FasterCures/The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions and The Milken Institute respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. We provide this statement to inform you of our privacy policy and practices.

The Institute uses personal information to better understand your needs and interests, and to provide you with better service. Once you choose to provide us with personal information, it will only be used to support your relationship with the Institute. We will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to others.

This privacy statement covers personally identifiable information, anonymous data collection and aggregate reporting. Personally identifiable information is any information that is associated with your name or personal identity. Anonymous (non-personal) information is data about usage and service operation, reported in aggregate, which is not associated to a specific personal identity.

What we collect
On the FasterCures web site, register for events, make information requests, or sign up to receive news and information from us. The types of personal information you provide to us on these pages may include name, address, phone, e-mail address, and contact preferences.

Anonymous (non-personal) data we collect may include the pages visited on fastercures.org, unique URLs visited within our web site, browser type and IP address. Most anonymous data is collected via cookies or other analysis technologies.

FasterCures and The Milken Institute do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and our services do not target information to children under 13. The Institute is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents to take an active role in your child's online activities and interests.

How we use it
FasterCures and The Milken Institute use your information to understand your needs and interests and provide you with better services. Specifically, we use your information to communicate with you and to update you on FasterCures activities.

Data collected online may also be combined with information you provide through other sources, such as conferences or personal contacts with members of the Institute.

Anonymous (non-personal) data is aggregated for reporting about our web site usability, performance, and effectiveness. It is used to improve the customer experience, usability and site content.

Cookies
A "cookie" is a small data file transferred by a web site to your computer's hard drive. We send cookies when you surf our site, request information, or register yourself or for certain services. Accepting the cookies used on our site does not give us access to your Personally Identifiable Information, but we may use the cookies to identify your computer. Many cookies are "session" cookies, meaning the cookie does not stay on your computer after you leave our web site or close your browser. The aggregate information collected permits us to analyze traffic patterns at our site. This can enable us over time to provide a better experience on our site by improving content or personalization and making it easier to use. Cookies that remain on your computer are often called "permanent" cookies. These types of cookies are used to facilitate shopping, personalization and registration services.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually refuse cookies or selectively accept certain cookies by adjusting the preferences in your browser. If you turn off cookies, there may be some features of our site that will not be available to you and some web pages may not display properly. You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust your cookie preferences at the following web sites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm
Netscape Navigator: http://about.aol.com/aolnetwork/beacons.html

Contacting us
We value your comments and opinions. If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy or website contact us by e-mail at inquiries@fastercures.org.