To inspire hope and possibility in young adults who are living with life-threatening illnesses

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 10, 2008 Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope is committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your credit card and other sensitive information. The following statement describes the general information-gathering and usage practices of our web site and donation service. When you make a donation to the Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope Donate Now button, we collect a variety of personal information about you in order to properly process your donation. This personal information may include: name, address, phone, email address, your credit card information, "acknowledgement" or "in memory of" information, and donation amount. We do not share your personal information without your knowledge or permission. It is unlikely that Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope will need to contact you but we reserve the right in the event that we need to verify your personal information. If you contact us by email or phone, we may ask you to verify your personal information so that we may respond to your inquiry. We collect credit card information so that we can process donations and monthly fees. We maintain this information on our secure servers for our internal processes only. We also use a credit card processing company to process donations and monthly fees. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. If a donor selects "I want to make a recurring donation", you will be registering to make a credit card donation every month, 3 months, or year. After you complete this initial donation, future donations will be made automatically. You will receive an email receipt from Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope for each recurring donation. As soon as you complete this initial donation, you will receive a separate email containing a password and a link to the Donate Now system where you can review and change your donation options (amount, frequency, billing information) at any time. Of course, you will also be able to cancel your recurring donation at any point in the future. Donors can view and update their personal information on the Donate Now system by using their passwords and the link that we provide. Collecting Personal Information: When you submit a donation we collect your personal and organizational information such as: name, address, email address, organization name, employer ID, credit card number, etc. We collect this information so that we can process donations and reoccurring donation. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. Links: Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope provides links to other web sites as a resource for donors who are interested in obtaining information about our partners. We encourage you to view their privacy policies as well. Any information you share with these web sites is subject to their policies and practices and is independent of Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope. Cookies: Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope uses "session cookies" while a visitor is making a donation using the Donate Now button. "Cookies" are bits of information that are stored by your browser on your hard drive. We use "session cookies" so that we can properly verify a donor's identity as they move from one donation page to the next. These session cookies are not linked to personally identifiable information. Web log files: Like most web site administrators we use log files that record information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and page navigation. We gather this information to track web site visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how our customers and the public are using our service. IP addresses that are recorded by our log files are not linked to personally identifiable information. Protecting personal information: Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope takes every precaution to protect donor information. When donors submit sensitive information via our web site, their information is protected both online and off-line. When a form asks donors to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or address), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as a donation form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect donor information off-line. All of our donor information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (our customer service team) are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Complying with the judicial or legal system: Though Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope makes every effort to preserve donor and customer privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our organization. Changes to our privacy policy: If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to our homepage, this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our donors and customers are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Contacting Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope: Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope works hard to ensure that your giving experience is a positive one. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope, or your dealings with our web sites, please contact: Customer Support Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope P.O. Box 1074 San Francisco, California 94129-0256 donations@cameronsiemers.org tel: 877-509-9516