What is the Abortion Memorial?

This is a safe place for mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other family members to remember children who were lost to abortion. Share your story, thoughts, and prayers in words, pictures, or video. Abortion Memorial is a place to honor children lost in the womb, and provides a place for healing and encouragement.

If you are a visitor to the site, take a moment to read through the memorials and stories, and pray for the families impacted by abortion.

To add a memorial for an aborted child, start here.

Need help or have a question? Contact us here -- Support

PRIVACY POLICY

Online for Life, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, respects the privacy of the visitors to and users of its AbortionMemorial.com website (the “Site”).  This Privacy Policy is for the purpose of advising you (“Your” or “User”) of the measures we use to protect the privacy of visitors to and users of the Site, the use and disposition of certain personal information submitted by visitors to and users of the Site, and with whom we may share such information.  It is important that You read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it, in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions of Use applicable to the Site, applies to Your access to and use of the Site and the content thereof.

 

By accessing and/or using the Site and any Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use), You (a) acknowledge that You have read and understand this Privacy Policy, and (b) acknowledge, understand, consent, and agree that all of Your use of and access to the Site and the content is subject to this Privacy Policy, as may be amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or otherwise modified from time to time, in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions of Use.

1. Information Collected.

We do not collect personal information merely upon Your accessing the Site. We may collect personal information from and provided by You (a) upon Your submission, posting, transmission, linking to, or displaying User-Generated Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Use) on or to the Site; or (b) upon Your decision to make a donation via the Site.  The information we may collect includes, without limitation, the following:

 

  • Contact information such as Your name, e-mail address, telephone number, and/or physical address.
  • Other Information (as defined and more particularly set forth in the Terms and Conditions of Use), including without limitation, credit or debit card information, necessary to make a donation via the Site.
  • Any personal information included within User-Generated Content, including without limitation, Your relationship to and gender of a child for whom a memorial is submitted, that is submitted, posted, transmitted, linked to, or displayed by You.
  • Any other information that You may be able or required to provide on or through the Site, if any, as a result of Your interaction with and on the Site.

2. Use/Disclosure of Collected Information.

Information collected by us from You may be used by us (a) to provide, protect, maintain, improve, and enhance the services and visitor experience, as well as to develop new services, provided by and on the Site or otherwise; (b) to communicate with You about products, news, events, or other activities; (c) to process, record, and track donations made by You via the Site; (d) to protect us and other visitors to the Site; and (e) for any other purpose for which we provide notice to You at the time of collection. We restrict access to personal information obtained by us to those employees, independent contractors, service providers, representatives, and agents who need to know the information for the purposes and usages identified in this Privacy Policy, and who are either subject to contractual confidentiality obligations or maintain their own privacy policies.  Moreover, with respect to Your User-Generated Content, if any, You are provided the option to have your personal information withheld from the posting or displaying of such User-Generated Content on the publicly viewable areas of the Site by making an affirmative election to remain anonymous.  In the event of such an election, we will not post or display Your name or other personally identifiable information on the publicly viewable areas of the Site.  Please be advised, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing any personal information that You include within the body of any post or display to the Site will be publicly viewable and, thus, is publicly disclosed by You voluntarily, at your sole risk, and we are in no way liable or responsible therefor.

 

We will not disclose or otherwise share Your personal information that is within our possession, custody, or control and with respect to which You maintain a reasonable expectation of privacy to any non-affiliated company, individual, organization, or entity, except in any of the following circumstances:

 (a) To provide necessary information to third parties who perform services or functions for us or on our behalf in connection with, without limitation, the management, operation, and maintenance of the Site, or the processing of donations made via the Site; provided, however, that any such third parties are either subject to contractual confidentiality obligations or maintain their own privacy policies;

(b) The disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) satisfy requirements imposed under applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, or any enforceable judicial or governmental demands, subpoenas, summons, orders, or decrees, (ii) enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use, or (iii) investigate violations of the Terms Use;

