Terms and Policies

Our Privacy Policy effective 9/1/2006

Changes To This Policy Our privacy policy is subject to change from time to time. Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted on this web page, and we will mark the link to our privacy policy from our Internet home page to note the date of any changes, so that you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices you have.

Personal contact information we collect and what we do with it

When you are making a donation, expressing an interest in referring a wish child, or requesting additional information, we ask you for personal contact information, which may include your name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. We will use this contact information to provide you with information or resources you have requested, such as information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley  (which may be referred to as “The Foundation” or “Foundation” throughout this document), a receipt, or a financial report, or we will use your information to contact you to clarify or verify other information, such as an order you placed, a donation you made, or a wish child that you have referred.We will not add your name and contact information to any mailing lists without your prior knowledge or express permission. In other words, we will always ask or inform you before adding you to a mailing list. If we do not, you will not be added. If you have agreed to be added to one of our mailing lists, such as our e-mail newsletter list or regular mailing list, then you may receive from us news about the Make-A-Wish Foundation and or the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley  and information on how you can support the organization’s mission. If you make a donation and or agree to be added to our postal mailing list, we may contact you from time to time to offer you services from third parties that will directly benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation and or the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley  (for example, a Make-A-Wish Foundation affinity credit card). Personal contact information is not shared with any organization outside of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley and our agents (reputable companies we use for services, such as shipping Make-A-Wish Foundation products or sending Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley mail). We have contracts to protect your privacy with all of our agents. We reserve the right to share Personal contact information with third parties in response to a subpoena, to prevent fraud, to comply with an inquiry by a government agency or other regulator, or as necessary for other legal purposes. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect your Personal contact information and other sensitive information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or method of data storage can be guaranteed 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information by following generally accepted industry standards, we cannot ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to us or store at this site.

Personal billing information we collect and what we do with it

We do not, currently, process financial transactions on this web site.

Other contact information we collect and what we do with it

In some instances, we ask for contact information for people other than yourself – for example, e-mail addresses of friends to whom you wish to send a copy of one of our pages or the mailing address of someone you wish to have us notify of a donation you have made. Such contact information is not added to any mailing list nor is the information shared with any other organization. Collecting such information for our own use is called prospecting. The Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley do not prospect.

How to view or change your information

With the exception of credit card numbers, which are not retained, you can view and request changes to all the information you have given us, including any mailing lists you may be on, by contacting us one of two ways:
Send a letter to:
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of the Hudson Valley
The Wish House
832 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Email us at: hudson@hudson.wish.org

Your IP address, cookies, and plug-ins

For each visitor to our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes the visitor’s IP address (no personally identifiable information, such as e-mail addresses, are automatically recognized by our server). We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information. Occasionally, we may use session cookies to improve content, provide easier access, and understand how visitors use our Web site. Session cookies are also used to support our e-commerce pages. These cookies persist on your system for the duration of your browser session only. Our Web site does not offer stand-alone or plug-in applications that report individually identifiable information back to us or to any other organization. We never attempt to tie your personal information to cookies.

Links to other sites

This site may contains links to other sites, including ones that gather personal contact information. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. However, any personal information obtained by us through other sites is treated as if it was gathered on our site, and our privacy policy applies. These sites have separate data collection, data privacy, and data security policies and practices. You should be careful to review any privacy policies posted on any of these sites before providing information to them. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other sites. However, any personal information obtained by us through other sites is treated as if it was gathered on our site, and our privacy policy applies.

Children

With respect to children, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley only collects personally identifiable contact information from children who are referring themselves as potential wish children, or who are requesting volunteer, fundraising or other information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation or the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. We use this information to contact the child’s family to make an assessment of wish eligibility or to pass on the volunteer, fundraising or other information that has been requested. We do not share this information in any other way or with any other third parties. We do not give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information on our Web site.

Children’s Online Policy

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age. This site is not directed at children under 13 years of age but we recognize that with proper adult supervision some parents might permit their children to visit and use our site. COPPA requires that we obtain the consent of parents and guardians in order for children under 13 years of age to use certain features of our site. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13, and your child would like to participate in certain services available on our site (and we have chosen to make such services available to children in this age group), your child will be prompted to print out a form for you to complete and mail in to us using the contact information provided below under “Contact Us”. The form will list the information required from both parent/guardian and child, as well as the intended uses of the information. We will only collect information that is reasonably necessary for your child to participate, and we will not share your child’s personally identifiable information with any third party (except if necessary for participation, for purposes of fulfillment by a third party who has agreed to protect the confidentiality of this information and not to use the information for direct marketing purposes), unless you specifically consent, or as permitted by COPPA or other applicable law. You may also subsequently revoke your consent and request that your child’s information be removed from our active list. Please refer to the form for instructions and further information. If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child under the age of 13 has submitted his or her personally identifiable information without your permission or consent, we will remove the information from our active list, at your request. To request the removal of your child’s information, please send contact our site as provided below under “Contact Us”, and be sure to include in your message the same login information that your child submitted.

ECPA Notice

This web site treats e-mail messages and other communications through this site as private. Exceptions are those permitted by law, included under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2701-2711 (the “ECPA”). The ECPA permits our limited ability to intercept and/or disclose electronic messages, including, for example (i) as necessary to operate our system or to protect our rights or property, (ii) upon legal demand (court orders, warrants, subpoenas), or (iii) where we receive information inadvertently which appears to pertain to the commission of a crime. This site is not considered a “secure communications medium” under the ECPA.

