Young Israel of Skokie collects information in several ways from our web site. Some personal information is gathered when you submit any form in the Forms section. During form completion, Young Israel of Skokie asks for your name, street address, telephone number, email address, and other information requested in each form. In addition to the Forms section, we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you enter a sweepstakes, contest or promotion sponsored by Young Israel of Skokie or if you report a problem with our site. If you contact Young Israel of Skokie, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Young Israel of Skokie also may occasionally ask users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes.

Young Israel of Skokie's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with better and more accurate service.

When you are on the Young Israel of Skokie site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Young Israel of Skokie alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. If data is being collected and/or maintained by any company other than Young Israel of Skokie, you will be notified prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.

Young Israel of Skokie also collects IP addresses for system administration and to determine aggregate information from our advertisers and/or partners.

Please be aware that Young Israel of Skokie partners, advertisers, and web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those partners, advertisers, and web sites linked to Young Israel of Skokie are not covered by this privacy policy.

As a general rule, Young Israel of Skokie will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as in response to (a) requests from local, state or federal law enforcement officials; (b) any judicial, administrative or similar proceeding or order, such as a subpoena; or (c) if required by law or under the circumstances described below. The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.

Young Israel of Skokie may disclose your personal information to partner organizations, but this is specifically described to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring the data. Details of shared use can be found in specific sweepstakes and promotions rules. Some or all data collected during a promotion may be shared with a sponsor. If personally identifying data about you will be shared, we will tell you before we collect or transfer the data.

Many promotions offer opportunities to request additional information from sponsors. By requesting more information, you give Young Israel of Skokie permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so they can fulfill your request. In many instances, only your email address will be shared. If more information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the transfer.

From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt-in to receive information from these third parties, Young Israel of Skokie will (with your permission) share your name and email address with them.

Young Israel of Skokie discloses aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Young Israel of Skokie may also disclose personal information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Young Israel of Skokie's rights or property, other Young Israel of Skokie users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Young Israel of Skokie will disclose or access account information in response to (a) requests from local, state or federal law enforcement officials; (b) any judicial, administrative or similar proceeding or order, such as a subpoena; or (c) if required by law.

Young Israel of Skokie may disclose or access account information for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services. Young Israel of Skokie may, from time to time, send you email regarding our products and services. In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from Young Israel of Skokie and/or our partners, we may occasionally send you direct mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. Only Young Israel of Skokie (or agents working on behalf of Young Israel of Skokie and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you do not object to these offers. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply tell us when you give us your personal information.

Young Israel of Skokie does research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration, during a promotion, from our server log files or from surveys. We do this to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. Young Israel of Skokie may share this aggregated data with advertisers or business partners.

Young Israel of Skokie is committed to protecting the privacy of children online. We do not collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 without their parent or legal guardian's consent, and we will not share this information with any third parties unless required by law or judicial process or to protect the safety of the child or the security or integrity of this web site. Parents or legal guardians will be given the opportunity to review any personal information collected from their children. At a parent or legal guardian's request, we will delete the child's personal information and prevent any further collection or use of such information. Finally, any information we collect for sweepstakes, contest or promotion will be limited to what is reasonably necessary for participation.

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.

If you have a question that was not addressed in the above disclaimer or privacy policy, you may contact us at the following:

postmaster@youngisraelofskokie.org