Privacy Policy - Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego

Information We Collect

Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego, Inc. collects information from you when you register on our site, create a campaign, send an inquiry through a contact form, make a donation, or subscribe to our newsletter.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

How We Use Your Information

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To Process Transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of processing the donation or event fee, or delivering any other service requested.

To Send Emails

The email address you provide will be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your request. With your permission, we will use personal information collected from you to send you information, such as Ronald McDonald House Charities updates, e-newsletters and information on events and fundraising initiatives. If you do not elect to receive such materials, we will not send them to you.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How We Protect Your Information

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

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s 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 help us remember and process your information to facilitate event registration or donations.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone.

We Do Not Disclose Your Information

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 this information confidential. We may also release your information only when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance (CalOPPA)

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.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance (COPPA)

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA and 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.

Your Consent

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

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. This policy was last modified on September 7, 2015.