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Our registration forms allow supporters to give us contact information that may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests and similar information. If you want to make an online donation, you are required to provide a credit card number, which is shared with and verified by VeriSign (see below). We never sell, share or trade any of our supporter information with other companies outside of what is specified here. Rainforest2Reef does not store credit card numbers.

When possible, we collect the domain name and email address of visitors to the My Rainforest2Reef website and the email addresses of those who communicate with us via email or register to the website. We also record information on the pages users visit; and information that is volunteered by our supporters (e.g., survey information and/or site registrations, name, address, telephone number and billing address when a donation is processed).

Rainforest2Reef is the sole owner of data collected via My Rainforest2Reef or email communications sent by Papilia on behalf of Rainforest2Reef. My Rainforest2Reef does not collect personally identifying information about users except when supporters specifically and knowingly provide it. For example, we collect information in the following ways:

Some areas of My Rainforest2Reef request or require contact and other information.
During the registration process, Rainforest2Reef collects personal and other information such as name, address, and email address and other visitor-volunteered information.
We also collect aggregate information on what pages visitors access or visit or user-specific information on what pages supporters access or visit. We use such data to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings and to customize our site's content, layout and services.

Rainforest2Reef also collects information from our server logs including your IP address and information contained within cookies created by Rainforest2Reef. We use this information to monitor the health of our servers, analyze trends, track user behavior, gather demographic information, and deliver a user experience on our site that is personalized. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Information from Children

We do not seek to collect personal information about children through the My Rainforest2Reef website. If a child submits information to us through any part of our website, and we know that the user submitting the information is a child, we delete the information as soon as we discover it and do not use it for any purpose, nor do we disclose it to third parties.

Use of "Cookies"

The My Rainforest2Reef website, like most websites today, uses cookies to enhance the supporter experience while using the website Cookies are pieces of information that some Websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites, as well as logging session information. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving passwords and personal preferences regarding use of the particular Website. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser to refuse cookies. By doing so, you may find that some areas of your My Rainforest2Reef will not work as expected.

Choice/Opt-Out

Rainforest2Reef provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at any time. Rainforest2Reef gives you the following options for removing your information from our database to not receive future communications.

You can e-mail us at info@rainforest2reef.org
You can click on the "Unsubscribe" link included at the bottom of your e-mail and follow the instructions on the webpage.
You can send us a letter to Information, Rainforest2Reef, PO Box 735, Tahoe City, Ca., 96145

Our unsubscribe requests are processed within five (5) business days. You are immediately excluded from all future promotional mailings of that specific list. Please note that this does not include transactional emails (such as donation acknowledgments, tax receipts and password reminders) that are sent as a result of future actions on your part.

You also have the ability to request Rainforest2Reef correct, edit or erase your personal information at any time. To request a correction/deletion, please send email to info@rainforest2reef.org. Please allow up to 72 hours for changes to take effect.

VeriSign

VeriSign is our partner for online transactions, and we share with them only information that is required for an online transaction. VeriSign is the leading provider of Certificate Authority enabling secure (via SSL) e-commerce and communications. The VeriSign mark assures Internet security and provides robust SSL encryption for every site visitor. Rainforest2Reef protects online transaction information using a VeriSign SSL Certificate. Note: If a website address starts with https, it is encrypted using SSL.

Share with Friends

If you elect to use our referral service for informing friends about Rainforest2Reef, we ask you for the friend's name and email address. We will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact us at info@rainforest2reef.org to request the removal of this information from our database. We do not keep the friend’s information except if the friend registers and/or donates.

We support the Plaxo Address Book Widget which allows supporters to easily import their address book information from various third party sources into My Rainforest2Reef. While using the Plaxo Address Book Widget, you may be prompted for authentication information to access your address book information from selected sources. All user information passed through the Plaxo Address Book Widget, including authentication information and address book information, is used only to import the your information into the My Rainforest2Reef site. Plaxo does not permanently store of your information within the Plaxo service and that information is discarded once usage of the Plaxo Address Book Widget has been completed. For more information regarding the Plaxo Address Book Widget, please see http://www.plaxo.com/api.

One of the benefits of using this capability is to encourage mutual support of an organization among peers. Share with Friends allows the original friend to see what kind of activity his or her friends is generating, including number of donations and donation amounts. A Friend will be able to see the following metrics: Friends Invited, Friends Converted to Supporters, Conversion Rate, Number of Supporters that have used Share with Friends, Total Dollar Amount from Friends and Average Donation. It is important to note that all of these metrics are shown in aggregate and individually, and the original friend will be able to see their friends’ donation activities.

Surveys

We may conduct occasional online surveys via our website or via an email newsletter. These surveys are entirely voluntary and supporters may easily decline to participate. Participating in an online survey does not automatically add a name to the subscriber list for any mailings.

Other Web Sites:

The My Rainforest2Reef website contains links to other Websites. Please note that upon clicking one of these links, the supporter is entering another Website for which Papilia has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be

Privacy Policy changes

We maintain the option to change this privacy policy at any time by posting a new version of it to our website. Please review this privacy policy periodically to stay abreast of any changes that may have been made to it. Your continued use of our website after the date that such changes are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

Questions regarding this privacy policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, you can contact Rainforest2Reef at:

PO Box 735, Tahoe City, Ca 96145

We can be reached via email at info@rainforest2reef.org or by telephone at (650) 430-4089