INFORMATION COLLECTED AND STORED AUTOMATICALLY

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the site, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store information concerning your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain);
• Your IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access the site;
• The type of browser and operating system used to access the site;
• The date and time you access the site;
• The pages you visit within the site; and
• If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that website.
  

INFORMATION THAT YOU VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE

On certain pages of the NAACP website, you may be asked to voluntarily provide personal data such as your name, mailing address, email address, credit card information, telephone number, and similar information. That information is collected when you:

1. Donate to the NAACP.
2. Purchase an NAACP membership.
3. Sign to receive NAACP alerts.
4. Sign NAACP petitions.

If you provide the NAACP with personally identifiable information, for example, by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through the site, the NAACP may use that information to respond to your message and to provide you with the information and services that you request. All uses of that information are described on the page containing the form.

Submitting voluntary information constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the stated purpose. When you click the "Submit" button on any of the web forms found on the site, you are indicating your voluntary consent for the NAACP to use the information you submit for the purpose stated.

If you no longer wish to receive emails from the NAACP, you can click the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of the NAACP email.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The site contains links to various other private organizations. Once you link to another website, you are then subject to the privacy policies of the new website. The NAACP cannot control nor is the NAACP responsible for any such third-party collection or use of your personal information. It is always a good idea to read the Privacy Policy of any website you visit.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

SECURITY AND PERSONAL DATA

We use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any information you give to us is stored and maintained in secure servers and not publicly accessible. The NAACP protects personal data by only allowing limited, authorized personnel to have access to such personal data. The NAACP's software provider has level one payment card industry compliance to ensure that online credit transactions are secure. The NAACP has technical safeguards such as "firewalls, virus and intrusion detection, and authentication protocols." However, despite our best security efforts, no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

COOKIES

The NAACP may use cookies from time to time to allow the site to automate access and data entry functions of the site. The allows the NAACP to do such things as tailor the site to your preferences or interests, customize promotions or marketing, or identify which areas of the site are more popular. A cookie is a small, unique text file that a website can send to your computer hard drive when you visit that site. The NAACP does not make any cookie information available to third parties. Most web browsers can either alert you to the use of cookies or refuse to accept cookies entirely. If you do not want the site to deploy cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. Rejecting cookies may affect your ability to use some of the products and/or services at the site.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

The NAACP reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion and without notice to you. All Privacy Policy changes are effective immediately. Your continued use of the site following any Privacy Policy changes will mean you accept those changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have difficulty obtaining information from the site, please contact the NAACP to get the material in another format. You should provide the URL of the page referencing that information. If you have any comments, or suggestions for improvement, please contact webmaster@monaacp.org.