Privacy Policy

NCS welcomes you to our website. We thank you for your interest in learning more about the housing and services we provide to help homeless men and women transform their lives and in supporting this work.

Our Policy

NCS respects the privacy of individuals and makes every effort to respect and protect the privacy of its online visitors and donors. We will not share your e-mail address with third parties. We do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our site. We do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly, such as when you contact us via e-mail or send a donation. When you send us this information, it is used for internal purposes only and is not shared with anyone outside of NCS. This includes any information you supply when making a donation.

How Does NCS Use This Information?

If you have provided your personally identifiable information, we may contact you in the future by mail, e-mail or telephone to thank you for your support and to let you know about NCS events, news, volunteer or support opportunities. If you would rather not be contacted for these reasons, please mail us at ncs@ncsinc.org or write to:

Development Department
NCS
50 Broadway, Ste 1301
New York, NY 10004-1607

Is My Personal and Credit Card Information Secure?

Safeguarding your personal and credit card information is very important to us. Online donations are made through networkforgood.com which uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology and other security best practices to safeguard your most sensitive information. Read more here, to learn about Network For Good’s security features and privacy policy.  You should be aware that "perfect-security" is difficult to achieve and requires appropriate measures on your end as data is being transmitted and as it is stored.

How Do We Use Cookies?

Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter currently does not use cookies, however, we may incorporate their use in the future. A cookie is a small string of text that a website can send to your browser. It cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address. Websites use cookies to enhance the user’s visit; they enable websites to securely store a user’s ID and password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited, or keep track of selections in a "shopping cart." Cookies help us understand which parts of our website are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. In order to assist in better identifying the interests of our website visitors, Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter reserves the right to access cookies in the future. 

Governing Law

By using this website you agree to abide by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Statement. If you do not accept these conditions, do not use the website. You agree that your use of this site, and any related disputes shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York. Any dispute relating to this agreement shall be resolved solely in the state and federal courts located in New York, New York. ncsinc.org may change these terms and conditions from time to time for any reason. 

Thank you for your interest in Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter. Please contact ncs@ncsinc.org if you have any questions regarding our website or privacy statement.