| This website is owned
and operated by or on behalf of the Scleroderma Foundation.
We recognize that visitors to our site may be concerned about
the information they provide to us, and how we treat that
information. This Privacy Policy addresses those concerns.
This policy may be changed or updated from time to time.
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact
us at:
Scleroderma Foundation
300 Rosewood Drive Suite 105
Danvers MA 01923
Or email
us.
We are available to answer your questions or hear your concerns.
The Scleroderma Foundation’s Official Privacy Policy
The Scleroderma Foundation uses its best efforts to respect
and protect the privacy of our online visitors and donors.
Your privacy is of the highest priority to the Scleroderma
Foundation. The Foundation, including affiliated Chapters
and Support Groups, employees, or subcontractors, will not
sell, give or otherwise disseminate any information concerning
you to any other organization, business or individual outside
the Foundation for any purpose.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our website
you may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose when you volunteer,
make a financial donation or purchase materials, and information
collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our
website.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may
retain the content of your email messages together with your
email address and any other corresponding email addresses.
We store this information for the sole purpose of communicating
through email and it will not be used for any other purpose
without your consent.
Personal Information
If you make a financial donation, purchase literature or request
general information from the Scleroderma Foundation, your
contact information will be added to our database.
Cookies and Web Server Logs
Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes
a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation
below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web Server Logs
(see explanation below, "What Are Web Server Logs?")
to collect information about how our website is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web Server Logs may include sign-on
information, the date and time of visits, the pages viewed,
time spent at our website, and the websites visited just before
and just after our website.
How We Use Collected Information
Email Notices and Enewsletter
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to
notify you through email about important changes to our website,
new content and announcements we think you will find useful.
You will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire
not to receive these notices by replying to these emails.
Scleroderma Foundation Contact Information
The use of contact information on our website is strictly
for persons interested in contacting Chapter and Support Group
volunteers and/or staff for support and information purposes
only. This contact information SHOULD NOT be taken from our
website for solicitation or commercial uses.
We Care About Doing It Right
In addition to maintaining privacy and security controls over
information you share with us, the Scleroderma Foundation
works to accurately process your contribution information.
During business hours (8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. EST), staff
is available to answer questions about your financial donation.
To review and/or correct any personal information collected,
please call 800-722-HOPE (4673) or email
us.
The Scleroderma Foundation employs error-checking procedures
to make certain transactions are processed completely and
accurately. As necessary, changes are made to improve our
systems. Independent external and internal audits are conducted
to ensure the privacy, security and appropriate processing
of your information on our site.
Your Consent
By using our website you consent to our collection and use
of your personal information as described in this Privacy
Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures,
we will post those changes on our website to keep you aware
of what information we collect, how we use it and under what
circumstances we may disclose it.
Thank you for visiting our site. Please contact
us should you have any questions about the operation of
the site.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Credit Card Information Secure?
When you make an online transaction, the credit card billing
information, including the name on the credit card, billing
address and expiration date, is used to process the transaction.
All this information is encrypted using SSL, industry standard
secure technology. This encryption is designed to prevent
theft or interception of the information.
Is My Personal Information Secure?
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and
ensure the appropriate use of information, we have established
and maintain reasonable security procedures to protect the
confidentiality, security and integrity of the information
we collect online.
Email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we
advise you that security measures are in place prior to your
transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that
you do not send confidential information such as Social Security
or account numbers to us through email.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows
web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's
web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember
what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify
subsequent interactions with that website by the same user
or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions
on related web pages. Cookies should make your online experience
easier and more personalized.
What Are Web Server Logs?
All user activity on our website is stored onto log files
residing on our servers. We register Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses to accumulate web traffic reports, analyze trends,
administer the site, track a user's movement and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies and
Web Server Logs?
The information in cookies allows registered users to automatically
sign-on, allows us to trace the paths followed by users as
they move from one page to another and makes restricted access
for non-registered users to particular areas of our website
possible. Web server logs allow us to count how many people
visit our website and evaluate our website's visitor capacity.
Information collected from cookies and web server logs is
on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated
with you as an individual (with the exception of cookies that
help to automate a user's sign-on process). We do not use
these technologies to capture personal information about you.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our registered
users, sales, website traffic patterns, and related website
information to our affiliates, partners or reputable third
parties, but this information will not include personally
identifying data.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so.
What About Other Websites Linked to Our Website?
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website
to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.
Links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to
information on topics that may be useful to the users of our
website. Your browsing and interaction on any other website,
including websites that have a link on our website, is subject
to that website's own rules and policies. Please read over
those rules and policies before proceeding.
Last Revised March 29, 2006 |
