Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) respects your right to privacy. SWCS collects and analyzes general usage information about visitors coming to our Web sites using server log analysis tools. This information is used to help us improve the quality of our sites and our infrastructure needed to support them.

About Cookies

Our web servers may collect general information with the help of cookies. A cookie is a small file that a Web site writes to your hard drive when you visit that site. Cookies cannot read information from your hard drive or read information from other cookies. Cookies are used on our sites to help us analyze sessions and general traffic patterns throughout our site. If you turn off cookies in your Web browser, you will still be able to access and browse the site.

On-line Submissions

When we ask for information through the use of an online form or through any other means such as phone, fax or mail, we will keep your information private. SWCS utilizes PayPal for an authorized payment processor.  Soil and Water Conservation Society does not ordinarily sell or otherwise give away your private information to any third party. We may provide information to assist in proper licensing of software and to subcontractors providing services to our communities, and for statistical reporting purposes.

Accessing Resources Requiring Authentication

When our communities access resources through our Internet or Intranets requiring password/username authentication, information is written and stored on our server log files.