Privacy Statement
Thank
you for visiting ACEEE.org, an American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy (hereinafter designated ACEEE) site. Your privacy is important
to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining
our online information practices and the choices you can make about
the way your information is collected and used at this ACEEE site.
The Information
We Collect
At some ACEEE
sites, you can order products or subscribe to one of our services
such as our Green Book ®. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected at these pages include: name,
address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card
information, and information about your interests in and use of
various products, programs, and services.
We also may
collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you
visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are
using (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), the type of operating
system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain
name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online or
Earthlink).
How We Use
the Information
We may use
the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests
for our products, programs, and services; to respond to your inquiries
about our offerings; and to offer you other products, programs or
services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes
use this information to communicate with you, such as to fulfill
a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about
your account with us.
We sometimes
use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect
to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to
personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information
in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products,
programs, or services.
We may disclose
personally identifiable information in response to legal process,
for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also
may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's
request.
Agents and
contractors of ACEEE who have access to personally identifiable
information are required to protect this information in a manner
that is consistent with this Privacy Notice - for example, by not
using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the
services they are performing for ACEEE.
Although we
take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures
of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable
information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner
that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
We may on occasion
combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance
our ability to market to you those products or services that may
be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive marketing information
from this site, click here
to make your request.
Finally, the
ACEEE sites covered by this Privacy Notice will not use or transfer
personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated
to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity
to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Collection
of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Some of our
sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may
be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites'
privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is
submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Some of the
ACEEE sites covered by this Privacy Notice may use a reputable third
party to present or serve the advertisements that you may see at
its Web pages. Our privacy policy does not cover any use of information
that a third-party ad server may have collected from you.
Cookies
The ACEEE sites
covered by this notice do not use cookies. Cookies are small pieces
of information that a web site can send to your browser to provide
information, which is then stored on your hard drive. Cookies save
your preferences while visiting a web site. This helps the web site
to deliver specific information to meet your interest. Cookies can
customize your experience because they allow a web site to track
visitor trends as well as save your password so that you do not
have to enter it every time you visit the web site. Cookies can
also measure and report information to advertisers, such as the
number of people that see a certain ad or the number of times a
visitor sees an ad. The cookies help the web site to see which areas
are the most popular by tracking hits to those areas. By modifying
your browser preferences, you can choose to accept cookies, to be
notified when a cookie is sent, or to reject cookies.
ACEEE currently
does not display outside advertisements on our web site. But if
in the future advertising companies and ACEEE were to agree to display
outside advertisements on the ACEEE site, those advertisements may
contain cookies. We would not control these cookies. Cookies received
with banner advertisements are collected by advertising companies.
ACEEE would not have access to or use this information in any way.
If you click
on a link to a web site while you are visiting ACEEE, you will then
leave the ACEEE site. These other web sites may send their own cookies
to you, collect data, or ask for personal information. These outside
web sites are not subject to the ACEEE Privacy Notice. ACEEE is
not responsible for the privacy policies of these outside web sites
or for the use of the information that they may collect.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put
in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures
to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data
security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
How to Contact
Us
If you have
any questions or concerns about the ACEEE online policy for this
site or its implementation you may click here contact
us.
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