Privacy Policy

The Ackerman Institute for the Family is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This statement explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way the information you provide us is collected and used.

Ackerman Institute is the sole owner of and the only organization that uses the information collected on this site. We will only share personally identifiable information with third parties when:

• The person submitting the information authorizes us to share it;
• Sharing the information is a necessary operation of the site, for instance, to process a credit card transaction;
• Law requires us to.

Normal website usage

In general, you can browse the Ackerman Institute for the Family site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.  The only information we gather during general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you downloaded, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.

Information We Collect

Through our website, we offer online class registration and donation options.

• Registering for a workshop or course: When you register online for a workshop or course, we may ask for your name, address, phone number, and email address. Depending upon the activity, we may also collect educational and work history.
• Making a financial contribution: When you make a financial contribution online, we collect your name, address, phone number, and email address.
• Using PayPal services: All registrations and donations are processed through PayPal. Account information on PayPal’s secure site is not available to Ackerman Institute for the Family other than shipping and email information.

How We Use Your Information

Ackerman Institute for the Family may use the personal information you provide to:

• Enter your information into our databases for internal record keeping, reporting, and data analysis.
• Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, to request contributions, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, etc. to you;
• Confirm your registrations and donations on the site;
• Mail a donation notification.

Mailing List

If you provide Ackerman Institute with personal information when you visit our website, we may enter your name and email into our email database. Once your information is entered into the email database, you will receive email updates, newsletters, training information, and contribution requests. Please contact us directly at info@ackerman.org if at any time you wish to be removed from the mailing list.

How Do We Use Cookies? 

Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the Ackerman Institute for the Family website through the use of "cookies." Cookies are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor's ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor's system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. Ackerman Institute for the Family uses "cookie" technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors' online experience and facilitate their visit within our site.

Links to other sites

The site contains hypertext links to other sites. Ackerman Institute for the Family assumes no responsibility for those sites including the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.  

Questions

If you have specific questions or concerns about the Institute’s privacy policy, please send us an email at info@ackerman.org or write to us at:

Ackerman Institute for the Family
149 East 78th Street
New York, NY 10075

 

Revised January 2012