The National Adoption Foundation Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the National Adoption Foundation’s current policies and practices with regard to personal data collected by the Foundation through this website. The term "personal data" refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, birth date, e-mail address or mailing address, and any other information that is identified with you personally.

Notification of Changes to This Policy
The National Adoption Foundation is continually improving and adding new functionality and features to this website and improving and adding to our existing products, services and programs. Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law and the changing nature of technology, the Foundation’s data practices will change from time to time. If and when our data practices change, we will post the changes on our website to notify you of the changes. We encourage you to check this page frequently. This policy was last updated on August 28, 2006.

Personal Data Collected by NationalAdoptionFoundation.org
The only personal data the Foundation currently collects through this website is the information you give us when you sign up for our newsletter, sign-in to our Forum, post a question to our Free Answer Line, register to be a member of the Anser Line Team or Apply for a grant. For example, you may use this site to submit a question to Ask A Pro. When you use one of the forms on this site, we ask you for your name and other contact information, including, for example, your name and contact information.

Use of Personal Data Collected by NationalAdoptionFoundation.org
The Foundation uses the information you provide exclusively to respond to your e-mail, answer your question or resolve your problem. The Foundation uses this information to help us improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand the needs of the adoption community, and to improve our programs and services.

Anonymous Data Collected by NationalAdoptionFoundation.org
In addition to the information you provide when you use our website, the Foundation uses technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our website. For example, we use technology to track how many visitors access our site, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay, and which pages they view. We also use technology to determine which Web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed our site (for example, if they connected to NationalAdoptionFoundation.org by clicking on a banner ad at one of our partners’ websites). This technology does not identify you personally. It simply enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our site. The Foundation uses this anonymous data to improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand the needs of the adoption community, and to improve our programs and services.

Cookies
In order to collect the anonymous data described in the preceding paragraph, the Foundation may use temporary "cookies" that collect the first level domain name of the user (for example, if your e-mail address is "bob@xyz.com," the cookie collects the "xyz.com" portion of your e-mail address) and the date and time you accessed this website. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data
The Foundation will not share any of the personal data collected through this website, other than in some limited circumstances in which the Foundation may share or transfer the personal data in our databases, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice or to protect your vital interests.

Link to Other Sites
This Privacy Policy applies only to the NationalAdoptionFoundation.org. The Foundation’s website contains hyperlinks to sites that are not operated by the Foundation. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. The Foundation does not control these websites and is not responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the Privacy Policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal data about yourself.

Governing Law
This Privacy Policy forms part of our Web site Terms and Conditions and as such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.

Questions about Our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about the way the Foundation processes your personal data, please contact us.