Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation Privacy Policy

Effective December 2005

Your Privacy

DSRTF recognizes your trust and fully respects your privacy. When you interact with us through this web site, we may collect personally identifiable information from you when you choose to provide such information, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, or credit card information. You may use this web site without providing any personal information, but may not be able to use certain web site features.

By voluntarily providing us with personal information, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this policy. If you provide personal information to this web site, you acknowledge and agree that such information may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of DSRTF and the authorized third parties referred to herein.

We will not disclose your personal information to any third party without your permission except as follows: (a) as authorized by you; (b) as reasonably necessary to perform certain services, such as processing your credit card donation or purchase through our web site and (c) as required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of DSRTF or (iii) protect against legal liability. We may also use your personal information as part of the compilation of anonymous statistical information regarding our donations. Your personal information will not be disclosed in any such statistical compilation.

If you have made a donation or indicated that you would like to receive information from DSRTF, we may send you occasional updates via email regarding DSRTF, our research, information regarding Down syndrome, and ways you can help. If you prefer not to receive information from DSTRF, please contact us via email at info@dsrtf.org.

Secure Transactions

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place reasonable physical, electronic, and management procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. DSRTF uses the latest encryption technology and other methods to protect your credit card information. However, no web site is completely secure. You can make donations using Netscape’s SSL encryption (the Internet standard for secure transactions) or you can send us a check instead. For more information about credit card security or other payment options, please contact us via email at info@dsrtf.org.

Links to Third Party Sites

Although this web site may contain references or links to other web sites, this Privacy Policy applies only to this DSRTF web site. Please be aware that DSRTF is not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every site that requests personal information from you.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with the safest and most secure experience possible. Since offerings and technologies change, we reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of our Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Please periodically review our Privacy Policy for changes. Your continued use of this web site after any changes or revisions to the Privacy Policy signifies your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or would like further clarification regarding our privacy practices, please contact us via email at info@dsrtf.org.