Privacy Policy

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation respects the privacy of our website visitors and email recipients and is committed to protecting the privacy and security of visitors to BlueCrossFoundation.org. The policy outlined below details our practices for collecting, using, and disclosing information collected on this website and its email lists. It does not apply to the information collected through the grant application process. If you have questions about these policies, please contact us by using our feedback form. This information may be updated if we expand the capabilities of this website.

Information Collected from Users

This site does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when specifically and knowingly provided by individuals, for instance, when submitting a question or comment on the feedback form.

Email Privacy

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation does not sell, rent, or share the email addresses voluntarily provided by users of this website with anyone outside of the Foundation staff or its authorized agents. Only Foundation staff and its authorized agents have access to the names and email addresses provided by visitors to our site.

Use of Cookies

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation uses cookies to optimize your web browsing experience while visiting BlueCrossFoundation.org. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer that identifies your computer when you visit our website. A cookie does not contain any information that you have not voluntarily provided. If you wish, you can edit your browser settings to block or filter cookies.

We also use log files to analyze the experiences of visitors to our website with the purpose of improving our content and your experience while visiting our site. Log files include internet protocol addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. None of this information is linked to personally identifiable information.

Copyright and Trademark

All materials on this server and this Internet site, including the site?s design, layout, and organization, are owned and copyrighted by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation or its suppliers or vendors, and are protected by U.S. copyrights. Only personal use of such materials is permitted, which means you may access, download, or print such materials for your personal, non-commercial use only. You agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notice from materials downloaded from this site or any site accessible through this site.

External Links

This website has links to other external websites that do not fall under our domain. These links are provided as a convenience only. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation does not endorse the products or views expressed in these other sites. Nor does the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation warrant the accuracy of any of the information in these sites. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your access to and use of any of the internet websites, including the information, services, products and other materials on them, is solely at your own risk.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of information we have collected from you.