Privacy Statement

Credit Card Security
ClearWater Initiative is grateful for the donations that help us continue our valuable work. It is very important to us that your personal information remain secure. All of our on-line donations are handled through Network for Good, a reputable organization dedicated to supporting charitable giving for non-profit organizations. Network for Good uses industry-leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to keep your personal information as secure as possible. Network for Good helps to protect your information by working with partners that provide a secure and safe environment for credit card donations. Read more about Network for Good's security policies and tools here. At no time does ClearWater Initiative, Inc. record, review, or have access to your personal credit card information. All on-line credit card processing is handled by Network for Good.

Domain Name
ClearWater's Web server automatically recognizes, but does not collect or use your domain name (IP address). ClearWater Initiative may anonymously tracks your visit in order to compile statistical information about the use of our Web site. We do not collect individual information about you or your personal use of this site. Cookie use: A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Some Web sites use cookies to collect detailed personal user information. ClearWater Initiative may use cookies only to see if you are a return visitor, or to allow our online community to recognize you as an existing member. We do not use cookies to surreptitiously collect any personal information from your computer.

Email Addresses
Our Web site does not automatically recognize your e-mail address. We ask for your e-mail address on a number of pages within our site, but you may opt out of e-mail communications at any time by simply not providing your email address when contacting ClearWater Initiative Corporation.

Other Personal Information
You are not required to provide any personal information on our Web site unless you choose to do so. Our partner organization, Network for Good, does ask for personal information on their online donation pages to properly enable donation transaction processing. Network for Good works with ClearWater Initiative Corporation to use this information to acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax purposes. If you give a gift to ClearWater Initiative Corporation, your name and address may be placed on our physical mailing list for occasional (quarterly) mail updates. If you do not wish to receive physical mail from ClearWater Initiative Corporation you may contact us at any time to be removed. If you are making a donation in honor of or in memory of someone, we will not use their personal information for any purpose other than sending the acknowledgment card.

We may make postal addresses and telephone numbers available to other reputable nonprofit and commercial organizations. If you do not want us to share this information you may contact us to have your name removed. ClearWater Initiative does not share your e-mail address with any third parties unless explicitly mentioned at the time of e-mail opt-in.

Opt Out
ClearWater's site gives you the opportunity to opt out of receiving additional information from us. If you do not want to receive additional information, please check the boxes at the point at which we request that information.

This site has links to other Web sites whose privacy policies may differ from ours. ClearWater Initiative is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other Web sites.

Your privacy is very important to us. We rely on the good will and generosity of our supporters and want to make sure that your experience with ClearWater is as positive as possible. If you feel that your privacy has been violated or that ClearWater Initiative has misused your information in any way, please contact us immediately.