Data Privacy Policy

Illinois Lyme Association (ILA) Privacy Policy

Illinois Lyme Association is committed to respecting the privacy of our donors and website users.

Information collected:

Here are the types of information that we collect and maintain:

  • Contact information: name, organization/company, complete address, phone number, email address

  • Donation information: amounts donated, date of donation(s), method and stimulus

  • Information concerning hours you have volunteered

  • Your requests and comments

  • Non-personally identifiable information, such as how many hits each ILA website page receives, and if the visitor is repeat or new. This requires that a

    “cookie” be sent to your web browser.

How information is used:

  • Illinois Lyme Association uses your data to maintain records of donations, send acknowledgements, mail year-end tax statements to you, send newsletters, notices, and direct mail pieces, and for internal marketing purposes.

  • We normally add you to our mailing list, unless you request otherwise. Our third-party mailing service is contractually obligated to treat the lists with confidentiality and is prohibited from transferring them elsewhere.

  • We do NOT list individuals’ names in ANY of our publications. Corporate and foundation sponsors are listed on our website, annual report, and event programs.

  • We use your written comments/letters occasionally to post on our website (in an anonymous

    fashion), and to respond to your inquiries.

  • Credit card numbers are NOT retained once processed. Our website has a SSL certificate.

  • Donations over 2% of our entire budget must be reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule B.

  • We use website statistics to analyze our website usage.

No Sharing of Personal Information:

Illinois Lyme Association will not sell, rent, trade or transfer your personal information to outside organizations. Use of donor information will be limited to the internal purposes of Illinois Lyme Association and only to further the mission of Illinois Lyme Association. Nevertheless, security measures may not prevent all losses, and ILA is not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to security failures.

Removing your name from our mailing list:

Please contact us if you wish to be removed from our mailing list. Email info@illymeassociation.org or call us at (309) 582-6735.

Illinois Lyme Association
2106 SE 3rd St.
Aledo, IL  61231
www.illymeassociation.org
info@illymeassociation.org