Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Combined Federal Campaign of the
National Capital Area (CFCNCA) website. Your privacy is of great
importance to us and our website has been developed with that in mind.
We recognize your right to know what information is being collected
about you and how that information will be used, as well as our
obligations to limit collection and protect what we do collect.
Our privacy policy tells you about our information practices when you
visit us online to browse, obtain information, or make a pledge. The
policy includes, among other things, what data is collected and why;
ways for you to access information or submit inquiries; security
features; and website analysis tools used.
The CFCNCA respects the privacy of its online visitors. At our site, we
do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals
unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we
do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to
view public areas of our site.
Information Collection and Use
The CFCNCA only gathers personally identifiable data, such as
names, addresses, zip/postal codes, employee identification, etc., when
voluntarily submitted by a visitor for the purpose of making a pledge.
Personal information is only collected over encrypted links, stored in
an encrypted manner and the results are only made available to the
relevant payroll office (upon request) or to our pledge processing
office. The CFCNCA does not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise provide
your personal information to outside parties. Contractors that assist
us in processing Combined Federal Campaign pledges must adhere to our
privacy requirements. Visitors who are interested in making an online
contribution can use the CFCNCA online tools, and submit an online
pledge form. This requires that the visitor provide an e-mail address
and information that identifies the federal employee, such as a social
security number or employee identification number. This personal
information is collected over encrypted links and stored in an
encrypted manner. It is provided to the relevant payroll offices upon
request.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the visitor's computer tied
to information about the visitor. The CFCNCA only uses cookies to keep
track of your current session at the site. The site will operate
properly without cookies of any kind unless you browse away from a
transaction in progress. All cookies are destroyed when you leave the
site.
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes
internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service
provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp,
and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track
visitors' movements in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. We do not share individual information
gathered though log files with third parties.
Pledge Processing Privacy and Authorization
[This applies only to participants in the e-Giving program.]
Executive Order No. 12353 authorizes the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management to conduct fundraising activities and to establish
procedures for collecting information related to such activities.
Public Law 104-134 (April 26, 1996) requires that any person doing
business with the Federal Government furnish a Social Security Number
(SSN) or tax identification number. This is an amendment to title 31,
Section 7701.
This collected information will be disclosed to organizations
maintaining the accounting of contributions and to your payroll office.
Additional disclosure may be made to the Department of Treasury to make
proper financial adjustments to a court of another agency when the
government is party to a suit; and to the Internal Revenue Service and
state an local taxing authorities regarding income tax returns.
The furnishing of the SSN, along with other data requested, is
voluntary. However, failure to furnish any of the requested information
may result in errors or noncompliance with your request for a payroll
deduction by your agency.
If you are making a one-time, lump-sum gift and, therefore, not using
the payroll deduction method of payment, you are not required to
furnish your SSN.
Security: Detection of Unauthorized Intrusions
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, this computer system employs software programs
to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload
or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized
law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify
individual users or their usage habits other than those uses identified
in this policy. Intentional misuse of secure information will be
investigated and may result in federal prosecution.
Security: Secured Data Transmissions
The CFCNCA website takes a variety of precautions to protect our
visitors' information. When visitors submit sensitive information
through the website, their information is protected both online and
offline.
When visitors provide personal or sensitive information when submitting
an online pledge form, information is encrypted and protected using
Secure Socket Layer (SSL), the industry standard encryption software.
While on a secure page the URL in your browser will change to "https,"
instead of "http," and the lock icon on the bottom of web browsers such
as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked.
Moreover, personal information is stored in a highly encrypted database
on servers which reside in a high security facility.
Inquiries
We would like to hear from you if you have any questions or
complaints regarding our security, privacy policy, or use of your data.
Please contact us at privacy@cfcnca.org. Or, you may mail us at:
Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area
Attn: Deputy Director Operations
750 17th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006-4634
We will investigate and respond to your inquiry. Your inquiry will be
treated confidentially, and will not be shared with external parties,
except CFCNCA service providers and the government entities that
oversee the CFCNCA.