POEMSFORPEACE.ORG WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Poems for Peace, Inc., the owner and operator of the website located at www.poemsforpeace.org, recognizes that its visitors, users and others (collectively or individually “User” or "Users") who use www.poemsforpeace.org or other web sites owned or operated by Poems for Peace, Inc., ( collectively, the “Sites") value their privacy. This Privacy Policy details important information regarding the use and disclosure of Users’ information collected on the Sites. Poems for Peace, Inc., provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the Sites. WHEN YOU CLICK ON AN “I ACCEPT” BUTTON ON THE SITES OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WWW.POEMSFORPEACE.ORG WEB SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE), YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON “I AGREE” IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY. TO REVOKE YOUR ACCEPTANCE AT ANY TIME AFTER YOU HAVE CLICKED ON “I AGREE,” PLEASE CONTACT lauri@poemsforpeace.org.
Your use of the Sites and any personal information you provide on the Sites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
What Information Poems for Peace, Inc., Collects: Poems for Peace, Inc., may collect personally identifiable information (such as your name, email address, gender, occupation, age, marital status, etc) if Users choose to participate in various activities on the Sites, such as posting messages or poetry, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
Poems for Peace, Inc., may collect User-submitted account information such as name and email address to identify you and send notifications related to the use of the Sites. When you visit the Sites, we may send one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. The Sites may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Sites. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your browser’s help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Sites may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. Poems for Peace, Inc., may automatically receive and record information on its server logs from your browser, including your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, cookie information, the page you request and how long and how often you are on the Sites. When you use the Sites, our servers may automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
How the Information is Used : If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Sites, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Sites. Poems for Peace, Inc., uses information you provide for such purposes as customizing the advertising and content you see, fulfilling your requests for products and services, improving our services, contacting you, conducting research, and providing anonymous reporting for internal and external clients. Poems for Peace, Inc., uses both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, click-stream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Sites and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing trends and Users’ preferences. Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages, in chat areas, or within your public profile page, etc.) or otherwise submit for distribution becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) may be displayed to other Users when you submit poetry or send messages through the Sites and other Users may be able to contact you through messages and poems.
Any information that you submit to the Sites may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public. Poems for Peace, Inc., may use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Sites; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; (e) monitor what poems you read and how often you are on the Sites; and (f) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When Poems for Peace, Inc., Discloses Information : We may provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our Privacy Policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Poems for Peace, Inc., does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission using our opt in/out option. We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Poems for Peace, Inc., under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Poems for Peace, Inc., communicate with you about offers from Poems for Peace, Inc., and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
Poems for Peace, Inc., will disclose personally and non-personally identifiable information when Poems for Peace, Inc., believes is necessary to: (1) respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; (2) establish or exercise our legal rights; (3) defend against legal claims; (4) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of our terms of use; or (5) to otherwise comply with the law.
Poems for Peace, Inc., will transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merge with another company.
Options: You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Sites, in which case Poems for Peace, Inc., may not be able to provide certain services to you. You can edit or unsubscribe your information, including your marketing preferences, at any time. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Sites, such as service announcements, administrative messages and PoemsforPeace.org news, that are considered part of your account, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.
Please contact lauri@poemsforpeace.org with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices using lauri@poemsforpeace.org.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites: Poems for Peace, Inc., may allow third-party advertisers to serve advertisements within the Sites. These third-party advertisers use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on the Sites. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. Poems for Peace, Inc., does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party advertisers without your consent, except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. Should you respond to an advertisement, the advertiser may conclude that you fit the description of the audience the advertiser is trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the Sites, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
Confidentiality: If Poems for Peace, Inc., learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. Poems for Peace, Inc., may post a notice on the Sites if a security breach occurs. We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
International Users: Please be advised that through your continued use of the Sites, which are governed by United States of America law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use, that you are agreeing to be bound by the laws of this territory and by transferring your personal information to the United States, you consent to that transfer.
Privacy for Children: Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important to Poems for Peace, Inc. For that reason, Poems for Peace, Inc., does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on the Sites from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of the Sites is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Sites at any time or in any manner without parent, teacher or legal guardian consent. If Poems for Peace, Inc., learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Poems for Peace, Inc., Sites without verified parental consent, then Poems for Peace, Inc., will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.