Privacy Policy

The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Inc. (“Foundation”) has created this privacy statement to demonstrate its firm commitment to the privacy of Foundation donors and website users. The following paragraphs describe the Foundation’s information gathering and dissemination practices. The privacy statement may change at any time. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns please contact us at [email protected].

The following topics describe how the Foundation uses information voluntarily submitted by its donors and other visitors to this website: https://www.cffoxvalley.org/

Email Privacy

Your e-mail address will only be used within the Foundation. The Foundation does not share, sell, or rent e-mail addresses to anyone outside the organization. In certain circumstances, the Foundation may retain third party vendors to act on our behalf (i.e., email distribution service providers). These vendors are required to treat your personal information as confidential.

Use of IP Addresses and Cookies

A unique number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address identifies each sender or receiver of information sent in packets across the Internet. The Foundation uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Foundation website.

“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The Foundation uses cookies to maintain user session identity, and, in some non-member areas, to store your username and password locally for ease of access. The Foundation may also collect certain demographic information about visitors to https://www.cffoxvalley.org/. through the use of cookies. The Foundation only uses this data to improve the overall https://www.cffoxvalley.org/. website and for internal business purposes.

 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Our website is not directed to children under 13 years old. In accordance with federal law and the guidelines set up by the Federal Trade Commission regarding youth privacy, the Foundation will not knowingly collect any personal information from young people under the age of 13, including “individually identifiable information,” as defined by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If the Foundation would knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, it would do so in compliance with COPPA.

Registration Forms

The Foundation’s registration forms require users to give us contact information (such as Name and e- mail address), method of payment, and demographic information. The Foundation may use customer contact information from the registration forms to send the user information about the Foundation. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Information regarding method of payment is collected for enrollment or registration.

Accessing Fund Information

If you are a contact for a charitable fund within the Foundation and want to access information about the fund online, you will first need to register by requesting a username and password. This requires that you complete a user profile form and provide personally identifiable information. Any information you provide is maintained in a secure system.

Credit Card Transactions

We use a service provider to process credit card transactions on our behalf. When you provide credit card information, your information goes directly from your computer to a server operated by our service provider. Our service provider uses your credit card information only to process your transaction and is bound by contract to treat all your personal information as confidential.

Links to Other Sites

The Foundation may provide links to web sites of various philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. A link to a web site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or providers. When leaving https://www.cffoxvalley.org/. we are not responsible for the information or security of those sites. We recommend you check the privacy policy of the site you are visiting before providing personal information.

Security

When you provide information through our web site, the transmission is protected by Secure Service Layer (SSL) encryption. Some common browsers make it obvious when information is being passed in a secure manner by displaying either a completed key or a closed lock on the screen and “https” rather than “http” in the URL. You must understand, however, that the Internet is inherently insecure, and no web site operator can guarantee that a web site is completely secure or “hackerproof.” You use this web site solely at your own risk.