Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how Visual Thinking Strategies (“VTS”), a program of Commonweal, collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you provide to us.
What information do we collect?
- VTS/Commonweal collects data, such as your contact information, when you make a donation, pay fees, or make a purchase.
How do we use or share the information we collect?
- Information, which you voluntarily supply, is used to: complete a transaction, send you a tax receipt, or send you occasional information about our work, such as our Newsletter or emails about events.
- WE DO NOT SHARE OR SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANY OTHER COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION FOR THIRD-PARTY MARKETING OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
- If you wish to be anonymous in any publication of our supporters, we will gladly honor that request.
What are your choices regarding the uses of the collected information?
- If you prefer to NOT receive our Newsletter and/or to NOT be notified by email about our work, you can contact us at anytime at info@vtshome.org. Your opt-out choice will be honored immediately upon receipt.
How do we handle your inquiries about your information or your privacy policy?
- Your questions can be directed to us via email (info@vtshome.org). Your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate person.
- We will provide answers to any questions you may have regarding privacy.
How do we protect your information?
- For online transactions, we only partner with organizations that encrypt personal information being transferred over the Internet.
- Our database is password-protected and available only to specific staff who use the database. Sharing of personal information, even among staff of different programs, is severely restricted.