The HOPE Foundation respects your privacy. Therefore, any personally identifiable information you submit to us will be used by The HOPE Foundation in the manner specified in this Privacy Statement or as otherwise permitted by law. Please take this time to review the following statements regarding The HOPE Foundation's treatment of personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement may occasionally change, so please refer to this page periodically to check for updates. This Privacy Statement was last modified September 8, 2003.

Types of Information Collected and Use Thereof

Personally Identifiable Information. The HOPE Foundation does not collect personally identifiable information (i.e., information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, or mailing address) from you unless you voluntarily choose to submit that information. Should you choose to submit personally identifiable information, that information will be used for the purposes for which you have provided it, and for other purposes that are consistent with this Privacy Statement, and permitted by law. The HOPE Foundation may use personally identifiable information we receive from you to communicate with you or for other purposes related to our business operations. From time to time, we may need to use the services of a third party to communicate special offers and promotions on our behalf, and must share limited personally identifiable information with these third parties to enable such communication. Other times, we may share limited personally identifiable information with outside companies so that they may communicate information about their own products and services that may be of interest to you. We will require that such third parties safeguard all personally identifiable information received from The HOPE Foundation, and we will not permit them to use personally identifiable information for any reason other than as necessary for the communication of the particular information, offers, and/or promotions. The HOPE Foundation may disclose personally identifiable information if required or permitted to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with legal process served on The HOPE Foundation or otherwise comply with the law; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The HOPE Foundation, or (c) protect the personal safety of The HOPE Foundation employees or the public. Finally, The HOPE Foundation may disclose and transfer personally identifiable information to a buyer or transferee of all or a portion of its assets in conjunction with the sale or transfer of such assets..

Statistical Information. The HOPE Foundation collects and monitors statistical information in order to better serve our clients. For example, the IP addresses of visitors, the individual Web pages visited, and domain names from which visitors originate or later visit are all collected for statistical purposes. This information is not typically shared with third parties, but may be shared with third parties for analysis purposes. The HOPE Foundation may collect statistical information through the use of cookies and other Internet technologies. Cookies are elements of data transferred to your hard drive that allow customized visitor preferences, record-keeping, or access to password protected features.

Information Safety

While The HOPE Foundation strives to safeguard personally identifiable information, data transmission over the Internet, including e-mail, cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, The HOPE Foundation cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit over the Internet, and any information you so transmit is done at your own risk. The HOPE Foundation cannot be responsible for disclosures of personally identifiable information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties, and encourages you to exercise prudence in selecting the information you send via the Internet, including via e-mail.

Contact Information

If you would like to contact us with questions or comments concerning this Privacy Statement, or if you believe that HOPE Foundation has not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please notify us by contacting the following:

HOPE Foundation
1252 N. Loesch Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47402
Attn: Webmaster
Fax: 812-323-8140
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We welcome your questions and comments.