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Our website, thefde.com, is much more about providing information than
asking for information. Nevertheless, we recognize that the information
that we do gather is given with trust that it is to remain confidential.
Therefore,
1. with regard to personal information
a. Any question directed to our staff by an inquiring visitor on the
subject of personal health, and any conversation that ensues will be held
in the strictest of confidence.
b. Any inquiries made to us for information about established or coming
diabetes-related products and services - this includes any requests for
medication, meters, insurance, or such – shall be answered by an individual
directly affiliated with our Foundation who can provide relevant material
and/or a source from which the inquiring visitor can, if they wish, request
additional information. A sales or company representative will never be
given the contact information of a visitor who makes an inquiry about these
items.
c. All personal data given to us by any visitor for the purpose of their
being considered for low or no-cost supplies shall not be divulged to any
party that does not work directly for our Foundation. Any reply with
regard to their eligibility for such supplies shall, likewise, come only
from an individual that directly works for our Foundation.
2. with regard to financial information:
a. Any information given to the Foundation and/or its personnel for the
purpose of determining eligibility for supplies or insurance or other
programs for which financial qualifications are relevant, will not be
passed to any party that does not directly work for the Foundation itself.
b. Any information given in order to facilitate a donation such as checking
account or credit card numbers shall only be passed to the financial
institution that is to process that transaction, and only in strict
accordance with the encryption and https security protocol that they
require to ensure it confidential passage.
c. Any individual, business or other entity that provides the Foundation
with a financial gift may choose to have their name posted on our public
List of Benefactors. (Otherwise, it will not be posted publicly.) Whether
a donation is for $1 or $9,999 dollars, no mention of the amount will be
posted; only those donations of $10,000 or above will be noted and, then,
only if the Donor requests that the amount of the donation be made public.
d. In addition, should that donation for our benefit be in connection with
a specific fundraising event, such as (currently) the First-Ever World-Wide
On-Line Charity Golf Tournament for Diabetes, we will notify the event
holder (in this case, Health-Tech Marketing) of the Donor’s name but not
their contact data nor their financial information. We shall not
divulge the actual amount of their donation, only if and what they have
qualified for if there is a set level of service or specific incentive
based on exceeding a certain minimum donation.
3. with regard to statistical information:
We do gather non-personal statistical information automatically via
the use of ‘cookies’. These are small text files that enable the
recognition of repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s on-going access to
and use of the site, and allow that usage to be tracked in order that
statistics can be compiled. We use these statistics in our constant effort
to make the site easier to use and to ensure that information or particular
areas of interest to the majority of visitors are most accessible.
Though ‘cookies’ do not go onto the visitor’s system – and, therefore, will
not damage either their system or files – we understand that a visitor may
not want to participate in our generation of statistics. If that is the
case, the visitor can find a simple procedure on their browser to enable
them to ‘deny’ the cookie feature.
We would appreciate it, though, if they did participate as the more
complete a picture we can get of how visitors use our site
(again, not who the visitors are), the better an experience
we can make it for others as well as for them.
Any inquiries about this Privacy Policy or the general operating policies
of the Foundation of Diabetes Education website may be directed to the
address below. We look forward to answering all questions.
The Foundation for
Diabetes Education
92 Paseo Laredo N. /
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Phone (760) 324-4445 /
(760) 324-7020 Fax
info@thefde.com
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