Privacy Policy

The SHER Group (theSHERgroup) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the SHER Groups' firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the SHER Groups' website, www.theshergroup.org and how this information is used.

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected
SHER Group members that register for www.theshergroup.org and individuals that sign up to receive SHER Group e-communications voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always "opt out," either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

IP addresses
The SHER Group uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.theshergroup.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

Cookies
www.theshergroup.org uses "cookie" messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you've done and told us before. The "cookie" may be placed in your computer and is read when you return to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you're particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.theshergroup.org, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.

How Your Information May Be Used
We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send e-mail alerts to you; to answer your requests; to process your membership application; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitor of our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users' needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties

Email Privacy
The SHER Group does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

External Links
www.theshergroup.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.theshergroup.org domain, and the SHER group is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Modifications
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

Restrictions on Use of Materials
You acknowledge that theSHERgroup.org contains Content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, patents, or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed. You also acknowledge that the Content is and shall remain the property of the Council of Nonprofits or any other party (each a "Contributor") who has been involved in the preparation or publication of the Content. You shall at no time assert any claims of ownership over any content by reason of your use of or any right to use this Site and shall not grant or create or suffer to exist any lien or other security interest arising therefrom. You agree to comply with all copyright and trademark laws and you shall not encumber any interest in, or assert any rights to, the Content. You may not modify, transmit, participate in the sale or transfer of, or create derivative works based on any Content, in whole or in part. You may print copies of the Content, provided that these copies are made only for personal, non-commercial use and that you maintain any notices contained in the Content, or maintained by the Contributor, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of any Content. The SHER Group authorizes you to view and use the Content on this Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. The use of the Content on any other site, including by linking or framing, or in any networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited without the SHER Groups' prior written approval.

For permission to use content from this website or from a newsletter authored and distributed by the theSHERgroup.org, request written permission and provide full attribution. Permission should be requested by contacting Anzhelika Steen-Olsen. Attribution for website content should be given as follows: "Reprinted with permission from the SHER Group." Attribution for newsletter content should be given as follows: "This article reprinted with permission from SHER Group Newsletter, a publication of the theSHERgroup.org."