Privacy Policy

Policy Statement

As an application service provider, CyberGrants, Inc. (CyberGrants) is highly committed to protecting the privacy of your information. We have developed this Privacy Statement in support of our commitment to safeguarding your personal information.

In accordance with our commitment to protect personal privacy, CyberGrants complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework, as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Safe Harbor Frameworks, which were developed in consultation with the European Commission and the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland, consist of the seven Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, as well as fifteen Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). CyberGrants has certified its adherences to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.

The seven privacy principles and fifteen Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) referred to in this policy are those of the Safe Harbor Frameworks mentioned above. The privacy principles and FAQs, along with other information regarding the Safe Harbor program and CyberGrants' certification, may be found at: http://www.export.gov/safeharbor

Global Privacy Fundamentals

CyberGrants privacy practices reflect current global principles and standards on handling personal information. These principles include notice of data use, data access, data integrity, security, and enforcement/oversight. We abide by the privacy laws in the countries where we do business.

Consent

By using this Website, you consent to the collection and use of the information as described here. If we decide to make changes to this Privacy Statement, we will post the changes on this site so that you will always know what information we collect, and how we use it.

From time to time, as may be required by applicable law, we may also seek your explicit consent to process certain data and information collected on this website or volunteered by you.

Collection and Processing of Your Personal Data

To serve you better, CyberGrants collects limited technical information about your computer. Such information includes your TCP/IP address, your browser type and your domain. The information we collect is used only by CyberGrants support staff to assist us in the monitoring system performance and up-time, as well as troubleshooting technical issues.

Use and Purpose of Collected Personal Data

We do collect information about our users to assist us in maintaining your membership. You can rest easier knowing that this information is used exclusively to better serve our customers and is not sold to anyone for any reason. CyberGrants, Inc. adheres to the following guidelines to protect your right to privacy:

We only use your personal information to help us manage your account, to improve our services to you, to provide you with products you have requested, and to inform you about additional products or services that may be of interest to you.
We only use your information for customer contact, account maintenance, billing, and to inform you of new features, improvements and any other customer-affecting reason.
CyberGrants never sells your personal information to anyone or any organization.
The CyberGrants.com website collects limited technical information about your computer. Such information includes your TCP/IP address, your browser type and your domain. The information we collect is used only by CyberGrants support staff to assist us in the monitoring system performance and up-time.
Your membership is protected via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). This measure of protection is used by many electronic commerce sites and on-line banks to protect personal and financial information. SSL assures that your data, including personal information entered by an individual or transmitted to CyberGrants by a client, is protected using the highest level of data encryption available. Personal information is never stored on CyberGrants laptops or other portable devices.
Licensed users access CyberGrants by inputting a username and personal password. These are unique in our database; your password should never be shared with anyone.
The CyberGrants.com website contains links to other sites on the web; CyberGrants, Inc. is not responsible for the content, security, privacy, capabilities or availability of such sites.
Circumstances may arise where CyberGrants decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize our company. Such a transaction may involve, in accordance with applicable law, the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of it from sellers. It is CyberGrants' practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these instances.
We may collect and possibly share personal data and any other additional information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of CyberGrants' terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Changes made to this policy are posted to this website as necessary.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer's browser directory or program data subfolders. Cookies may be created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions.

There are two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are created temporarily in your browser's subfolder while you are visiting a website. Once you leave the site or log out, the session cookie is deleted. On the other hand, persistent cookie files remain in your browser's subfolder and are activated again once you visit the website that created that particular cookie. A persistent cookie remains in the browser's subfolder for the duration period set within the cookie's file.

CyberGrants use of cookies is restricted to session cookies, therefore does not leave artifacts on user workstations. In addition, CyberGrants only tracks a user's session ID and does not track Personally Identifiable (PI) data.

Choice/Opt-Out

We communicate with users (donors), whose employer subscribes to our services, on a periodic basis via email or phone to resolve or investigate customer service issues. We may also use your email address to confirm your philanthropic activity, and to send notices and other disclosures as required by law. Generally, users cannot opt out of these communications. A user can however remove themselves as a qualified donor by contacting their company's Human Resources department.

By virtue of applying for a grant with a CyberGrants subscribing company, grantseekers or non-profit organizations are consenting (opting-in) to CyberGrants use of the organizational information they provide. We communicate with non-profit organizations on a periodic basis via email or phone to resolve or investigate customer service issues. We may also use your email address to notify you of updates to philanthropic activity, and to send notices and other disclosures as required by law.

Data Retention

CyberGrants will not retain your personal data longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws, regulations, or client specific data retention policies.

Children's Privacy

CyberGrants does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from a child under the age of 13, we will immediately assess whether it is appropriate to retain this information in our system. A number of CyberGrants clients sponsor scholarship programs that may award grant dollars to children of any age.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

CyberGrants reserves the right to change this Privacy Statement and will publish changes to this statement via our website. We encourage individuals to review the Privacy Statement periodically to stay apprised of updates.

Inquiries, Access and Updating Your Personal Data

CyberGrants needs your help in keeping the personal data you have shared with us accurate and up to date. If you are a registered user, you may make these updates yourself online via CyberGrants.

Dispute resolution for Safe Harbor issues is handled through eTrust. They may be contacted through http://etrust.org/

Questions regarding this Privacy Statement or the information practices of the Company's Web site should be directed to the CyberGrants Information Security Officer at iso@cybergrants.com or by mailing CyberGrants ISO, Two Dundee Park, Suite 101, Andover MA 01810.

We self-certify compliance with