Privacy Policy

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Last Updated on April 3, 2006

Welcome to the web site of the International Women's Health Coalition ("Our Site"). This user agreement ("User Agreement"), which includes our Privacy Policy, sets forth the conditions for your use of Our Site. We may update this User Agreement, including our Privacy Policy, from time to time by posting the modified User Agreement or Privacy Policy on this page, or, if we determine that it's appropriate, we may post a notice of the change on our home page. By continuing to use the Site after we have posted such modifications or notice, you agree to the modified terms.

Please read this Agreement carefully, because by using Our Site, you agree to be bound by and comply with its terms. If you do not agree to comply with the Agreement, you are not authorized to use Our Site.

PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes our treatment of your personal information, how you can make choices about that treatment, and how you can request access to your information.

Collection of Personal Information

There are certain areas of Our Site where we ask for your personal information, such as your name, organization, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or credit card information ("Your Personal Information"). For example, we ask for Your Personal Information in the order form for our publications, in the form for your donations, and in the form for requesting email alerts.

We will use Your Personal Information for the purposes for which you provided it, and, unless you choose not to receive any further emails from us, we may also use your email address to send you information on different issues that we think may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to send you this information, you can check the opt-out box on the page where you fill in Your Personal Information, or notify the web administrator by emailing us at webmaster@iwhc.org or calling (212) 979-8500 and asking for the Web Site Administrator.

If you wish to make online contributions in support of our programs, Our Site will direct you to a third-party non-profit organization called Just Give, whose mission is to help other non-profit organizations with their fundraising activities. When you donate to Just Give, your personal information, including your email address, street address, and billing information, are provided only to Just Give. Just Give will forward to us only your name, email address and street address only if you permit the transfer of that personal information in your Just Give account preferences. If you have any questions concerning Just Give's treatment of your personal information, please review the policies available on its web site and contact that organization directly.

Anonymous Information

We may also collect anonymous information about visitors to Our Site, such as the number of visitors to Our Site, the browsers and computer systems used by visitors, and visitor IP addresses, which are the numbers assigned to each computer by a Web server. We collect this anonymous information solely to analyze how visitors use Our Site so we can improve the quality of the information and services we provide. We do not use anonymous information to identify visitors individually except in circumstances where we may deem it necessary in connection with legal process or for similar reasons.

Sharing Information With Third Parties

We do not share Your Personal Information with anyone except for our service providers (e.g., the companies that help us run and maintain Our Site, ship publications in response to your orders, and help us process your donations).

We may share anonymous information collected about visitors to Our Site with companies that help us run and maintain Our Site and that help us provide information and services to our visitors.

We reserve the right to disclose Your Personal Information to third parties if required by law or to enforce this Agreement. Of course, if we ever merge with another organization, Your Personal Information could be transferred along with our other assets.

Review and Update Your Personal Information

We will use reasonable efforts to let you review Your Personal Information and, upon your instructions, to correct inaccuracies in or delete Your Personal Information from our databases. If you wish to review Your Personal Information or have any questions regarding our treatment of Your Personal Information, you can contact us by sending an email to webmaster@iwhc.org, by calling (212) 979-8500 and asking for the Web Site Administrator, by faxing your questions to the Web Site Administrator at (212) 979-9009, or by mailing your questions to Web Site Administrator, International Women's Health Coalition, 333 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Security

We strive to keep Your Personal Information in a secure manner and safeguard it from unauthorized access by maintaining Your Personal Information in a password-protected database. Of course no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so you provide Your Personal Information at your own risk.

Location of Servers and Transfer of Information

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, be aware that the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using our Site or providing Your Personal Information to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information in the United States. If you are located in the United States, our service providers may not be located in your geographic area in the United States. By providing Your Personal Information on the Site, you consent to the transfer of Your Personal Information to these service providers.

No Use By Under-13-Year-Olds

Our Site is designed for use solely by those 13 years and older. By using Our Site, you represent to us that you are over 13. If this is not the case, you should not use Our Site. If a parent or legal guardian becomes aware that your child under age 13 may have provided Personal Information to Our Site, please contact us at webmaster@iwhc.org.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

Our Site contains links to other Web sites that we think may be of interest to you. We have no control over these other sites or their content. Be sure to read the privacy policies that govern your use of other sites before giving them any of Your Personal Information. Because we are not responsible for the collection of personal information on any other site, you should direct any concerns regarding privacy practices to the web administrator of that site.

TERMS OF USE

Copyright

All material on Our Site is protected by United States and international copyright law. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained in Our Site.

You may download a single, machine-readable copy of the articles and other information posted on Our Site ("Site Content") for your personal, non-commercial use as long as you do not alter the Site Content or remove any trademark, copyright or other notices displayed on the Site Content. Aside from this single copy, you may not reproduce, distribute (in any form, including over any local area or other network or service), display, perform, create derivative works of, sell, license, extract for use in a database, or otherwise use any Site Content (or any computer programs and other code) on Our Site.

Trademarks

"INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION," "IWHC," and other logos and trademarks featured on Our Site are trademarks owned by the International Women's Health Coalition, Inc. in the United States and other countries ("Our Trademarks").
You may not use Our Trademarks in connection with any product or service that does not belong to us, or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users about whether we are the source, sponsor, or endorser of the product or service, or in any manner that disparages or discredits us.

Links, Frames and Metatags

You may not frame the content of Our Site unless you first obtain our express written consent. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates Our Trademarks or our name without our express written consent. You may link to the home page of Our Site as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. You may not link to one of our inner pages unless the link clearly identifies Our Site as the location of the linked pages.

Disclaimers

OUR SITE IS AVAILABLE "AS IS." TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION, GOODS, OR SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF THE PURPOSE WAS DISCLOSED).
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY STATEMENT OR INFORMATION DISPLAYED, DISTRIBUTED, OR MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH OUR SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN OUR SITE. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE OR OBTAIN ANY MATERIALS OR GOODS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM IT ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

Limitation of Liability

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN OUR SITE, INCLUDING CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION IN THESE TERMS OF USE.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, ITS SERVICES, OR THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THESE KINDS OF DAMAGES, SO THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate any services offered through Our Site or to terminate Our site and this Agreement at any time without notice, for any reason, including, in the case of the Agreement, because of your violation of any of these provisions. The Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this Agreement survive such termination.

Governing Law

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision is considered severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.