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Last Updated: January 2025
Important Note Regarding Site Content
The information and content (collectively, “Content”) on this Site is for your general educational information only. The Content cannot, and is not intended to, replace any relationship that you have with health care professionals. The Content on this Site should not be considered medical advice and is not intended as medical advice. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, you should not rely on any information on this Site and should seek appropriate emergency medical assistance, such as calling “911” or the equivalent for the emergency services. You should always talk to your health care professionals for diagnosis and treatment, including information regarding which drugs or treatment may be appropriate for you. None of the Content on this Site represents or warrants that any particular drug or treatment is safe, appropriate or effective for you. Use of our Content provided at this site, pih.org (“Site”) is solely at your own risk.
This Site (including all Content posted on this Site) was prepared by and for Partners In Health (“PIH”) and certain content is being made available publicly for informational purposes only, in the context of a public health emergency related to COVID-19 and in connection with the state of emergency declared by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is based on pertinent published medical literature, national and state guidelines, and/or expert consensus, which continues rapidly to evolve relative to COVID-19. It is neither an attempt to substitute for the practice of medicine nor as a substitute for the provision of any medical professional services. Furthermore, the Content is not meant to be a substitute for medical professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You assume full responsibility for using this information and understand and agree that Partners In Health is not responsible or liable for any errors or omissions or for any claim, loss or damage resulting from the use of this information. This Site may contain third-party materials and/or links to third-party materials and third-party websites for your information and convenience. Partners In Health is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or content of any of those third-party materials or websites nor does it endorse them. Prior to accessing this information or these third-party websites you may be asked to agree to additional terms and conditions provided by such third parties which govern access to and use of those websites or materials.
The content has not been reviewed or approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other agency and is made available for educational purposes. The content is provided “as is” and must not be used to make a clinical diagnosis or replace or overrule a licensed health care professional’s judgment.
1. Agreement and Terms
These Site terms of use (“Terms”) describe the rules for using this Site. Throughout these Terms, you will see the terms “Partners In Health” “PIH,” “we,” “our,” and “us.” These terms refer to Partners In Health, a Massachusetts non-stock corporation with tax-exempt status pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501(c)(3). You will also see the terms “I,” “you,” “your,” and “yours.” These terms refer to visitors to and users of this Site. Partners In Health is the sole owner of the names “Partners In Health” and “PIH,” which are registered trademarks. Your use of the name and logo and/or links bearing the name and logo, as permitted by these Terms, acknowledges Partners In Health’s exclusive ownership of the name and/or right to use the logo. All use of or goodwill associated with the name, logo, our materials, electronic products, and/or services will inure to the benefit of Partners In Health.
These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you, the person using this Site, and PIH (the “Agreement”). If you are helping another person use this Site, these Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between both the helper and the person being helped and PIH. Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use our Site.
By using this Site, you agree to the most-recent Terms as well as the most-recent version of our privacy policies. We may change these Terms at any time, and such changes will be posted on this or a similar page of this Site. It is your responsibility to review these Terms each time you use this Site. By continuing to use this Site, you consent to any changes to our Terms.
We regularly monitor our systems for security purposes. By using this Site, you acknowledge and agree that any activity on this Site may be subject to such monitoring, and that PIH may use the results of this without limitation, subject to applicable law.
2. License to Use This Site and Content Ownership
Subject to these Terms, PIH grants you a personal, nontransferable, nonexclusive, revocable, limited license to view the Content on the Site. You may also print a reasonable number of copies of the Content for your personal use, but in such case, you must reproduce all proprietary copyright and trademark notices. All rights, title and interest in and to the Site, including the Content, and all intellectual property rights, including any and all copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret rights therein shall remain with PIH and our respective licensors and vendors, and no ownership interest is transferred to you or any other entity by virtue of making the Content available on the Site, granting the foregoing licenses or entering into this Agreement. The logo, electronic products and services are provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or non-infringement.
In the event you choose to provide us with any feedback, suggestions, or similar communications, all such messages (collectively, “feedback messages”) will be considered non-personal, non-confidential (except for personal information as described in our privacy policies) and nonproprietary. You hereby grant the PIH a perpetual, sub licensable, assignable, unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, practice, modify, create derivative or collective works, transmit and distribute your feedback messages, in whole or in part, and including all intellectual property rights therein.
Some portions of the Site may include trademarks or logos belonging to other third-party licensors and are used pursuant to an agreement with such third parties.
We may terminate this license at any time for any reason. If you breach any of these Terms, your license to the Content terminates immediately. Upon the termination of this license, you must stop using this Site, including all Content, and return or destroy all copies, including electronic copies, of the Content in your possession or control.
3. Restrictions on Use of This Site
You agree:
- Not to use this Site or Content in any way not explicitly permitted by these Terms or the text of the Site itself;
- Not to copy, modify or create derivative works involving the Content, except you may print a reasonable number of copies for your personal use, provided that you reproduce all proprietary copyright and trademark notices;
- Not to misrepresent your identity or provide us with any false information in any information-collection portion of this Site, such as a donation, registration or application page;
- Not to take any action intended to interfere with the operation of this Site;
- Not to access or attempt to access any portion of this Site to which you have not been explicitly granted access;
- Not to share any password assigned to or created by you with any third parties or use any password granted to or created by a third party;
- Not to directly or indirectly authorize anyone else to take actions prohibited in this section;
- To comply with all applicable laws and regulations while using this Site or the Content; and
- You represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years of age, and that if you are between 13 and 18 years of age a parent and/or guardian agrees to these Terms of use on your behalf.
