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PRIVACY
Effective as of April 30, 2011
Read the GYHITG Terms and Conditions of Use Our Commitment to Privacy Get Your Head in the Game® (“GYHITG”) respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites, including braintumor.org, my.braintumorcommunity.org, and braintumorcommunity.org (“Website”). This notice explains our online information practices. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. To make this notice easy to find, links are provided at the bottom of our homepage and on every page within our Website. Additionally, each page that requests personally identifiable information reminds you of the importance of your privacy and provides a link to the privacy policy. By visiting an GYHITG Website, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Notice. By visiting an GYHITG Website and/or creating a profile (each a “GYHITG Website”) or otherwise using our online services you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not access or use our online services. Use of Cookies We use cookies, small files that are sent to your Web browser and stored on your computer's hard drive, to improve your Website experience. The cookie is used to speed up your access to the Website and the information you wish to see, but it does not contain any personal information. The majority of Web browsers accept cookies, but the “help” menu on your browser should give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new cookies. However, please be aware that if you block cookies, some Website functionality may be lost. Data Collection We collect several types of information: 1. Standard Web server traffic pattern information. General traffic, site usage, browser information, and length of stay information is collected and stored in log files. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis. 2. Personal information. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you personalize a Website, become a volunteer, order materials, request information, or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, and subject of inquiry. Personal information may be needed for certain optional online activities. 3. Registration: You can access your profile by entering your username and password each time you use the Website. When you register and create a profile, we may ask you to provide health information. This information is useful for event administration purposes. Further, if you elect to use our referral service to inform a friend about the site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and address. We will store this information in order to send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. 4. Contributions: If you choose to donate to our organization, we maintain a record of your contribution. We collect standard credit card information (card number, card type, expiration date) and keep a record of your financial transaction. Credit card numbers are held only until the charge can be processed (usually several minutes) then the number is only available to National Brain Tumor Society Gift Processing for purposes of problem resolution. 5. Requests: If you submit an online request for GYHITG products such as free brochures, or submit a question through a “contact us” query, we may have to gather additional information from you to respond to your request. Such information will vary with the request but often includes name, address, telephone number, and email address. 6. Public Forums: If you choose to participate in a chat room, discussion board, news group, or another public forum that we make available to our users, please remember that any information that you disclose in these areas becomes public information, even when these forums are password protected. You should exercise caution when deciding whether or not to disclose your personal information. Data Use We limit the use of information provided to us on our Website to the following: 1. If you do not make a service request, donation, purchase, or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our site to improve our Website and our service to you. 2. If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to.
Your Options We respect your privacy and allow you to restrict internal and external sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit the ways in which we contact you and we offer the following options:
Access Upon request, we will provide you with the information we maintain about you so that you may request corrections. This information will be sent via postal mail, which we believe is the most secure method of communication. Please contact us by email atprivacyrequest@braintumor.org or in writing at: National Brain Tumor Society Security and Privacy Requests 22 Battery Street, Suite 612 San Francisco, CA 94111-5520 To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing information or making corrections. Data Security We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information and to honoring your choices for its intended use. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we strive to maintain physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards. We process your financial transactions securely using the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ("PCI DSS"). PCI DSS is the payment card industry security requirement for entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data, and has been endorsed by all the major card brands — Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Network, American Express, and JCB. PCI DSS compliance gives consumers the confidence they need to know that organizations accepting electronic payments or donations are doing so in a verified, secure, and consistent fashion. Convio, our software provider for online marketing, fundraising, and advocacy, received Level 1 PCI compliance - the highest level validation. This means that the processes, procedures, network configuration, and overall environment used to process your financial support of our organization have met the stringent guidelines of a third-party audit and are in compliance with the high standards set by the industry. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations such as ours proactively protect your account data - a responsibility we take very seriously. Inside GYHITG, data is stored in password-controlled servers. Our staff and volunteers are educated about the importance of safeguarding your information and we are committed to holding them accountable for protecting your confidentiality. However, such precautions do not guarantee that our Website is invulnerable to all security breaks. GYHITG makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of our Website is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure. Whenever GYHITG permits an external third party to access personally-identifiable information, appropriate procedures are followed to help ensure that the information is used only for authorized purposes and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the choices GYHITG constituents have made under this statement, and that the security, integrity, and privacy of the information is maintained. While GYHITG will employ procedures to help ensure that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above, we cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies of such third parties. Links within Our Website Our privacy policies apply only to your use of the GYHITG Website. This site contains links to other sites, including sites that have a special relationship with us. We do not disclose personably identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials or policies on those Websites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you. Contact Us This privacy statement will be updated periodically and posted on our Website. It applies only to our on-line practices and does not encompass other areas of the organization. It applies to the on-line practices of GYHITG. References to "Get Your Head in the Game", "GYHITG", "we", "us" and "our" are references to the Get Your Head in the Game® initiative and its affiliates, staff, and volunteers. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting revisions. You agree to review the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use each time you use our Website so that you are aware of any modifications. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the GYHITG Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your access or use. If you have any questions about our policy or our compliance, you may send us an email at info@getyourheadinthegame.org or write to: National Brain Tumor Society Security and Privacy Requests 22 Battery Street, Suite 612 San Francisco, CA 94111-5520 |
