Privacy Notice
We’re Committed to Your Privacy
The Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of information you provide us with. This Privacy Notice describes the information we collect and how we use and protect that information.
Personal Information We Collect
When you engage with the Foundation in person or on our websites, including our online donation and sales systems, we collect a variety of information. The type of information we collect depends upon the nature of the interaction.
For the purpose of this Privacy Notice, “personal information” means information that may identify you as an individual.
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Contact Information and Demographics
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide including your name, email address, mailing address and telephone number. For example, we may collect this information if you submit a form, sign up for an email newsletter, make a donation, attend a fundraiser, participate in a skin cancer screening through our Destination Healthy Skin program or call or email the Foundation.
- Financial Information
If you make a donation to the Foundation through our website or make a purchase through the Foundation’s store, we will collect payment information including your credit card number to process your transaction. We use a third-party payment service to process payments. We will retain your credit card information only for as long as necessary to process the transaction(s). If you donate through another means, we retain any credit card information only for the time it takes to process the transaction.
- Health Information
We may collect health information that you provide if you contact the Foundation. In addition, we collect health information if you participate in a skin cancer screening through our Destination Health Skin program.
- Location, Web Behavior, and Technology
Like most organizations, we and our service providers, including our web host and developer, collect information that allows us to personalize your visits to our website through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies that enhance your experience and gather information about visitors and visits to our website. Please refer to the Cookies and Similar Technologies section below for additional information.
- Analytics
We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to learn more about your use of our website including the number of website visitors, which pages of our site are most popular, which browsers are used, and certain demographic information. This information helps us improve our website. You can learn more about how Google Analytics uses your data by visiting https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
How We Use Personal Information
The personal information that we collect from and about you helps us personalize and continually improve our services. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To deliver the type of content that may be of interest to you.
- To process donations and purchase transactions.
- To respond to your requests and provide information, including tailored content.
- To troubleshoot problems regarding the website.
- For testing, research, analysis and development related to our website, which may include identifying usage trends, and determining the effectiveness of our communications.
- To operate, evaluate and improve our programs, products and services.
- For data analytics; accounting, auditing and other internal functions.
- To protect the safety and security of our workforce, guests, property and assets, including monitoring activities on devices, networks and communications.
- As necessary or appropriate to protect against fraudulent, illegal or unethical activity.
- To comply with applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations and our policies.
- To perform the original purpose for which the personal information was collected, and for any other purposes that we may specifically disclose at the time you provide or we collect your information.
If you participate in a skin cancer screening through Destination Health Skin, we may use your health information for research and analytics purposes.
As permissible under applicable laws and regulations, we may also use personal information on an aggregate or anonymous basis for various purposes to help deliver services and content that are better tailored to the users of our services and for other purposes.
The Foundation does not rent or sell personal information or its contact/mailing lists.
How We Share Personal Information
We may share your personal information with third parties as follows:
- With your consent.
- To vendors we engage to provide services on our behalf such as credit card processors, website host and analytics providers.
- To vendors for the purpose of providing customer support or fulfilling orders placed through our store.
- In the event that we transfer operations to another entity.
If you participate in a skin cancer screening through Destination Health Skin, we may also share your health information with the volunteer medical professional who conducts your screening.
Third parties are expected to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and are not authorized to use personal information for any purpose other than providing those services.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device. The cookie enables the website to recognize unique visitors and make the use of the site more meaningful. This information may include your IP address, web browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, country, location, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and other web browsing information.
We use several types of cookies on our website. Some of these cookies are placed by us, while others are placed by certain service providers. They may include:
- Web beacons which collect information such as loading errors and most visited pages.
- Site analytics cookies which monitor how our website is performing and how you interact with it and allow us to improve our website and applications.
- Functional cookies that remember who you are as a user of our website.
- Social media cookies that integrate with social media platforms and help you share content from our website to your chosen social media platform.
You may choose to turn off certain cookies through your browser settings. However, if you do so, you may not have access to some features of our website.
How We Protect Personal Information
We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These include physical, electronic and procedural safeguards.
We protect the security of credit card transactions using a number of measures such as encryption, access controls, network firewalls and physical security. These measures make it extremely difficult for anyone to intercept the credit card information you send to us. When we work with other companies to process credit card transactions, those companies also use encryption and other appropriate security measures.
However, no website or electronic transmission of data can ever be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of personal information transmitted online. We encourage you to take reasonable steps to protect your personal information such as using a secure internet connection while accessing our website and keeping your devices up to date.
Retention of Personal Information
We will store the personal information you provide for as long as we believe is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose(s) for which we collected it or to comply with applicable laws, contracts or other rules or regulations.
Links to Third-Party Websites
The Foundation may provide links to websites that are owned or operated by others (“third-party websites”). Although every effort is made to ensure that links to third-party websites are to reputable sources, the Foundation does not control and is not responsible for the content or links that appear on these websites. You should familiarize yourself with the privacy notice or policy, terms of use and security practices of the linked third-party website before providing any information on that website.
Children’s Privacy
The Foundation does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s internet usage and instruct children to never provide personal information without permission. If you believe that the Foundation might have personal information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us at the email address provided below.
Users Outside the United States
Our website is intended for users and activities located in the United States and this Privacy Notice describes how we use and disclose your personal information pursuant to United States laws. We make no representation that our website is appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. By using this website you understand and agree that your personal information will be processed in the United States or in the countries where our vendors are located.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time. As organizational needs change, we will review our practices regarding the collection and use of personal information and amend this Privacy Notice as appropriate. We will notify users of any changes by posting the revised Notice on our website. Your continued use of our website after the effective date posted at the bottom of this page constitutes your acceptance of the amended Privacy Notice.
Questions and Feedback
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Notice or how we collect and use personal information, please contact us at [email protected] or 212.725.5176.