Privacy Policy

The mission of Prevent Blindness America is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Our website is an important tool in the pursuit of this mission. We have adopted the following privacy policy to make it safe and easy for you to use our website.

We collect two kinds of information, website usage statistics, which are anonymous, and individual information.

Website usage statistics

Our web server automatically collects anonymous information about visitors to our site, such as the number of visitors, the pages they access, and the documents they download. This information is used in aggregate form in order to manage our website and improve its content.

Individual information

We collect individual information about you when you choose to share information about yourself, for example, when you make a donation, request information or purchase materials. This information may include your postal or e-mail address and your telephone number.

Individual information is used to provide you with information or to deliver the service you have requested. If you provide your postal address, telephone number or email address to Prevent Blindness America online, you may receive any of the following periodic contacts from us:

Mailings with information about additional Prevent Blindness America programs, services and events.
Mailings that invite you to contribute to Prevent Blindness America and its mission.
Prevent Blindness America News, our periodic newsletter.
Telephone contact with information about orders you have placed online, as well as additional vision-related information.
E-mail contact to respond to your questions, comments or suggestions.
If you would like to change the way we contact you, please call us at 1-800-331-2020, or send an email to info@preventblindness.org.

Sharing Information

Prevent Blindness America will not share your personal information with other organizations or businesses. We will share personal information only when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our rights, or protect the safety of our users or others.

Email Communications

We may occasionally send out an email newsletter and direct email communications to highlight news, information and opportunities available from Prevent Blindness America. You may elect not to have us contact by calling us at 1-800-331-2020, or sending an email to info@preventblindness.org.

Security

In order to prevent unauthorized access and protect our users’ personal information, we strive to maintain physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to secure the information we collect online.

Privacy Policy Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes here. We encourage you to review our policy from time to time.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, please call us at 1-800-331-2020, or send an email to info@preventblindness.org.


Prevent Blindness America’s privacy policy complies with the guidelines of the National Health Council’s Voluntary Health Agency Good Operating Practices and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charity Accountability.