Privacy Policy
(January 2006)
E-mails and Web Forms
Personally identifying information that you provide by e-mails or web forms will be used only for such purposes as are described at the point of collection (for example on a web form), such as to update your membership record, or to respond to your questions or comments. If you provide contact information, SHA staff or its contractors may contact you to clarify your comment or question, or to learn about your level of member satisfaction.
Any credit card information you provide for goods or services is secure and used only for your intended purpose.
Public Forums
This site makes forums and message boards available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
During your visit as you browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, we will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit but not about you. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about the visit:
The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if a private Internet access account, or "aschool.edu" if connected from a university) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to a computer whenever it is surfing the Web) from which access to our web site is gained;
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The date and time of access to our site;
The pages visited and for how long; and the address of the web site from which the initial visit to www.sugarwoodishome.com was launched, if any.
Cookies will be used under specific conditions. A cookie is a text file stored on a web site users PC to maintain an uninterrupted transaction with the application. There are two types of cookies, a memory cookie and a hard cookie. Memory cookies will be deleted at the end of the session. Memory cookies are specifically used when purchasing products or services through the web. Hard cookies will remain on the PC after the session is ended. Hard cookies are generally used for keeping your personal options for viewing the site.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors and to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. The data that are collected are not connected to your personal information or identity.
Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other sites. The Sugarwood Homeowners Association is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, which may be different from the privacy practices described in this policy. . We encourage you to become familiar with privacy practices of other sites you visit, including linked sites.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Your information is saved on a secured server and will not be resold or redistributed under any circumstances.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 and 1030.
Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Revisions
We reserve the right to change or modify this privacy statement at any time. If we revise our privacy statement, we will post those changes on the homepage and other places so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
1 The term "members and customers" as used in this statement includes LA members, customers, donors, or any individual or organization having contact or conducting transactions with the Association. Also see the Sugarwood Homeowners Association Web page on privacy resources.