Privacy Policy
This privacy statement applies to CureSearch Children's Oncology Group and its fund-raising arm, CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF), with respect to the privacy of our online visitors and donors.
CureSearch does not collect personally identifiable information without permission. Our website links to numerous other websites, however, and CureSearch cannot control and is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of those websites.
This site collects contact information when you donate, register or purchase items from curesearch.org. In such cases, we will need personal information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card number, so that we can process your donation or order, notify you of order status or provide a receipt. We may use the information you provide to share information about services or products you have requested or to inform you of promotional offers that might be of interest.
CureSearch periodically performs statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of various areas on our website and to use such information to improve on our website's ability to serve you better. Personally identifiable information collected in these surveys will not be shared.
We use cookies to store visitor preferences, alert visitors to new areas of the site, customize Web page content based on visitor interests, and record past activity in order to provide better service. Cookies are small text files that do not damage a visitor's system or files. Most browsers will allow a user to accept or deny cookies. If a visitor rejects our cookies they may still use our site. CureSearch also uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the website, track End User movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Our website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our Web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored on a separate system not connected to the Internet.
Our server is encrypted to protect credit card and other information submitted via the forms on this site. CureSearch follows the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Ethical Guidelines to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice.
To protect the privacy of website visitors, new names and addresses submitted through the CureSearch website are not included in any list exchanges or rentals. CureSearch does not specifically ask or knowingly collect personally identifiable information for children under 18.
CureSearch will discontinue contact with any person upon oral or written request. Those wishing to opt out of receiving communications from CureSearch or from being included in list exchanges with like-minded organizations can write: CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, 4600 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 or phone 1-800-458-6223, or e-mail DonorServices@CureSearch.org.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site, your interaction with this website or to correct and/or change contact information, please write: CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, 4600 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 or phone 1-800-458-6223, or e-mail DonorServices@CureSearch.org.
Reviewed December 2006
