Privacy Policy

The ALS Therapy Development Foundation (ALS TDF) is firmly committed to maintaining the privacy of the information provided to us online. This Privacy Policy describes how ALS TDF treats personal information received about you when you visit http://www.als.net.

Cookies
Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to als.net. Our site uses cookies to keep track of your font-size preferences so you don't have to re-select it each time you visit the website. In the future, cookies may be used to deliver content specific to your interest.

Traffic Data
Each time a visitor comes to als.net, we collect some basic technical information. We use software to keep track of traffic to our site and acquire such information as the location from which the traffic originates, which particular pages within als.net are being viewed and for how long. We may know for instance, that we had 10,000 hits and 2,000 individual visitors to our Web site today, but we do not know their names, addresses, or other personal information.

Third Parties
Your name or other information will not be shared with third parties.

Links
als.net contains links to other Web sites. als.net is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our computer networks and those of our hosting company are protected by passwords, firewalls and other security.

Is credit card / transaction information secure?
We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) through Thawte to communicate with your browser software when you order from us online and thereby provide us with credit card or similar information. SSL is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept your credit card / transaction and order information that you send us when you submit your online order. We take precautions to safeguard your credit card data in our internal systems.

Order Forms
Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect contact information (like e-mail addresses), and financial information (like account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order forms is used to ship purchases, and may be used to send information about our organization. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings by sending an e-mail to info@als.net or sending a letter to the following postal address:

ALS Therapy Development Foundation
215 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

eNewsletters
ALS TDF offers a periodic e-mail service to those who are interested in hearing about the latest news about our research. These "eNewsletters" are strictly opt-in. You will not receive them unless you have voluntary subscribed to the service. If you ever wish to modify your address or unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to info@als.net.

Contacting ALS TDF
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact info@als.net.