4. Changes to Site Content
We may change, add or remove some or all of the Content on this Site at any time. In addition, please note that although our goal is to provide accurate information, certain features that may be offered through this Site, may not be accurate or up to date. In addition, please note that features described in this Site may change over time as permitted by law.
5. Links
While visiting this Site you may click on a link to other Sites and leave this Site. We provide links to other Sites that may contain information that may be useful or interesting to you. We do not endorse, and are not responsible for, the content and accuracy of linked Sites operated by third parties or for any of your dealings with such third parties. You are solely responsible for your dealings with such third parties, and we encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy policies on such third-party Sites.
6. No Warranties
All Content on this Site is provided to you on an “as is,” “as available” basis. To the extent permitted by applicable law, PIH, all third parties, if any, providing Content for this Site, and all third parties providing support or information for this Site (collectively, “Site-related-parties”) hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Site-related-parties make no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, correctness, or reliability of any Content available through this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, the Site-related-parties specifically do not represent or warrant that any information provided via the Content or the Site is accurate or complete. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Site-related-parties make no representations or warranties that use of this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Site or the technology that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. You are responsible for taking all precautions necessary to ensure that any Content you may obtain from this Site is free of viruses and any other potentially destructive computer code.
Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, so one or more of the above limitations may not apply to you.
7. Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
You agree that none of the Site-related-parties shall be liable for any damage resulting from your use or inability to use this Site or the Content save that nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury arising from a Site-related-party’s negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. This protection covers claims based on warranty, contract, tort, strict liability, and any other legal theory. This protection covers the Site-related-parties, including all affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, and agents. This protection covers all losses including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, and punitive damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption. The total, cumulative, liability of the Site-related-parties, including all affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, and agents, if any, for losses or damages shall be limited to an amount equivalent to and not to exceed U.S. $100.00. The limit of liability may not be effective in some jurisdictions. In no event shall the Site-related-parties, including all affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, and agents, be liable to you for any losses or damages other than the amount described above. All other damages, direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, or punitive, resulting from any use of the Site or Content are excluded even if the Site-related-parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages. You agree that you use this Site at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with this Site or the Content, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold PIH (and its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, director, officers, agents, and suppliers, licensors and partners) harmless from any and all claims, suits, actions, losses, costs, damages, and any other liabilities, including attorneys’ fees, brought by a third party arising out of or related to (i) your use or misuse of any provided information or the Site generally; (ii) any violation of the rights of any other person or entity by you; (iii) any breach or violation by you of this Agreement. PIH reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.
8. Governing Law; Miscellaneous
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.
Severability, Waiver. If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. A provision of this Agreement may be waived only by a written instrument executed by the party entitled to the benefit of such provision. The failure of any party at any time to require performance of any provision of this Agreement shall in no manner affect such party’s right at a later time to enforce the same. A waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions of this Agreement.
Notices. We may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to this Agreement, by email, regular mail or postings on the Site. You must provide notice to us by email or regular mail using the information in Section 9 below.
Assignment. This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you. We may at any time, for any reason and without restriction, transfer or assign this Agreement and the obligations contained in this Agreement to a third party. You hereby acknowledge and agree that if another entity acquires us or substantially all of our assets (by sale, merger, or otherwise), that transaction may include a sale or transfer of your Personal Information as defined by our Privacy Policy and you agree to such transfer without further action or confirmation.
Survival. Any and all provisions related to or regarding limitation of liability, disclaimers, and indemnification, as well as any other provisions which by their nature are intended to survive expiration or termination of this Agreement, do and hereby survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement or any termination of your use of access to the Site.
Headings; Entire Agreement. The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The word “including” means “including without limitation”. This is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by both you and us, or by a change to this Agreement or the Guidelines.
CLAIMS. YOU AND PIH AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
9. Text Message Terms and Conditions
By signing up for text message updates, you agree to receive informational or marketing messages from Partners In Health at the mobile number provided by the user. Message frequency may vary based on your interactions and upcoming events. Message and data rates may apply. You can request help by responding to a text message with HELP or by emailing info@pih.org. You can opt out of receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message.
10. Contact Information; Additional Terms
Contact Us. To contact us regarding these Terms or the operation of the Site itself, contact us at info@pih.org.
Effective Date. The effective date of these Terms is March 19, 2021.
