At America's Foundation, we are committed to protecting your privacy online. Our privacy policy explains the information practices America's Foundation uses related to:
* How we use your information
* How we protect your information
* How to unsubscribe from mailing lists
* How to correct information you provided
* How to contact us about privacy
America's Foundation embraces the Direct Marketing Associations (DMA) Privacy Promise to American Consumers that took affect for all DMA members on July 1, 1999. This policy can be found at www.the-dma.org.
Our site links to a limited number of other web sites. America's Foundation is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these web sites.
How do we use the information you provide America's Foundation?
When you volunteer online or sign up to stay informed: Our forms ask you to give America's Foundation contact information including: name, mailing address, e-mail address and how you wish to help us. Unless you opt out, we will use your e-mail address to send you updates from America's Foundation and to ask you to take an action such as contacting your Congressperson. Additionally, you may receive periodic fundraising communications.
You may remove your name from our e-mailing lists at any time by emailing a request to info@americas-foundation.org.
We use your address information to send you information about America's Foundation and to help match your interests to our grassroots organizing efforts. You may remove your name from all of our volunteer and activist lists by sending your request to info@americas-foundation.org.
When you contribute money online: America's Foundation accepts contributions by credit card online. In addition to your name, mailing address and email address, we make a note of your telephone number if you choose to provide it, but you are not required to do so. By providing us with this information, you allow us to quickly contact you concerning federal or state legislation and our grassroots efforts .
America's Foundation may exchange or rent our contributor list of names and mailing addresses to other organizations unless you use the opt-out feature on the contribution page.
Unless you opt out, we may use the information you provide us when you contribute by mail or online, or when you download a form from our web site to contact you for other purposes or to solicit you for additional contributions.
Cookies: A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer when you visit a web site such as America's Foundation. To enhance your experience with our site, some pages may use cookies. Additionally, portions of our site link to external sites—such as GetActive and Yahoo!—that have their own Privacy Policy governing the use of cookies. Please refer to these external sites for additional information.
America's Foundation will use cookies to tailor your experience on our site to your general geographic location and interests. In these cases, we will always ask permission before placing a cookie file on your computer, and unless you choose to furnish us with personally identifiable information there will be nothing in our cookie files that identifies you personally. Should you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
How do we protect your information?
Our web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored on a separate system that is not connected to the Internet.
When you contribute online, we use a secure server and encryption to protect your credit card number and other personal information during transmission.
All messages sent by America's Foundation and other e-lists include information on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily through an automated system.
America's Foundation Online Privacy Policy
