Privacy Statement

The following is our privacy statement regarding the gathering and dissemination of information practices for this Web site.

IP Address. We use your IP address to administer our Web site and to help diagnose problems with our server. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and allow you access to the National Council For Adoption (NCFA) Intercountry Adoption Journey program for an eight (8) week period and to gather broad demographic information.

Registration and Credit Card Information. In our site's registration you are required to provide registrant’s name, e-mail address, and credit card number. Financial information that is collected is used to check the users' qualifications to access our site and, should you so elect, to bill the user for the eight-hour on line course ordered.

Protecting your order information is our top priority, so we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL encrypts ALL personal information provided during the order process (including credit card number, name and address) so that it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet. Additionally, credit card information is not held in our database. After the transaction is cleared, credit card information is purged from the system.

Customer Information. Student information related to identification, date of completion, email address, collaborating adoption agency and related program data are held in confidence. NCFA will maintain contact information and program completion information for a period of not less than three years and up to 10 years. We may use registrant information to send updates on Hague Treaty information or U.S. State Department announcements, updates on Intercountry Adoption Journey program or other relevant information.

We may send you an online survey asking for program evaluation, but participation is optional. Data from our surveys is used to measure the value of our educational materials and to tailor future education programming in accordance to user preferences.

We do not sell, rent or share your e-mail address and/or demographic data.

You may always opt-out of receiving future e-mailings. All of our communications contain 'opt-out' sections. Any e-mail from us will always include specific instructions on how to unsubscribe.

Links to Other Sites. This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other such Web sites. Your selection of a link or ad banner to direct you to a third-party site are strictly between the user and the third party and are not the responsibility of the privacy policy of our site. Because we are not responsible for the availability of these outside resources or their privacy policy or content, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the second party site administrator or Webmaster.

Cookie Technology. We use 'cookie' technology (see www.cookiecentral.com for complete information) to enhance users' online experience through easier navigation of feature enhancement. We do not extract information about individual users or their computers during this process. Cookies set by us for our Web site are required.

Contacting Us. You can send e-mail to us: privacy@ncfa.org

You can send mail to the following postal address:
NCFA
Attn: Privacy Statement
225 North Washington Street
Alexandria VA 22314