Roanoke Wildlife Rescue wishes to convey to you the level of importance it places on the privacy of the personal information you provide to us using this web site.  This privacy statement discloses the types of information we gather and how we use it.  These privacy practices apply to the web site located at the Internet address http://www.roanokewildlife.org.

What personally identifiable information do we collect via the web site?

Roanoke Wildlife Rescue's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the best and most useful response to your inquiries.  Roanoke Wildlife Rescue collects personally identifiable information when you provide it to us, such as when you fill any web forms on our website. We do not collect information about you from other sources.

What anonymous information does Roanoke Wildlife Rescue collect?

Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies"  which store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of our sites.  However, cookies tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information.  You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit Roanoke Wildlife Rescue's web site - it does use cookies.

We review general information from our web site servers and from your web browser, including your IP address, the time, and information about the page you requested.  This information does not contain any personally identifying information.  We use tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:

Keeping count of return visits to our site.
Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), and statistical information on web site usage.
Determining which features users like best.

How does the Roanoke Wildlife Rescue use the information?

To customize content you see.
To enhance the user experience. We use tracking information to determine how well each page performs overall, based on aggregate use demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
To answer the inquiries you submit using the web form at http://www.roanokewildlife.org or using the supplied e-mail addresses.

How does Roanoke Wildlife Rescue share information?

Roanoke Wildlife Rescue will only make your personally identifiable information available to other companies or people when:
 
We have your consent to share the information
We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or we believe the your actions violate applicable laws or Terms of Use, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of Roanoke Wildlife Rescue staff, our users, or others.

What about other web sites linked to this site, or sites it links to?

We are not responsible for the practices employed by web sites linked to or from our web site, nor the information or content contained therein. Often, links to other web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website. Roanoke Wildlife Rescue does not collect any information about you from other web sites when you click on a link that brings you to the Roanoke Wildlife Rescue web site. Nor does Roanoke Wildlife Rescue share any information about you when you link to another site from the Roanoke Wildlife Rescue web site.

What are my options?

You may submit an anonymous inquiry or comment so that the information provided cannot be traced to you personally. The best way to submit an anonymous inquiry or comment is to use the web form located at http://www.roanokewildlife.org. You may provide a pseudonym or indicate that you would rather not provide your name. However, to receive an e-mail response, you must provide an e-mail address. Several companies such as Microsoft or Yahoo! offer free e-mail accounts, which cannot be readily traced, back to you.

How will I know if the privacy policy is changed?

Any modifications to our privacy practices will first be reflected on this page. If there is a material change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our site that our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new privacy statement.

Privacy of children.

This web site is not directed to children under the age of 13. The site is operated in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and does not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13 years of age.

Questions, comments:

Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other aspects of our web site, should be sent via email or by using the contact form on our web site. You may also send your inquiry via post mail to Roanoke Wildlife Rescue, 5931 Cotton Hill Rd. Roanoke, VA 24018

We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to each one. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information E-mail contacts for questions:
 
Roanoke Wildlife Rescue
Updated August 1, 2008