Policies

Discrimination Disclaimer

Boys Town maintains a policy which abides by federal law with regard to equal opportunity for youth and families accessing services.

Website Visitors Policy

This web site is owned and operated by or on behalf of Boys Town, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. We recognize that visitors to our sites may be concerned about the information they provide to us, and how we treat that information. This Visitors Policy provides some information concerning visits to our web sites. This policy may be changed or updated from time to time, without notice and at the sole discretion of Boys Town.

This website is collecting data via DoubleClick and through the standard Google Analytics implementation. The information collected focuses on our audiences demographics and interests. This information will be used in order to accurately deliver our messages to those individuals that will be most interested in seeing them.

This policy is applicable to all web sites owned and operated by Boys Town, including but not limited to boystown.org , babyhearing.org and parenting.org .

Visitor Policy

Boys Town employs industry standard practices to safeguard all data that enter the local network from the Internet. Examples of these practices include use of firewall and e-mail filtering to enforce perimeter security, use of anti-malware software, workstation security measures, and control of physical access to data centers.

Data transmissions from visitors that involve financial transactions are secured using the certificate-based https protocol.

For cases in which there is a high likelihood that sensitive information may be communicated while making requests for information or product inquiries (e.g., communications to the Boys Town Hotline) and the communication does not use a secure protocol, visitors are alerted that they are about to use an unsecured transmission and are given a phone number to use as an alternative.

For each visit to our web sites, our web server automatically recognizes the consumer's domain name and browser.

We collect the domain name of visitors to our web sites, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, information on what pages consumers access and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey answers, event registrations and employment application information.

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our web sites, used to notify consumers about updates to our web sites, used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes and employment purposes.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please contact us via e-mail at helpkids@boystown.org .

If you supply us with your postal address online, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please contact us via e-mail at helpkids@boystown.org .

Portions of Boys Town's postal mailing lists are made available to other organizations of common interest.

If you prefer your mailing information not be shared, you may place your name on a do not share list. To do so, please contact Boys Town Donor Relations at 1-800-217-3700; by e-mail at helpkids@boystown.org ; or write to us at Donor Relations, Boys Town, Boys Town, NE 68010. Please specify 'Do Not Share' and include your full name and address.

If donors would like to review or update their personal information, they should contact Boys Town Donor Relations at 1-800-217-3700; by e-mail at helpkids@boystown.org ; or write to us at Donor Relations, Boys Town, Boys Town, NE 68010. Please specify ‘Personal Information Review’ and include your full name and address

If you supply us with your telephone number online, we may contact you with information regarding orders you have placed, new products or upcoming events, or employment application information. If you do not wish to be contacted this way, please contact us via e-mail at helpkids@boystown.org .

"Cookies"

Visitors should be aware that information and data may be automatically collected by Boys Town web sites through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor's ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that should not come onto a visitor's system and damage files. Boys Town uses "cookie" technology to obtain information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors' online experience and facilitate their visit within our site.

Our postal address is:
Director of Information Technology
Boys Town
14100 Crawford St.
Boys Town, NE 68010
We can be reached via e-mail at webmaster@boystown.org

No portion or element of this site may be copied, distributed, sold, displayed or altered without the advance express written consent of Boys Town.