givewell.com's Online Privacy Policy

At givewell.com, we take the issue of privacy very seriously. We want to assure Users of our Web sites (meaning any individual, including site visitors as well as those individuals who provide personal information via this Web site, herein referred to as "User(s)") that their information is secure and maintained in confidence, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. Please read through the following pages, which describe our online privacy policy.

I. Information Collected Online

A. General

How you use the givewell.com site will determine whether or not we need to collect information from you and how much information we collect. For many features, we do not require any information on who you are or ask questions about you. For some of our features, we need to collect sufficient information from you to provide the service of that feature.

B. Email, Product Inquiry

Givewell.com invites Users to send secure messages to us regarding givewell.com products or services. Givewell.com retains copies of these secure messages for 1,000 days, but does not disclose secure messages to any non-affiliated third parties.

The information provided through the use of these secure messages and feedback forms will be used by givewell.com representatives or other appropriate third parties who need to view this information to respond to the inquiry.

C. Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information about an Internet session that may be created when an individual accesses a Web site.

Cookies can contain a variety of information, including the name of the Web site that issued them, where on the site the User visited, passwords, and even User names and credit card numbers that have been supplied via forms. Note that most Web browsers can be modified by the User to prevent cookies from being attached to the User.

Givewell.com and certain sites it provides links to use cookies to facilitate easier navigation within the sites and provide a higher level of convenience for Users. The use of cookies by the linked site is subject to the company's own privacy policies.

II. Use of Information Collected Online

Givewell.com does not sell your non-public personal information to anyone.

All information submitted by any individual to givewell.com may be retained to provide a record of such communications and to comply with any applicable legal and/or regulatory requirements and may be verified for accuracy. In addition:

Givewell.com uses any information submitted by you on the givewell.com site to provide customer service, to monitor the effectiveness of our online services, and in some cases, givewell.com may use such information to provide you with access to information on products and services offered by givewell.com.

If you request to receive e-mail Web site updates and special notices from givewell.com, givewell.com will use the name and e-mail information you supply to provide those e-mails through its own facilities or those of a contracted service supplier. You may remove yourself from these mailings at any time by following the removal instructions included in all such messages. Your e-mail address information will be used only for givewell.com-related mailings and will not be given, sold or rented to any other party for any other use without your prior approval.

Information may also be "cleansed" by givewell.com (stripped of any information which could identify you personally, such as your name or e-mail address), aggregated with other data, and used for general research, classification purposes, marketing, or other purposes without permission, but only in non-individually identifiable forms.

III. Access to Information Collected Online

Certain givewell.com employees may be provided with information regarding Users in order to respond to the individual's needs, provide requested information regarding specific products and services, or to administer benefit programs and to monitor the effectiveness of the online services.

IV. Compliance Assurance

A. Security

Givewell.com uses commercially reasonable computer security technology selected and implemented to provide adherence to the security and privacy policies described in this online posting. Although we make reasonable efforts to protect your information from unauthorized use or alteration, you should be aware there is always some risk in sending information over the Internet.

B. Questions and Concerns

If you have questions about this online privacy policy, or concerns regarding your personal information, please send us your question by clicking Contact Us from the bottom of any of our Web pages.

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