PRIVACY POLICY

Be A Hero is committed to protecting your privacy . This Statement of Privacy applies to the Be A Hero, Hero Holiday and Hero Internship sites and governs data collection and usage. By using the Be A Hero websites, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Be A Hero collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Be A Hero. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Be A Hero for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Be A Hero websites.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Be A Hero public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Be A Hero, Hero Holiday and Hero Internship websites do not read any of your private online communications.

Be A Hero is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Be A Hero and Be A Hero family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Be A Hero does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. This includes unique personally identifiable information such as e-mail, name, address, telephone number. Be A Hero does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Be A Hero Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on be A Hero or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Be A Hero; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Be A Hero, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Be A Hero family of Web sites use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the be A Hero web site services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Be A Hero secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Be A Hero secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Be A Hero will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback.  Be A Hero encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Be A Hero is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Be A Hero welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Be A Hero has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Be A Hero at info@beahero.org We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.