Data Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the official website of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County.

For additional information about this site or about Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County you may contact us at:

Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County
4116 Silver Star Road
Orlando, FL 32808
Telephone: 1-407-648-4567
Email: social@habitatorlandoosceola.org

Statement of Purpose
This website is an educational and informational electronic publication of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County. Its purpose is to share the story of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County’s house-building, community-building work and to invite interested online visitors to be part of those efforts. Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County works in partnership with volunteers and supporters of all backgrounds and faiths to build and repair affordable housing in our community. We welcome all volunteers who share a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Legal Notice
This site was designed and developed by The Lovely Lyss and is maintained by Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County.

“Habitat for Humanity” is a registered service mark owned by Habitat for Humanity International and may not be used without permission.

“Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County” or any variation thereof cannot be used without permission.

Reprint Information
Permission generally is granted to reprint articles from this web site for educational, noncommercial purposes. Requirements for reprinting are as follows:

• Writer’s byline, if applicable.
• Reprinted, in its entirety, with permission of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County.
• For permissions or to advise of links to this site, contact social@habitatorlandoosceola.org.
• Upon print publication of material from this site, for our records we require that a copy be sent to: Marketing & Communications Department, Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County, 4116 Silver Star Road, Orlando, FL 32808 USA

Privacy Policy
Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County is committed to respecting the privacy of online visitors and pledges its best efforts to that end. In general, you can visit Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County on the web without telling us who you are or revealing anything about yourself.

Our web server automatically recognizes each visitor’s domain name, but does not automatically collect personally identifiable information. There are times, however, such as when you make a financial donation, sign up for our e-newsletter, or register for an event or volunteer build day, that we will collect specific information. If you choose to provide personally identifiable data, you may receive future information from us–by mail, electronically or by telephone–advising you of upcoming Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County events, services, new products, or volunteer and support opportunities. If you do not wish to be contacted with such information, please let us know by emailing, writing or calling the contact numbers at the top of this page. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by emailing, calling or writing to us at the addresses above. Please make sure to provide your full name and address for exclusion from “future contact.”

A “cookie” is a small piece of data stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website. Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County uses cookies to analyze our website’s overall traffic patterns and improve our visitors’ online experience. We do not use cookies to store or collect any personal information. Many browsers provide an option to block or remove cookies. You can visit www.habitatorlandoosceola.org successfully while blocking cookies, but leaving cookies enabled in your browser will help us to improve our site’s usability and effectiveness.

In order to provide a more comprehensive and useful site, the Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County website contains links to other websites. Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites.

Note to Parents
We are pleased when young people visit the website of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County to learn more about the organization and the rising issue of affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County does not knowingly solicit data from children and does not knowingly market to children.

Credit Card Information
Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County has contracted the services of a banking partner to process credit card donations submitted online. Our banking partner’s secured server encrypts your credit card information so that it may be safely transmitted over the web. Your credit card information will not be released by Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County or its banking partner to any other party.

Feedback Invited
Again, thank you for visiting the website of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County. We welcome your feedback.

Client Privacy Policies & Practices

We at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando and Osceola County value your trust and are committed to the responsible management, use and protection of personal information. This notice describes our policy regarding the collection and disclosure of personal information. Personal information, as used in this notice, means information that identifies an individual personally and is not otherwise publicly available information. It includes personal financial information such as credit history, income, employment history, financial assets, bank account information and financial debts. It also includes your social security number and other information that you have provided to us on any applications or forms that you have completed.

To Whom Do We Disclose
We may disclose your personal information to the following types of unaffiliated third parties:
• Financial service providers, such as companies engaged in loan underwriting services; and
• Others, such as nonprofit organizations involved in community development, but only for program review, auditing, research, program referrals and oversight purposes.

Information We Collect
We collect personal information to support our housing programs and to aid you in obtaining such services from Habitat. We collect personal information about you from the following sources:
• Information that we receive from you on applications or other forms;
• Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates or others; and
• Information that we receive from personal and employment references.

Information We Disclose
We may disclose certain kinds of personal information about you:
• Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such as your name, address, social security number, employer, occupation, assets, debts and income;
• Information about your transactions with us or others, such as your account balance, payment history and parties to your transactions; and
• Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency, such as your credit bureau reports, your credit history and your creditworthiness.

We may also disclose personal information about you to third parties as permitted by law. Prior to sharing personal information with unaffiliated third parties, except as described in this policy, we will give you an opportunity to direct that such information not be disclosed.

Confidentiality and Security
We restrict access to personal information about you to Habitat personnel who need to know that information to provide products and services to you and to help them do their jobs, including underwriting and servicing of loans, making loan decisions, and financial counseling. We maintain physical and electronic security procedures to safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of personal information in our possession and to guard against unauthorized access. We use locked files, user authentication and detection software to protect your information. Our safeguards comply with federal regulations to guard your personal information.