amfAR Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 25, 2025

Last Modified: April 25, 2025

Our Commitment to Privacy

amfAR respects the privacy of everyone who visits our websites.  This notice applies
to all information collected through your communications and interactions with amfAR, including but not limited to information collected through amfAR mobile applications (“Apps”), social media accounts, or amfAR websites (“Sites”), including any features such as artificial intelligence technologies on amfAR Apps and Sites, that include a link to this Privacy Policy, as well as any other information about you that we may receive from third parties. By accessing amfAR’s sites or providing your information to amfAR, you accept and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. This privacy notice is available on amfAR’s homepage and on all other pages of the site.

Donor Privacy Policy

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will only share or sell personal information (personal information refers to any donor information, including both email and physical addresses, as well as phone numbers) once the donor has given amfAR specific permission to do so.

If you are a donor who is currently receiving messages from amfAR and would like to opt out of any mailing, either physical or via email, please contact privacy@amfar.org in order to opt out. Please note your request will be processed within 48 hours and will go into effect for all future mailings.

The Information We Collect

amfAR is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only sell, share, or rent this information to others once the donor or visitor has given amfAR specific permission to do so via an “opt-in” mechanism. We primarily collect information from users only in connection with online donations, sales of tickets to special events, conference registrations, and for any other purposes that are clearly identified.

amfAR may occasionally share mailing address information gathered from subscribers with organizations or parties it considers to be supportive of its broader mission. amfAR may also share information with trusted third-party vendors who contact you on behalf of amfAR.

Occasionally, amfAR does exchange or rent mail lists to like-minded organizations through bonded third-party vendors. These organizations are never given direct access to amfAR’s donor database. amfAR itself screens each mailing before we allow it to be sent to our list. Information pertaining to current amfAR board members, major donors, and/or $250+ donors is never — under any circumstance — released to external entities for the purpose of list rentals or exchanges.

Should you not wish your information to be shared with or sold to other organizations, you may opt out at any time by contacting our Donor Services Department mailing address below, or by emailing us at privacy@amfar.org.

On the online financial transactions pages listed above, we collect the following personally identifiable information: name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and credit card information. The personally identifiable information you provide is used to acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax purposes and to include you on amfAR’s mailing list. If you do not wish to be added to our mailing list, please let us know. Our online donation form has an “opt-in” mechanism for those users who wish to make donations, but do not want to receive any additional information or other material from amfAR.

Also, when you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that an acknowledgment be sent to another individual/family, we will use the name and address of that individual/family for acknowledgment purposes only.

How your Personal Information may be used

We, our affiliates and service providers may use Personal Information for the following purposes:

The collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information will be consistent with our mission to eliminate HIV/AIDS as a major public health problem. These activities include mission support operations such as data analysis, program improvement, fundraising events, and activities, as well as providing, training, or otherwise supporting artificial intelligence technologies that power features you interact with.

We use data to evaluate engagement levels with our Sites and programs. We may use certain information (name, address, telephone number or e-mail information, date of birth, gender, dates of service, department of service information, etc.) to contact you for the purpose of raising money for amfAR, but any such communication will provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such future communications. If you reengage with amfAR without indicating your intent to opt-out, we will re-subscribe your email to ensure that you do not miss amfAR updates.

We may use Personal Information for other business purposes, such as conducting audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, data analysis, recordkeeping, developing new services, enhancing, improving, or modifying our programs and our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns and mission activities, and updating and expanding our business activities.

We may need to share Personal Information with third parties that provide operational services on our behalf (such as website hosting, information technology and infrastructure, data analytics, email delivery, order fulfillment, auditing or other services) or that assist amfAR with its charitable mission.

If you engage with amfAR on a public social media platform, you may be sharing your Personal Information with your friends associated with your social media account, to other website users, and to your social media account provider, in connection with your social sharing activity. By engaging with amfAR on a public social media platform, you authorize us to share information with your social media account provider, and you understand that the use of the information we share will be governed by the social media provider’s privacy policy. Please note that any information you post within these public forums or social media pages may become public and may be read, collected, and used by anyone.

If you provide Personal Information to features available through the Services that are powered by artificial intelligence technologies provided by our vendors, we may disclose your Personal Information to such vendors.

