Privacy Policy

Our General Practice

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (GISP) recognizes the importance of protecting information we may collect from visitors to our site. Our practice is to use the information we acquire from visitors to our sites for internal purposes only, and we maintain appropriate security measures to keep this information private. Your browser, however, does automatically tell us the type of computer and operating system you are using.

Users can visit the site without revealing any information about themselves. If one chooses to give us personal information via the Internet for the purposes of correspondence, then it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information.

From time-to-time, we may, but are not obligated to, notify you of new products, announcements, upgrades, and updates. If users tell us that they do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact, we will respect those wishes. Please contact us at the address given at the end of this Privacy Policy or follow the unsubscribe instructions included in any notices you may receive from us.

We do keep track of the domains from which people visit us. We analyze this data for trends and statistics, and then we discard it. We do not share information web users provide with third parties for commercial purposes.

GISP takes precautions to keep the user information disclosed to us secure. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the appropriate use of information, all personal data is transmitted via a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and access to personal data is restricted via a username and password authentication process. Only authorized GISP employees are permitted to access personally identifiable information, and the authorized individuals may do so only for specific work-related purposes. GISP strives to protect your personal information; however, we urge you to take every precaution when you are on the internet. To better protect your information, be sure to change your passwords often and use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.

If users have questions about the types of information collected on this website or would like to request a correction of any information collected, then please contact us at contact@goodwillsp.org

Use of Cookies

Certain sections of the Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (GISP) website use “cookies” to store user information. A cookie is a small string of text that a website can send to your browser. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address. Cookies help us understand which parts of our websites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to analyze traffic patterns so we can improve the site.

Cookies were originally designed to help a website distinguish a user’s browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. If you are just browsing www.goodwillsp.org, a cookie identifies only your browser but you do not have to accept the cookie to continue browsing the site. It is possible to set your browser to inform you when a cookie is being placed – then you have the opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our site, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you become aware that your child under the age of 13 years old has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at contact@goodwillsp.org.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us by following the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We may collect the following information when a visitor submits a form on our website:

Your name (if you provide it)
Your email address, Skype handle and phone number (if you provide them)
Your IP address and general location (nearest city)

As stated above, we take data protection and privacy extremely seriously. Any personal information we collect is encrypted and access to the data is restricted to specific employees and specific IP addresses. If a breach should ever occur, we will notify affected users within 72 hours.

Link to Other Sites

Our site may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These other websites may operate independently from Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (GISP). Linked sites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by GISP, we are not responsible for the sites’ content, any use of the sites, or the privacy practices of the sites.

User Agreement

If you have any questions about this User Agreement, contact Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (GISP). If you do not agree with these terms of this User Agreement, you may not use the site. GISP reserves the right to change this User Agreement at any time without notice.