YBGR Website Privacy Policy

Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch, Inc. (“YBGR”) respects the privacy of our clients, donors, website visitors, and all other parties. This policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information collected through our website.

Consent

By using our website or by providing personal information to us, you signify agreement with the terms of our current Privacy Policy as posted on our website. Individuals who do not agree with any term in this Policy, should not use our website or provide any personal information to us. Contact forms found on our website will contain a statement that explains how to optionally consent to SMS text messaging pursuant to this privacy policy.

Types of Information We Collect

Our website collects various information through contact forms (information you share with us) or by autonomous means (recorded information) including but not limited to: Name(s), Telephone Number(s), Physical or Electric Address(es), Date(s) and Time(s) of access, Free-Form Text, etc. All information is stored in a secured database with limited access to the individuals who manage the website or individuals with specific business purposes.

How We Use Information

We will use information provided to us via the website for the following purposes only:

  • Respond to inquiries, per your requested method(s)
  • Send you receipts, confirmations, and/or scheduling appointment reminders.
  • Send information about program updates, outcomes, news, special events, funding requests, and other information about YBGR and its affiliates.
  • Internal recordkeeping and analysis
  • For compliance reporting
No Sharing of Personal Information or Financial Information

We will not share, sell, rent, or lease information subject to this policy to other organizations without your consent. Credit Card transactions completed on our website to donate or to pay your bill are completed through a secure third-party processor.

SMS Statement: YBGR maintains strict privacy policies to protect the personal information of our users obtained for text message communications. This information is never sold, rented, released, or traded to others without prior consent or legal obligation. Any sharing of information with third parties is solely for the purpose of fulfilling YBGR’s obligations to the user. We guarantee that it will never be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.

Opting Out

If you wish to opt-out of communications from YBGR may do so by using one or more of the following:

  • Clicking Unsubscribe link contained within emails.
  • Notifying us through our Contact Us page.
  • Text-Message Opt-Out: If you are receiving text messages from us and wish to stop receiving them, simply respond with “STOP” to the number from which you received the message. Once we receive your message, you will no longer receive further text messages from us.

This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

External Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are beyond the control of YBGR. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or other practices for outside website and expressly disclaim any and all liability related to such sites. YBGR encourages you to review privacy policies when interacting with other websites.

Cookies

Many websites, including ours, use cookies, which are comprised of electronic information stored on the user’s computer so that we can identify a user when they return to our website. We can only “read” cookies that are placed on a user’s computer from our own website. Usage of cookies is not linked to any personally identifiable information. A user can select to disable cookies by changing browser settings. If a user chooses to disable cookies in your browser, they will not be able to access portions of our website content.

Notice to Parents; Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”):

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. Users under 13 are asked to not attempt to send any information about themselves to us. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Questions?

Please use our Contact Us page to get in touch.

Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
1732 S 72ND ST W
Billings, MT 59106

Updated: June 2024.