Other Uses or Disclosures of Personal Information. We may also use and disclose your Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable law, which may include laws outside your country of residence, to respond to requests from public and government authorities, which may include authorities outside your country of residence, to cooperate with law enforcement, or for other legal reasons; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use; and (c) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others. In addition, amfAR may use, disclose or transfer your information to a third- party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our organization (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

If you give us your phone number and opt-in to receiving amfAR messages, we may text you (SMS or MMS) regarding amfAR programs or events or seek donations. We will contact you through these methods only in accordance with applicable legal requirements, and you always have the ability to opt-out of further calls or texts.

amfAR may also collect information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual, referred to throughout this Privacy Statement as “Internet Activity Information,” including browser and device information, App usage data, Internet Protocol address, and information collected through cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies.

We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels, diagnosing server problems, and administering the Services. We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address.

Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among donors and visitors to the website. amfAR uses cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on amfAR and third-party websites. Cookies created on your computer by using our website do not contain personally identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. Cookies allow amfAR to gather anonymous information. Cookies also allow amfAR to provide more relevant, targeted content as you travel through sites in the Google network as appropriate. Pixel tags may be used to, among other things, track the online actions of users of the Services (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.

We may work with third-party service providers to target our advertisements and outreach to you based on your preferences or internet activity information, in certain cases combining data we collect from you through online cookies and other technologies with other de-identified data (such as a hashed, non- readable email or postal address). In addition, we may use third-party service providers to display content-specific advertisements to you after you have left our Sites when you go to other websites. These third-party service providers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies, to tailor advertisements to interests shown by browsing our Sites or other by visiting other websites. We do not control the third-party service providers’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. The collection of your information or use of technologies by third-party service providers are subject to those third parties’ privacy policies, not amfAR’s.

We use services including but not limited to Google AdWords and Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about the use of the Services and report on activities and trends. These services may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps, and online resources. To see how these services may use information collected through your use of their platforms please visit the respective sites, which may allow you to opt out of their use of your data.

We may collect the approximate physical location of your device by, for example, using satellite, cell phone tower, or Wi-Fi signals. We may use your device’s approximate physical location to provide you with personalized location-based services and content. You may control such collection and/or sharing of your device’s location, but if you do, we may not be able to provide you with the applicable personalized services and content.

We use De-Identified Information and Aggregate Information for activities including data analysis and research. “De-Identified Information” means information where identifiers have been removed so that it does not directly or indirectly identify and cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. “Aggregate Information” means information about groups or categories of individuals which does not identify and cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. For example, we may use Aggregate Information to compare the types of services our constituents utilize in one geographic location with another to understand how the two groups are different or similar.

We may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law. In certain instances, we may combine Internet Activity Information with Personal Information. If we do this, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information. For example, we may work with data providers to tailor our communications to you, including fundraising and outreach communications, based on your areas of interest and other information about you. To do this, we may place cookies on your browser and combine IP address or browsing history with other de-identified data (such as a hashed, non-readable e-mail or postal address). We may then communicate with you through mail, email, or other channels.

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, whose privacy practices may be different from amfAR’s. This Privacy Statement does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third-party operating any website or service to which the Services link. Links to other sites do not imply amfAR’s endorsement of the products or services or privacy or security practices of those websites. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Sites or our Social Media Pages.

Our Commitment to Data Security

Personally identifiable information is securely stored and is not publicly accessible. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, amfAR has put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We process financial transactions securely using the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, including encrypting transactions to provide an additional layer of security.

Retention

amfAR retains Personal Information that we receive for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which the information was collected, to provide our services and products, to pursue legitimate business purposes, to enforce our agreements, and comply with all applicable laws.

Correcting Your Information

You may correct or amend the personal information maintained in amfAR’s mailing lists by contacting privacy@amfar.org. To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. Prior to being given any information, callers will be asked cross-referenced questions, i.e., full name, address, phone number, and, if applicable, credit card expiration date, in order to verify their identity and protect the privacy of amfAR’s donors.

Legal Disclosure

We may release information if required to do so by law or if, in our sole discretion, such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our website, amfAR, our officers, directors, employees, other users, and/or the public.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

In the event that amfAR decides to change its privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website so that users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised policy.

How to Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 212-806-1600, or send an e-mail to privacy@amfar.org, or write to Donor Services Department, amfAR, 120 Wall Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10005.

For additional information on charitable organizations donors may contact The New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau at (212) 416-8401, by emailing charities.bureau@ag.ny.gov, or by visiting their website at https://www.charitiesnys.com/.