The Clinic for Special Children (“CSC”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy, and this Privacy Policy was created in order to outline our commitment to protecting the privacy of our website users (“Website user(s)”, “you”, or “your”).

This Privacy Policy applies to clinicforspecialchildren.org, the primary website for CSC, and store14368237.ecwid.com, the store that benefits CSC (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains what you can expect when using our Website and how CSC interacts with the Personal Information you provide through the Website. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Personal Information means information about you that you provide when using the Website, including your identity, payment information, and use of our Website.

What Personal Information CSC Collects

1. Browsing—IP address and other information about how you use our Website, such as your language preferences and other user settings, the time spent on the Website and on what pages, data entered via webforms, and information to remember you when you visit again;
2. Events/Newsletter—First and last name, address, phone number, and email address;
3. Donations/Store—When provided, first and last name, address, phone number, email address, and PayPal, Stripe, or Square information; and
4. Internship/Residency—First and last name, address, phone number, email address, institution, graduation/completion date, and application driven entries including, but not limited to, area of study/research, personal statement, transcript/employment history, CV, and letter of recommendation.

How CSC Collects Personal Information

1. Like most websites, when you visit our Website, CSC automatically collects your IP address and other information about how you use our Website. We use third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics and “cookies,” to help us with collecting and analyzing the Personal Information. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit this site: https://cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies;
2. Website users who visit our Website and register for an event or conference, sign up to receive CSC e-communications, or our print newsletter voluntarily provide us with their contact information. We use third-party service providers such as Mailchimp to help organize our newsletter and contact information. At any time, you can “opt out” if you do not wish to receive our communications (physical or digital);
3. Website users who use our Website to make their gifts or purchase items at our store voluntarily provide us with their payment information through third-party payment and shipping processors PayPal, Stripe, and Square. CSC does not collect or store credit card information and only keeps the contact and other similar information provided by the donor or purchaser. If you do not wish to provide this Personal Information over the Website, please see the other options that are available. When transmitting donation or purchase information on our Website, CSC’s third-party service providers use end-to-end 128-Bit encryption to protect Website users’ Personal Information; and
4. Website users that are applying for internship or residency opportunities voluntarily provide the above Personal Information directly to CSC. Once this Personal Information is submitted, CSC has no obligation to the applicant to return any of the materials submitted, including those containing Personal Information. In addition to this Privacy Policy, all submissions by applicants, including those containing Personal Information, are subject to the rules and requirements of the respective internship or residency opportunity and its dedicated webpage.

How CSC Uses Your Information
We use the above Personal Information that we collect to:

1. monitor Website traffic to improve our Website and the services we provide to you, and to better understand Website users. We do not use this information to advertise to you. For example, we monitor web traffic to see if certain pages need improving or updated or to make donating easier and browsing between pages more convenient;
2. process or fulfill the request for which the information was provided, including communications incident to the request. For example, if you register for one of our events, we will communicate with you about that event or if you sign up for our e-communications we may send you a flyer about an upcoming conference. If you would like to opt-out of our use of any of your Personal Information, you can do so by discontinuing your use of our services by clicking “Unsubscribe” at the bottom of any of our emails or by contacting queries@clinicforspecialchildren.org;
3. process or fulfill the request for which the information was provided, including communications incident to the request. For example, if you give us your contact and payment information to make a donation or purchase an item from our store, we will only use that information to facilitate the transfer of the gift to CSC or the purchase of the item;
4. process and review applications for the position(s) for which the applicant is applying; and
5. CSC is also committed to upholding the law, and may share Personal Information when needed to enforce its rights or comply with the law, or when otherwise compelled to do so. We will never sell or rent your Personal Information, and we will never share your Personal Information with third-parties other than as described below.

Third Parties
CSC only shares your Personal Information with the third-party service providers listed above to help us process the requests for which the Personal Information was provided or otherwise use the Personal Information as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. These third-party service providers will only use this Personal Information to process the requests that we make and to improve the services that they provide to us. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies which control how they may use the Personal Information that you may provide to them through our Website or the third-party’s website.

Children and Privacy
Our Website is not structured, targeted, or intended to attract children under the age of 13. CSC does not knowingly solicit information from children under the age of 13 or send them requests for their information.

Linked Websites
Like many websites, our Website has links to other websites such as Facebook and Instagram to help CSC spread the word about its mission and the work it does. Our website also contains links to our supporters’ and collaborators’ websites, some of which include scholarly articles and medical journals referencing the work that we do. By clicking on one of these external links, you will be directed to another website that is not controlled by CSC or governed by this Privacy Policy. CSC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policy of the websites you visit, and your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Modifications; Terms and Conditions
By using our Website, you consent to this Privacy Policy. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and encourage you to review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of this Website will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms that apply to your use after the effective date hereof. You can see if any changes apply to you by reviewing the date at the top of this Privacy Policy and comparing it to the last time you visited the Website. Your use of the Website is at your own risk.

Our Website contains a large amount of medical resources, research, and information. Those resources and information do not constitute, and is not, medical advice by CSC or any of its employees, and CSC makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or efficacy of the content of the Website. CSC shall not be liable to any Website user for any damages that arise out of the inaccuracy of any information on the Website or any user’s use of the Website. No matter where the Website is being accessed from, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall apply when determining a user’s and/or CSC’s rights and responsibilities. The content of the Website, including scholarly publications, is protected by federal and state copyright laws. The Clinic for Special Children and graphics that accompany those words are federally registered trademarks.

Contact
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at queries@clinicforspecialchildren.org