The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest® is dedicated to protecting the privacy of our online visitors. You may choose to supply personal information in four different areas on this site:

"Donating" to the American Lung Association:
When you donate to the American Lung Association online you submit highly sensitive credit card information, contact information, and acknowledge whether you would like to be contacted by ALA via email in the future. We recognize the importance of respecting the integrity of this material and limit access only to personnel authorized to process your request.

You may also choose to make a gift donation. When you make a gift donation, the amount of your gift is shown only on your receipt. The person or family you designate will receive an acknowledgment card in your name. We collect this prospect information in order to honor your request to send an acknowledgement card. Prospect information is forwarded to the local lung association associated with the prospect, but is not included on any Direct Mail listings for the American Lung Association. E-communications from the American Lung Association are only issued through the direct consent of each unique visitor.

Online donors are also offered the option of choosing to let the American Lung Association contact them via email in the future.

The "ALA Survey":
During any number of site promotions (want to win a t-shirt?), visitors may be encouraged to fill out an online survey for the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest. This survey asks for contact information and user profile information like sex, age, education, internet connection, whether a family member has lung disease, area of lung health interest and occupation. We also ask if the visitor has ever donated online, and if so, how much, and whether the visitor has ever done any volunteering in the past year. These questions help us define the needs of our users.

We also ask if the visitor would allow the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest to contact them in the future via email.

The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest reserves the right to offer an e-communication option to our web visitors.

Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

The information we collect on this web site is used to improve the navigation and/or content of our web site and to notify you about updates to this web site as requested. This information is maintained in a retrievable format and may be amended by contacting questions@LungHelpLine.org.

If you would like to request access to review, update or change the information you have you have supplied in any way, you may do so by sending an e-mail to questions@LungHelpLine.org. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

Third Party Release Protection

Except as provided herein, the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest will not sell to any third party your name, address, e-mail address and member name, unless you provide your informed consent, except to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, police investigations, or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest allows access to database information by third parties providing technical services, such as e-mail. In those instances, the third party is bound by these terms and have agreed to hold this information in confidence. Your informed consent shall be in the form of an "opt in" or similar policy. You understand and agree that the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest may disclose to third parties your zip code, gender and/or age, but only in the form of aggregated information.

The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest reserves the right to offer you third party services and products based on the preferences that you identify during the registration process and based on your subsequent preferences; such offers may be provided to you by the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest.

The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest reserves the right to terminate your account if it learns that you have provided false or misleading registration information.

The Privacy Policy for this site pertains to www.alaum.org only and does not cover the American Lung Association national web site or the network of independent local lung association web sites that may be linked to this site.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policies or practices, we would like to know what they are so we can address them. Please contact us at (651) 227-8014 or email us at questions@LungHelpLine.org.