Esperança, Inc. Privacy and Security

Esperança, Inc. values and respects all individuals and organizations seeking to donate time, money, or resources to groups in need. We understand that you may be concerned about privacy issues that surround the use of the Internet.

We believe that you should have control over who receives your personal information, whether it concerns where you live, what your interests are, or how you choose to conduct transactions. We're focused on only one thing: helping you help others in a safe and secure environment.

Therefore, we do not disclose, share, sell, or trade information about your individual visits to the Esperança website or the information that you may give us such as your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number to any outside companies except for the use of completing a donation transaction that you initiate. We will release personal information about you, if necessary, in order to comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order.

Other Web sites that you may link to or from our site have their own privacy policies. Esperança, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these web sites before providing them with any of your personal information.

How Esperança, Inc. Uses Information About You

When you make donations or select a volunteer opportunity, we may specifically ask for information about you -- such as name, home or Internet address, and billing information -- in order to provide that service or information to you. This information will be used solely for the purposes of completing your donation, providing the information you are requesting or locating the volunteer opportunity you are seeking.

The information which Esperança, Inc. gathers, such as the numbers and frequency of visitors to our site and its areas, is used only in the aggregate -- very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. This collective data helps us determine how much our visitors use parts of the site, so that we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. We also may provide aggregated statistical "ratings" information, never information about you personally, to our Board of Directors about how our visitors, collectively, use the Esperança, Inc. website. We do this so they too can understand how often people use our site in order for to provide you with the best possible experience.

Esperança, Inc. Security

Esperança, Inc. uses every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, your information is protected both online and offline.

When you elect to make a donation to Esperança, Inc. through our website, you are directed to a secure site where you will enter your sensitive information (such as credit card number).  This information is encrypted and is protected using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to keep your personal information as secure as possible. Esperança, Inc. protects your information by working with uSight to provide a secure and safe environment for credit card donations.