Web Privacy and Gift Refund Policy Statement

Welcome to the “Support our Science” website of The Rockefeller University ("The Rockefeller University" or the "University"). The Rockefeller University respects your privacy and collects no personally identifiable information about you unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us. The University does not actively share personal information about website visitors. Personal information provided by visitors, such as email addresses or information submitted via online forms, is used by the University to assist individual visitors as necessary. This assistance may involve redirecting an inquiry or comment to another University individual or unit better suited to provide resolution.

Email Communications

If you provide us with your email address, the University will provide you with the opportunity to receive its digital communications about news, events, or activities relating to the University. You may at any time unsubscribe by following the instructions at the bottom of any email communication, or by emailing us at giving@rockefeller.edu.

Online Donations

When you make an online donation to The Rockefeller University, you will be asked to provide information that is needed to process your gift. This information includes your name, billing address, telephone number, email address, and credit card information. Your credit card information will be used only as needed to process your transaction and will not be retained in the University’s records after the transaction is processed.

Use of Information Collected from You

The University uses the personal information that you provide for the purposes described above, including processing donations, event registrations, ticket purchases, and online communications. The University also uses this information for its internal purposes, including the creation or an update of a record about you in the University’s donor database.

It is the University’s policy to keep in confidence its donors’ names, except in the following circumstances:

• it is the University’s common and established practice to list gifts in its newsletters, annual reports, event invitations, event programs, etc.; and/or
• the gift qualifies for a naming opportunity elected by the donor; and/or
• the donor gives express permission to the University to make their gift public as part of a written document or other direct communication; and/or
• the University is obliged by law to provide information regarding the gift.

If you would like for your name and/or contribution to remain anonymous, please let the University know so that it can honor your request.

Cookies

Anonymous and registered users may receive cookies while visiting our website while their browser is open. If you do not wish to grant us this right, you should change your cookie settings in your browser.

External Links

Materials on the "Support our Science" website may link to independently run websites outside of our web domain over which the University has no control. The University is not responsible for the privacy policy, security, or content of these websites. Once you leave our website, our privacy policy will not apply.

Security

The "Support our Science" website secure server software uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology, which encodes your personal information, including your name, address and credit card number, as the information travels over the Internet. If you prefer, you may contribute or register for an event by telephone at: 212-327-7434; or by fax at 212-327-7752.

Refunds

By making a charitable gift to The Rockefeller University, a 501(c)(3) organization, the donor understands that donations are non-refundable.

Revisions to our Privacy and Refund Policy

We reserve the right to modify the information contained herein at any time without prior notice. If we make changes to our privacy and refund policy, we will modify this page accordingly. We encourage you to periodically visit this page to review our most current policy.

Contact Us

Please send your questions, comments, or concerns about our privacy and refund policy, or any other aspect of our website, to giving@rockefeller.edu.