CSOF Privacy Policy

Last updated 8/4/22

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our supporters through all of our communication channels, as well as from visitors to our website. The protection of your privacy is important to us; this privacy policy is meant to communicate the Foundation’s practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that you provide to us and that can be linked to specific individuals, such as a name, postal address, telephone number (s) email address, or any other information, provided to us by our supporters and website visitors (hereinafter “Personal Information”), as well as certain non-personally identifiable information collected when you visit many of our web pages, such as the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, the domain name of your internet service provider, aggregate data about the number of visits to the site and/or aggregate data about the pages visited. In order to better protect your privacy, we have provided this notice explaining these online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used on this site.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation is committed to respecting the privacy of online visitors and pledges its best efforts to that end. In general, you can visit our website without telling us who you are or revealing anything about yourself. Our web server automatically recognizes each visitor’s domain name, but does not automatically collect personally identifiable information. There are times, however, such as if you make a donation or apply for membership, that we will collect specific information. We may use such voluntarily provided information to improve our understanding of your interests or to improve our services.

The Foundation does not share, sell, or rent any personal information collected through our website.

Credit Card Information

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation has contracted the services of Authorize.Net through our banking partner to process credit card donations submitted online. Authorize.Net’s secured server encrypts your credit card information so that it may be safely transmitted over the web. Your credit card information will not be released to any other party by the Foundation.

Security

This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. The security measures used on this site include, but are not limited to, industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, firewalls, and internal policies to maintain the security of stored data. While we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Google Analytics

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) which allows us to provide our web visitors with a more customized experience and increases the effectiveness and productivity of our site and our electronic communications capacity. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files places on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site, including specific pathways and matching users of the site to individuals within CSOF’s donor and other databases, as well as matching users across different computer and mobile devices. The Non-Personal Information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

External Links

In order to provide a more comprehensive and useful site, this website contains links to other external websites. Links to other websites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site. Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation is not responsible for the materials contained at any website linked to this site. If you visit the websites of any of our partners, please consult their privacy policy. Our privacy policies and terms of use apply only to your use of this site and direct interactions with the Foundation.