American Donor Services and its affiliates (“American Donor Services”) – Privacy Policy
As a user of this Internet Website (“Site”), you (“you” or “user”) are valued by American Donor Services. American Donor Services is committed to protecting the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) provided by and collected from you on this Site in connection with the functions, facilities and services offered on this Site.
What Personal Information Does American Donor Services Collect From Site Users?
American Donor Services may gather Personal Information so that it can improve and personalize your experience with American Donor Services. Personal Information that American Donor Services collects falls into the following primary categories: (1) Personal Information you enter into the Site; (2) Personal Information you provide in an online form; and (3) Personal Information you provide in any other way.
In addition to the preceding categories of Personal Information, American Donor Services also collects certain non-identifiable information (the “Non-Identifiable Information”). Whenever you interact with American Donor Services, it receives and stores certain types of Non-Identifiable Information. For example, American Donor Services may use “cookies” to obtain information when your web browser accesses this Site. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that American Donor Services transfers to your computer via your Web browser and stores on your computer’s hard drive. The cookie file allows American Donor Services to recognize your computer when you visit the Site. On most web browsers you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie, and how to turn cookies off. American Donor Services recommends that you leave cookies turned on because they may enable you to take advantage of some of our Site’s best features.
How Does American Donor Services Use Your Personal Information And Other Non-Identifiable Information?
American Donor Services uses the Personal Information you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Information for a certain reason, American Donor Services may use it in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact American Donor Services by e-mail, it may use the Personal Information you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. If you contact American Donor Services about a job listing, it may use your Personal Information to consider you for the position. American Donor Services also uses your Personal Information and other Non-Identifiable Information collected through the Site to help it improve the content and functionality of the Site, to better understand our customers, and to improve its services. American Donor Services may also use your Personal Information to contact you, electronically or otherwise, in the future to tell you about products or services it believes will be of interest to you or to make it easier for you to use the Site. If American Donor Services does so, each communication it sends you will contain instructions permitting you to “opt-out” of receiving future communications.
Does American Donor Services Share The Information It Receives?
American Donor Services is not in the business of selling information about its users. American Donor Services considers this information to be a vital part of its relationship with its distributors and customers and it treats it with great care and respect. There are, however, certain circumstances in which American Donor Services may share your Personal Information with certain third parties, as set forth below.
Marketing: American Donor Services may use any statements that you communicate to it through the Site regarding it or any of its products and services for advertising or marketing purposes.
Agents: American Donor Services, like many companies, may hire other companies to perform certain functions, such as mailing communications, sending e-mail and managing databases. When American Donor Services employs another company to perform a function of this nature, it only provides them with the Personal Information they need to complete the task and it endeavors to prohibit them from using that Personal Information for any other purpose.
Business Transfers: As American Donor Services develops its business, it might sell or buy businesses or assets. In transactions such as these, Personal Information may be one of the transferred business assets.
Protection of American Donor Services and Others: American Donor Services may release Personal Information when it believes that such release is appropriate to comply with legal requirements, protect the rights, property or safety of our users, American Donor Services or others, or enforce terms of our Legal Statements. In addition, American Donor Services may exchange information with other organizations for fraud protection and risk reduction.
Public Areas: Any submissions that you make to Public Areas will be considered public. American Donor Services does not control, and is not responsible for, the actions of other users of the Site with respect to any information you post in Public Areas. In addition, information that you submit to Public Areas may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages and for other purposes.
How Secure Is Information About Me?
American Donor Services uses reasonable measures to protect the Personal Information you provide to the Site from unauthorized access, deletion or alteration. However, the security of the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, you should not provide any confidential information to this Site.
Access To Information About You.
If you desire to review your own Personal Information, to correct existing information, or to remove your information, please contact American Donor Services. If you request removal of your Personal Information, you acknowledge that residual information may continue to reside in American Donor Services records and archives, but American Donor Services will not use that information for commercial purposes. American Donor Services reserves the right to maintain your Personal Information if American Donor Services has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to our Site for violating the Terms of Use, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
What Choices Do I Have?
With the exception of Personal Information required to uniquely identify a user, you can choose not to provide Personal Information. However, doing so may prevent you from accessing other valuable features at our Site.
Links To Third Party Sites
You may be able to access Internet Websites owned by third parties (“Third Party Sites”) available through links from this Site. You understand and agree that your use of such Third Party Sites will be governed by the privacy policies of those sites and not by this Privacy Policy. American Donor Services shall not be responsible for the actions of any Third Party Site operators.
Children
American Donor Services does not knowingly collect Personal Information from minor children. American Donor Services encourages parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide Personal Information on this Site without their permission.
Terms Of Use, Notices, And Revisions
If you choose to visit the Site, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. If you have a concern about privacy at our Site, please email American Donor Services a detailed description of your concern and it will try to resolve it. American Donor Services’ business and Site change constantly. This Privacy Policy and the associated Terms of Use may also change. American Donor Service’s use of Personal Information that it receives and stores is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of American Donor Service’s use of such Personal Information. If American Donor Services decides to change the Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, American Donor Services will post the revised Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Use on this Site. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above.
Privacy Policy Last Updated: February 24, 2016.