Privacy Policy

At American Foundation for Children with AIDS, we value your support and are committed to protecting your privacy. In general, you can visit American Foundation for Children with AIDS on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing anything about yourself. Our site is a safe environment for anyone who visits or makes a donation.  The purpose of this statement is to share with you our policy concerning your privacy.

Statement of Purpose
This Web site is an educational and informational electronic publication of American Foundation for Children with AIDS.  AFCA works to improve the lives of children and youth struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  We provide cost effective relief, services, medical and social support, education and advocacy to help these victims achieve their full life potential. We welcome all who share a vision of a world where children with AIDS can life full lives.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

• When you visit our site, we collect some non-identifying basic information. This includes total number of visitors, pages viewed, and other non-identifying information. We use this aggregate information to improve our site and to make your experience on our website as smooth as possible.

• Donations made on-line to us are secure. When you make a donation on-line, we ask for your name, address, daytime phone, e-mail address, and credit card information. We use your information to process your donation(s) and to verify credit card data. We use your mailing address to send your tax-deductible receipt(s) and to keep you informed about what we are doing in different parts of the world through our publications. 

• AFCA maintains a written policy to discontinue contacting any person upon that person's oral or written request directed to AFCA, its fundraiser or other agents.

Do we share your information?

• We do not share your personal information with any third party. It is our policy not to sell, trade, or rent your personal information to anyone. We reserve the right to change our policy at any time. If we choose to change our policy, you will be given the option to remove your name from our database.
• We may disclose to third parties aggregate statistics regarding donations but these statistics do not include any personally identifying information. The information given includes: total number of donors, total amount of donations for specific periods of time, and referring websites. Aggregate information of this kind is used to encourage fundraising partnerships.
• We use a third-party to process our credit card transactions. They receive the credit card number and other personal information of our donors only to verify credit card numbers and to process credit card transactions in a secure environment.  

How do we provide a secure environment for on-line transactions?

• Our on-line credit card verification system is handled by a third party, which collects your name, address, phone, credit card number and expiration date in order to process your transaction. Their encryption technology offers the highest level of security available on the Internet today, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). They have state-of-the-art firewalls and other security technology in place to insure the confidentiality of your transactions. Your credit card information will not be released by American Foundation for Children with AIDS or its banking partner to any other party. 

How do you contact us regarding your information?

• You can send anonymous donations simply by sending a money order to us at the address found at the bottom of this privacy statement. Note: If you do not give your name and address we will be unable to send you a tax-deductible receipt.
• If you wish to remain anonymous but want to donate on-line and have a tax deductible receipt, please donate to us through GiveDirect
• If you prefer not to receive any mail or e-mail correspondence from us, please send your full name, address, phone number, and e-mail address to and request to be removed from our mailing list

Note to Parents

We are pleased when young people visit the Web site of American Foundation for Children with AIDS to learn more about the organization and the problem of pediatric AIDS. American Foundation for Children with AIDS does not knowingly solicit data from children and does not knowingly market to children.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that American Foundation for Children with AIDS is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this web site.

Feedback Invited

Again, thank you for visiting the Web site of American Foundation for Children with AIDS. We welcome your feedback. Any visitors who want to review or correct personal information collected on them can contact AFCA by calling or emailing us at the number or address below.

For additional information about this site or about American Foundation for Children with AIDS you may contact us at:

American Foundation for Children with AIDS
6221 Blue Grass Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17112
1-888-683-8323