VistaBay Privacy Policy

Vista Bay is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website, as well as our students and their families.

In this policy "Vista Bay" refers to Vista Bay staff, board members, cooperating attorneys, interns, volunteers and consultants, all of whom are bound by law or contract to keep information they receive as part of their assistance to Vista Bay confidential.

As to all of the information described below, Vista Bay will not give, sell, rent or exchange the information with anyone else without your prior consent except as compelled by law (see the final section).

Website Privacy Policy

Vista Bay servers may record the numerical Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.

We use this information to measure the number of visitors to different sections of the site, to diagnose and correct system errors, and to improve the site. We delete this information after one month.

We do not connect this information to your name or identity.

We do not use "cookies" on this site unless you decide to click on "Remember Me" or other similar functionality.

Membership Privacy Policy

Vista Bay will never share or use your personal information for any reason other than to manage your contribution. We respect anonymous donations. Please note that your email address is required if you choose to donate using our online form.
We do not retain credit card information. If you choose to have us make automatic monthly withdrawals from your account, we do retain your credit card information for that sole purpose. These credit card numbers are kept in a secure, offline location and are processed in a secure online batch once per month.

Compelled Disclosure

If we are required by law to disclose the information that you have submitted, we will attempt to provide you with notice (unless we are prohibited) that a request for your information has been made in order to give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure. We will attempt to provide this notice by email, if you have given us an email address or by postal mail if you have entered a postal address. We will independently object to overly broad requests for access to information about users of our site. If you do not challenge the disclosure request, we may be legally required to turn over your information.