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PRIVACY POLICY Privacy Commitment - Overview The Better Life Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. We want to provide a safe, secure user experience. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private, and is used only for the purposes as set forth herein. This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on any The Better Life Foundation website. Personal information It is possible to visit The Better Life Foundation on the web without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you. We may share this information with our partners, but only in the aggregate, so that they too may understand how visitors use our site, so they may create a better overall experience for you as well. In some instances, when you sign up to use a service (for example, making a donation, purchase a product) we may need more specific information about you, such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, type of computer, etc. If you give us permission, we may use that information to make you aware of additional The Better Life Foundation events, updates, etc., that may be of interest to you or to contact you regarding site changes. All email opportunities of this type would include the option to 'unsubscribe'. It is our intent to let you know how we will use such information before we collect it from you on the Internet. We provide this information through the PRIVACY link, which is presented wherever personal information is collected. If you tell us that you do not want us to use this information as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes. Information security and quality We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information. Except as described in this privacy policy, we do not disclose information about your individual visits to our web site or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, personal references, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe it is required by law or to protect The Better Life Foundation, our users or others. Although, as previously stated, we may record and share aggregated information with our partners. We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These other companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any third party. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as using encryption for transmission of credit card numbers, to help us keep your information secure, accurate, current, and complete. When you place an order online, your personal details and credit card information are scrambled using industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption technology before being sent over the Internet. Although we cannot guarantee encryption or the privacy of your personal details and credit card information, SSL makes it very difficult for your information to be stolen or intercepted while being transferred. When we receive your order, it is kept encrypted until they're ready to process it. We will make a sincere effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to correct inaccuracies in your personal information. To correct inaccuracies in your personal information please return the message containing the inaccuracies to the sender with details of the correction requested. The The Better Life Foundation web site has an area on the site where users can submit feedback / questions. Any feedback / questions that are submitted through this area becomes the property of The Better Life Foundation. We may use this feedback for marketing purposes, or to contact you for further feedback on the site. Use of Cookies To enhance your experience at The Better Life Foundation web site, we may use a feature on your Internet browser called a "cookie". Cookies are small files that your Web browser places on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies for remembering user names and passwords and preferences, tracking click streams, and for load balancing. Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster service, consistent, updated results, and a more personalized site experience. You have the option of setting your browser to reject cookies. However, doing this will hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on our site. Privacy technology Technology will increasingly help you to have more control over your personal information. It will also help organizations to manage their privacy practices and policies. As an information technology provider, The Better Life Foundation actively supports the development of privacy technologies to help achieve these goals, and to help create greater trust and confidence in the way personal information is handled. Products and services are available which can help give you privacy protection while navigating the web. See http://www.privacyalliance.org/ for an overview of many privacy-related tools. *Please note that The Better Life Foundation has not formally evaluated all of these tools. Business relationships The The Better Life Foundation sites contain links to other Web sites. The Better Life Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Notification of Changes This privacy statement was last updated on July, 2004. If we make changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about The Better Life Foundation privacy commitment, please feel free to email us at info@the betterlifefoundation.org . |
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