PRIVACY POLICY

Authorization of Use

Resources for Independence hereby authorizes any person to access this Website for informational purposes only. Resources for Independence reserves the right to terminate access to this Website at any time without notice. The data, information and material included in this Website is copyrighted by Resources for Independence All rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States of America. No part of this Website can be redistributed, copied or reproduced without the prior written consent of Resources for Independence

No Warranties

The user of this Website assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of this Website and the Internet generally. Resources for Independence, disclaims all warranties, representations or endorsements, expressed or implied, with regard to the data, information and material included in, or accessible from, this Website or the Internet, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement. Resources for Independence has the right to discontinue, change or update any data, information or material included in the Website without prior notice, and they do not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any data, information or material included in, or accessible from, this Website. No advice or information given by Resources for Independence shall create any warranty. Resources for Independence warrants that the data, information and material included in the Website or on the Internet will be uninterruptible or error free or that any data, information, software or other material accessible from this Website is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Disclaimer of Liability

In no event shall Resources for Independence be liable for any compensatory, special, direct, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages, exemplary damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, information or profits arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the data, information or material included in this Website or on the Internet generally or on any other basis.

Disclaimer for Links

Although this site includes links providing direct access to other Internet sites, Resources for Independence and its affiliated companies take no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, and does not exert any editorial or other control over those other sites.

Electronic Communications

Resources for Independence will not be deemed to have accepted any electronic communication unless Resources for Independence provides the sender of the electronic communication with an acknowledgment verifying receipt of the communication. If Resources for Independence sends any electronic communication, Resources for Independence will assume the communication was received intact by the intended recipient. The recipient of such message must notify Resources for Independence if the transmission was not received or was not received in a readable format.

Security

Despite the security measures taken by Resources for Independence, there is an inherent risk in disclosing personal information over the Internet. Anyone electronically transmitting personal information assumes the risk that such information may be disclosed or intercepted by unintended third parties and Resources for Independence disclaims all liability resulting from such interception or disclosure. Anyone who wishes to request a quote for service who is concerned about maintaining the security of their personal information may mail the information to Resources for Independence

Privacy Statement

Resources for Independence is committed to protecting your privacy as a visitor to this Website and as our customer. To our visitors and to our customers, we offer this pledge:
Resources for Independence is the owner of the information, which is collected on this Website. We will not sell, disseminate, disclose, trade, transmit, transfer, share, lease or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party not specifically authorized by you to receive your information except as we have disclosed to you in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection

Resources for Independence and our third-party service providers may collect and process the following types of personal information about you:

  • Name
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Social network profile information
  • Information we collect when you use our Site, such as your domain name, internet protocol (IP) address, mobile device model, Internet service provider, Site access times, websites that referred you to us and web pages within our Site that you visit
  • Information you communicate to us through our Site, our social media pages or through other means.

Resources for Independence and our third-party service providers may collect personal information as follows:

  • We may collect information you provide when you use our Site including when you fill in forms on our Site, subscribe to any of our services, complete a survey on our Site, post material to our Site or download content from our Site.
  • We may collect information you provide when you contact us by phone, email, text message or messaging application on social media.
  • We may collect social network profile information that you have made publicly available through your social network account settings if you choose to access our social media.

We will maintain a record of your information at the offices of Resources for Independence, so we can provide you with service. The employees of Resources for Independence are each required to sign and acknowledge a Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement. Each employee has been instructed on maintaining the privacy of each customer and the importance of protecting the customer’s personal information.

Cookies

We transmit non-personally identifiable information to third party service providers (e.g. Google) that collect website statistics. We may also transmit non-personally identifiable information to third party service providers that may use such information during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.
One method of collecting such information is through the use of cookies. A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on a visitor’s hard drive while they are visiting this Website. We may utilize a short-lived form of cookie when you visit this site. At Resources for Independence, a cookie is only used to identify one unique visitor from another visitor during a particular session. A session is the period of active site-use while that unique visitor is linked to our server.
Use of cookies helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to: estimate our audience size and usage patterns; store information about your preferences allowing us to customize our Site according to your individual interests; speed up your searches; and recognize you when you return to our Website. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you activate such a setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
The cookie expires and is deleted from the visitor’s computer as soon as they close their browser or if they are not actively browsing our Website for more than 20 minutes. Should a previous visitor to our Website return for a new session, they will be issued a new cookie and in no way will they be recognized as a visitor from a previous visit or session.

Third-Party Links

This Website may contain links to third-party Websites that are not controlled by Resources for Independence These third-party links are made available to you as a convenience and you agree to use these links at your own risk.
Please be aware that Resources for Independence is not responsible for the content of third-party Websites linked to Resources for Independence nor are we responsible for the privacy policy or practices of third-party Websites linked to Resources for Independence Our Privacy Policy only applies to information we collect from you while you are actively in a connection with Resources for Independence If you should link to a third-party Website from Resources for Independence, we h3ly encourage you to review and become familiar with that Website’s privacy policy.

Changes In Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy without providing you with advance notice of our intent to make the changes. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.

Copyright

The Resources for Independence logo, and other marks, including the names of various products and services described within and offered by companies represented by Resources for Independence and its subsidiaries are service marks of these companies.
Permission to use, copy and distribute these materials without fee is hereby granted, for non-commercial purposes, provided that the material is unaltered and Resources for Independence copyright notice appears in all copies.
Use of this site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of our state of business, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. Any dispute concerning this site shall be subject to the exclusive venue of a court of competent jurisdiction in our state of business.
Should any provision of our terms and conditions be held invalid, unlawful or for any reason unenforceable, then the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall be severable from the remaining provisions. Such invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Resources for Independence

Hours

  • Monday-Saturday: 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Sundays: Closed

Helping You

Services are provided to those residing in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties in Maryland.