The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our members and visitors to our Website. Since the protection of your privacy is of great importance to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, email address, or any other information, provided to us by our members and Website visitors.
This privacy policy will be updated periodically, so please be sure to reread it from time to time. By submitting your personal information to us, you are agreeing that TAPS may use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Personal Information:
We do not use this web site to collect any personally identifiable information about you other than what you provide voluntarily. We may use such voluntarily provided information to improve our understanding of your interests, to improve our services, or to contact you for future support either by email or postal mail. We may collect demographic information from other sources to help us learn more about member characteristics and needs.
In order to utilize certain features of our site or receive information from TAPS, you may choose to provide personal information. If you do submit information to us, we will use that information for the purposes for which it was submitted. We may also use your information in other ways, such as to contact you about other TAPS activities and/or fundraising campaigns or as otherwise disclosed to you at the point of collection. We may also use your name, postal delivery information and phone number to contact you offline. If you do not wish us to contact you offline or receive such mailings, please contact us.
TAPS uses third-party vendors to provide services on this Website and in offline business operations. The information that you submit on this site may be provided to those vendors on a confidential basis so that those vendors can provide services (such as maintaining our database, sending email messages, facilitating fundraising activities, or processing credit card transactions) on our behalf. TAPS does not sell, share, or exchange any personal information.
Other than as described in this privacy policy, or as may be necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of our organization or others, or as may be necessary to comply with applicable law, TAPS will not give, or sell the personal information you provide online or offline.
Financial Information:
If you choose to make an online donation to TAPS, you will have to provide your credit card billing information. This information is collected and transferred over the Internet using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to our secure server. If you are making a donation, either online or offline, the credit card information that you provide at the time of donation is used only to process your donation and will not be used by us for any other purposes.
Use of Email Address:
When you donate to TAPS you will be asked to supply your email address and other personal information. The information gathered from subscribers to TAPS (including email address) is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information and to contracted service providers and vendors for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you. We do not sell or rent email addresses.
TAPS will only use your email address to send information about TAPS (such as news and events, special programs and fundraising campaigns). You can unsubscribe from TAPS email at any time by following the instructions outlined below.
All email messages contain a link to unsubscribe from TAPS email. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to TAPS email at any time. To unsubscribe from TAPS email, send a message to unsubscribe@taps.org or send postal mail to:
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Attention: Database Services/Unsubscribe
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 630
Arlington, VA 22201
TAPS Give a Thousand Thanks Website:
Through submitting a message of support through a TAPS Web site, you grant TAPS, the right to edit your messages, stories, and Submission in any manner, and to use and license others to use the same, or any portions, reproductions, derivations, or versions thereof in any and all media, now known or hereafter invented (including, without limitation, radio, television, home video/DVD, merchandising, online internet and mobile services), in any manner, an unlimited number of times, in perpetuity, throughout the world, with or without charge or cost to end users or other third parties. User also grants TAPS the right to use and license others to use messages, stories and Submission for promotion, publicity and/or marketing of TAPS or in any other manner as determined by TAPS in its sole discretion.
TAPS Message Boards, Listserves & Chat Room Logs:
TAPS operates a number of message boards, listserves and an online chat room for the purpose of facilitating conversations among survivors. Participation in these activities for survivors is confidential, and occurs behind a user-initiated log-in or membership system. Comments or postings made by survivors in these areas will not be re-published in a public forum without the express permission of the survivor. Membership in these group is free and restricted to only survivors of our fallen military.
Data Collection and Storage:
This Website collects information such as the visitor’s domain name, site traffic patterns, and server usage statistics. This information is used to improve the performance and content of our Web pages and to personalize content and layout of our pages for individual visitors. We do not collect your email address unless you choose to communicate with us via email or you volunteer your email address on a form on this site.
Use of "Cookies":
The TAPS Website may use "cookies" and similar means to collect aggregate statistical information. Aggregate information does not identify any individual person. We may use or disclose aggregate information for any purpose. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and are designed to be read only by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Cookies are also used to recognize visitor preferences, temporarily store session information and past activity at our site in order to provide better service and easier access when individuals return to our site. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or other websites you visit. Any information these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is anonymous.
Disabling Cookies:
To remove cookies from your computer, visit your Internet browser's "Help" section for information on how to delete cookies. In addition, there are many Websites that provide browser- and operating system-specific information on how to delete cookies. When thinking about whether you want to delete cookies, you should be aware that some sites require cookies to function properly. After you delete cookies, you may have to re-register with some sites or you may notice difficulty in browsing some sites.
Security:
This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. The security measures used on this site include, but are not limited to, industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, firewalls, and internal policies to maintain the security of stored data. While we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Warranties:
TAPS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, OR SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITH SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE USO MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT HOSTS THE SITE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER FORMS OF HARMFUL COMPUTER CODE. IN NO EVENT SHALL TAPS, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS WEBSITE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.
External Links:
Links to other Websites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those Websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site. Links to other Websites are provided by TAPS as a convenience to its users. TAPS is not responsible for the materials contained at any website linked to this site. If you visit the web sites of any of our partners, please consult their privacy policy. Our privacy policies apply only to your use of the TAPS site. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.
Contact TAPS:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, contact TAPS by:
Email: info@taps.org
Telephone: 202.588.8277
Postal Mail:
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 630
Arlington, VA 22201
TAPS exceeds industry standards for financial accountability and out performs most charities. We are proud to have received many of the top nonprofit charity ratings available today. Our donors should be confident they are supporting an organization that is financially healthy, accountable, and transparent. Fiscal Year End 2022 IRS Form 990 » See additional financial documents »
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) is a not-for-profit organization and is not part of, or endorsed by, the Department of Defense.
