Privacy
Beaumont Hospital Foundation, (located at www.cuwhen.com, www.cuwhen.org, www.beaumontfoundation.com) value and respect all individuals and organizations seeking to donate time, money, or resources. We understand that you may be concerned about privacy issues that surround the use of the Internet.

We believe that you should have control over who receives your personal information, whether it concerns where you live, what your interests are, or how you choose to conduct transactions. We're focused on helping you help others in a safe and secure environment.

Therefore, we do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to our web site or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number, to any outside companies except for the use of completing a donation transaction that you initiate.

:: Information about all Beaumont Web Site Visitors
:: Making Donations & Volunteering
:: Newsletter
:: Competitions & Surveys
:: Tell a Friend
:: eCards
:: Outbound Links
:: Public Forums
:: Security
:: Legal Disclaimer
:: Privacy Changes
:: Choice/ Opt-Out
:: Contacting Us

Information about All Beaumont Hospital Foundation Web Site Visitors
In general, our service automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to our Web Site. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. We also may provide aggregated statistical "ratings" information, never information about you personally, to our partners about how our visitors, collectively, use our Web Site. We do this so they too can understand how often people use our site in order for them to provide you with the best possible experience.

Making Donations & Volunteering
We may specifically ask for information about you when you make donations or choose a volunteer opportunity. We will need certain information such as name, home or Internet address, billing information in order to provide that service or information to you. This information will be used solely for the purposes of completing your donation or providing the volunteer opportunity you are seeking. We may retain your name and may use it to contact you in the future. If you do not want to be contacted again you can let us know by contacting us at the details provided below.

Newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter we will use your email address to send you updates on Beaumont Hospital Foundation activities. We reserve the right to include offers from our partners within this newsletter, however we will not disclose your personal information directly to any third party including our partners. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings at any time; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Competitions & Surveys
From time-to-time our site requests information from visitors via surveys or competitions. Participation in these surveys or competitions is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address). Contact information will be shared with the competition or survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes. Anonymous Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Your personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Tell-A-Friend
If you elect to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask you for the friend's name and email address. Beaumont Hospital Foundation will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. Beaumont Hospital Foundation stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. The friend may contact Beaumont Hospital Foundation at friends@bhf.ie to request the removal of this information from our database.

eCards
If you use our ecard service, we ask you for your friend's name and email address. Beaumont Hospital Foundation will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site to view their ecard. Beaumont Hospital Foundation stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our ecard facility. You or your friend may contact Beaumont Hospital Foundation at friends@bhf.ie to request the removal of this information from our database.

Outbound Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Beaumont Hospital Foundation, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Public Forums
At Beaumont Hospital Foundation, we ask those who post messages to treat others with respect. We ask that you be considerate in your postings. Beaumont Hospital Foundation staff routinely monitor and moderate our online discussions. We reserve the right to delete messages that do not relate to the discussions, that use explicit, vulgar or obscene language, or that contain commercial or promotional appeals. Postings may be re-published (with permission) by the Beaumont Hospital Foundation. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This Web site takes precaution to protect our your information. We help to protect your information by working with WorldPay plc, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of online transactions. Worldpay provide a secure and safe environment for credit card donations. For more information on security please visit the WorldPay Web Site at www.worldpay.com

If you have any questions about the security at our Web site, visitors can send an email to friends@bhf.ie

Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Privacy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy statement for our Web Site, we will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives visitors the following options for removing their information from our database or to not receive future communications.

1. You can visit the following URL: http://www.bhf.ie/how_to_help/unsubscribe.shtml
and remove yourself from our mailing ist

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact

David Plunkett
Beaumont Hospital Foundation
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9