PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR DARE.org
D.A.R.E. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm
commitment to privacy.
The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices
for this web site:
Information Automatically Logged
D.A.R.E. may collect and disclose non-personal user information (for example, IP
addresses) in aggregate form. An IP address is a number given to a user by a web
server. Examples of information provided by an IP address include: service
provider, type of browser and type of system used. D.A.R.E. may use this
information to improve its site, make it more responsive to the needs of the
user and to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web
site. This non-personal information may also be shared with third parties for
marketing, advertising or research purposes. An IP address is not used to obtain
personal information about a user.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual's
hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web-surfing easier for you
by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you are visiting our
site. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most
major web sites.
By showing how and when guests use the site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. If you accept the first tracking cookie from dare.com, you won't be offered as many afterwards.
External Links
The information provided on this Site, and links to other related Websites, are provided as a courtesy to Site visitors only, and are in no manner an endorsement, recommendation or approval of any person, any product or any service contained on any other Website.
Special Relationships
Users should be aware that when you are visiting dare.com that you could be
directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other
sites from D.A.R.E. that take you outside our service. This includes links from
advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may use D.A.R.E.’s logo as part of a
co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, or
otherwise collect data or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where
you have surfed.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online -– for example, via message boards or chat -– that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know. While D.A.R.E. strives to protect its users' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk.
Children's Guidelines
It is D.A.R.E.’s intention to adhere to the Children's Advertising Review
Unit’s (CARU) guidelines. D.A.R.E. encourages parents to monitor their
children's Internet usage, and to help us protect their privacy by instructing
them never to provide personal information on this site or any other without
permission.
We care about children and understand that they have special privacy needs. Therefore, we have adopted the following privacy policy regarding children:
We will NOT collect, use, or distribute to third parties personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent.
We will NOT give the child access to unmonitored chat rooms, message boards, email accounts, or other services that would give the child the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent
When verifiable parental consent is not obtained, we will only use the online contact information (such as email) to:
Respond directly to the child's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
Request the name or online contact information of a parent for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing parental notification.
Respond more than once directly to a specific request from a child (such as in the case where a child requests a newsletter subscription) and not used to re-contact the child for other purposes. We will use our best efforts to provide parental notification, which will include the nature and intended use as well as an opportunity for the parent to prevent the use of the information and participation in the activity.
We will NOT entice the child to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity, game, or service.
We will provide the parent a description of the specific types of a personally identifiable information collected from their child upon request. We will allow the parent to refuse further use or future online collection of personally identifiable information and provide a way for a parent to obtain any personally identifiable information collected from their child.
We will provide notice to children in age appropriate terms of what personally identifiable information is to be collected.
We will NOT provide any links to web sites that are unsuitable for children.
We will encourage children to get their parent's permission before sharing personal information online.
Contact Information
DARE America guarantees we will not sell or trade our donors' personal or contact information
with anyone else, nor will DARE America send mailings on behalf of other organizations.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact: webmaster@dare.org