Respect
The World Foundation respects the privacy of every current and potential donor and every individual who visits our Web site. All personal information given to us is treated as confidential.

Confidentiality
The World Foundation protects your confidentiality through:

• Staff employment contracts which carry a confidentiality clause
• Computer system security, including firewalls for our Internet-based systems
• Encryption technologies for on-line transactions
• User authentication systems (e.g., passwords) and access control mechanisms

Third Parties
The World Foundation will not sell or give your personal information to any third party (including telemarketers) for any reason.

Information Use
We will securely store the information you provide to us and may use it to:

• send you the information that you requested
• improve our Web site, programs or customer service
• send you news or updates on our programs or Web site
• contact you

The World Foundation will not collect any personal information about you unless you give it to us voluntarily (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or E-mail address.)

If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like for us to remove it from our records, please contact us at the E-mail address or telephone number listed at the bottom of this Statement, and we will delete your information from our existing files.

Statistics
Although our Site compiles standard log files to measure the Site's traffic, it does not specifically identify any E-mail addresses, unless you voluntarily give it to us. The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web site and is not shared with other organizations.

Non-Personally-Identifiable Information Collected Automatically
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the Web site from which you linked to our site.

Information We May Place Automatically On Your Computer's Hard Drive
When you view our Web site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor our Web site to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or Help screen to learn more about these functions.

A WORD OF CAUTION : Our Web site is secure and information collected via our forms is secure, but information sent via E-mail (any E-mail, not just ours) is not.