Disclaimer
 
PRIVACY POLICY
 

Your privacy is important to Nathan Kidney Foundation. We understand that health is a personal, private subject, and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our website and using its services. This privacy policy will tell you what information we collect, how we protect it, and what choices you have about how that information is used. We urge you to read our privacy policy so that you will understand both our commitment to you and your privacy, and how you can participate in that commitment.

PLEASE NOTE: Any information (including personal and medical information) that you reveal in a public forum (a bulletin board, event, etc) is not subject to this privacy policy. This information will be seen by third parties outside of Nathan Kidney Foundation and may be used by them to contact you or for unauthorized purposes. If you follow a link to a third party site from Nathan Kidney Foundation, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this privacy policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Personal information we collect

We ask for information in several areas of the Nathan Kidney Foundation website. Information we request may include your name, address/phone number/e-mail, age, cause of kidney problem, years of education, and your attitudes or opinions about Kidney Failure. Required information is indicated by an asterisk (*). Provision of all other information is optional.

We also collect information about you and your use of our site through the use of cookies. Cookies are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive that allow us to know how often someone visits our site and the activities they conduct while on our site. This information helps us to monitor how many people are using our site and for what purpose, so we can assess the impact of the Nathan Kidney Foundation programs, and adjust our activities to better suit the needs of patients and professionals.

How we use your information

When you contact Nathan Kidney Foundation, we enter your name and identifying information into our private database to allow us to track requests and trends. Nathan Kidney Foundation does not release information gathered on the Nathan Kidney Foundation website to any outside parties. Your name and information will never be sold; we will contact you only if you indicate a willingness to talk to us. If you make a comment, it will not be connected with your full name or identifying information.

Survey and evaluation information is put together with the responses from hundreds of other people and used for research purposes to help us improve our efforts.

  
 
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
 

Your medical condition is unique to you. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician. Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on this site will only be given by medically trained and qualified professionals unless a clear statement is made that a piece of advice offered is from a non-medically qualified individual or organization. If you have questions about your particular condition and what it will mean for you in the future, please consult your personal physician.

The information you find on the Nathan Kidney Foundation, is provided "as is", and to the extent permitted by law. The contents of the Nathan Kidney Foundation’s website pages, including, but not limited to text, graphics, pictures and icons, are trademarked materials owned by the Foundation. Nathan Kidney Foundation assumes no responsibility for any other party's site hyperlinked to the Nathan Kidney Foundation website or in which any part of the Nathan Kidney Foundation website has been, or may have been, hyperlinked.