Welcome to the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter

Internet Site Privacy Policy

This website is owned and operated by or on behalf of the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter. 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. This policy may be changed or updated from time to time, so please check back often for the current version of the Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter
225 Boulevard of the Allies
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
or 888-217-9599

We are available to answer your questions or hear your concerns.

Our Policy
The American Red Cross, Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter respects and protects the privacy of our online visitors and donors. We do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This information is used solely by or on behalf of the American Red Cross. We will not share your e-mail address or contact information with unrelated third parties without your consent.

Note to Financial Donors
The American Red Cross may share financial donor postal mailing lists with other non-profits for a one-time use by the other non-profit organization. If you are a financial donor to the American Red Cross, you may request that we withhold your mailing information from any list exchanges with other non-profits. Please email us and in the subject field type "Donor Mailing List Opt Out". Provide your name and postal address. American Red Cross lists are never sold to third parties.

Is Credit Card Information Secure?
We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use high grade encryption and the https security protocol to communicate with your browser software. This method is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you send to us.

We Care About Doing It Right
In addition to maintaining privacy and security controls over information you share with us, the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter works to accurately process your contribution and course registration information. During business hours, members of staff are available to answer questions about your financial donation or scheduled Health and Safety Course.

How Do We Use Cookies?
Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter website through the use of cookies. Cookies are small text files a Website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitors 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 visitors 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 American Red Cross 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.

Note to Parents
The American Red Cross welcomes children to learn more about our organization and, where appropriate, find opportunities to serve their communities through American Red Cross training programs and volunteer activities. However, we encourage this to be done only with their parents' knowledge and supervision. Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use this web site unsupervised and we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 13, you may only use this web site in conjunction with and under the supervision of your parents or guardians.

Thank you for visiting our site. Please call us at 888-217-9599 if you have any questions about the operation of the site. Revised April 9, 2009.