DSACO has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your privacy. We recognize that when you share your personal information with us, you expect us to treat that information in a serious and responsible manner.  This statement sets forth our information gathering and dissemination practices for the www.dsaco.net website.  By using this website, you consent to our privacy policy.

For questions or concerns, please email us or contact us at:

Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio
Attn: User Privacy
510 E. North Broadway, 4th floor
Columbus, OH  43214
(614) 263-6020
email: privacy@dsaco.net

COLLECTING INFORMATION
Like many websites, we gather information about how visitors use our website. In general, you can visit many of our web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track your visit for trends and statistics, but you will remain anonymous unless you tell us who you are. Once you choose to give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. We request information from you (which may include name, address, telephone number, email address, gender and when necessary, credit card information) when you:
* Register
* Purchase
* Request articles or whitepapers
* Request to receive communications

PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
DSACO has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, including without limitation, protecting information behind a firewall, encrypting your ordering information so that it cannot be read by a third party during transmission, and providing a secured intranet barrier between our servers and the Internet.  Regardless of these efforts, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

CHOICE/OPT-OUT
DSACO allows you to opt out of receiving promotional communications from us.  You will be given this choice at points where we request your information.  You can also use the following options for removing your information from our database if you do not wish to receive future promotional communications or to cancel your account.

*Send an email to: privacy@dsaco.net

*Send a written letter to us at the following postal address:  Privacy, Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio, 510 E. North Broadway, 4th floor, Columbus, OH  43214 

SURVEYS
From time to time, DSACO may invite you to participate in online surveys.  Participation is always on a voluntary basis and is never required.  If you choose to participate, we may ask you to disclose contact information and demographic information.  We may use this information to send you information about DSACO, contact you when necessary, tailor your experience at our www.dsaco.net web site, and display information according to your preferences.  If you do not want to receive any mailings from us, please see the choice/opt-out section above.  This demographic information may also be used to measure interest in our products and may be shared with our advertisers on a summary basis only.  None of your individual information will be disclosed.

IP ADDRESS
We may use your unique network address (IP address) to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the www.dsaco.net web site.

COOKIES
We may use cookies to recognize a return DSACO member or to track promotions.  We gather this information for internal use only and will never authorize the release of this information with anyone outside of DSACO.

LINKED SITES
The www.dsaco.net web site may contain links to external websites.  DSACO is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these web sites.