Sustainable Conservation Privacy Policy
This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for Sustainable Conservation (www.suscon.org). Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, please contact info@suscon.org.
Sustainable Conservation has built its reputation on respect for our supporters and partners. We protect their rights as a fundamental element of our mission. We do not collect any information without your knowledge and permission. The information you do provide through the website will never be sold or rented.
Ownership
Sustainable Conservation is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will never share, sell, or rent users' personal information without their advance permission. We may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
Registrations and Surveys
Our site may request information from users on a registration form or surveys. Participation in registrations and surveys is completely voluntary, so users have a choice whether or not to disclose the information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and email address), and demographic information (such as zip code, occupation). Registration and survey information is used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site, for contacting users based on their request, and for delivery of requested information to the user (such as an email newsletter). Requested information may also be used to provide a personalized experience on the site and to deliver personalized communications.
Online Donations
All donations made through Sustainable Conservation's website are completed through an encrypted, secure connection. Donors' credit card information is used only to process donations - and will be disclosed to third parties only as is necessary to complete the donation process. Sustainable Conservation never stores credit card information after a donation has been processed.
Groundspring.org (www.groundspring.org), through which donations to Sustainable Conservation are facilitated, collects only that information needed to properly process donations. This information may include: name, address, phone, e-mail address, credit card information, "acknowledgement" or "in memory of" information, and donation amount. Groundspring.org shares this information with Sustainable Conservation only - so Sustainable Conservation can properly record donations. All information is kept on secure servers for internal purposes only.
It is unlikely that Groundspring.org will need to contact you, but they reserve the right in the event that they need to verify your personal information. If you contact Groundspring by email or phone, they may ask you to verify your personal information to respond to your inquiry.
When selecting, "I want to make a recurring donation," you will be registering to make a credit card donation every month, 3 months, or year. After you complete this initial donation, future donations will be made automatically. You will receive an e-mail receipt from Groundspring.org for each recurring donation. As soon as you complete this initial donation, you will receive a separate e-mail containing a password and a link to the DonateNow system where you can review and change your donation options (amount, frequency, billing information) at any time. Of course, you will also be able to cancel your recurring donation at any point in the future. Donors can view and update their personal information on the DonateNow system by using their passwords and the link provided by Groundspring.org.
Cookies
Sustainable Conservation may use cookies for the purposes of tailoring web content to match the user's browser capability, his or her interests and behaviors, and/or to assess overall site content and performance. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive tied to information about the user. Websites can use cookies to identify returning users to deliver personalized content to users and assess website design and performance. If a user rejects the cookie, he or she may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user may be limited in some areas of our site.
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, Sustainable Conservation uses log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. This data is used to analyze trends, understand users' needs related to our site, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Site Links
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Sustainable Conservation is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and read the privacy statements of each and every website they visit. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Sustainable Conservation.
Security
Sustainable Conservation takes every precaution to protect our users' information both online and offline. Periodically, Sustainable Conservation staff are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure that our visitors' information is protected. The servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Electronic Communications
Sustainable Conservation may collect email addresses and other information on this site to deliver electronic communications to subscribers. Subscribing to our electronic communications is optional and a user may unsubscribe at any time. We follow accepted permission-based email marketing practices. Users wishing to discontinue the messages may reply to the message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line and/or click on the "unsubscribe" link in the message.
Notification of Changes
If our privacy policy changes, we will clearly identify and post those changes on this website.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or this website, please contact us at:
Sustainable Conservation
98 Battery Street, Suite 302
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn: Privacy Officer
