Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 12, 2019

Thank you for visiting the www.ChicagoAA.org Website and reviewing our privacy policy. This policy explains how we handle information about your visit(s) to Chicago Area Service Office’s site, how we protect your privacy and anonymity, and how this site is linked to other sites, such as the A.A.W.S., our Online Store and Contributions Online that are internal to Alcoholics Anonymous Chicago Area Service Office.

BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE SITE.

The Information We Collect
At Chicago Area Service Office website, we do not require personally identifiable information from you in order to access and use the website. However, in connection with your use of the Site, particular features or components thereof, you may be required to provide, and we may collect, information that can identify you personally or that can be used with other sources of information to identify you. For example, if you create an account or purchase products on the Site, you will be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number, credit card information and billing address. You may also provide Personal Information when you request customer service or other assistance, sign up to receive emails or other communications for us, or otherwise communicate with us via the Site

How We Use the Information
Any personally identifiable information submitted by you is kept strictly confidential and separately from the website and is used solely by Chicago Area Service Office to provide the information that you requested. We do not provide or forward personally identifiable information to any organization.

Cookies
Portions of Chicago Area Service Office’s website use “cookies.” Cookies are small text files placed on your computer Chicago Area Service Office uses cookies to facilitate your ongoing access to and use of the website, to track site usage, and to compile non-personal aggregate data in order to improve content and efficiency on the website. We do not link personally identifiable information submitted by you through the online forms on Chicago Area Service Office’s website to the data stored in the cookies.

Most browsers and certain third-party utilities allow for you to accept or deny cookies from this or any other website. If you deny the use of cookies you will still be able to use our website.

Third Party Sites
Portions of Chicago Area Service Office’s website contain links to other websites.  You should consult the other website’s privacy statement for more information, as those practices may differ from ours.

Third Party Webservices

Portions of Intercounty Fellowship’s website accesses webservices and information from other websites to make finding meetings more convenient.

Anonymous Information
When you use the Site, Chicago Area Service Office may also collect certain information that does not identify you individually. For example, Chicago Area Service Office may collect information about your computer, mobile device, or other device that you use to access the Site (which may include, for example, IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information) and about your use of our Website (which may include, for example, a reading history of the pages you view).

Security
We make commercially reasonable efforts to keep your Personal Information secure. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway provider’s database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your credit card information will not be stored on our servers.

Notice to Users Outside of the United States
If you are located within the European Union, you should be aware that your personal identifiable information will be transferred to the United States of America, the laws of which may be deemed by the European Union to have inadequate data protection. If you are located in a country outside the United States of America and voluntarily submit personal information to us, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in, the United States of America.

How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement, you may contact us at:

Alcoholics Anonymous Chicago Area Service Office
180 N Wabash Ave. Suite 305
Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 346-1475
email: [email protected]