Privacy

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VA CONNECTICUT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRIVACY POLICY

Purpose: The VA Connecticut Research And Education Foundation facilitates the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in medical research and education to benefit veterans, their families and the general public. Our sole commitment is the support of the VA Connecticut Health Care System in their quest to provide veterans with new and innovative medical research and education. Your support will promote our goal of service to veterans through research and education.

1. What information do we collect from potential donors to support for VA medical research and education?

If you are interested in becoming a donor, please go to the link. When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address or mailing address. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

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2. How is your information used?

To provide information to you in order to answer any questions you may have about the Foundation and its support of VA research.

3. How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

4. Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

5. Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep your information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

6. California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

7. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

8. Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected off line.

9. Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.

10. Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

11. Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

12. Contacting Us

If you have any questions, please contact us using the information below.

http://www.vacref.org
950 Campbell Ave. Bldg. 35A Room 104
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
USA
Tel: 203-932-5711