USA Patriot Act Notice

The federal USA Patriot Act (”USA Patriot Act”) provides generally for the operator of a communication host and law enforcement to be able to monitor any content, upon request of the operator. We anticipate fully complying with all our obligations, and availing ourselves of all our rights, under the USA Patriot Act.

Security

Financial transactions and our secure servers

We do not, currently, process financial transactions on this web site.

User Agreement

By viewing and/or using this Web site, you are agreeing to all of the terms and conditions explained below.

1. This World Wide Web site with its home page in the domain “www.hudson.wish.org” (the “Web site”) is a complimentary information service offered by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley (”The Foundation” or “Foundation”) at no charge to you as a user of the World Wide Web, with the express condition that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this User Agreement. The Foundation reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time, and you must consult the most recent version of this User Agreement (not an older cached version) each time you view the Website. Do not use the Website if you do not agree to all of the following terms and conditions.

2. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth under the Service Marks, Copyright, and Hyperlinks sections of this Site Notice.

3. You acknowledge that the information on the Web site is provided “as is” for general information only. The Foundation makes no warranties of any kind regarding this Web site, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.

4. You agree that you will hold harmless The Foundation and its officers, directors, volunteers and service providers directly connected with the operation of your web site, and employees from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Web site or the information contained in this Web site or other websites to which it is linked, including but not limited to claims that you have found something you have heard, viewed, or downloaded from this Web site or another Web site to which it is linked to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or infringing upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will The Foundation or the contributors of information to this Web site be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special, or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

5. You acknowledge that opinions and recommendations contained in this Web site are not necessarily those of The Foundation or endorsed by The Foundation.

6. The Foundation may provide links on the Web site to other Web sites that are not under the control of The Foundation. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by The Foundation of the organization or individual operating the Web site or a warranty of any type regarding the Web site or the information on the Web site.

7. This Web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by The Foundation, which is headquartered in the State of New York, United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as United States Territories and other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of New York, by accessing this Web site both you and The Foundation agree that the statutes and laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Web site. You and The Foundation also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of the State of New York in New York and for the County of Westchester, the United States District Court for New York with respect to such matters. The Foundation makes no representation that materials on the Web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Web site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

8. In the event that any judicial body finds a portion(s) of this document to be unenforceable, the remainder of this document still stands on its on merit.

Service Marks

  1. All uses of Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley service marks, both registered and common law, must be approved in writing by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. Inquiries may be directed to hudson@hudson.wish.org.
  2. The mark Make-A-Wish Foundation® of the Hudson Valley and Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley image are service marks of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.
  3. The marks (see below) and Make-A-Wish images: are registered service marks of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.
    1. Make-A-Wish Foundation®
    2. Make-A-Wish®
    3. Wishmaker®
    4. Kids For Wish Kids®
    5. Adopt-A-Wish®
    6. Wishworks®
    7. The Eyes of a Wish®
    8. Share the Power of a Wish®
    9. Adopt An Angel®
    10. Light Up A Child’s Life®
    11. Stories of Light®
    12. Walk For Wishes®
    13. Wishnews®

4. The marks (see below) are unregistered common-law trademarks of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.

      1. World Wide WorkoutSM
      2. Handbag of HopeTM
      3. Wags for WishesSM
      4. Wish-A-MileSM
      5. Wish SocietySM

Copyright

The works of authorship contained in this Web site, including but not limited to all design, text, and images, are owned or licensed by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and or the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, stored by subsequent use, or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without our prior written consent, except that you may make such temporary copies in a single computer’s RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the Web site, and you may make one permanent printout of each page of the Web site (unmodified in form, with a copy of this Site Notice attached) to be used by you for personal and non-commercial uses that do not harm the reputation of the Make-A-Wish Foundation or the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.

Hyperlinks

You may provide a hypertext link to this Web site on another Web site, provided that: (a) The hypertext link to this Web site has been approved in writing by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. Inquiries may be directed to hudson@hudson.wish.org.
(b) the link must be an active, text-only link (you may NOT use our logo without prior written approval) clearly marked “Make-A-Wish Foundation® of the Hudson Valley”; (c) the link must “point” to the URL “http://www.hudson.wish.org” and not to other pages within the Web site unless otherwise specified in writing by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley; (d) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Web site full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linked Web site; (e) the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may not be such as to disparage the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley or its services, damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley’s name and service marks, or to create the false appearance that an entity other than the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley is associated with or sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley; (f) the link will not appear on pages including content which the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley finds in its sole discretion to be objectionable or which includes obscene, pornographic, violent, intolerant, tasteless, denigrating or sexually oriented content or materials; and (g) the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by amending this Site Notice. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for keeping up with any such changes. All other hypertext links to this Web site must be approved in writing by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. Inquiries may be directed to hudson@hudson.wish.org. Use of a hyperlink does not indicate or create any endorsement, approval, sponsorship or affiliation of or with your website by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. This permission to hyperlink is provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title of non-infringement. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley reserves the right to take action against any use of its service marks or any links to its website that do not conform to the conditions herein, or that infringe any intellectual property or other rights of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.
Thank you for taking the time to review our Privacy Policy and User Agreement. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley is very concerned about privacy and safety online. If you have any questions about these policy statements, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley
The Wish House,
832 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
E-mail us at: hudson@hudson.wish.org
Telephone: 914-478-9474
Facsimile: 914-478-8245

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