Privacy Policy
Count Down Your Carbon, Earth Day New York and the Earth Day Network respect your right to privacy. We will only collect Personal Information (defined below) that you voluntarily provide to us and will only disclose it or use it for purposes as disclosed in this Privacy Policy or as disclosed by us at the time information is requested from you.
Personal Information
When you visit our website, Count Down Your Carbon does not automatically collect any information that could personally identify you. Personal information includes your name, street address, email address, billing information, credit card number and expiration date, and any other personally identifying information you may provide ("Personal Information"). Your Personal Information is only collected when you voluntarily submit it, for example, when you register, buy something or subscribe to a newsletter or become a member of the Earth Day Network
In addition to the ways described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy or at the time information is requested, we may use Personal Information received from visitors to our website for any of the following purposes: (1) to confirm, process and fulfill orders; (2) to respond to specific requests made by the visitor; (4) to demonstrate public support for policy proposals; (5) to provide to other environmental groups for use in collaborative educational and mobilizing efforts seeking to promote responsible environmental attitudes and policies; (6) to obtain parental consent for visitors under eighteen (18) years of age, when necessary; or (7) to protect the security or integrity of our website when necessary.
With the exceptions noted above, any Personal Information received from you will be retained by Earth Day New York and the Earth Day Network and will not be sold, transferred or otherwise disclosed to any third party, unless such disclosure is required by law or court order.
Technical Information and Traffic Data
Each time you come to our website, our web server (like most on the web) collects some basic technical information, including your IP address, your domain name, referral data (for example, the address of the last URL you were at before clicking through to our website) and browser and platform type ("Technical Information"). We may use this Technical Information to improve our website and make it more responsive to our visitors (see "Cookies" below). The Technical Information provided by our server is not linked to any of your Personal Information.
We also count, track, and aggregate your activity on the website into our analysis of general traffic flows at the site, allowing us to identify broad demographics about who uses the Count Down Your Carbon website ("Traffic Data"). This Traffic Data is kept anonymously so that any such information does not personally identify you. We may share this Traffic Data with others.
Cookies
A "Cookie" is a short line of text stored on your computer by a website to differentiate between one visitor and another. We only use Cookies for the purposes of (a) counting the number of anonymous visitors to our site, and (b) storing the user ID and a secure hash of your password once you log in, so that you don't have to keep re-entering your password. We do not collect or store any personally-identifiable information about you using Cookies.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except for the circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, we will not otherwise use or disclose your Personal Information to third parties unless we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Count Down Your Carbon website; or (4) to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.
Security
We will use all reasonable security safeguards to protect the information obtained against such risks as loss or unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure.
Unsubscribe and Data Removal Policies
If you would like to unsubscribe from any of the Count Down Your Carbon website services and features as described in this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to privacy@countdownyourcarbon.org with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
Correction of Information
Where necessary, you may correct or update any Personal Information that you have provided to us by following the instructions at the sign-up page for each of the services or features described above or by following the instructions listed on the emails you receive from us.
Other Sites
The Count Down Your Carbon, Earth Day New York and Earth Day Network websites contain many links to other sites on the web. We cannot control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies for these websites before you submit any Personal Information.
Your Consent
By accessing and using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If Count Down Your Carbon revises its Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on our website. In the event you do not consent to these revisions, you may discontinue use of our website, or unsubscribe to our services or features.
Any Questions?
If you have any further questions or concerns about Count Down Your Carbon's Privacy Policy and use of Personal Information, please send them to privacy@countdownyourcarbon.org.
