Privacy Policy and Notice to Parents

We encourage safe Internet usage for visitors of all ages and every effort is made on our part to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, effective April 20, 2000. Check back to this policy frequently as it is subject to change, and your current and continued use of this site is conditioned upon your having accepted these terms, and your acceptance of any modifications in the future.

Information Collected:
We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us. The kinds of information collected are user name, password, e-mail address, phone number, address, zip code, demographic survey information, and volunteer job selection information. Page views are also recorded and the technology of cookies may be employed. Personally identifying information is NOT required to use our site, only to use certain features and at the user's request.

Use of Information:
Personally identifying information is only collected and routed to third parties when requested and voluntarily given by the user. The third parties involved are agencies seeking volunteers, from whom the user is requesting contact. Collected information is not sold or published publicly, with the exception of aggregate, non-personally identifying demographics reported to funding sources and used to improve our web site. Users may sign up for e-mail newsletters or request more information from us, or our associated non-profit agencies.

Users Under the Age of 13:
Any user providing personally identifying information is certifying that he/she is over the age of 13. We do NOT require children to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary. Users under the age of 13 may NOT disclose any personally identifying information to us without parental consent. Parental consent must be given, in writing, mailed or faxed to the contact listed below. At any time, a parent/guardian may review the child's personally identifying information, ask to have it deleted, and refuse to allow any further collection or use of it. To do so, parents should contact VOLUNTEER HOUSTON, as outlined below.

To contact Volunteer Houston:

By mail - 3033 Chimney Rock, Suite 460, Houston, TX 77056

By fax - 713-965-9601

By email - vhmail@volunteerhouston.org