Programs Reproductive Health Respecting Your Privacy
This website is owned and operated by the Women's Refugee Commission, which is affiliated with and is legally part of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). We recognize that visitors to our site may be concerned about the information they provide to us, and how we treat that information. This Privacy Policy addresses those concerns.
The Women's Refugee Commission uses its best efforts to respect 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 our site. The Women’s Refugee Commission gathers personally identifiable information, such as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, e-mail addresses, etc., only when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. For example, personally identifiable information may be collected in order to respond to a stated desire to apply for a position, volunteer time to the Women’s Refugee Commission, make a donation online or sign up for a Women’s Refugee Commission mailing list. This information is available to the Women’s Refugee Commission and third-party application service providers involved in the operation of this site. We make an effort to require all third-party application service-providers to hold personal information in strict confidence. While we believe these companies are upstanding and will treat your personal information responsibly, we do not own or control them.
As with most other Internet sites, our Web server automatically recognizes the domain name of each visitor to the site, but not the e-mail address (where possible). This IP address tells us which domain you visited from (e.g., aol.com). We use the information we record to help diagnose problems with our server, and to improve the content of our website. The information is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.
How do I control how the Women’s Refugee Commission uses my personal information?
Opt-Out Option
If you supply us with your postal address or e-mail address online you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on our programs and events. If you do not want to receive postal mail and/or e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending your request via e-mail to
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. The Women’s Refugee Commission will never rent, trade or sell your e-mail address.
Exceptions to Opt-Out Option
The Women’s Refugee Commission may disclose personal information if compelled by law or a regularity authority. In addition, we may need to disclose personal information in special cases where we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury or interfering (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Women’s Refugee Commission’s rights or property, Women’s Refugee Commission website users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
Is my credit card information secure?
Protecting your credit card information is of the utmost importance to the Women’s Refugee Commission. The Women’s Refugee Commission’s online donation site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. We make every effort to ensure the secure collection and transmission of sensitive user information, including credit card information, by using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption, which is a coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. If you would prefer to give by mail, please send your check to Women's Refugee Commission, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168. If you would like to make a credit card donation by phone, you may call 212.551.2943 and speak with Rachel Dash.
How do we use "cookies"?
Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the Women’s Refugee Commission’s website through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. The Women’s Refugee Commission uses "cookie" technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our site.
What rules apply if I "click" over to another website?
In order to provide certain services and materials, our website may allow you to “click” over to other websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to www.womensrefugeecommission.org. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party sites. The Women’s Refugee Commission is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites, even if our name and logo appear on the screen. We recommend that you review the privacy policies on third-party sites before you use any services or programs they offer.
Do we collect information from children ages 13 and under?
The Women’s Refugee Commission believes every measure of precaution should be taken to protect children online and does not knowingly ask children ages 13 and under for any information. Visitors 13 years old and under should ask their parent or legal guardian for assistance when using www.womensrefugeecommission.org and should not submit any personally identifiable information to the Women’s Refugee Commission.
Do we periodically revise our Privacy Policy?
The Women’s Refugee Commission may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time without advance notice. Accordingly, we recommend that you check for updates to this Privacy Policy on an on-going basis. Changes were last made to this Privacy Policy on June 15, 2009.
Whom do I contact with questions or comments about this Privacy Policy?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Women's Refugee Commission
122 East 42nd Street
New York , New York , 10168-1289
Or e-mail us at
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By using the Women’s Refugee Commission’s website, you signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy. However, you are under no obligation to disclose any personal information to the Women’s Refugee Commission if you do not want to. If you are not comfortable with Women’s Refugee Commission’s uses of your personal information, you may always decide to opt out or decide not to use those website services or features that require your personal information.