Additional Terms. Your obligations under the following sections survive termination of this Agreement: Important Note Regarding Site Content; Agreement And Terms; Portions Of License To Use This Site And Content Ownership; Restrictions On Use Of This Site; Posting Messages, Comments Or Content; Changes To Site Content; Links; No Warranties; Limitation Of Liability; Governing Law And Claims, Statute Of Limitations; Additional Terms. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition. You agree to defend and indemnify, Site-related-parties and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your breach of this Agreement or your use or misuse of the Content or Site. You may not transfer or assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement. PIH may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 2025
Partners In Health (“PIH”) respects your concerns about privacy and aims to inform and empower you with respect to your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we obtain, how we may use that information, with whom we may share it, how we protect it, and the choices you can make about our use of the information. This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information we obtain through your use of our website, pih.org, and other websites that link to this Privacy Policy (the “Site”); your offline interactions with us, including when you connect with us via telephone, at our events and through our surveys; and through our third-party sources, including advertising and social media networks (collectively, the “Channels”). For more information about our privacy practices in connection with donor information, please see our Donor Privacy Policy.
Personal Information Collected
We may obtain personal information about you through various Channels. The types of personal information we obtain include:
- Contact information (such as name, telephone number, postal address and email address)
- Demographic information (such as gender and date of birth)
- Other personal information contained in the content you choose to submit to us
If you choose to make a gift to PIH, whether by telephone, postal mail, or this Site, we may obtain additional information in connection with your donation, including your payment information (such as credit or debit card or bank account number). With respect to planned gifts, we also may collect information such as your Social Security number (where required by law) and estate documentation. If you apply for a job opportunity with PIH, we also may collect your resume (which may include information such as your work experience and education history).
In addition, when you visit the Site, we may obtain certain information by automated means, such as through cookies and similar technologies. The information collected in this manner may include IP address, user device ID, user location, browser language, screen resolution, operating system, service provider and other system settings or information, and your actions taken while browsing a website. Your browser may tell you how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. For more information about the cookies used on our Site, please visit our Cookie Policy. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our website.
Please note that online donations are processed by a third-party service provider and you should read the section below entitled “Links and Third Party Web Sites” and familiarize yourself with the privacy terms of all such non-PIH sites before using them.
How We Use the Information We Obtain
We may use the personal information we obtain:
- to send you materials or information that you have requested,
- to send you materials, information, or other communications that may be of interest to you,
- to manage our fundraising activities and process donations,
- to respond to your inquiries,
- to communicate with you to administer your participation in surveys,
- to personalize communications and fundraising efforts that we believe will be of interest to you,
- to comply with applicable legal requirements, industry standards and our own policies and terms,
for our operational purposes, including data analysis, identifying usage trends, and enhancing our websites and promotional campaigns, and - as otherwise described in this Policy and our Cookie Policy.
We also may use the information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection. Additionally, we may use information obtained through automated means for various purposes such as customizing our visitors’ visits to the Site and understanding the manner in which our visitors browse and use the Site. We also may use this information to help diagnose technical and service problems, administer the Site, identify visitors to the Site, and gather demographic information about our visitors.
Disclosure of and Access to Your Information
Subject to applicable law, we may disclose your personal information:
- to affiliated entities (e.g., on whose behalf we may process donations),
- to third parties, including our vendors, attorneys, accountants and advisors, who provide PIH with assistance or advice or are under contract to perform services for or on behalf of PIH (collectively, “Service Providers”),
- consortium groups, non-profit organizations, and third parties that combine your personal information with information from other sources for analytical, fundraising, and marketing purposes,
- in connection with merger and acquisition activity, re-organization or other disposition of part or all of PIH,
- (i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena), (ii) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity, or
- if you direct us to do so.
We also may share donation-related information, such as information about charitable gift annuities, with the Internal Revenue Service.
In addition, if you choose to include your personal information (such as your phone number and home address) when you sign petitions, join groups or otherwise attach your personal information to our initiatives, such information may be displayed on our Site or otherwise publicly available. Such displayed personal information will not, however, include your contact information (such as your street address, email, phone number).
Your personal information will not be leased or sold to other organizations other than those described above, unless you have provided PIH with specific permission to do so or as otherwise disclosed in this policy. PIH will not send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations.
PIH will not share text messaging opt-in data or consent data with third parties for marketing purposes. This information will not be shared or sold to any third parties.
Links and Third Party Web Sites
The Site contains hyperlinks or “links” to other sites, including access to content, products and services of our affiliated and non-affiliated sites. For example, online donations to PIH are facilitated by our non-affiliated service provider. When you follow links on our Site you may be directed to a third-party web site, which is subject to a separate privacy policy and other terms and conditions. In some cases, these other web sites are made available via “framing technology” and may appear to be part of our Site. We urge you to familiarize yourself with the individual privacy policies and other terms for each linked or framed site prior to submitting any personal information. We are not responsible for the data collection, privacy and information sharing policies and procedures or the content of such web sites.
Your Options
To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists, or submit a request, please contact us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy.
Children's Personal Information
The Site is designed for a general audience and is not directed to children under the age of 13. The Site does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that a child under the age of 13 may have provided us with personal information, please contact us as specified in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. These measures include encrypting files that contain personal information and storing such information on secure servers within our network.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a notice on the Site to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the Policy when it was most recently updated. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
How to Contact Us
If you have questions or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@pih.org or Partners In Health, 800 Boylston Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02199, USA, Attention: Legal.
