Virginia Blood Service

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Virginia Blood Services is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy describes the ways that personally identifiable and anonymous information about our customers is used and our information sharing practices. Virginia Blood Services does not share, disclose or sell any personally-identifiable information (such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) collected online on Virginia Blood Services web sites with other unaffiliated companies or organizations for marketing purposes outside of Virginia Blood Services Friends and Friends 4 Life programs. Virginia Blood Services collects e-mail addresses from our donors. We use this information to e-mail messages about current standings within the Friends and Friends 4 Life program, news about blood and blood donation and reminders when donors are eligible to give blood. Virginia Blood Services also uses this information to facilitate communications with you through e-mail about scheduled appointment requests. We provide customer lists and other information to third party companies that provide specialized services, such as email message deployment, postal mailing, analysis, and other data processing. These companies work on our behalf and we do not provide our lists or other data to them for their own permanent use. Any customer who receives emails based on the Friends and Friends 4 Life programs may opt-out at anytime by simply replying to the e-mail with the words "unsubscribe" in the subject of the reply message. Virginia Blood Services uses encryption technology to protect certain information sent over the Internet. This encryption technology is called "Secure Sockets Layer" or SSL. SSL is an industry standard that encrypts transmissions between two parties and verifies the web site server you are communicating with. You will notice that the "http: //" has been replaced with "https: //" in a Web site's address. This indicates that you are attached to a secure server using SSL technology. Additionally, if your browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, or a higher version of either, a picture of a lock or a key should appear in the lower right hand corner of the browser's window. Other methods such as firewalls, database encryption schemes and other technology and security procedures are used to protect the security of your personal information and prevent unauthorized access or improper use. Some areas of the Virginia Blood Services web site may use a feature of your Internet browser called a cookie. Cookies are files placed within your browser on your computer's hard drive by a web server. Virginia Blood Services web sites may use cookies to facilitate your Internet sessions, to maintain security. For example, Virginia Blood Services may uses cookies to verify your identity and allow access through the Friends and Friends for 4 Life areas of the web site. However, our cookies do not contain any information that is, in itself, personally identifying. Cookies stored on your hard drive by a Virginia Blood Services web site are not accessible to other web sites. If you choose not to enable cookies on your browser, you will not be able to use some of the features provided by the Friends and Friends for Life areas of the web site. Virginia Blood Services web sites are not directed to children under age 13, and Virginia Blood Services does not knowingly collect personal information from children under age 13. This Privacy Policy was last updated January 6, 2003, and replaces any previous Internet Privacy Policy from Virginia Blood Services. We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time, and when such a change is made, this will be reflected on the web site. Any updates will be effective immediately when they are posted, and we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to be aware of any such changes. Your continued use of the Virginia Blood Services web site indicates your agreement to any such changes. 2825 Emer