Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to this website (the “Site”). We have created this privacy policy to explain how we use information that you may provide while visiting this Site and to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy. We may modify this policy from time to time so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting this Site. By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
When you register, sign up for a membership, sign up to receive information or participate in events or activities, or take any other action on our Site, we may ask you to provide the following personally identifiable information:
Name
Email address
Landline and/or mobile phone number
Mailing address
Other social media usernames or handles
We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this Site.
How We Use Your Information
We use this information to operate this Site, send you news, newsletters and information about our activities, solicit your participation in and support of activities, events, and programs, and for related uses.
We use your e-mail address to send such information by e-mail and may use your telephone number to call you or send you a text message or voice message for these purposes.
We collect and maintain aggregate information about what pages visitors to our Site access or visit, which we use solely to improve the content of our website or online communications.
We will not share, sell, transfer, rent, or disclose your individual information to any other organization or entity EXCEPT:
To companies that assist us in maintaining this Site or with the our activities only for purposes of providing services to us, and always subject to the condition that any such company will never itself have the right to contact you for any reason;
To comply with applicable law or legal requirements (for example, a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our supporters from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records;
Submitting your personal information (including e-mail address) on the Site’s sign-up page, when you take an action, will sign you up to receive e-mails from us. We may also use your first name to indicate the latest actions taken on this site.
Security
The Site uses industry-standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of all of the personally identifiable information that you provide to us. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment. All supplied information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment processing provider’s database.
Permission to access your personally identifiable information is granted only to you and those employees or contractors who need to know that information to provide services to you and who are required to keep the information confidential. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by this Site in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.
Children
We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not solicit and does not accept personally identifying information from any person under 13 years of age.
Visitors to this Site who are under 13 years of age should not use this Site except under the supervision and with the assistance of their parent or legal guardian, and should never submit any personally identifying information to the Site. For example, visitors under 13 years of age should not register, purchase or use services or take any actions on or through this Site.
Protection of Personal Information
This Site may allow you to pay directly by credit card. When you make payment through this Site, we will collect credit card information from you. That information is used solely for processing your contribution of fee payment; is not maintained by us; and is never disclosed to anyone, for any other purpose other than for processing your contribution, under any circumstances.
Cookies and Data Tracking
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Some parts of this Site may be password-protected. We may use a cookie (cookies reside on your computer and are under the control of your browser) to help us remember and process items that you purchase through this Site; and/or to compile aggregate data about visitors to the Site and their interaction with the Site for the purposes of improving the operation of the Site and/or offering better Site experiences and tools in the future.
If you wish to disable these cookies, the help portion of the tool bar on most browsers can assist. If you set your browser to disable cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain parts of this Site.
We may also use third-party services such as Google Analytics. This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with our Site. We may also use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most.
Please note that third party vendors, including Google, may show sponsored ads on the Internet. Those third-party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website. Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
Advertising
We may place online advertising with third-party vendors, including Google, which will be shown on other Sites on the internet. In some cases, those third-party vendors may decide which ads to show you based on your prior visits to the Site. At no time will you be personally identified to those third-party vendors, nor will any of the information you share with us be shared with those third-party vendors. If you prefer to opt out of the use of these third-party cookies on the Site, you can do so by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.
Third-party vendors, including Google and Facebook may show sponsored ads on the Internet. Those third-party vendors (including Google) may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website. Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/. Users may find out information about adjusting how Facebook targets ads to them by visiting https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.
Links to Other Sites
The privacy policies and practices contained in this Privacy Policy do not apply to ANY external links. This Privacy Policy only applies to our Site or any future Sites that we may develop. It does not cover Sites that are linked to by this Site or Sites for which we are not responsible ("linked-Sites"). These linked-Sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies and practices of the linked-Sites, especially if you provide personal information to them.
Amendments and Consent to This Privacy Policy
We retain the right to amend or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of the information as we have described. If we change our policies and practices, we will post the changes in our Privacy Policy so that you are always aware of them. With this knowledge, you can make an informed decision about whether you wish to provide personal information to us.