NFR: Network for Family Recovery

The Network for Family Recovery Inc. respects your desire for privacy and is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your personal information.  This document outlines our privacy policy for visitors to our web site, as well as for persons who have a continuing relationship.

Visitors to Our Web Site. Visitors to our web site remain anonymous, unless they register for a service or otherwise elect to disclose their identity to us.  Although we do not collect personally identifying information about such persons who simply visit our site, we do collect certain limited information about visitors, such as their IP address (a numeric address assigned automatically to computers when they access the internet).  We also may place “cookies” on a computer to track a visitor’s use of our web site.  A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on your hard drive.  It takes up very little room on your system and helps us to customize our site and make its navigation easier for you.  We sometimes use cookies to help estimate the number of visitors to our site and to determine which areas are the most popular.  The cookie does not provide us with any personally identifying information about you, such as your name or address.

Our Collection of Information About You. We may collect personal information about you in order to understand your needs and provide you with services.  We obtain personal information about you from the following sources:

• Personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis (such as when you fill out applications or other forms);

• Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our web site.

Our Disclosure of That Information.

• Our Resource Providers – We may disclose some of the information described above to our Resource Providers;

You may limit our Resource Partners from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that we collect and share with them.  To limit marketing offers contact us by telephone at 281-440-4499.

• Others – We may disclose information about you (a) where it is necessary or helpful to provide you with services; (b) to comply with legal process, such as subpoenas and court orders; (c) to law enforcement authorities if we believe a crime has been committed; (d) if you give us your consent; and (e) as otherwise permitted by law.

OPTING OUT. If you receive communications from The Network for Family Recovery, Inc. and wish not to, you may opt to remove your name from our mailing list.  For legal and accounting purposes, your donation records will remain in the organization database, but you will no longer receive mailings from The Network for Family Recovery, Inc.  To opt out of receiving communications from The Network for Family Recovery, Inc., please send a written letter or e-mail providing your exact name and address to:  The Network for Family Recovery, Inc., 6735 Theall Road, Houston, Texas 77066, www.mynfr.org.

State Rights. Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy protections under some state laws.  For example, certain state laws may restrict the types of information we may disclose about you, limit the parties with whom we may share such information, or require us to provide you with additional notices or opt-out rights.  We will comply with applicable state laws before sharing personal information about you.  We may do this by sending a separate notice of those rights to you.

Maintaining Accurate Information. We have procedures in place that help us to maintain the accuracy of the personally identifiable information that we collect.

Information Security. We restrict access to personal information about you to those persons who have a need to know such information (e.g., to provide services to you).  We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your personal information.

Links to Other Web Sites. Our web site may feature links to third party web sites that offer goods, services or information.  Some of these sites may appear as windows-within-windows at this site.  When you click on one of these links, you will be leaving our site and will no longer be subject to this policy.  We are not responsible for the information collection practices of the other web sites that you visit and urge you to review their privacy policies before you provide them with any personally identifiable information.  Third party sites may collect and use information about you in a way that is different from this policy.

Services and Advertisements by Third Parties. Third parties may offer services from time to time at our web site.  If you provide them with information, their use of that information will be subject to their privacy policy, if any, and will not be subject to this policy.  If you accept third party goods or services advertised at our web site, the third party may be able to identify that you have a relationship with us.

Changes to this Policy. We may add to, delete, or change the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a notice of the change (or an amended Privacy Policy) at this web site.  If required by law, we will send you a notice of the change.  Your continued use of our web site or any online service following notification will constitute your agreement to the revised Policy.

Network for Family Recovery, Inc., 6735 Theall Road, Houston, Texas 77066, www.mynfr.org