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ExploreBMT™ Online Privacy Statement

ExploreBMT^TM is a combined effort of patient-focused organizations to develop a one-stop resource for patients, families and caregivers impacted by a marrow or cord blood transplant (often referred to as a BMT). The ExploreBMT^TM Web site was created and is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP), on behalf of the ExploreBMT^TM organizations, as a comprehensive, guided source for transplant-related resources from diagnosis to survivorship.

The NMDP is committed to respecting your privacy. This Web site (http://www.explorebmt.org) has been structured so you can visit it without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. If you choose to provide NMDP with personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified), you can be assured it will be used only to support your relationship with the NMDP.

This statement regarding the privacy of the information you provide online covers seven main areas:

Awareness

We provide this Online Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy and practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on the home page and from the bottom of every page on this site.

What We Collect

Web Statistics
As you browse through this Web site, the NMDP collects some non-personally identifiable data, such as:

The type of browser used to access the site
The date and time of your visit
The pages you visited
The address of the Web site that referred you if you clicked a link to get to this site

The NMDP collects this information for statistical purposes and for evaluating this Web site to make it more useful to visitors.

If you have signed up to receive information by e-mail from the National Marrow Donor Program®, Be The Match® or Be The Match Foundation, the e-mail may contain a "click-through" URL. When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our Web server before arriving at the Web page that is your destination. We track click-throughs to help us determine your interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our communications.

Personal Information
This Web site collects personally identifiable information only if you voluntarily submit it. In some cases, you may submit information as needed to complete your request.

Cookies
The ExploreBMT^TM Web site uses persistent cookies. A cookie is a small text file that contains no personally identifying information and that is placed into the memory of your browser. If the lifetime of the cookie extends beyond the time you spend at the site, the file is saved for future reference and is a “persistent cookie.”

Persistent cookies allow us to provide capabilities that provide a better user experience, make the Web site easier to navigate, and allow us to gather accurate information about the site so we can determine:

How many visitors arrive
How many are new versus repeat visitors
How often a visitor has visited

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

How We Use It

When you choose to submit personally identifiable information to the NMDP, we use your information only for the purposes for which you submitted the information.

Occasionally, we may also collect information for market research. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt in -- or choose to participate -- before being contacted for market research purposes.

Who We Share It With

The NMDP will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to others.

Unless we have your permission or are required by law, any personal data you provide us online will be shared only with other NMDP entities and/or business partners who are acting on our behalf to complete the activities described above. Such NMDP entities and/or business partners, including those located in other countries, are governed by our privacy policies with respect to use of this data.

Choice

The NMDP will not use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without letting you know beforehand and offering you the opportunity to withhold your consent for NMDP to use your information in this way.

Security

The NMDP is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. This includes the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the information you submit to keep it secure during transmission.

Oversight

If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please send them to this e-mail address: questions@nmdp.org.