Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) is committed to
respecting and protecting your privacy. We've structured our web site so
that you can visit our site without identifying yourself or revealing any
personal information. This Privacy Statement reflects our privacy policy.
Once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any
information by which you can be identified), it will be used to support
your user relationship with us.
Awareness
This privacy policy governs the manner in which NPG
collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from
users of this web site. To make this notice easy to find, we make it
available on our home page. By using our web site, you consent to our
use of information that is collected or submitted as described in this
online privacy policy. We reserve the right to change the terms of
this privacy policy, so we encourage you to review it periodically.
Your continued use of our web site following any changes to this privacy
policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes. You agree that
the information that we gather now will be subject to the privacy policy
in effect at the time of use. What We Collect
We receive and collect any information, personal or
otherwise, that you voluntarily enter on our web site or give to our
web site in any other way such as name, postal address, telephone number,
fax number, email address and credit card number. We may collect personally
identifiable information from you in a variety of ways. For example,
we collect information you provide when you register with us, join
our organization, make a donation, send us an e-mail or call us. We
may also collect information about how users use our web site, for
example, by tracking the number of unique views received by the pages
of the web site or the domains from which users originate. From time
to time, we may also collect information for market research purposes.
In order to tailor our subsequent communications to you and continuously
improve our products and services (including registration), we may
ask you to provide us with information regarding your personal or professional
interests, demographics, experience with our web site, and more detailed
contact preferences. You are at no time under any obligation to provide
this information and any information collected will be used for internal
marketing analysis and communications to you.
Internet Protocol Address
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our Site.
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer
when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems
with our server, administer our Site, analyze trends, track users'
movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in
order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized
content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Who We Share It With?
We may share information with trusted affiliates, independent
contractors and business partners. We may also disclose aggregate,
anonymous data based on information collected from users. Finally,
we may transfer information collected from users in connection with
a user joining our organization or making a donation to our organization.
Cookies And Their Use
We use cookies to store visitor’s preferences and record session
information. Using cookies enable us to personalize your browsing experience
and to make the site easier for you to use when you return to the site.
What Are Cookies?
Some parts of our web site may use a browser feature
called "cookies." A cookie is a small data file that is written
to your hard drive when you visit certain web sites. A cookie file
will usually contain information such as a user ID that the web site
can use to keep track of pages that have been visited or contents of
a shopping cart. The only personal information that a cookie will contain
is that which you have already supplied to the web site. A cookie cannot
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other
web sites. A cookie will not corrupt your hard drive or transmit a
virus to your computer.
Choice Of Contact Methods
From time to time, if given consent, we may use your
information to contact you for market research or to provide you with
marketing information we think would be of particular interest. You
will be provided with the opportunity to let us know if you do not
wish to receive any unsolicited direct marketing materials from us.
At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt out of
receiving such direct marketing or market research contact.
Accuracy Of Information
NPG strives to keep your personally identifiable information
accurate. If you would like to update any of the information that was
provided through registration, please send us an email. You will be
asked to provide both the old and the new information, which will then
be updated in our records. Requests to remove false or inaccurate information
can be submitted at any time.
Children's Privacy
NPG takes special care to protect the privacy needs
of children under the age of 13, and encourage parents to be an active
participant in their child's online activities and interests. We will
not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information about children
under the age of 13. If you are the parent or guardian of a child that
you believe has disclosed personally identifiable information to us,
please contact us so that we may delete the children's information.
Third Party Links
Links on our web site to third party web sites are
provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you
will leave our site. We have not reviewed all of these third party
sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites,
their content or their privacy policy. Thus, NPG does not endorse or
make any representations about them, or about any information, software
or other products or materials found there, or about any results that
may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the
third party sites linked to this site, you do so at your own risk.
Security
NPG is committed to ensuring the security of your information.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to
maintain effective data security, accuracy of information, and to ensure
the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online. All transactions are protected using
industry standard encryption technologies, including, but not limited
to, Secure Sockets Layering (SSL).
For Further Information
If you have comments or questions about our privacy
policy, you can contact us at:
NPG
Attn: Privacy Policy Manager
2861 Duke Street
Suite 36
Alexandria, VA 22314
npg@npg.org