|
|
 |
 |
|
Privacy Policy
Respect
The American Foundation™
respects the privacy of every current and potential
donor and every individual who visits our Web site.
All personal information given to us is treated as
confidential.
Confidentiality
The American Foundation™
protects your confidentiality through:
- Staff employment contracts which carry a
confidentiality clause
- Computer system security, including
firewalls for our Internet-based systems
- Encryption technologies for on-line
transactions
- User authentication systems (e.g.,
passwords) and access control mechanisms
Third Parties
The American Foundation™
will not sell or give your personal information to
any third party (including telemarketers) for any
reason.
Information Use
We will securely store the information you provide
to us and may use it to:
- send you the information that you requested
- improve our Web site, programs or customer
service
- send you news or updates on our programs or Web
site
- contact you
The American Foundation™
will not collect any personal information about you
unless you give it to us voluntarily (that is, your
name, address, telephone number, or E-mail address.)
If you do not want your personal information
collected, please do not submit it to us. If you
have already submitted this information and would
like for us to remove it from our records, please
contact us at the E-mail address or telephone number
listed at the bottom of this Statement, and we will
delete your information from our existing files.
Statistics
Although our Site compiles standard log files to
measure the Site's traffic, it does not specifically
identify any E-mail addresses, unless you
voluntarily give it to us. The information we
collect is used to improve the content of our Web
site and is not shared with other organizations.
Non-Personally-Identifiable Information
Collected Automatically
In some cases, we may collect information about you
that is not personally identifiable. Examples of
this type of information include the type of
Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer
operating system you are using, and the domain name
of the Web site from which you linked to our site.
Information We May Place Automatically On
Your Computer's Hard Drive
When you view our Web site, we may store some
information on your computer. This information will
be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and
will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies
allow us to tailor our Web site to better match your
interests and preferences. With most Internet
Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer
hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning
before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your
Browser instructions or Help screen to learn more
about these functions.
A WORD OF CAUTION : Our Web site is
secure and information collected via our forms is
secure, but information sent via E-mail (any E-mail,
not just ours) is not.
Creating new and
more effective philanthropy since 1982.
|
| |
|
|
