Privacy Policy - Security - User Agreement - Service Marks - Copyright - Hyperlinks Our Privacy Policy — revised 02/14/2008
Personal contact information we collect and what we do with it If you make a donation, we may contact you from time to time (in writing only, never by telephone) to offer you an opportunity to make another gift, or to offer services from third parties that will directly benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation (e.g., a Make-A-Wish® affinity credit card). From time to time, the Make-A-Wish Foundation rents or exchanges its list of supporters with other trusted organizations to benefit the Foundation’s programs and activities. Prior to doing so, we will notify you and give you the option to opt-out. We have found this to be the most cost-effective method of reaching additional potential constituents and hope you value the information they send you. Your name is only made available to these carefully screened organizations through third-party mailing agents for a limited use. Such organizations will not have continued access to your name and address unless you choose to respond to their initial mailing. Personal contact information may also be shared with our agents, i.e., reputable companies we use for services such as shipping Make-A-Wish products or sending Make-A-Wish mail. We have confidentiality agreements in place with all such agents to protect your privacy. Finally, in some cases when you wish to refer a child, make a donation to your local chapter, or ask for local chapter information, your contact information may be passed on to your local chapter.
Personal billing information we collect and what we do with it
Other contact information we collect and what we do with it How to view or change your information If you do not wish to participate in our list rental or exchange activities, or if you wish to modify the frequency of future communications from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, please write to us at our headquarters address below. With the exception of credit card numbers, which are not retained, you can view and request changes to all the information you have given us, including any mailing lists you may be on, by contacting us in one of two ways: You can either e-mail us at donorcare@wish.org, or you can send a letter addressed to:
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America In addition, if you have subscribed to Wishnews®(our online newsletter), you can unsubscribe by clicking on the unsubscribe link featured at the end of the newsletter. Your IP address, cookies and plug-ins For each visitor to our website, our Web server automatically recognizes the visitor's IP address, although no personally identifiable information (such as e-mail addresses) is recognized by the server. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information. Occasionally, we may use session cookies to improve content, provide easier access and understand how visitors use our website. Session cookies are also used to support our e-commerce pages. Our website does not include stand-alone or plug-in applications that report individually identifiable information back to us or to any other organization. Links to other sites This website contains links to other sites, including ones (such as eBay's auction site) that may gather personal contact information. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such Web sites. However, any personal information obtained by us through other sites is treated as if it was gathered on our site and our privacy policy applies. Children With respect to children, the Make-A-Wish Foundation only collects personally identifiable contact information from children who are referring themselves as potential wish children. We pass that information on to the child's local Make-A-Wish chapter so the chapter can contact the child's family to make an assessment of wish eligibility; however, we do not share it in any other way or with any other parties. We do not give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information in any way. Changes to this policy Our privacy policy is subject to change from time to time. Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted on this Web page, and we will mark the link to our privacy policy from our Internet home page to note the date of any changes so that you will always know what information we collect, how we use it and what choices you have. Security
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CopyrightThe works of authorship contained in this website, including but not limited to all design, text and images, are owned or licensed by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, stored by subsequent use, or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without our prior written consent, except that you may make such temporary copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the website, and you may make one permanent printout of each page of the website (unmodified in form, with a copy of this Site Notice attached) to be used by you for personal and non-commercial uses that do not harm the reputation of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. HyperlinksYou may provide a hypertext link to this Web site on another website, provided that: (a) the link must be an active, text-only link (you may NOT use our logo without prior written approval) clearly marked "Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America"; (b) the link must "point" to the URL "http://www.wish.org" and not to other pages within the website; (c) the link, when activated by a user, must display this website full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linked website; (d) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to disparage the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America or its services, damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the Make-A-Wish Foundation's name and service marks, or to create the false appearance that an entity other than the Make-A-Wish Foundation is associated with or sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation; (e) the link may not be associated with the sale of any products or services, or the promotion of any lottery, raffle, sweepstakes or other games of chance benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation; and (f) the link will not appear on pages including content which the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America finds in its sole discretion to be objectionable or which includes obscene, pornographic, violent, intolerant, tasteless, denigrating or sexually-oriented content or materials; and (g) the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by amending this Site Notice. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for keeping up with any such changes. All other hypertext links to this website must be approved in writing by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. Inquiries may be directed to comm@wish.org. Use of a hyperlink does not indicate or create any endorsement, approval, sponsorship or affiliation of or with your Web site by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. This permission to hyperlink is provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title of non-infringement. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America reserves the right to take action against any use of its service marks or any links to its website that do not conform to the conditions herein, or that infringe any intellectual property or other rights of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. Thank you for taking the time to review our Privacy Policy and User Agreement. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is very concerned about online privacy and safety. If you have any questions about these policy statements, the practices of this site or your dealings with this website, you can contact:
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