Privacy Policy

HFS Chicago Scholars has created this privacy policy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.

HFS Chicago Scholars assures you that the identity of all who contact us through this website is kept confidential: we do not rent, sell, or exchange our mailing lists and we will always strive to be responsible in our management, truthful in our advertising, and cost-effective in our fund-raising. We are continually working to ensure every dollar is used to its fullest.

As with most other Internet sites, our web servers record the IP address of each visitor to this site. This IP address tells us which domain you visited from (for instance, aol.com), but not your email address or other private and personal information. We use this information to help diagnose problems with our servers, to administer this website more effectively, and to gather broad demographic information about what countries and domains our visitors hail from and their behavior on our site.

Those who choose to register through various “guestbook”-type features on our site may choose to give us certain contact information (such as their email address). These features may also request optional demographic information (such as zip code, age, or income level). Unless you “opt out,” we may use this contact information to send you additional information about HFS Chicago Scholars and its programs. The contact information that you voluntarily provide may also be used to contact you when necessary in order to resolve customer-service issues or questions. You may readily opt-out of receiving future communications by requesting that your name be removed from our mailing lists. To do so, please send such a request to dpepper@hfschicagoscholars.com, with the word 'remove' in the subject line.

In some cases our site uses securely encrypted contribution response forms for visitors who choose to use these forms to provide information, request information, and/or make donations. We collect your voluntarily submitted contact information (such as your email address) and financial information (such as a credit card type, number, and expiration date). Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for donations pledged. Unique identifiers (such as an HFS Chicago Scholars account number) may be collected from website visitors to assist in matching current donation information with donor history in our record systems.

Our online surveys may ask visitors for contact information (such as their email address) as well as a variety of demographic and practical questions. We may use contact data from our surveys to send the user information about HFS Chicago Scholars. The user’s contact information may also be used to contact the visitor when necessary.

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy without advance notice. Notice of changes to this policy will be posted to the homepage for this website in advance of the change.

Contacting the Website

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us by sending an email to dpepper@hfschicagoscholars.com.