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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for the Legal Aid of North Carolina Website
This is the Website for Legal Aid of North Carolina. We have created
this privacy notice to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for this Website. The type and amount of information received
depends on how you use the site.
Legal Aid of North Carolina reserves the right to modify the information
contained on this site at anytime without notice. This site and all
information and materials on it are provided to you "as is" without
warranty of any kind.
Normal Website Usage
You can visit most portions of Legal Aid of North Carolina's Website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal
information. The only information we may collect from a normal Website
visit is the name of your Internet service provider, the browser and
type of machine you are using, the Website that referred you to us,
the pages you request and the date and time of those requests.
We use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity
to improve the usefulness of the site to our visitors. During a normal
Website visit, we do not collect or store personally identifiable information
such as name, mailing address, E-mail address, phone number or social
security of the visitor.
We collect the IP addresses of visitors, time of access, browser
type, and webpages visited. We collect this information on an aggregate
basis only. For example, we track which pages are most popular among
visitors as a whole. This information is used for internal review only
and not shared with third parties. We do not track information on which
pages an individual visitor might look at during a visit to our site. We do not collect any other information without the visitor's knowledge
and permission.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
There are instances where Legal Aid of North Carolina requests personally
identifiable information to provide you with services or correspondence
(such as E-mail lists and donations). This information, such as name,
mailing address, E-mail address, type of request and possibly additional
information, is collected and stored in a manner appropriate to the
nature of the data by Legal Aid of North Carolina and is used to fulfill
your request. Personally identifiable information that you enter into
the Website will not be given to any other organization. Legal Aid
of North Carolina makes every effort to insure the secure collection
and transmission of sensitive user information using industry accepted
data collection and encryption methodologies such as SSL (Secure Sockets
Layer). The information you provide is used by Legal Aid of North Carolina
to improve the services we provide our visitors.
Legal Aid of North Carolina does not sell, rent or exchange E-mail
addresses or any financial information you may enter into the site to
partners.
Some of the functions of our site require registration or personal
information (such as name and E-mail address). We use this information to
track the usage of these features. Users may opt-out of receiving future
mailings. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the
user for products and services such as donations or Legal Aid of North
Carolina branded merchandise.
Our site uses order forms for users to request information, products
and services or to make donations. We collect visitor's contact information
(such as E-mail address) and information on the referring Website,
if applicable. Contact information from the order form is used to send
orders and information about our organization to our users. The user's contact
information is also used to get in touch with you when necessary. Users
may opt out of receiving future mailings.
Legal Aid of North Carolina will not post personal contact information,
including E-mail address, street address and phone numbers, without that
individual's consent.
Opting Out
All persons who donate to Legal Aid of North Carolina whether via
regular postal mail, over the phone or through the Website, may receive
periodic updates by these same methods (regular mail, phone or E-mail). You may request limited mail updates or request no phone calls by contacting
the Administrative Office at 919.856.2564 (M-F, 9am-5pm EST) or by writing
to:
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Administrative Office
224 S Dawson St
Raleigh, NC 27601
IMPORTANT: Please provide your full name and address and your member
ID# if possible, and the best way to reach you, when contacting Member
Services, so that we can fulfill your requests promptly.
Outside Links
This site contains hypertext links to other sites. Legal Aid of North
Carolina is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such Websites.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. However, your confidential
use of this site cannot be guaranteed by Legal Aid of North Carolina. Legal Aid of North Carolina shall not be responsible for any harm that
you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality
in respect to your use of this site or any information you transmitted
to this site.
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Disclaimer
The materials contained on this website
are for information and educational purposes only and do not
constitute legal advice.
Also please note that Legal Aid of North Carolina does not
provide legal assistance by E-mail. Contact your Legal Aid of
North Carolina office or a private attorney if you need to speak
to an attorney regarding your particular situation.
See our
complete disclaimer.
Mission Statement
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that
provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in
order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers
to economic opportunity.