Privacy Statement

Welcome to Battered Mothers Resource Fund, Inc. (BMRF) web site. We at BMRF are committed to maintaining the privacy, security and personal information of all site visitors. We encourage you to read this Information Privacy Statement.

At this web site, BMRF does not actively initiate any collection of individual information. We do not actively seek to identify any individual visitor.

Your privacy and confidentiality are held in the strictest of confidence. Your personal information will not be share or disclosed to anyone. No one will contact you unless you request such contact.

If you are concerned about our use of your personal information, please contact us at helpinfo@batteredmothers.com with the subject line, "privacy."

Phone & Internet Safety Recommendations

Phone Safety

If you use your home phone, cell phone or any telephone which an abuser may have access to, you can take the following precautions:

• The best solution is to always use a disposable phone card when making calls to hotlines or organizations for assistance, counseling, etc. so none of these phone numbers will be shown on your detailed phone bills.
• Always make sure you dial another phone number after you make the call to clear the "redial" function from having the number you called.
• Always clear the outgoing, incoming and missed logs on your cell phone and other phone caller id.
• Never save hotline, organizations or counseling phone numbers in any phones, even if you do not save them with the correct name.

Internet Safety

• E-mail: if an abuser has access to your e-mail account, he or she may be able to read your incoming and outgoing mail. If you believe your account is secure, make sure you choose a password he or she will not be able to guess. If an abuser sends you threatening or harassing e-mail messages, they may be printed and saved as evidence of this abuse. Additionally, the messages may constitute a federal offense. For more information on this issue, contact your local United States Attorney's Office.
• History / Cache file: if an abuser knows how to read your computer's history or cache file (automatically saved web pages and graphics), he or she may be able to see information you have viewed recently on the internet.
• You can clear your history or empty your cache file in your browser's settings:
  • Netscape:
    Pull-down Edit menu, select Preferences. Click on Navigator and choose 'Clear History'. Click on Advanced then select Cache. Click on "Clear Disk Cache". On older versions of Netscape: Pull-down Options menu. Select Network Options, Select Cache. Click on "Clear Disk Cache".
  • Internet Explorer:
    Pull-down View menu, select Internet Options. On General page, under Temporary Internet Files, click on "Delete Files". Under History click on "Clear History."
  • AOL:
    Pull-down Members menu, select Preferences. Click on WWW icon. Then select Advanced. Purge Cache.

* This information may not completely hide your tracks.
Many browser types have features that display recently visited sites.
The safest way to access information on the Internet would be to use a computer at a local library, a friend's house, or at work.

Terms of Use

General Use Restrictions/Copyright

The Battered Mothers Resource Fund, Inc. (BMRF) or third parties granting rights to BMRF hold all right, title and interest in and to the materials on this web site, which are the copyrighted work of BMRF or such third parties. BMRF grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and display the materials only on your personal computer only for purposes associated with your interaction with this BMRF web site. Except as stated herein, you have no right to copy, download, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, modify, edit, alter or enhance any of the materials in any manner

Third Party Interaction and Links to Third Party Sites

In your use of the site, you may enter into correspondence with, purchase goods and/or services from, or participate in promotions of advertisers or members or sponsors of the site. Unless otherwise stated, any such correspondence, advertisement, purchase or promotion, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and/or services and any other term, condition, warranty or representation associated with such correspondence, purchase or promotion, is solely between you and the applicable third party. You agree that BMRF has no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such third party.

This site may be linked to other sites on the Internet that are not under the control of or maintained by BMRF. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by BMRF of any such sites. You acknowledge that BMRF is providing these links to you only as a convenience and you agree that BMRF is not responsible for the content or links displayed on such sites to which you may be linked.

Disclaimer

Your use of this site is at your own risk. This site may include inaccuracies or errors that may affect the quality of the materials on the site. The materials have not been independently verified or authenticated in whole or in part by BMRF. BMRF does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the materials. BMRF has no liability for any errors or omissions in the materials, whether provided by BMRF or third parties.

Inaccuracies or Errors

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