Cookie Policy
Introduction
This website www.PIH.org (the “Site”) is operated by Partners In Health, A Nonprofit Corporation, also referred to in this Cookie Policy as “we,” “us,” or “PIH.” PIH is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with PIH’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and explains what cookies are, the personal information they collect, and how and why they may be stored on and accessed from your device when you visit this Site.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are text files containing a small amount of data, usually a unique string of letters and numbers. They are commonly used throughout the Internet and are stored on and accessed from your device when you visit this Site. This allows the Site to recognize your visit from those of other users of the Site. You can find more information at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. Through our Site, we and our third party partners also obtain certain information by other automated means, such as web beacons (including pixels and tags), web server logs, analytics and other technologies. These are collectively referred to in this Policy as “cookies”.
The personal information that we collect through cookies includes IP address, user device ID, user location, browser language, screen resolution, operating system, service provider and other system settings or information, and your actions taken while browsing a website.
Certain cookies also collect information such as your name, email address, phone number, gender, zip code, and information about actions you have taken on our Site (such as starting a donation).
How Does this Site use Cookies?
This Site uses the following cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for us to operate our Site. For example, these cookies help us set your privacy preferences, and help you fill in forms. This category of cookies should not be disabled. Essential cookies typically are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a short period of time thereafter. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Site may not then work.
ESSENTIAL / NECESSARY | ||||
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Cookie | Name(s) | Duration | Description | More Information |
Fundraise Up | fundraiseup_cid | 10 years | A client ID cookie is a first-party cookie set by Fundraise Up that is used to identify a user’s browser. This cookie is necessary for the platform to function properly and securely by helping us detect and prevent fraud, as well as understand how people interact with your giving experience. | Fundraise Up is a donation platform that helps nonprofits engage more supporters and grow revenue by providing easy ways to increase conversion, enable modern payment methods, and personalize the giving experience for every donor. |
fundraiseup_stat | Session | This cookie collects anonymous statistics about how visitors interact with the site to optimize functionality and improve user experience. | ||
fundraiseup_func | Session | Stores user preferences and interaction history to enable personalized features. | ||
fundraiseup_session | Session | A session ID cookie is a first-party cookie set by Fundraise Up that is used to identify a user's session. This cookie is necessary for the platform to function properly and securely by helping us detect and prevent fraud, as well as understand how people interact with your giving experience. This cookie expires after a pre-determined period of time, usually when the user closes their browser. | ||
Amazon Web Services | AWSALBAPP-0 | 7 days | These are first-party cookies set by Amazon Web Services (AWS) through its Application Load Balancer. It is used to manage and distribute incoming traffic across multiple servers to ensure the website loads efficiently and remains available. This cookie is necessary for maintaining site stability, performance, and security, and it does not store any personally identifiable information. | Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and hosting services to help websites operate reliably and securely. PIH uses AWS services to support site performance, availability, and scalability. |
Jobvite | guestidc | Session | This is a first-party cookie set by Jobvite. It is used to manage a user’s session when interacting with the PIH careers or recruitment functionality powered by Jobvite. This cookie helps ensure the application process functions correctly by maintaining session continuity and security. It does not store directly identifiable personal information. | Jobvite is a recruitment and applicant tracking platform that helps organizations manage job postings and employment applications. PIH uses Jobvite to support job application functionality and provide a secure and efficient recruitment experience. |
__Secure-YNID | 6 months | This is a third-party cookie set by Google. It is used to support user security and fraud prevention, particularly during authentication and login processes. This cookie helps protect user accounts and website services from unauthorized access and malicious activity. It does not directly identify individual users. | Google provides security and identity-protection technologies that help safeguard websites and user interactions. PIH uses Google services to support secure access to embedded features and protect against fraud and abuse. Cookies set by Google help maintain the security and integrity of these services. | |
Google reCAPTCHA | _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | This is a third-party cookie set by Google as part of the reCAPTCHA security service. It is used to identify and distinguish between human users and automated bots in order to protect the website from spam, abuse, and malicious activity. This cookie is necessary to ensure the security of website forms and online interactions and does not directly identify individual users. | Google reCAPTCHA is a security service that helps protect websites from fraudulent activity, spam submissions, and automated attacks. PIH uses Google reCAPTCHA to help safeguard its website, forms, and online services and to ensure interactions are legitimate and secure. |
rc::a | Never expires | These are third-party cookies set by Google as part of the reCAPTCHA security service. They are used to help identify and distinguish human users from automated bots in order to protect the website from malicious spam, abuse, and fraudulent activity. These cookies are necessary to maintain website security and do not directly identify individual users. | ||
rc::b | Session | These are third-party cookies set by Google as part of the reCAPTCHA security service. They are used to help identify and distinguish human users from automated bots in order to protect the website from malicious spam, abuse, and fraudulent activity. These cookies are necessary to maintain website security during a browsing session and do not directly identify individual users. | ||
