The Health Foundation for the Americas (HFA) has created this privacy policy because we value our members and recognize their right to keep personal information private. This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Alliance website, healthyamericas.org. The Alliance feels very strongly that private information should remain private. We will never willfully disclose personally identifiable information about our users to any third party without first receiving that user's permission. We would like to hear your feedback about this statement. If you have comments or questions, please contact us. This policy will be revised as needed, so your feedback is important.

THE HEALTH FOUNDATION FOR THE AMERICAS GATHERS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

IP Address
The Health Foundation for the America’s Web servers and forms on the Web gather your IP address to help diagnose problems with our service, to administer our site, and to gather broad demographic information. Demographic information is only gathered in aggregate and cannot be traced to an individual user.

Cookies
The Health Foundation for the Americas Web site sets cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to customize our Web site for you, and to save your password and member name so that you do not have to enter it each time you visit. A cookie is a small line of data that is stored on your hard drive. Some cookies are only stored for the duration of a single browser session; others persist across sessions. We only save your password and member name if you tell us to do so; your password is stored on your computer and transferred over the Internet in an encrypted format. Keep in mind that anyone using your Web browser can access healthyamericas.org as you if you choose to store your member name and password. The HFA's Web servers also set a session ID cookie that is used to allow our servers to deliver information you request (e.g., search results). Session IDs are not traceable to an individual person or member name, and analyzed only in aggregate. Members who do not want to receive cookies can instruct their Web browsers to refuse them; be aware, however, that doing so may prevent certain parts of the Alliance’s site from working (e.g., Community Discussions). Unless you have saved your member name, cookies are not useable for identifying individuals (your computer will be assigned a random number); The National Alliance for Hispanic Health will not know who you are.

Registration Form
Membership on the HFA's Web site, healthyamericas.org, is optional. healthyamericas.org’s registration form requires users to give contact information (for example, an e-mail address) and demographic information (e.g., zip code, age). On our registration form, required fields are marked with an asterisk. We use this information to send members information about the Health Foundation for the Americas (e.g., an electronic newsletter); members may opt out of receiving this information. This information will allow a healthyamericas.org member to tailor their experience by delivering content specific to his or her interests. The Health Foundation for the Americas will not rent names or e-mail addresses to any organization or individual. Aggregate demographic information collected is healthyamericas.org's use only. This aggregate information is not traceable to an individual user.

OPT-OUT
All information provided to HFA is held strictly confidential and is never sold nor is it disclosed to third parties.  There are two ways to OPT-OUT:

1. By text messagings services:
   You can stop text message services at any time by "texting" the word STOP from your cell phone to 30644.
2. By email:
   You can send an email to have your information removed from the database. Please contact us with your name and email address to be removed.

OFF SITE LINKS
The Health Foundation for the Americas provides external links to other sites. The Health Foundation for the Americas is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external Web sites.

CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.

ADVERTISEMENTS
The Health Foundation for the Americas does not allow advertisements on the healthyamericas.org Web site nor does it allow advertisers to solicit healthyamericas.org members.