Privacy Policy

Overview

Thank you for visiting The Dorfman Chapel website. This policy establishes how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our site. Please be assured that the privacy of our visitors is of utmost importance to us. We collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide that information to us. We do not sell nor rent this information to anyone.

The specific practices outlined in this privacy statement apply to this web site.

Some of our web pages contain links to web sites outside of The Dorfman Chapel. Please be aware that when you follow a link to another site, you are then subject to the privacy policies of the new site.

Automatic Collections

For each HTTP request received (which is what your web browser generates when you request a page or part of a page from a web site), all web browsers send, and all web servers collect and store the following information:

• the date and time
• the originating IP address
• the type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser)
• the URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser)
• the object requested
• completion status of the request
• pages visited

Although this information contains the IP address of the requesting browser there is nothing personally identifiable to you.

How this Information is Used: We use the information that is automatically collected to measure the number of visitors to the different areas of our sites, and to help us make our sites more useful to visitors. This includes analyzing these logs periodically to determine the traffic through our servers, the number of pages served, and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes.

How Long is the Information Retained: The logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to insure the integrity of the data on our servers.

Cookies

The Dorfman Chapel does not use cookies to collect information about visitors on our web site. However, when items from other websites are embedded in one of our pages (eg watching a video or broadcast) the 3rd party supplier might use cookies.

Personal Information via Forms

Our site provides forms allowing visitors to submit queries, feedback, or send other information. Some of these forms may request personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, e-mail address) for specific purposes, such as when the submitter is sending a question to us, using our site to send a condolence email, requesting daily notices of funerals, annual reminders of yahrzeits, etc. All information submitted by visitors is voluntary.

Before collecting personally identifiable information, we will prominently disclose:

• why we are requesting the information;
• how it will be used;
• how long it may be retained; and
• under what conditions, and with whom, it may be shared.

Consent to Information Collection /Sharing: Generally, we will not share any personally identifiable information you give us with any government agency, private organization, or the public, except with your consent or as required by law. By pressing the "submit" button, each visitor constitutes consent to use the information for purposes stated in this policy. If you use our email condolence system, please be aware your information will be given to the person designated by the family to receive such communications. The information passed on is then subject to any privacy policy (or lack thereof) of the recipient.

You can at any time request that the personal information we have be removed from our systems.

Emails sent to us

By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personally-identifying information. In these cases, we may retain the information as long as necessary to respond to your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of your e-mail. Please be aware that email is not necessarily secure from interception or misdirection. For your own protection you may wish to communicate sensitive information using a method other than email.

If you have any further questions or comments, please see our contact us page.

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