Privacy Policy
Maintaining your privacy is important to establish trust in your interaction with the Knights of Columbus Council 5776 Web site. At the same time, it’s important for us to understand how you interact with the site, so we can understand your needs better. Part of this process includes collecting information about you.
The Knights of Columbus Council 5776 Web site does not collect any personal identifying information about individuals except when actively provided by such individuals. The Knights of Columbus Council 5776 will not release any of said information about you without your permission, unless required by law.
What Information the Knights of Columbus Council 5776 Collects
The Knights of Columbus Council 5776 gathers two types of information about people who visit our site: data you provide through voluntary contact and customer service forms; anonymous traffic and survey information.
Council 5776 Web Site User Registration Form
When you register as a user to this website, we will ask you for:
- Full name
- Mailing Address
- Phone number
- E-mail address
- Home Phone Number
- Cell Phone Number
This information is routed to the Council’s Officers, and is not shared with any other party, unless required by law.
Insurance and Find an Agent Request Contact Form
When you would like to have a Knights of Columbus Council 5776 agent contact you, we will ask you for:
- Full name
- Preferred method of contact
- Phone number and/or e-mail address, depending on your preferred method of contact
- Council number
- Type of inquiry or area of interest.
This information is routed to the Council’s Field Agent, and is not shared with any other party, unless required by law.
It is the Knights of Columbus Council 5776 intent to maintain the information you provide in a confidential manner. However, because the information is sent either by telephone or e-mail to a council, this Council cannot guarantee the absolute security of the information.
Customer Service Forms
To provide you with the service you need in the most efficient way possible, we provide a number of customer service forms on the Web site. The forms will generally ask you for the following:
- Full name
- Street address
- Home/work/fax phone numbers
- E-mail address
- Preferred method of contact (if appropriate)
- Membership status (yes/no) .
This information is for our internal use to service your request, and is not shared with any third party, unless required by law.
Calculators
Any calculators on this Web site are there for your information only. The Knights of Columbus captures the data input into these forms, for the purposes of ensuring the calculator is meeting the needs of our users and returning the proper output. The data is not in any way linked to you as an individual.
Web Usage Information
The Knights of Columbus Council 5776 collects information on the usage of the Web site and the pages and functionality held within. The information collected in this process allows the site operators to understand how the site is being used and how we might improve the site to enhance the experience. The information is collected on an anonymous basis, IP addresses are not linked to individuals.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information a Web site can store on your computer as a text file. The text file is very small and contains a unique identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard drive of a user’s computer to aid the site operators to passively track the user’s behavior on the web site. A cookie will not allow a Web site to learn any personal information (such as your name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.
This site uses two types of cookies. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent to your browser when you access the site and is then stored temporarily in memory. Session cookies are used to maximize performance and to aid in securing specific areas of the Web site. The session cookie is available only during the course of the browser session; the information is not sent to or stored on your computer’s hard drive. Closing your browser or logging off will invalidate the session cookie.
The second type of cookie used is called a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies are used to identify your choice of language for the use of the Knights of Columbus web site. When you return to the Web site this cookie is queried and the proper language site is delivered to your browser. If you select a different language site via the language selector in the upper left hand corner of the Web site, this cookie is reset to reflect your latest choice of language.
Commitment to Confidentiality
Confidentiality is a top priority at the Knights of Columbus Council 5776. We are committed to maintaining the highest level of confidentiality with all of the information we receive from our customers, including the information received from this Web site.