Central Institute for the Deaf
Privacy Policy for Students, Families and Donors

Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) in St. Louis, Missouri has a longstanding commitment to protecting our students’, families’ and donors’ privacy. Except as provided below with appropriate permissions, we do not sell, rent, lend, trade or otherwise furnish our students’, families’ or donors’  names, addresses, phone numbers or other personal information to individuals, organizations or entities outside of CID. All personal information we receive from and about CID students, families and donors is strictly confidential. Organizational files are protected and are used for the sole purpose of administering information as it relates to Central Institute for the Deaf.

Publication of PHOTOS AND STORIES
From time to time, CID may publish names, photographs and select story-related information about students, families, alumni and donors in its newsletter, sound effects, in its annual report to the community, on its web site and/or in connection with media requests and news releases to further the cause of helping deaf children learn to listen and talk at CID. This information is published and provided with the permission of the subjects and their families.

Publication of CID DONOR Names
Once a year, Central Institute for the Deaf publishes an annual report to the community listing our donors’ names. Donors who wish not to be named in the annual report are given the opportunity to opt out, or to be listed as “anonymous.” Tribute gifts along with donor names are now published in the CID sound effects. 

Except in connection with named CID school and other endowed scholarship funds in which we ask the public to participate — and except in cases of  donor names and/or stories that appear in sound effects with prior permission — we do not list donors’ names on our web site. At this time, we collect no donor information on the CID web site.

Central Institute for the Deaf
Privacy Policy  for Web Users

There is no need to register or log in to the CID web site. Individuals are permitted to browse freely without submitting personal information.

We collect no personal information when you visit our site unless you voluntarily submit information: (1) in response to a survey, (2) to register for a professional education workshop, (3) to register to receive the CID e-newsletter and/or (4) to request further contact using one of the QUICK HELP or GET STARTED links.

At this time, using the CID web site carries the same general risks as does using any other http:// site on the Internet. Please note that Central Institute for the Deaf may use mailing addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and other information received through these channels to add to and update CID mailing lists and organizational files. All information received is treated as confidential. Organizational files are protected and are used for the sole purpose of administering constituent information as it relates to Central Institute for the Deaf.

Credit card transaction information required for donations through Network for Good, a separate web site, is NOT shared with CID. Network for Good donor names and contact information are shared with CID only if the donor specifically allows, in which case all privacy policies apply (see donor policies above). 

For those who wish to receive the CID e-newsletter, Sound Bytes, our e-mail privacy policy echoes our commitment to keeping our donors and friends information secure.

The CID web site may contain links to other web sites. Please be aware that Central Institute for the Deaf is not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites.

If you believe that CID is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, please contact the executive director, Robin Feder, at rfeder@cid.edu.                                                                   9/07

Central Institute for the Deaf is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to education, research and professional outreach services to help people who are deaf and hard of hearing, starting with children.

CID gives full consideration to applicants without respect to gender, race, religion, color or national origin. Programs and policies are nondiscriminatory. The CID school preschool-kindergarten and primary department receive no government funding for scholarship assistance.