Your privacy is important to us. The following explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
This website collects personally identifying information which a user voluntarily provides when making an online purchase or donation. Personally identifying information collected may include; name, e-mail address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests, and similar information. The collected information is used primarily for technical administration of this website and for completing the transaction requested by the user. Except for credit card information, which is not stored, the OI Foundation retains users’ information once the transaction is complete. This information is then used to provide additional information to user, to solicit donations and may be used for other purposes deemed beneficial to users and related to the OI Foundation’s mission. We also collect anonymous, non-identifiable information about visitors. When you visit our site, our server automatically records your domain, operating system and web browser type/version as well as the time and date of your visit on a particular page. The information automatically recorded by our server is used only for statistical purposes so that we can manage our site better and serve our visitors. All information provided by users is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. Our server does not and cannot record identifiable information such as your e-mail address.
Users should also be aware that the OI Foundation store is made possible through Yahoo Stores (www. Yahoo.com) and the OI Foundation does not control or take responsibility for any use of the information collected by or submitted to Yahoo.
If users under age 14 wish to register on the OI Foundation website, or access the OI Communities, a written and signed parental approval, as required by law, will be requested by e-mail to the account address provided by the child and must be furnished to the OI Foundation offices via fax or mail. The OI Foundation does not knowingly solicit data from children, and the OI Foundation will not knowingly mail to or market services to children. Should you discover that your child has been placed on the OI Foundation e-mail or direct mail list, or has registered on the website or accessed to the OI Communities without your consent, simply reply to the e-mail address included in every e-mail message you receive or contact the OI Foundation offices and we will immediately remove your child from any future communications.
Our site uses cookies to uniquely identify users’ machines so that we can monitor site usage, traffic and trends. Cookies also may be used for features such as keeping track of the contents of a shopping cart or helping to deliver more personalized content.
The OI Foundation seeks to maintain accurate information regarding users. Users may update their information on heir account management page or may contact the OI Foundation at webmaster@oif.org or at the phone number or address listed on our contact information page.
While the OI Foundation does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others, it may at times, to the extent allowed by law, share member/user information with reputable third parties (vendors, contractors, etc.) who perform services or marketing on our behalf.
Should a user require additional information regarding the OI Foundation’s privacy policies or practices, or how information is collected and used on the site, please contact the OI Foundation offices by e-mail at webmaster@oif.org or a the phone number and address listed below:
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
804 W. Diamond Avenue Suite 210
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
1-800-981-2663
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