Privacy Policy

This policy describes the ways we collect, store, use and protect your personal information. We may amend this policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. In addition, if the revised version includes a substantial change, we will provide you with 30 days’ prior notice by posting notice of the change on the “Policy Updates” page of our website.
We last modified this Policy on April 17, 2010.

How we collect information about you
When you visit the Urban Connection Project website, we collect your IP address and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on our website. If you create an account, we collect the following types of personal information from you:

Contact information - your name, home address, and email address

Never at any time will you be asked for financial information by email or by phone.

How we use cookies
When you access our website, we, or companies we hire to track how our website is used, may place small data files called “cookies” on your computer.

A "session cookie" is sent to your computer when you view the Urban Connection Project website. This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our site during the same session. Once you close your browser, this cookie expires and no longer has any effect.

How we protect and store personal information
Throughout this policy, we use the term “personal information” to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user.

We store and process your personal information on our computers in the US, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.

How we use the personal information we collect
We may use your personal information to:

• provide the services and customer support you request;

• customize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout of our website;

• send you targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences

Urban Connection Project will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course of doing business.  

How you can change your personal information
You can review your personal information and make any necessary changes by using our online form to update your account information.

How you can contact us about privacy questions
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact us by emailing us at info@urbanconnectionproject.org, or writing to us at Urban Connection Project, PO Box  42855, Evergreen Park, IL 60805.