Privacy Policy |
Your access to and use of the cfif.org website is subject to the following Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”). Disclosure to us of your personal information is optional and voluntary. The following paragraphs describe the type of information CFIF collects and how that information is used. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION CFIF requires no personal information for access to its website and will collect personal information from you only on a strictly voluntary basis. Personal information is any information that enables CFIF to identify you individually, such as, but not limited to, your first and last name, email address, mailing address, etc. To use certain features of cfif.org, such as contacting us or signing up to receive CFIF’s newsletters, action alerts and/or other correspondence, you may be required to provide personal information. OPT-OUT/UNSUBSCRIBE You can opt out of receiving all communications you receive from CFIF at any time, either by using an “opt-out” or “unsubscribe” link included in our email correspondence to you and/or by sending an email with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . SURVEYS AND SUMMARY STATISTICS CFIF may utilize software programs that create summary statistics to, among other things, determine site activity and assess what information is of most or least interest to our visitors, to determine technical design specifications, and to identify system performance areas. From time to time CFIF may conduct voluntary user surveys to better target content to its audience. CFIF may sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our vendors or third parties for various purposes. COOKIES, PIXELS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES As with most other websites, CFIF may collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files may include IP (internet protocol) addresses, ISP (internet service provider) information, browsers used to visit our site, and which pages were visited. In order to improve your experience, CFIF, our third party service providers, or advertisers may place a “cookie” in the browser files of your computer, which stores preferences and may be used to help personalize your experience. CFIF may also use web beacons, pixel tags, or other technologies, which are small pieces of code placed on a web page or embedded in emails sent to users. You can refuse and/or delete cookies by turning them off or deleting them in your browser. ADVERTISING AND AD TARGETING We may or may not use advertising to help support our site. We may allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit CFIF’s website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to our users. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect such information. SHARING OF INFORMATION CFIF may disclose your personal information: (a) to comply with applicable laws, rules, or regulations, enforceable governmental request, or to preserve CFIF’s legal rights in the site’s content; (b) to operate this site and other of the CFIF’s systems properly; (c) to companies and organizations that perform services on our behalf; and (d) to carefully selected third parties for marketing or other purposes not expressly described herein. CFIF may also share your personal information with a sponsor or other third party that is interested in serving you. If you do not want your data to be shared, you may choose not to permit the data to be collected or transferred by not submitting personally identifiable information on our site, or by not using a particular service. By using our site you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to the sharing of your information collected through our site in the manner described in this Privacy Policy, and we will not be required to obtain your consent for any disclosure described in this Privacy Policy. SECURITY For donations to CFIF, we use the services of third party vendors to process all credit card transactions and comply with generally accepted industry standards in collecting and processing credit card information. If you choose to make a donation to CFIF, your credit card will be used only for the specific transaction(s) specified through our secure online payment system. As effective as our security measures may be, it is important to know that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by CFIF’s website and CFIF is not responsible for the privacy of any information that is available now to the general public through no action of CFIF or that CFIF receives from any third party reasonably known to have a legal right to transmit such information. CFIF is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites that are operated or owned by third parties. CHILDREN’S POLICY We ask that children under 18 do not submit their personal information without parental permission. In accordance with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, CFIF does not knowingly collect information from children. THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY CHANGE This Privacy Policy represents CFIF’s current data collection and usage practices and CFIF reserves the right from time to time to review and revise these practices. We will post any changes to the Privacy Policy here. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website as your continued use of this website will mean that you accept this Privacy Policy and all changes made thereto. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS If you have any questions about CFIF’s Privacy Policy, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or write to us at 3050 Chain Bridge Rd. , Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22030.
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