AMDF PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
AMDF respects the privacy
of our donors and Web site
visitors.
Thank you for visiting the AMDF Web site and reading the AMDF Privacy
Policy Statement. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) works for the prevention, treatment and cure of macular degeneration through raising funds, educating the public and supporting scientific research. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit, publicly supported organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
In order to fulfill its mission, the AMDF maintains databases that are compiled exclusively of information knowingly and voluntarily provided to the AMDF by our donors and Web site visitors. The AMDF respects the privacy of our donors and Web site visitors. The AMDF does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our donors and Web site visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law. Please note, the AMDF receives Memorial and Special Occasion donations both on-line and through the mail. The AMDF may list the name, city and state of the donor and the occasion in our print Newsletter. This is a well-established policy adopted by most charitable organizations. However, donor amounts and specific addresses are not disclosed. Donors who want the amount of their donation publicly disclosed may request the same from the AMDF.
Web users are justly concerned about what information is being collected, and how it is being used.
The AMDF's policy is that it does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about AMDF Web site visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law. With the exception of the AMDF secure on-line server for credit card donations, our Web site visitors are advised and cautioned that whenever they voluntarily disclose personal information on-line - for example, to the AMDF Bulletin Board - that information can be collected and used by anyone reading the Bulletin Board.
We must disclose pertinent credit card information to appropriate banking institutions for those persons using credit cards to make donations to the AMDF. However, credit card information collected by the AMDF is used strictly for billing purposes.
Site Visitorship Data
The AMDF routinely gathers data on Web site activity, such as how many people visit our Web site, the pages they visit and where they come from.
Site visitorship data is collected on an aggregate, anonymous basis, which means no personal information is associated with this data.
Please be aware that our Web site contains links to other Web sites and that the privacy practices of these other Web sites may differ from those of the AMDF. Each Web site is responsible for its own privacy practices.
If the AMDF decides to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page immediately. If we decide to alter this Privacy Policy Statement, we will show the date of change using the "Last Updated" statement below.
This Privacy Policy Statement was originally posted on March 15, 2000, and it details the AMDF Privacy Policy in place since the AMDF Web site went on-line on January 2, 1998. Very minor changes were made in this Privacy Policy on November 9, 2001.
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