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Privacy Policy

Our commitment to privacy

DAF Direct Trust ("DAF Direct") is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal information about Widget users. When you, as an authorized representative of a qualified nonprofit organization, provide information to DAF Direct, we believe that you should be aware of our policies designed to protect the confidentiality of this information and how we use it to service the DAF Direct Widget.

We hope you will take a moment to review this privacy policy.

We review our privacy policy annually. Our online notice is then updated to reflect any material changes.

How and why we obtain information

DAF Direct obtains information about Widget Users ("you" or "your") in the following ways:

• From you, the authorized representative of the nonprofit organization, through the registration process on the DAF Direct website (examples include name, address, email address, nonprofit website)
• From transactional activity (for example, from grant recommendations initiated on your website) We may use this information to process transactions; to respond to inquiries from you and to develop, offer, and deliver new programs and services. DAF Direct takes great care to protect your information and when we use it, we do so with respect for your privacy.

How we protect your information

DAF Direct considers the strong protection of sensitive information to be a foundation of your trust and a sound business practice. We employ extensive physical, electronic, and procedural protection mechanisms, and we regularly adapt these controls to respond to changes in requirements and advances in technology.

For your convenience, if you need to update or correct your information, please email us at DAFDirect@fmr.com.

DAF Direct only shares your information with the participating sponsoring organizations of donor-advised fund programs in order to facilitate grants recommended by a donor through the Widget.

We use firewall barriers, encryption techniques and authentication procedures, among others, to maintain the security of your online session and to protect systems from unauthorized access.

When you visit the DAF Direct website, we may collect technical and navigational information from you, such as browser type and pages visited. We use this information for a variety of purposes, such as maintaining the security of your online session, facilitating site navigation, improving the DAF Direct website design and functionality. Additionally, the following policies and practices apply when you are online.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to support the operation of the DAF Direct website. Cookies are small amounts of data that a website sends to a web browser on a visitor's computer. Our cookies help us to collect information about visitors to the DAF Direct website, including date of visits and pages viewed. DAF Direct cookies are also used for security purposes.

You can refuse or delete cookies. Most browsers and mobile devices offer their own settings to manage cookies. If you refuse a cookie when on the DAF Direct website, or if you delete cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the website.

Protecting Children's Privacy Online

The DAF Direct website is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13). DAF Direct does not intentionally collect information on the DAF Direct website from those we actually know are under 13 and we request that these individuals do not provide personal information through the sites.