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Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation (GAEF) takes privacy and data protection issues
seriously. We
have designed this Privacy Policy to explain how we handle personally identifiable information collected
for
the purpose of site statistics and processing online contributions.
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy covers GAEF's treatment of personally identifiable information
collected from
contributors who use GAEF's online giving credit card transaction process. GAEF shares the minimum
required information with our online credit card authorization provider and the provider of our credit
card
merchant account for the purpose of ensuring that your credit card information is correct and to process
your secure, encrypted transaction.
Information Collection and Use
GAEF collects personally identifiable information when you process an online contribution
using our online
giving credit card transaction page.
We ask for your contact information (such as your name, street address and e-mail
address), as well as
certain information pertaining to you or your business, along with credit card number and other credit
card
information necessary to complete
the transaction. However, after completing the transaction, our online system retains
only the last four
digits of your credit card number for the purpose of verifying your identity should we need to discuss
your
contribution or should you request information regarding the credit card you used.
In the course of processing a contribution transaction, we typically receive a transaction
number and
verification of the information you provide that relates to authorizing the charge to your credit card.
Personally identifiable information is used to process payment transactions, for contact
information to
acknowledge contributions, for tax purposes and to add to our donor database in relation to our future
solicitations, but for no other purposes. Except as required by law, we do not share our donor database
with any other organizations.
Information Security
Information security is critical to our business. We work to protect the security
of your personally
identifiable information during transmission by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology encryption.
To learn more about SSL, go to: http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/S/SSL.html.
The number of
employees involved in the management of the data center that have access to this data is limited. We
employ security technologies to prevent our computers from being accessed by unauthorized persons.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your data and to
your computer. Be sure
to close your browser window after successful completion of online activity. Follow any additional
security
precautions that have been recommended regarding your computer configuration.
GAEF is located in the United States. Any information that you provide from outside
the United States will
be transferred to the United States. By providing personal information to us, you are consenting to
its
storage and use as described herein.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
GAEF reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and for
any reason. If there
are material changes to this statement or in how GAEF will use personally identifiable information,
GAEF
will post these changes on this page.
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