Peace House, and if you did, the dates and times they were opened);

  • “Collected Information” means all (i) Personal Information, defined below, and (ii) Non-Personal Information, defined below;

  • “Non-Personal Information” means all information collected by the Peace House, whether electronically or manually, through (i) the Site, (ii) e-mail messages and other electronic communications that you may send to the Peace House, and (iii) other sources in the ordinary course of the Peace House’s business that is not Personal Information (including, but not limited to, any Analytical Information); and

  • “Personal Information” means all information collected by the Peace House, whether electronically or manually, through (i) the Site, (ii) e-mail messages and other electronic communications that you may send to the Peace House, and (iii) other sources in the ordinary course of the Peace House’s business, that relates to an individual and that identifies, or can be used in conjunction with other readily-accessible information to identify, such individual (including, but not limited to, name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number, human resource data from employees, resumes from individuals seeking employment, credit card information, photos, grant application data and scholarship application data.

3. Collected Information

No Collected Information is obtained from you, unless it is voluntarily provided, except for any Collected Information obtained automatically through the Site as set forth in this policy.  Regardless of the method used to obtain Collected Information, the Peace House will collect and retain Personal Information in its primary and backup files only to the extent that is relevant to the purposes for which it is provided by you, and for the Peace House’s other legitimate business purposes (including, but not limited to, marketing).  You are responsible for obtaining any required approvals, authorizations, consents, and permissions in connection with any information you provide to the Peace House (including, but not limited to, any information relating to a third party).

4. Choice

You may refuse to provide information to the Peace House at any time by terminating your use of the Site, or in all other cases not involving use of the Site, by notifying the Peace House as set forth herein.  If you refuse to provide information when requested to do so by the Peace House or the Site, you may not be able to access or enjoy certain products and services of the Peace House or the Site.

5. Electronic Communications

You consent to the Peace House sending you e-mail messages and other electronic communications: (a) in connection with your use of the Site, (b) in the ordinary course of business, or (c) for any other legitimate business purpose (including, but not limited to, marketing).  You can unsubscribe to such e-mail messages or other electronic communications at any time by contacting the Peace House as set forth herein or by following the directions contained in such e-mail messages or other electronic communications.  Any request to unsubscribe will be effective promptly upon receipt by the Peace House.

6. Analytical Information

When you access the Site, the Peace House will collect Analytical Information.  Your browser may provide you the ability to decline cookies, as well as the ability to delete already-existing cookies.  If you refuse, or delete, previously existing cookies you may not be able to enjoy some features of the Site.

Analytical Information will only be used by the Peace House: (a) to record your use of the Site, (b) to diagnose problems with the Site, (c) to improve the Site, and (d) for other legitimate business purposes of the Peace House (including, but not limited to, marketing).  The Peace House will collect Analytical Information directly or through third parties acting on its behalf.

7. Security

The Peace House will protect Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, alteration, destruction, and disclosure with all commercially reasonable efforts and as required by all applicable laws, including the New York State SHIELD Act. Certain Personal Information posted by you on the Site may be accessible to the general public, and the Peace House is not responsible for protecting such Personal Information from loss, misuse or unauthorized access, alteration, destruction or disclosure. For example, if you participate in a public forum on the Site, any information disclosed by you when doing so may be available to the general public. Also, since no transmission of information over the internet or electronic storage of information is completely secure, it is possible that Collected Information could be lost, misused or accessed, altered, destroyed, or disclosed without authorization, even if the Peace House uses such reasonable efforts.  In providing information to Peace House, you assume the risk that Collected Information could be lost, misused or accessed, altered, destroyed, or disclosed without authorization. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of any breach of the Site involving Personal Information, the Peace House will, in accordance with requirements of the New York State SHIELD Act, notify the necessary parties.

8. Use and Transfer of Collected Information

All Collected Information may be used by the Peace House for any legitimate business purpose (including, but not limited to, marketing).  If the Peace House expressly states in this policy or in any other writing that any Collected Information will only be used for a specific purpose, the Peace House will only use such Collected Information for such purpose, unless you subsequently consent to its use for any other purpose.

Any Collected Information obtained by Peace House, whether or not for a specific purpose, may be transferred to third parties designated by the Peace House (including, but not limited to, any vendors of the Peace House) for any purposes for which the Peace House could use such Collected Information.

The Peace House may also at any time, in its sole discretion, disclose and use any Collected Information (including, but not limited to, a computer’s internet protocol addresses), whether or not furnished by you to: (a) comply with any applicable lawful request, (b) protect the rights, property, or legitimate business interests of the Peace House or a third party, or (c) transfer such Collected Information to a third party coming to own all, or substantially all, of the Peace House’s assets.  If Collected Information is so transferred, the Peace House will have no further responsibility for such Collected Information.

9. Third-Party Sites

The Site may contain links to, or be accessible from, websites provided by third parties (individually a “Third-Party Site”).  Your use of a Third-Party Site will be subject to its terms of use and other provisions, and you are responsible for complying with such terms and other provisions.  This policy does not cover the privacy policies or practices of any Third-Party Site, and the Peace House is not responsible for any information you submit to, or is otherwise collected by, any Third-Party Site.

10. Access

The Peace House does not represent that any Collected Information will be accurate or error-free.  Upon written request, the Peace House may grant you access to review any Personal Information in its possession, or under its control, solely for the purpose of correcting or deleting Personal Information that is inaccurate or that has been processed in violation of this policy.

11. Children

The Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age.  If a parent or legal guardian discovers that their child’s Personal Information has been submitted to the Peace House through use of the Site without that parent or legal guardian’s consent, the Peace House will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove such Personal Information upon request. To request the removal of such Personal Information, the parent or guardian must contact the Peace House as set forth herein, and provide all information requested to assist in identifying the Personal Information to be removed.

12. Applicable Law

This policy shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflict of laws. Your use of the Site acts as acknowledgement and agreement that any legal action shall be commenced, and venue shall rest, in the courts of Erie County, New York State.

13. Complaints

Any complaint by you regarding any Collected Information, or otherwise relating to this policy, must first be submitted to the Peace House as set forth herein. The Peace House must be given a reasonable opportunity, of not less than 30 business days, to investigate and respond to any complaint.  Upon completing such investigation, and so responding, the Peace House and you must engage in a good faith effort to promptly resolve any remaining aspects of your complaint.

14. Entire Agreement

Except as set forth in this Section, this policy contains the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements, proposals and understandings, between you and the Peace House.  If you use the Site or otherwise have business dealings with the Peace House, such use or dealings will be subject to this policy, plus any other written agreement between the parties that is applicable thereto. To the extent there is any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of this policy and any provision of such other agreement, this policy shall control.

15. Severability

In the event any provision or part of this policy is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire policy, will be inoperative.

16. Revisions

The Peace House may revise any provision of this policy from time to time by posting the revised provision on the Site.  Any revision that is posted will take effect immediately.

17. Contact Information

If you have any questions or complaints, desire any additional information, or need to notify the Peace House of anything regarding or relating to this policy, please contact the Peace House as follows:

The Buffalo Peace House
P.O. Box 1304 
Buffalo, NY 14213