YouTube | __Secure-YEC | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube, a service provided by Google. It is used to maintain the security of embedded video playback and to help prevent abuse by ensuring that requests within a browsing session are made by legitimate users. This cookie is necessary for the secure delivery and proper functioning of YouTube video content embedded on the website and does not directly identify individual users. | YouTube is a video hosting and streaming platform that allows organizations to embed video content on their websites. PIH uses YouTube to display video content that supports site functionality and user engagement. Cookies set by YouTube help ensure videos are delivered securely and operate as expected. |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube, a service provided by Google. It is used to store a user’s cookie consent and privacy preferences for the current domain. This cookie helps ensure that YouTube content embedded on the website respects the user’s consent choices and privacy settings. It does not store information that directly identifies an individual user. | ||
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube, a service provided by Google. It is used to manage feature rollouts and experimentation by determining which new features or interface changes are shown to a user as part of staged testing. This cookie helps ensure a consistent experience for users during an experiment and does not directly identify individual users. | ||
hCaptcha | Hmt_id | 1 month | This is a third-party cookie set by Intuition Machines Inc., the provider of hCaptcha. It is used to support security and fraud prevention by helping distinguish between human users and automated activity. This cookie is necessary to protect website forms and services from abuse and does not store directly identifiable personal information. | Intuition Machines Inc. provides hCaptcha, a security service designed to prevent bots, abuse, and fraudulent activity on websites while preserving user privacy. PIH uses hCaptcha to help secure forms and online interactions and ensure the integrity of its web services. |
Cloudflare | __cflb | 1 hour | This is a first-party cookie set by Cloudflare. It is used to support load balancing and ensure that user requests are consistently routed to the correct backend server during a browsing session. This cookie is necessary to maintain site performance, reliability, and availability and does not store personally identifiable information. | Cloudflare provides web infrastructure and security services that help protect websites from malicious traffic and improve performance. PIH uses Cloudflare to enhance website security, stability, and load balancing functionality. |
__cf_bm | 1 hour | This is a first-party cookie set by Cloudflare. It is used to support Cloudflare’s bot management and security services by helping distinguish between legitimate users and automated or malicious traffic. This cookie is necessary to protect the website from abuse and ensure secure access to its content and services. It does not store personally identifiable information. | ||
_cfuvid | Session | This is a first-party cookie set by Cloudflare. It is used to identify and track individual user sessions across requests in order to support Cloudflare’s security and rate-limiting features. This cookie helps ensure that website traffic is managed securely and efficiently within a single browsing session. It does not store personally identifiable information. | ||
Stripe | m | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This is a third-party cookie set by Stripe. It is used for fraud prevention by helping Stripe identify the device used to access the website. This cookie supports secure payment processing by enabling Stripe to detect and help prevent fraudulent activity. It does not store information that directly identifies an individual user. | Stripe is a payment processing platform that enables secure online transactions and helps protect against fraud. PIH uses Stripe to process donations and payments safely and efficiently. Stripe cookies support payment security, fraud detection, and transaction reliability. |
__stripe_mid | 1 year | This is a third-party cookie set by Stripe. It is used to assign a unique identifier that helps Stripe recognize a user or device across multiple sessions. This cookie supports fraud prevention and payment security by enabling Stripe to track suspicious activity over time. It does not store personal payment information. | ||
__stripe_sid | 1 hour | This is a third-party cookie set by Stripe. It is used to assign a temporary session identifier during a single visit to the website. This cookie helps Stripe manage payment requests securely within a session and supports fraud prevention measures. It does not store personally identifiable information. | ||
is_eu | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by Pinterest. It is used to determine whether a user is visiting the website from within the European Union, which helps Pinterest apply the appropriate data protection and privacy requirements under EU regulations. This cookie is necessary to ensure that privacy controls and consent mechanisms function correctly based on the user’s location and does not directly identify an individual user. | Pinterest is a visual discovery platform that allows organizations to embed content and tracking technologies on their websites. PIH uses Pinterest services to support content delivery and comply with applicable privacy and data protection requirements. Pinterest cookies help determine jurisdiction-specific privacy obligations. | |
CookieYes | cookieyes-consent | 1 year | This is a first-party cookie set by CookieYes. It is used to store and remember users’ cookie consent preferences so that those preferences are respected on subsequent visits to the website. This cookie is necessary to manage and apply consent choices in compliance with applicable data privacy regulations and does not collect or store personal information about site visitors. | CookieYes is a consent management platform that helps website operators collect, manage, and honor users’ cookie and data privacy preferences. PIH uses CookieYes to support transparency and compliance with data protection laws by ensuring that consent choices are recorded and applied across visits. |
Django | csrftoken | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days | This is a first-party cookie associated with the Django web development framework. It is used to help protect the website against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks by ensuring that requests made to the site are legitimate and authorized. This cookie is necessary for website security and does not store any personally identifiable information. | Django is an open-source web development framework for Python that includes built-in security features to help protect websites from common vulnerabilities. PIH uses Django’s security mechanisms, including CSRF protection, to help maintain the integrity and safety of its website and user interactions. |
Analytics Cookies
We use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics and Meta Pixel, that collect information about how visitors interact with our Site, such as what pages you visit, how long you stay on a page, whether the page is displayed correctly or any errors have occurred, as well as IP address, demographic and interests information. The information we obtain through the Site may be disclosed to or collected directly by these third-party services.
These cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our site and make the site more user-friendly. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. Some of these are persistent cookies that remain on your computer or other Internet-connected device for a certain period of time after you end your browsing session, unless you delete them.
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Google Analytics | _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. |
_ga* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | ||
_gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | ||
_gat_gtag_UA_* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | ||
Hotjar | _hjSessionUser_* | 1 year | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. | Hotjar is a behavior analytics software used to gain a better understanding of how users interact with our Site and to identify issues the users might run into while browsing our Site. It provides us (the Site owners) with tools such as Heatmaps, Recordings, and Surveys to gain insight into the users’ experience on our Site. |
_hjSession_* | 1 hour | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. | ||
_pinterest_ct_ua | 1 year | This is a third-party cookie set by Pinterest that is used to group actions for users who cannot be directly identified by Pinterest. It assigns a unique identifier to help Pinterest measure and understand how users interact with content and advertisements, including tracking conversions and engagement across websites. | Pinterest is a visual discovery platform that allows organizations to embed content and tracking technologies on their websites. PIH uses Pinterest services to support content delivery and comply with applicable privacy and data protection requirements. Pinterest cookies help determine jurisdiction-specific privacy obligations. | |
YouTube | YSC | Session | This is a session cookie set by YouTube on pages where YouTube videos are embedded. It is used to track user interactions with embedded video content, such as video views, in order to collect aggregated statistics about video performance and improve the viewing experience. The cookie expires when the user’s browsing session ends. | YouTube is a video hosting and streaming platform that allows organizations to embed video content on their websites. PIH uses YouTube to display video content that supports site functionality and user engagement. Cookies set by YouTube help ensure videos are delivered securely and operate as expected. |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the site to provide enhanced functionality, such as remembering the selections you have made while on the Site. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. Functional Cookies typically are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a certain period of time thereafter. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
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Cookie | Name(s) | Duration | Description | More Information |
mid | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days | This is a third-party cookie set by Instagram, a service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. It is used to store a unique identifier that helps Instagram recognize the user’s browser and apply user preferences and settings across sessions. This supports a personalized and consistent user experience when Instagram content or features are embedded on the website. This cookie does not directly identify an individual user. | Instagram is a social media platform operated by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows organizations to embed content and social features on their websites. PIH uses Instagram services to support embedded social media content and related functionality. Instagram cookies help manage user preferences, improve service reliability, and ensure embedded content functions as intended. | |
Spotify | sp_t | 1 year | This is a third-party cookie set by Spotify, a digital audio streaming service. It is used to enable and support the playback of embedded audio content from Spotify on the website and to record information about user interactions with that content, such as playback behavior. This helps ensure proper functionality and improve the audio listening experience. This cookie does not directly identify an individual user. | Spotify is an audio streaming platform that allows organizations to embed music and podcast content on their websites. PIH uses Spotify services to support audio content delivery and related functionality. Spotify cookies help ensure embedded audio players function correctly and support basic interaction analytics. |
sp_landing | 1 day | This is a third-party cookie set by Spotify, a digital audio streaming service. It is used to support the implementation of Spotify audio content on the website and to register information on user interactions with embedded audio during a visit. This cookie supports short-term functionality and does not directly identify an individual user. | ||
YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube, a service provided by Google. It is used to estimate available bandwidth and determine whether the user is presented with the new or legacy YouTube video player interface. This helps ensure optimal video playback performance and a consistent viewing experience. The cookie does not directly identify individual users. | YouTube is a video hosting and streaming platform that allows organizations to embed video content on their websites. PIH uses YouTube to display video content that supports site functionality and user engagement. Cookies set by YouTube help ensure videos are delivered securely and operate as expected. |
yt-remote-connected-devices | Never expires | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to store information about devices connected to the YouTube video player in order to support playback control and preference synchronization for embedded YouTube videos. This cookie does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-device-id | Never expires | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to assign a device-related identifier that helps manage and remember video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. This cookie does not contain information that directly identifies an individual user. | ||
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never expires | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to store information about the last search result selected by the user on YouTube, which helps improve search relevance and overall user experience. This cookie does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-session-name | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to store information related to the current embedded video player session, supporting the application of playback preferences during that session. This cookie does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-fast-check-period | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to store configuration settings related to how frequently the embedded YouTube player checks for updates or status changes. This helps ensure smooth player functionality and does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-session-app | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to store information about the embedded YouTube player interface and the application context in which it is running, helping to ensure consistent player behavior. This cookie does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-cast-available | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to record whether casting functionality is available for the YouTube video player, enabling compatibility with supported devices. This cookie does not directly identify individual users. | ||
yt-remote-cast-installed | Session | This is a third-party cookie set by YouTube. It is used to indicate whether casting features are installed and enabled for the embedded YouTube video player. This helps manage playback options and does not directly identify individual users. | ||
Advertising Cookies
Advertising Cookies are tracking mechanisms used by websites and advertisers to gather user data and tailor personalized ads based on your browsing behavior. These cookies are used to manage and serve ads about fundraising opportunities to you and others like you, and include interest-based advertising cookies and social media cookies. These cookies may be set through our Site by us and our advertising and social media partners, such as Google, Meta, X and LinkedIn, and may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. These cookies may collect information about whether you have interacted with an advertisement. Cookies also provide us with the necessary data to enable the assessment of ad campaign effectiveness. These insights help us monitor things like the frequency of the advertisements being displayed to you.
