Privacy Policy

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Thanks for visiting our website. This policy explains the what, how, and why of the information McClendon Recovery Initiatives Inc. d/b/a Recovery Solutions Inc. collects when you visit our website or when you use our services. It also explains the specific ways we use and disclose that information. We take our privacy extremely seriously; we do not sell list or e-mail addresses.

1. Our Privacy Policy

These definitions should help you understand this policy. When we say “we,” “us,” and “our,” we are referring to McClendon Recovery Initiatives Inc. d/b/a Recovery Solutions Inc., a 501c(3) nonprofit organization. We address the impact of incarceration, substance use, and mental health stigma on individuals and families through the provision of evidence-based supportive counseling, case management professional development training, and referral services. We value your privacy and appreciate you being concerned about how we treat the personal information you may provide to us when you visit us online and through other channels. “Personal Information,” means information that can be used to identify you including, but not limited to, first and last name, date of birth, e-mail address, gender, occupation, or other demographic information, if applicable.

2. Personal Information Collected

We maintain this website (https://recoverysolutionsnj.org) For informational purposes and to facilitate your interaction with our organization. Or on our website, we only collect personally identifiable information when voluntarily and knowingly submitted by a visitor to the website. You can have general slash public access to our website and browse pages describing our organization and services without providing any personal or identifying information or being required to register at our site. You may not be able to access all sections of our website without supplying personal information. For example, you may need to supply your personal information to complete online forms and applications. If you register with the website you will be provided a username and password which you must provide to us to log in and to obtain access to log in protected sections of the website. If you request to receive additional information we will ask you to provide us with your personal information so we can contact you to respond to your request. We will also receive your personal identifying information if you send it to use when you e-mail comments to the website or if you complete surveys on our website. If you choose to donate to McClendon Recovery Initiatives Inc. by telephone, postal mail, or online through this site, we will collect certain required financial information from you such as your credit card information if you choose to submit your donation in this way and the donation amount. Online donations are processed by a third party service provider and you should read the section below titled “Links and Third-party Websites” to familiarize yourself with the privacy terms on all non-McClendon Recovery Initiatives Inc. sites before using them. We will only release information about you if you give us permission to do so, if compelled to do so by law, or any connection with any government or self-regulatory entity request or investigation. We may also disclose information you provide to us to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. If a disclosure of this type is made, then we will require that entity to treat your private personal information with confidentiality. Our mailing list provides visitors to our website to opt in or opt out of receiving communications from us through a special online form. You may choose to receive only specific communications or none at all. You may also update your contact information from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication. 

3. Cookies

Visitors to our website should be aware that non personal information and data may be automatically collected by our website through the use of cookies. Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer, this allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next. Cookies do not end themselves present a threat to privacy, since they can only be used to store information that the user has volunteered or that the web server already has. Whilst it is possible that this information could be made available to specific third party websites, this is no worse than storing it in the central database, if you are concerned that the information you provide to a web server will not be treated as confidential then you should question whether you actually need to provide that information at all, cookies are used by us to recognize repeat visitors, frequency of visitor use, store user preferences, and to track information and website usage behavior. By tracking website user trends and patterns of how people search we can better understand our users. This helps us provide better and more personalized services, improve the content and administration of our website, and enhance your experience of visiting our website. Most web browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to block all cookies from being loaded onto your computer or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please be advised that refusing cookies can affect the performance of websites and cause some parts of our website to not function properly.

4. Sharing Aggregate Data

We may collect and share aggregate, statistical, and other non-personal information with other third parties with whom we have a business relationship. For example, we may obtain aggregate information or statistics from the use of “cookies” or information you provide us as described above, which does not identify you personally, such as user volume and demographics, click-stream patterns, and the domain name of websites or applications visitors are using to access our website.

5. Security and Confidentiality 

We are concerned about the safety and security of your use of our website, the information you may provide to us online, and any transactions you complete with us online. We have implemented and maintained physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards consistent with industry standard protocol to help guard your nonpublic personal information you provide to us, including to protect against the laws, misuse, interception, access, and alteration of information you sent to us. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to our volunteers and employees who need to know in order to enable us to provide our services to you.

6. Child Online Privacy Protection Act

Children who may visit our website, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children such as first and last name, street address, city, or state. When children send us an e-mail their online contact must verify that they are a person submitting information as a child age thirteen (13) or younger. Under no circumstances will any personal information be published to our website, be used for a purpose not intended by its sender, or shared with third-parties before obtaining parental consent. A parent may ask to view his/her child's information at any time, deleted, or ask that it not be used in the future by sending an e-mail to news@recoverysolutionsnj.org.

7. Links and Third Parties

This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the website. The website contains hyperlinks or links to other websites, including access to content, products, and services or our affiliated and non-affiliated websites. In some instances, these other websites are made available via framing technology and may appear to be part of our website. Prior to accessing other websites or non-McClendon Recovery Initiatives content via our website, a new window will open with the information you have selected to view. We urge you to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policy and other terms of use for each linked or framed site prior to submitting any personal private information. We are not responsible for the data collected, privacy, information sharing policies and procedures, or the content of these other websites.

8. Changes

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is reflected by the version date located at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. All updates and amendments are effective immediately upon notice, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of this Privacy Policy or other notice on the website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy often and stay informed of changes that may affect you, as your continued use of the website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Our electronically or otherwise properly stored copies of this Privacy Policy are each deemed to be the true, complete, valid, authentic, and enforceable copy of the version of this Privacy Policy which were in effect on each respective date you visited the website.

9. Scope

This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to any data that we have collected, or collect, about and or from you according to this Privacy Policy.

10. Questions and Concerns

If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete, or change any personal information we may hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we handle any privacy matter, please contact please use our contact form to send us a message you may also contact us by postal mail or e-mail at:

Recovery Solutions Inc. 

Attention:  Jennifer McClendon 

jmcclendon@recoverysolutionsnj.org  

PO Box 543 Piscataway NJ 08855 

United States of America

Last Updated: 1/24/2023