Kurdistan Save the Children is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Kurdistan Save the Children Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Kurdistan Save the Children website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Kurdistan Save the Children collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Kurdistan Save the Children also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Kurdistan Save the Children. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Kurdistan Save the Children for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Kurdistan Save the Children Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Kurdistan Save the Children public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Kurdistan Save the Children does not read any of your private online communications.

Kurdistan Save the Children encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Kurdistan Save the Children so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Kurdistan Save the Children is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Kurdistan Save the Children and Kurdistan Save the Children family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Kurdistan Save the Children collects and uses your personal information to operate the Kurdistan Save the Children Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Kurdistan Save the Children also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Kurdistan Save the Children and its affiliates. Kurdistan Save the Children may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Kurdistan Save the Children does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Kurdistan Save the Children may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Kurdistan Save the Children may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Kurdistan Save the Children, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Kurdistan Save the Children does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Kurdistan Save the Children keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Kurdistan Save the Children, in order to determine what Kurdistan Save the Children services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Kurdistan Save the Children to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Kurdistan Save the Children Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Kurdistan Save the Children or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Kurdistan Save the Children; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Kurdistan Save the Children, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Kurdistan Save the Children Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Kurdistan Save the Children pages, or register with Kurdistan Save the Children site or services, a cookie helps Kurdistan Save the Children to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Kurdistan Save the Children Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Kurdistan Save the Children features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Kurdistan Save the Children services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Kurdistan Save the Children secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Kurdistan Save the Children secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Kurdistan Save the Children will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Kurdistan Save the Children encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Kurdistan Save the Children is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Kurdistan Save the Children welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Kurdistan Save the Children has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Kurdistan Save the Children at dana@ksc-kcf.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.