In some circumstances, we work with third parties, such as Meta, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, to connect with you on social networks and provide certain services to our users and additional features, including the ability to see videos. These third parties use cookies to collect information on our Site, including via plug-ins and widgets, so that they can present you with digital content on social media that may be of interest to you. For more information about the privacy practices of these third parties, please click on the links below:
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Cookie | Name(s) | Duration | Description | More Information |
Meta | _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. It helps us better understand the effectiveness of our advertising and the actions visitors take on our site. | Facebook Privacy Policy |
YouTube | yt.innertube::nextId | Never expires | This cookie is set by YouTube to assign a unique identifier that helps store information about a user’s interaction with YouTube videos embedded on the site. It is used to track which videos have been viewed and to support internal video functionality and performance measurement. | YouTube is a video hosting and streaming platform that allows organizations to embed video content on their websites. PIH uses YouTube to display video content that supports site functionality and user engagement. Cookies set by YouTube help ensure videos are delivered securely and operate as expected. |
yt.innertube::requests | Never expires | This cookie is set by YouTube to register a unique identifier related to user requests and interactions with embedded video content. It helps YouTube track video viewing behavior and manage how video data is requested and delivered, supporting analytics and service reliability. | ||
NID | 6 months | This cookie is set by Google and is used for advertising purposes. It helps limit the number of times a user sees a particular advertisement, allows users to mute or opt out of unwanted ads, and measures the effectiveness of advertising campaigns by tracking interactions with ads displayed across Google services. | Google provides security and identity-protection technologies that help safeguard websites and user interactions. PIH uses Google services to support secure access to embedded features and protect against fraud and abuse. Cookies set by Google help maintain the security and integrity of these services. | |
Google Tag Manager | _gcl_au | 3 months | This cookie is set by Google Tag Manager and is used to test and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on websites that use Google’s advertising services. It helps evaluate how users interact with ads and supports conversion tracking and performance optimization. | Google Tag Manager is a tag management system that allows website operators and marketers to manage and modify tags associated with advertising services, performance measurement, and effectiveness testing. |
DoubleClick | test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by DoubleClick to determine whether the user’s browser supports cookies. It is used to verify that advertising cookies can be properly set and does not contain personally identifiable information. | DoubleClick is an advertising technology service provided by Google that helps deliver, measure, and report on the effectiveness of online advertising. |
IDE | 1 year 24 days | This cookie is set by Google DoubleClick and is used to store information about how users interact with the website. It helps deliver and display more relevant advertisements by tracking user interactions and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns based on user activity. | ||
Ar_debug | 1 year | This cookie is associated with Google advertising services and is used to support advertising measurement and debugging functionality. | ||
X (formerly Twitter) | muc_ads | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by X (formerly Twitter) to collect information about user behavior and interactions across websites that use X advertising services. It is used to deliver and measure advertisements, track engagement, and help optimize advertising performance based on user activity. | X (formerly Twitter) provides social media and advertising services that enable websites to measure ad performance and report on advertising effectiveness. |
Personalization_id | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by X (formerly Twitter) to enable social media features and to store information about how users interact with the website. It is used for tracking and targeting purposes, including personalizing content and advertisements and measuring engagement with X services. | ||
_pin_unauth | 1 year | This cookie is set by Pinterest to group actions taken by users who cannot be directly identified. It helps Pinterest track interactions with content and advertisements in an aggregated way, supporting conversion tracking and measurement of advertising effectiveness. | Pinterest is a visual discovery platform that allows organizations to embed content and tracking technologies on their websites. PIH uses Pinterest services to support content delivery and comply with applicable privacy and data protection requirements. Pinterest cookies help determine jurisdiction-specific privacy obligations. | |
If you are accessing our Site from the European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK), certain third parties that we work with to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to target and deliver advertising, such as Meta, will in some cases act as independent controllers or joint controllers with us with respect to these activities.
For more information about the processing conducted by these parties as joint controllers, including the legal basis they rely on and how to exercise your data subject rights, please review their Privacy Notices.
We enter into agreements with third parties that act as joint controllers with us, that determine the respective responsibilities for compliance with the obligations under applicable data protection laws. Under these agreements we are responsible for providing data subjects with information about any joint processing, and the third parties are responsible for enabling data subjects' rights under Articles 15-20 of the General Data Protection Regulation with regard to the personal data stored by them following the joint processing.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics as described in “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps”. You can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics on websites by installing the “Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on”.
Combining Cookie Information with Other Data About Your Computer
When you enter the Site, we may also collect information, where available, about your computer for system administration purposes, such as your IP address, operating system and browser type. This information may be combined with the data we collected via the Google Analytics cookies above. This information is statistical data about our users’ browsing patterns and generally does not identify our users, except when a user gives an online donation, in which case we would be able to identify those users based on their IP address.
