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Privacy Policy

This is the web site for Berkshire Humane Society, Inc. ("BHS") BHS has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site and for our off-line activities.

BHS reserves the right to modify any information contained on this site at any time without notice, including this Privacy Policy. This site and all information and materials on it are provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Normal Web Site Usage

You can visit the BHS web site without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information. The only information we collect from a normal web site visit is the name of your Internet service provider, the browser and type of machine you are using, the web site 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 web site visit, we do not collect or store personally identifiable information such as name, mailing address, email address, phone number, or social security of the visitor.

We collect the IP addresses of visitors, time of access, browser type, and entry and exit pages. We collect some information on an aggregate basis. 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 collect any other information without the visitor’s knowledge and permission.

On-line Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

Currently, BHS does not collect any personally identifiable information via our web site.

Users who choose to click our "Donate Now" button are taken to a partner site, operated by Groundspring.org, where they can choose to make a credit card donation. Data entered on Groundspring.org forms is covered by Groundspring.org's Privacy Policy, which can be reviewed here.

Off-line Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

BHS collects personally identifiable information from our customers, donors, and participants in our programs via a variety of off-line forms. For instance, forms containing personally identifiable information might be filled out if you:
  • Want to adopt an animal from us.
  • Want to surrender an animal to us.
  • Make a donation to us.
  • Become a member.
  • Make a credit card purchase at our retail store.
  • Choose to participate in one of our many events/programs, including (but not limited to): The Bark in the Park, The Humane Race, Family Dog School, Foster Care, Kids Summer Program, and others.
  • Want to volunteer to work at the shelter or at a BHS event.
  • Seek employment at BHS.
  • Want to interact with us in other ways normal to conducting everyday business and shelter operations.
In all cases, information collected from you off-line is managed and stored in a manner consistent with accepted business practices in the United States. We make every effort to ensure that your information is secure and is seen only by those employees and/or volunteers who require access to provide services to you.

Selling and Trading Personally Identifiable Information

BHS does not and will not sell or trade any personally identifiable information that you provide to us.

Opting Out

Persons who join the BHS as members or who donate will receive newsletters and other limited communications from BHS from time to time. You may choose to receive these communications via U.S. Postal Service, via E-mail, or not at all.

To opt-out of receiving future communications from BHS, simply write to us at:

Berkshire Humane Society, Inc.
214 Barker Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Outside Links

This site contains hypertext links to other sites. BHS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

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 BHS. BHS 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.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy: May 3, 2006
Date Last Modified: May 3, 2006

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Berkshire Humane Society
214 Barker Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone: 413-447-7878


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