Privacy Policy

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Vermont Youth Conservation Corps.

Information Collection and Use - Vermont Youth Conservation Corps is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Vermont Youth Conservation Corps collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Web Statistics - We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use for reporting and sponsorship purposes. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing - We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners, sponsors, and donors. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We only share this information so that we can secure funding to continue providing our many programs.

Links This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Vermont Youth Conservation Corps does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security - This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Applications - In the process of completing an application for a Vermont Youth Conservation Corps position or requesting a service from the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, you are asked to submit additional information. Information collected on Vermont Youth Conservation Corps applications will be used and shared with our agency partners to ensure successful selection, placement, and fielding of Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Members and Leaders.

Choice/Opt-in - Our users are given the opportunity to "opt in" to newsletters and site update e-mail messages. To unsubscribe from any updates, users can use the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter or contact us at admin@vycc.org.

When you donate - When you donate to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, whether online, by mail, or on the phone, we ask for your name, address, email address, phone number, and payment method. If you pay by check, we keep a photocopy of your check. If you pay by credit card, we keep a record of the transaction, but do not store your credit card number on our website. We also maintain pertinent information about you and your gifts in a secure database, including but not limited to gift amounts, dates, payment types, and any special gift terms or conditions.

If you make a donation to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, we will acknowledge your generosity in our annual report, website, and other publication materials, unless you request at the time of your donation to be acknowledged anonymously. We will also use information you provided to deliver notes of thanks and tax receipts.

Third party service providers - We will not share individually-identifying personal information about you with third parties without your permission, with the exception of service providers or other organizations we contract with to fulfill services on our behalf (e.g. delivering email or mail, executing credit card transactions).

Security - When we transfer and receive certain types of sensitive information, such as financial information, we redirect visitors to a secure outside vendor's server (currently GroundSpring.org). To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to protect the information we collect online.

Notification of Changes - If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our privacy policy page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.