Our Commitment to Privacy
Our Privacy Policy was developed from our commitment to combine the highest-quality service with the highest level of integrity in dealing with the public and our partners. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and the public’s needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis (you do not have to give us personal information to visit our site), and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site. This information is collected to facilitate our ability to communicate with you, and as needed to satisfy the requirements of our funding sources.
Personal Information You Choose to Provide
If you choose to request services from us, such as newsletter subscription or workshop registration, you may need to provide personal information. For example, you may need to provide the following:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Email address
- Home or business phone number
We collect this information from you only if you specifically and knowingly provide it to us.
Web Site Use Information
Similar to other Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual, and we do not use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
We may use the personal information you provide to us to respond to your electronic inquiry. Occasionally, we may also use the information you provide us to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special information we think you will find valuable. You will be given the ongoing opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive this information by clicking on a response box when you receive such communications or by sending us an email request at remove [at] redwoodenergy [dot] org. Additionally, we may contact you in conjunction with customer satisfaction surveys as required by our funding sources, and to provide us information for continuous improvement.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to recognize the computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user’s Web browser on the user’s hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user’s transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from Web page to Web page.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We may use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web server logs to gather information about our Web site users’ browsing activities for statistical purposes and to measure interest in various areas of our site.
Sharing Information
We do not share your personal information with third parties. Our funding sources, however, require us to report aggregate web site usage data.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
Information Security. Information you send to us is stored on a secure database server. The actual transmission or email that you may send to us may not be secure.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing info [at] redwoodenergy [dot] org.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link on our Web site, is subject to that Web site’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