(c) In furtherance of the pursuit or defense of an actual or threatened legal proceeding and the claims and assertions made therein, whether asserted by or against us, provided such disclosure is limited to only that which is reasonably necessary to further our pursuit or defense of such claims and proceedings, as the case may be, and provided further that we take reasonable precautions to attempt to ensure the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record (though we will not be liable or responsible if, having taken such reasonable precautions, such information does become a matter of public record); or

(d) You have otherwise provided Your consent to such disclosure.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there is and shall be no expectation of privacy or protection of any personal information submitted or transmitted as part of User-Generated Content to be posted, linked to, or displayed on the Site.   Accordingly, we assume no liability or other responsibility for the collection, retention, use, disposition, or control of any personal information, including without limitation personally identifiable information, obtained from the Site by any third parties.  Moreover, we assume no liability or other responsibility for the collection, retention, protection, security, use, disposition, or control of any personal information, including without limitation personally identifiable information, collected directly by or provided by us to any third parties with whom we share Your information in accordance herewith.

3. Retention of Information.

Any protected personal information collected and stored by us is held behind secure firewalls.

4. Security.

The communication of information over the Internet, whether sent or received, is generally not secure.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, and in no way expanding the scope of privacy protections that may be set forth herein, we cannot, and do not, warrant or guarantee the confidentiality or security of any information in the transmission thereof to or from the Site.

5. Protection of Children’s Personal Information.

Though the Site and its content are intended for general audiences, we do not intend that children will use the Site.  Accordingly, we do not intend to or knowingly collect, store, use, or disclose any personal information from children.  In the event we discover that we have collected personal information of a child under the age of 13, including without limitation the full name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child, we will either (a) block such child from providing personal information and delete the personal information obtained from such child, or (b) seek to obtain consent from the parents of such child for the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of such child’s personal information.

6. Use of Cookies.

From time to time, we may send a “cookie” to Your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to Your browser from a Web server and stored on Your computer’s hard drive. A cookie can’t read data off Your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage Your system. We use cookies to recognize You when You return to the Site, or to identify which areas of the Site You have visited. We may use this information to better personalize the content You see on the Site.

 

Many Web sites place cookies on Your hard drive. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies by changing the settings of Your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show You when a cookie is being sent.

7. Google Analytics. Google Analytics are used to better understand how visitors to the Site interact therewith and, thus, provide us with information beneficial for the improvement and enhancement of the Site.  We only allow Google to use non-personally identifiable data obtained from a visitor’s usage of the Site.  A visitor can read the privacy policy for Google Analytics by clicking on the link.  A visitor can choose not to have his or her data collected by Google Analytics by downloading the opt-out browser add-on.

8. Links to Other Websites.

The Site may contain links to third party websites that are not owned, managed, operated, or otherwise controlled by us.  These links are provided solely as a convenience to You, and we do not make any endorsement or recommendation of or regarding any linked third-party website or the content thereof; nor does such linking indicate any affiliation or sponsorship by us of any such third-party website.  Similarly, if a third party provides a link to the Site, it does not necessarily reflect a relationship with such third party.  Your access to and usage of any linked third party website and/or the content thereof is solely at Your own risk.  We assume no liability for Your access or usage of any linked third party website and/or the content thereof.  Your access to and usage of any linked third party website and/or the content thereof is subject to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of use of and for such linked third party website.

9. Modification of Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to amend, supplement, update, alter, revise, or otherwise modify this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.  Any such amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy shall be binding and immediately effective upon the posting thereof to the Site.  Your continued access and use of the Site upon the posting of any amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy constitutes Your acknowledgment, acceptance, and agreement thereto and to be bound thereby.  Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to make sure You are at all times aware of the most up-to-date Privacy Policy.

10. Headings and Captions.

The headings and captions used in this Privacy Policy are for convenience only and shall not limit, expand, affect, alter, or otherwise modify the meaning of any text.

11. Contacting Us.

If You have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, requests for additional information with respect thereto, or have a complaint or problem relating to this Site You may contact us via the Contact page of the Site.

 

AbortionMemorial.com is a domain name and corresponding website owned and operated by Online for Life, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

 

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