More Than Shelter recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of the users of this web site. More Than Shelter’s World
Wide Web site is a communication tool for providing information and interactive services to our clients and other users.
More Than Shelter does not use its web site to collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to a user’s request or input, or
to complete an online transaction.
Except when responding to a user’s request or input, or completing an online
transaction, More Than Shelter does not create individual profiles with the information
provided by users of this site. More Than Shelter does not give such personal information
to third parties not affiliated with More Than Shelter. More Than Shelter does, however, track
information about individuals and their visits. The information does not identify
you personally. Web usage summary statistics are gathered for site management,
and other purposes such as assessing what information is of most and least interest,
determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance
issues. We automatically collect and store the following information about your
visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a
private Internet access account, or “yourschool.edu” if you connect
from a university’s domain) and IP address from which you access More Than Shelter’s web site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access More Than Shelter’s web site;
- The date and time and duration of the visit;
- The pages visited;
- If you link to More Than Shelter’s web site from another web site, the address of
that web site.
If a user chooses to provide More Than Shelter with personal information,
such as sending an e-mail to an employee of More Than Shelter or by filling out and submitting
an online form located on More Than Shelter’s web site, More Than Shelter may use that information
to respond to the user’s message and to assist in obtaining information the
user may have requested.
In order to provide electronic commerce capabilities, the name,
address and payment information (if applicable) that the user might provide
when using this web site may be collected, processed and disclosed to complete
an online transaction and for record-keeping for such activities as billing,
permits, licenses and other business-related purposes.
Cookies or other technology may transfer information from More Than Shelter’s web site to your hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies
or similar technology can make the Internet more useful by storing information
about your preferences on a particular site. The use of cookies or similar technology
is an industry standard, and many major web sites use them to provide useful
features for their users. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify
users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Most browsers are initially
set up to accept cookies. If you’d prefer, you can set yours to refuse
cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of More Than Shelter’s
web site if you do so.
Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, information
submitted to More Than Shelter’s web site may be subject to disclosure to another party
pursuant to various provisions of California law, including, but not limited
to, the California Civil Discovery Act of 1986.
Unless a particular web page on More Than Shelter’s web site indicates
that encryption technology is being used, the user should not assume that information
uploaded through that web page to More Than Shelter’s web server will be treated as confidential.
If a user submits information to More Than Shelter’s server through a web page containing
visible indicators of active encryption technology, More Than Shelter will take all reasonable
precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of such information, but shall
nevertheless not be held liable for any injury caused by the disclosure of that
information, whether caused by security breach, accident, inadvertence, or any
other act resulting in disclosure.
This web site and the information it contains is provided as a
public service by the More Than Shelter. This system is monitored to ensure proper operation,
to verify the functioning of applicable security features, and for other like
purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring. Unauthorized
attempts to modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or circumvent
security features, or to utilize this system for other than its intended purposes
are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution.
More Than Shelter makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy,
completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this web site and expressly disclaims
liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this web site. No warranty
of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory, including but not limited to the
warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given with
respect to the contents of this web site or its hyperlinks to other Internet
resources. Reference in this web site to any specific products, processes, or
services, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information
and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation,
or favoring by More Than Shelter.
More Than Shelter is neither responsible nor liable for any viruses or
other contamination of your system nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors
or omissions arising out of your use of this web site or with respect to the
material obtained from this web site, including without limitation, any material
sent to you via this web site. This web site and all materials distributed on
it are distributed and transmitted “as is” without warranties of any kind,
either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title
or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
More Than Shelter is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential
damages that may arise from the use of, completion or accuracy of financial
transactions conducted on, or the inability to use, this web site and/or the
materials distributed by the web site whether the materials distributed by the
web site are provided by More Than Shelter, or a third party.
Our web site has many links to our partners, including government
agencies and private organizations. When you link to another site, you are no
longer on our site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.