Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to safeguarding the information you provide to us. In order to better serve your needs now and in the future, we may ask you to provide us with certain information. We understand that you may be concerned about what we will do with such information – particularly any personal or financial information. We agree that you have a right to know how we will utilize the personal information you provide to us. Therefore, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to govern the use and handling of your personal information.

To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

Applicability - This Privacy Policy governs our use of the information that you provide to us. It does NOT govern the manner in which we may use information we have obtained from any other source, such as information obtained from a public record or from another person or entity.

Types of Information - The types of nonpublic personal information that we may collect includes:

  • Information we receive from you on applications, forms, and in other communication to us, whether in writing, in person, by telephone, or by any other means;
  • Information about your transactions with us, our affiliated companies, or others; and
  • Information we receive from any consumer-reporting agency.

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on yourself or your organization on the ASMBA STAR Foundation website. The types of personal information we may collect on some of these pages are: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Number, Credit/Debit Card Information , etc.

On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you donate money online and want an acknowledgement sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are: Name, Address, Phone Number, etc.

The Way We Use Information - We request information from you for our own legitimate business purposes and not for the benefit of any nonaffiliated party. Therefore, we do not release your information to nonaffiliated parties except: (1) as necessary for us to provide the product or service you have requested to us; or (2) as permitted by law. We may, however, store such information indefinitely, including the period after which any /donor/recipient/beneficiary relationship has ceased. Such information may be used for any internal purpose, such as quality control efforts or analysis. We may also provide all of the types of nonpublic personal information listed above to one or more of our affiliated companies. Such affiliated companies include financial service providers, actuaries, auditors, trust and investment advisory companies.

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

Information you submit on our website will only be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out forms on our site, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Donors

  • The ASMBA STAR Foundation honors the privacy and confidentiality of all of those contributing to the Foundation and will not release any names, addresses, phone numbers or e-mail addresses to any outside charity or organization for the purpose of solicitation.
  • Personal information of the donors is collected so the Foundation may provide written substantiation to the donors.
  • The Foundation will maintain a database of all donors for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
  • The Foundation will not at any time sell or share a list of donors or sell or share the data base of donors.
  • The Foundation will only use e-mail addresses to answer e-mail we receive, and to send news about the Foundation to the donor. If the donor does not wish to receive e-mails from the Foundation, the donor can advise they wish to “opt out” of e-mails.
  • The Foundation will attempt to forward e-mail requests to the donors, but will not release the e-mail address to the requestor.
  • The Foundation expresses their appreciation to all donors by listing the cumulative giving levels in published documents such as newsletters and brochures. The information listed will only include the level of cumulative giving, a name, and the company or organization if applicable. If the donor does not wish to be listed, the donor may advise the Foundation via-email, telephone, or in writing.
  • The Foundation will not publish pictures or names of the donors on the Foundation website or in other Foundation publications such as brochures or newsletter without the written permission from the donors.

Recipients/Beneficiaries

  • The ASMBA STAR Foundation honors the privacy and confidentiality of all recipients/beneficiaries of the Foundation, and will not release any names, addresses, phone numbers, or e-mails of the recipients/beneficiaries of the Foundation without their written permission. The Foundation will attempt to forward e-mail requests to the recipients/beneficiaries, but will not release the e-mail address to the requestor.
  • The Foundation will not publish pictures or names of the recipients/beneficiaries on the Foundation website or in other Foundation publications such as brochures or newsletter without the written permission from the recipients/beneficiaries (or their parents/legal guardians if the recipients/beneficiaries are under the age of 18).

Former Donors/Recipients/Beneficiaries

Even if you are no longer a donor to the ASMBA STAR Foundation, or a recipient or beneficiary of funds from of the STAR Foundation, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply to you.

Confidentiality and Security - We will use our best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized parties have access to any of your information. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those individuals and entities that need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We will use our best efforts to train and oversee our employees to ensure that your information will be handled responsibly and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We currently maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information - You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect and maintain by requesting it in writing from the Foundation at P.O. Box 160384, Nashville, TN 37216.

You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

Internal Revenue Service - This Privacy Policy does not prevent the release of all information required by the Internal Revenue Service, applications to participate in national or state giving campaigns, or other national and state regulations.

How To Contact Us - Should you have other questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by mail at ASMBA STAR Foundation, P.O. Box 160384, Nashville, TN 37216, by phone at 1-800-251-8434or send us an email at info@asmbastarfoundation.com.