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This Privacy Statement applies to web sites operated by the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc, including: http://www.guidedog.org http://www.guidedog.us http://www.secondsightshop.com Your privacy is important to us. We want you to understand our information practices online and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. What information do we collect? How do we use it? When you request information about a product or service or register with one of our sites, we may need to know specific information about you in order to process your requests and reply to your needs promptly. Our site's forms may require you to give us contact information (like your name, e-mail and postal addresses) and demographic information (like your zip code or age). We may use the contact information from these registration and survey forms to send you information about other programs or events. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings. See the choice/opt-out section below. When you order information, products or services from the Web site, we need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number, and expiration date. This allows us to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. We currently use Yahoo to process credit card donations and orders. Their privacy policy is at: http://privacy.yahoo.com This site links to other sites. The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. We will not pass your information along to the linked site; however, we cannot protect your information if you provide information to that site. When you place orders or access your account information, we use a secure server. This secure server software, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all of the customer transactional data we collect is protected against unauthorized access with the use of digital certificates. Digital certificates for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind are issued by VeriSign, one of the most established signers of digital certificates. To learn more about our online security, simply click on the "Security" icon (it usually appears as a padlock) in your browser tool bar, at the bottom of your browser window. The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind may exchange your name and address with other recognized charitable organizations who will in turn provide names and addresses to us. This allows us to continue to add new supporters to the Guide Dog Foundation family at lower cost. You can request that we do not exchange your information by emailing us at privacy@guidedog.org (If you use more than one email address, send this message from each email account you use.) The Guide Dog Foundation does not send unsolicited commercial email to individuals with whom they do not have consent/permission or a pre-existing or current business relationship. The Guide Dog Foundation provides all email recipients with a clear, easy and effective method to unsubscribe to any and all online communications. The Guide Dog Foundation does not misrepresent the source of any message, does not falsify sender’s domain name or use a non-responsive IP address, and will not use false or misleading “Subject” lines. Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from the Guide Dog Foundation and third parties, if any, at the point where we request information about the visitor. Correct/Update This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided. 1. You can send email to privacy@guidedog.org 2. You can send mail to the following postal address: Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc, 371 East Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787, Attn: Mailing List. 3. We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. Please send email to privacy@guidedog.org, |
