The SBA is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. Our goal is to give you as much control and information as possible regarding your personal information and the use we make of it in the course of our business. We want to be a leader in providing comprehensive privacy information.

In general, you can visit the SBA Web site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself.

The SBA will never sell, rent or disclose your personally identifiable information to outside parties without your consent unless compelled by law or court order to do so. With your permission, the SBA may send you E-mail regarding our activities. In any case, we do not disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties.

SBA Web Site Privacy Statement

What information we gather and track...

There are times when we may need to collect information from you through our Web site. This generally involves filling out forms so you can download something from our Web site.

What we do with the information we gather and track...

The personally identifiable information gathered from the forms you fill out on our Web site is used in one of three ways:

1. To provide you with information about our activities, news and events;
   
2. To allow you to download various pieces of software and information; and
   
3. To gather broad demographic information about user trends.

•  Cookies

•  Referrers

•  IP addresses

•  System information

None of these methods can be personally identified with you with the exception of cookies, which can optionally store information that you may enter in forms on our Web site, as described below.

A "cookie" is an element of data that a Web site like sbanyc.org can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. It can be used to provide you with a tailored user experience. Some of the SBA pages may use cookies. Cookies are used to better personalize the content, banners and promotions that you and other users will see. We may use the information to research and understand how our users' habits in the aggregate are similar or different so that we can enhance your experience on the SBA's sites. With your consent, cookies can optionally store information from forms that you fill out on our site so that next time you visit, you do not have to re-enter this information. For example, this would allow you to enter your zip code so that next time you visit, you can automatically see local content from your area. We treat any personally identifiable information with the same confidentiality as when you a purchase something on our Web site. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The SBA does not require that you accept cookies.

A "referrer" is the information passed along by a web browser that references the Web URL you linked from, and is automatically gathered by our Web server. This information is used by the SBA to identify broad demographic trends that may be used to provide information tailored to your interests. You will not be personally identified from this information.

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you. They are automatically gathered by our Web server. The SBA will not use your IP address to attempt to identify your personal information.

System information we gather includes time, type of Web browser being used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is sent automatically by your Web browser when you are connected to a Web site and is used by the SBA only for broad demographic statistics. This information is used by the SBA in identifying broad demographic trends and may be used to provide information appropriate for your computer system. You will not be personally identified from this information.

In addition, the SBA Web site contains links to other Web sites. The SBA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

What sites this policy covers...

The SBA may own and maintain a variety of Web sites. Each of these sites may have their own mailing lists or other methods of contacting our members and friends. All of the sites follow this privacy statement for gathering information or sharing personally identifiable information with third parties. A list of the sites and the URLs you can use for removing yourself from any mailing lists they may maintain is available here.

What we do with information gathered when you acquire third-party products...

The SBA will never sell, rent or disclose to third parties our users' personally identifiable information gathered on an SBA Web site.

How to contact us...

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of our Web site(s), you may contact:

Sergeants Benevolent Association
35 Worth Street
New York, NY 10013
webmaster@sbanyc.org