Privacy Policy for Laurel House Web Site

Introduction
Laurel House is committed to protecting your online privacy. The Laurel House Web site, http://www.laurelhouse.org collects Website Statistical information for the sole purpose of reporting traffic to our Website. The opt-in registration is voluntary and the information gathered is NOT shared with any third party.

Information Gathered and How it is Used
There is an area in which you can register on the Web Site giving limited personal information http://www.laurelhouse.org/Community/Users_Register.aspx. On this form there is both required information and elective information which is gathered to provide service and support and present a more personalized experience. The information you provide, first and last name, password and email address is for the sole purpose of site access, notification of updated or new content and deliver of email newsletters. This Information is used to create a uniquely identifiable account for site access and other site related activities.

By registering on the Web Site http://www.laurelhouse.org you may elect to receive email automatically generated from the Web Site, which is directly related to your activity and request. If you chose not to receive emails or communication from the Laurel House Website, you will not be able to participate in the update notifications, new content notifications or the email newsletter service.

If you wish to not receive information from the Laurel House Web Site you can opt-out at any time by updating your profile and you can be removed from the Web Site database by contacting Laurel House info@laurelhouse.org.

Cookies and Other Technologies
The Laurel House Web Site may collect anonymous information from your connection, which consists of network routing, equipment information like browser type, date, and time. Our system will also search your computer to see if there are “cookies” previously set by the Laurel House Web Site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user.

The data we collect from "Cookie" technology on our site contains no personal information and is used in the aggregate to improve our services.

We do not offer an opt-out on our site for cookies, however browsers do provide you with information and control over cookies.

WebTrends is used to let Laurel House know the number of hits we have to our Web Sites while it also helps us to analyze Web Site traffic.

Choice/Opt-out
If you decide to register on the Web Site and opt-in to notification and newsletter services, occasionally you will receive notifications, announcement or newsletters. If you do not wish to receive our notifications, announcement or newsletters, you may opt-out when you edit your personal information http://www.laurelhouse.org/Community/Users_ShowProfile.aspx or by sending us an email at info@laurelhouse.com.

Links
Laurel House occasionally place links to relevant, outside resources (third party links) within the Web Site. Be aware Laurel House is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites.

Security
Laurel House makes every effort to maintain the security of the site. Laurel House Web Site is hosted through Interland, Inc. http://www.interland.net. Interland, which is one of the largest Web Hosting Providers, maintains the server, database and provides the technical support and security for the Site.

Contact Information
Questions or suggestions regarding this statement, the practices of this site, or any experience while visiting this Web Site should be directed to:

Laurel House
P.O. Box 3182, Tustin, CA 92781-3182
(714) 832-0207
FAX: (714) 832-5491
e-mail: Laurel House (LaurelHouse@sbcglobal.net)