Privacy Policy
AbleVillage d.b.a. Global Disabilities Network
These guidelines apply to the current ablevillage.com web pages and may be modified as new features are added to the site.
What personal information we collect
When you apply to become a registered user of AbleVillage, we ask for your name, username and password, and your Email address. This information allows complete access to most features contained within AbleVillage. This information is never shared, sold, or distributed and is held in strict confidence. Once you have become a registered user, you may choose to take advantage of certain social media and online communities contained within the website. Any personal information you choose to provide, above and beyond your name, username and password and Email address, is at the sole discretion of the registered user and may be available and accessible at anytime by other users through your authorized and/or unauthorized consent.
You may also access our Website and browse our website without disclosing your personal data. However, some features and functionality will not be available until you register.
How we use your personal information
Information collected on this site is used to serve you better or to perform the specific services you request. Information stored in secure server logs is used for system administration only. We will never sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.
How we protect your information
All member information – including usernames, passwords and email addresses – are stored behind a "firewall", and defenses have been put in place to protect your information from outside attack by hackers and curious visitors. Although safe and secure there are no guarantees that any information contained within our internal databases cannot be attacked or hacked from outside sources.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How to unregister
To unregister, registered users can send an email to the Web portal administrator asking to be removed. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
At any time you may unsubscribe from any of our e-mail publication distributions through our e-mail management system’s unsubscribe button.
How this site uses cookies
Some applications on this site use "cookies." AbleVillage does not use these or any other technique to gather personal information about you without your knowledge. If we need information, we explicitly ask you.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Cookies allow us to maintain our single sign-on feature – the feature that allows registered users to sign on once on our site, and maintain their active sign-on state while browsing through pages. These cookies do not contain any personally identifying information.
We also use traffic log cookies to identify which pages of our site are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to users’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose 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. However, doing this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
This website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
You’re Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We have the right to change our Privacy Policy at anytime for any reason. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from August 1, 2010.