Your Choices
If you are accessing our Site from the EU or UK, the Site does not use non-essential cookies unless you agree to their use through CookieYes consent banner at pih.org. You can update your cookie preferences at any time through the CookieYes consent banner available on our website.
You may also stop cookies from being downloaded on your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your web browser. Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all our Site features (such as being unable to reach our homepage in certain cases).
Click on the links below to find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
In addition to the browser-based controls, you can manage third party cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ or www.youronlinechoices.eu/. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device.
To learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising in the U.S., please visit www.aboutads.info/choices, http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/, and http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/.
Do Not Track Preferences
Do not track is a function that allows visitors to opt out from being tracked by websites for any purpose including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms. Do not track options are available in a number of browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.
- If you enable do not track in your web browser, we will respect your choice.
- If you have enabled the do not track function, you will not be tracked with Google Analytics.
- If you have disabled all cookies from your browser, we will still collect some general data about your browsing (e.g., a record of a visitor to our Site). Additionally, the Site may not function as intended if cookies are disabled.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or need further information about our cookie practices, please contact us at info@pih.org or write to us at Partners In Health, 800 Boylston Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02199, USA. This Cookie Policy, the Privacy Policy and/or the Terms of Use may be amended by us at any time. Please check this page periodically to inform yourself of any changes. It was last amended on April XX, 2026.
Partners In Health
800 Boylston Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02199
Attention: Legal
Donor Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 2024
Partners In Health (“PIH”) honors and thanks you for your gift to benefit our work.
As detailed in our Privacy Policy, if you choose to make a gift to PIH, we may obtain additional information in connection with your donation, including your payment information. With respect to planned gifts, we also may collect information such as your Social Security number (where required by law) and estate documentation.
Your personal information will not be leased or sold to other organizations for fundraising purposes, unless you have provided PIH with specific permission to do so or as otherwise disclosed in our Privacy Policy. PIH will not send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations. This commitment applies to information we receive from you both online and offline.
For additional information about our practices for collecting, using, disclosing, and otherwise managing the information we collect from and about you, as well as the measures we take to protect personal information and the choices you can make about our use of the information, please see our Privacy Policy or contact us as specified in the “How to Contact Us” section of that Policy. You, as a donor, also may have your name excluded from any donor list-sharing activity by contacting us info@pih.org.
You also may write to us at:
Partners In Health
800 Boylston Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02199
Attention: Legal
State Disclosures
Partners In Health’s mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its work in Haiti, Africa, Peru, Mexico, and Navajo Nation, Partners In Health, a nonprofit corporation, strives to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair. Financial and other information about our charity’s purpose, programs and activities can be obtained by contacting Megan Carbone, Chief Financial Officer, 800 Boylston Street Suite 300 Boston MA 02199, 857-880-5100. If you are a resident of any of the following states, please review the relevant disclosure statement.
Colorado: Colorado residents may obtain copies of registration and financial documents from the office of the Secretary of State, 303-894-2860, www.sos.state.co.us/ re: Reg. No 20113031958.
Florida: A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 1-800-HELP-FLA within the state or visiting https://www.fdacs.gov/Business-Services/Solicitation-of-Contributions. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. Florida Registration #: CH20071. By donating to PIH, you attest that you are not a foreign source of concern as defined in Fla. Stat. § 496.404(14).
Georgia: A full and fair description of Partners In Health’s programs and activities, and our financial statement summary is available at the office and phone number indicated above.
Illinois: Contracts and reports regarding Partners In Health, a nonprofit corporation are on file with the Illinois Attorney General.
Maryland: For the cost of postage and copying, documents and information filed under the Maryland charitable organizations laws can be obtained from the Secretary of State, Charitable Division, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, 800-825-4510. A copy of the organization's current financial statement is available on request.
Michigan: MICS No. 19917.
Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Partners In Health, a nonprofit corporation may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State's office by calling 1-888-236-6167. Registration by the Secretary of State does not imply endorsement by the Secretary of State.
New Jersey: Information filed with the Attorney General concerning this charitable solicitation and the percentage of contributions received by the charity during the last reporting period that were dedicated to the charitable purpose may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey by calling (973) 504-6215 and is available on the internet at http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/charfrm.htm. Registration with the Attorney General does not imply endorsement.
New York: You may obtain information on charitable organizations and obtain a copy of our latest financial report from the New York Attorney General’s Charities Registry at www.charitiesnys.com or upon request from our organization at the address above, or by contacting the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or calling (212-416-8401).
Washington: Partners In Health is registered with Washington State’s Charities Program as required by law and additional information is available by calling 360-725-0377 or visiting https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/.
West Virginia: Upon request, the estimated percentage of the money collected which will be applied to the cost of solicitation and administration or how much of the money collected will be applied directly for the charitable purpose will be provided. West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia 25305. Registration does not imply endorsement.
Wisconsin: A financial statement of Partners In Health, a nonprofit corporation disclosing assets, liabilities, fund balances, revenue and expenses for the preceding fiscal year will be provided to any person upon request.