1. How We Use Information You Provide
We collect a variety of personal information, such as a name, address, telephone number, credit card information, bank account information, email address and/or IM address, or other information about those who register or volunteer on our site, make contributions through our site or use other functions or features on the site. We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this site. We use this information to operate this site, support the Council for a Livable World campaign, send you news and information about Council for a Livable World, and to credit those who are organizing support for Council for a Livable World. We will not sell this information to any third party, under any circumstances. We work closely with candidates, parties and allied like-minded organizations and may disclose selected user information to other campaigns or organizations for their use in campaign activities and other purposes.
Online Contributions
We are sometimes required to disclose information regarding our contributions to comply with campaign finance laws. For example, under Federal Election law, we are required to make periodic filings that provide the Federal Election Commission with information on each contributor: name, address, amount of contribution, date of contribution, employer, and occupation. For more information on the FEC, visit their website. To make a contribution online, we also ask for your credit card number and its expiration date.
“Send to a Friend” Feature
www.LivableWorld.org makes it easy for you to spread the word about Council for a Livable World with its “Send to a Friend” feature. When you use “Send to a Friend”, we may store email addresses or any information about the people you contact.
Children’s Information
We believe every precaution must be taken to protect children online. In accordance with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we do not ask children under 18 for any information, nor do we knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18.
2. How We Protect Information You Provide
Www.LivableWorld.org uses industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment, with a guard posted 24 hours a day. For legal and accounting purposes, contribution records and other user information may remain in our database indefinitely. Permission to access your information is granted only to you and persons who need to know that information to provide services to you. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by www.clw.org in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.
Links To Other Websites
This Privacy Policy covers www.LivableWorld.org, and its subdomains. These sites may link to third-party websites. Should you choose to visit those websites, please remember that we are not responsible for their content or privacy policies. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and review the practices of all websites you visit. Other Disclosure of Your Information
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief release is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our donors and 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 without delay.
3. How We Personalize www.LivableWorld.org For You
Cookies
www.LivableWorld.org uses cookies to administer our site and provide a more tailored and user-friendly service to you. The cookie — a tiny text file — does not store passwords, credit card numbers or any type of personally identifiable information whatsoever. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address or any other personally identifiable information.
Server Log Files
www.LivableWorld.org logs standard technical information, such as your IP address and the kind of browser you use. We log this information for troubleshooting purposes and to track which pages people visit in order to improve the site. We do not use log files to track a particular individual’s use of www.clw.org.
4. How to Unsubscribe, Opt Out, Or Correct Your Information
If you want to unsubscribe from mailing lists or opt out, review, update, or correct your information, you can do so at any time quickly and easily by clicking the “Manage Subscriptions” or “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of each email.
5. How We Notify You About Privacy Policy Changes
We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if we change our practices, add new site features, or change existing site features. We will notify registered users by email and post notice to www.clw.org of any substantive changes to our Privacy Policy. Your use of www.clw.org following such changes constitutes your agreement with regard to information collected from you in the past and in the future.
6. How To Contact Us
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be sent via postal mail to:
Council for a Livable World ATTN: Privacy 820 1st St. NE, Suite LL-180, Washington, D.C. 20002
For general questions or comments, please complete our online contact form or call 202-543-4100 between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. EST, Monday through Friday.
Last Revised: 1/1/2022
