Welcome to the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website.

Because Easter Seals values the privacy of constituents visiting our websute, users of the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website have the right to manage their own personal information.

You can contact Easter Seals for more information related to the privacy of the information you provide online:

Mail:  830 S. Addison Ave., Villa Park, IL 60181
Phone:  630.620.4433
Online:  info@eastersealsdfvr.org

Notification of Change
Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region’s privacy policy will be kept up-to-date and clearly posted on our website.

The Information We Collect
On many pages of the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website -- in particular when donating online, completing an action alert, registering for a special event, purchasing a product, or completing various feedback forms -- visitors are asked to list name, address, and other personal contact information. Information collected is specifically and knowingly provided by site visitors and may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. text), address, telephone number, interests and other similar information. Collecting this information helps Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region to better provide site visitors with relevant and useful content.

Easter Seals has partnered with Blackbaud, Inc. to power the web content, email and transaction processing capabilities to serve our constituents and fulfill our mission on the Internet. Blackbaud, Inc. is an Internet software and services company that provides online electronic Constituent Relationship Management (eCRM) solutions for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions. Blackbaud will not disclose your name or other personally identifiable information (such as your e-mail address or phone number) to any party other than Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region.

Neither Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region nor Blackbaud, Inc.  store sensitive information such as credit card numbers. When an online transaction is completed through the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website, such as a charitable contribution, credit card information is used solely for the purpose of completing that specific transaction and is not retained in the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region or Blackbaud, Inc. database.

Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region will not sell, share or exchange personal contact information collected from this website with other organizations.

Visitors to the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website not required to share any personally identifiable information. Users who do not wish to share personal information when visiting the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website can still access the organization’s web pages and the valuable information provided.

Opting Out
Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region provides site visitors with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving our online and offline communications.

If you would like to opt-out of receiving email communications I don’t know how we are going to do this yet.

To discontinue the receipt of postal mail, please contact Elaine Alexander at ealexander@eastersealsdfvr.org or 630-282-2031. Please note: there is a 8-12 week lapse period due to the fact that a subsequent mailing may already be in production. If you do receive another mailing, please disregard it.

Your California Privacy Rights
To review a special notice for California residents only per California Privacy Law (SB27): Exchanging, Renting, Reselling Personal Information, please visit the "Your California Privacy Rights" section. 

Correct/Update Your Profile
Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region offers the option to change and modify personally identifiable information. Upon your request, Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region will remove personally identifying information retained in organizational databases.

Aggregate Information
Demographic and profile data (i.e., age, gender, browser usage) is also collected via the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region uses such data to improve marketing and promotional efforts, statistically analyze site usage, improve content and product offerings and to customize site content, layout, and services. Additionally, this data may be shared with third parties on an aggregated basis. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region does not share personally identifying information with third parties, except to a court or governmental agency if required by law and as stated above in the section titled "The Information We Collect."

Cookies
A cookie is a small text file a website  places on a site visitor’s computer hard drive. Its purpose is to let the site know when a user visits and to perform certain functions such as saving passwords and personal preferences.
 
Cookies help evaluate visitors' use of a Web site, such as what viewers want to see and what they never read. This information allows Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region to better focus online information and to concentrate on information people are using.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. If you would like to turn this feature off, you will need to change the settings of your Internet browser.

Security of Your Information
All credit card and personal profile information provided to Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region or our Internet software partner, Blackbaud, Inc., is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption using Verisign as a payment gateway. SSL is a proven coding system that allows a browser to automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before it is sent.

Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region also protects account information by placing it on a secure portion of the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of Easter Seals. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region strives to protect your information, however cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.

Links to Other Web Sites
Easter Seals has DuPage and the Fox Valley Region links to other websites outside of the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region is not responsible for the content of any linked website, or any link contained in a linked website, or any changes or updates to such websites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region of that website.

In addition, please be aware that Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region encourages you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that requests personal information from you.

Information from Children
Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region does not seek to collect personal information about children through the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website. If a child submits information through any part of the website, and Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region is aware that the user submitting the information is a child, the information is not used for any purpose, nor is it disclosed to third parties. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region will comply with all regulations set forward by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). To learn more about COPPA, visit the Federal Trade Commission.

Transmission of Health-Related Data
Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region understands the sensitivity of collecting and using health-related data. Personally identifiable health-related data collected on the Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region website will not be shared with entities. Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region will comply with all regulations set forward by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). To learn more about HIPAA, visit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.