Privacy Policy - International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law

International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (“IANGEL,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) owns and operates this website (the “Site”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the types of personal information we may collect from you or that we may ask you to provide when you visit the Site and our practices for collecting, using, sharing, maintaining and securing that information. By using the Site, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective and was last revised on August 1, 2013.

What Information We Collect. When you request to “Join Us,” “Let Us Help,” or “Contact Us” we will collect personal information you voluntarily choose to provide to us, such as your first and last name, e-mail address, and postal address. We may also collect personal information about you from emails and other communications you may send to us from time to time. When you visit our Site, our web server automatically receives and records information sent from your browser including your IP address, browser type, browser language and the date and time of your request. We may aggregate statistics about our users, traffic patterns and related website information. These statistics include no personally identifying information.

How We Use the Information We Collect. The personal information that you provide allows us to contact you and connect you with gender equity resources, volunteer and pro bono opportunities, or other information. With your permission, we may post comments that you send us on our Site or identify you or your organization as an IANGEL partner or friend. Your personal information is also used to improve the content of the Site and make it more useful to you. Like many other website operators, we may use standard technology called “cookies” on the Site. Cookies are small amounts of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored. However, some Site features and services may not function properly if you have adjusted your browser settings to disable cookies.

How We May Share the Information We Collect. IANGEL is not in the business of selling your personal information. We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies. We may disclose your personal information to non-profit organizations, advocates and volunteers in order to connect you to resources or volunteer and pro bono opportunities. We may disclose your personal information when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorizes conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Site and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Site.

Children. The Site is not directed towards children and IANGEL does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not submit any personal information through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide personal information on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to IANGEL through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Accessing, Updating or Deleting Your Information. Upon request, we offer visitors the ability to update, correct or delete the personal information that we maintain about them. You can update, correct or delete your personal information by contacting us.

Changes to This Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. We recommended that you check this page periodically in order to review our current Privacy Policy.

Security. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information that we have collected from you on the Site, but do not guarantee the security of your information. No internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any personal information to IANGEL via the internet.

Contacting IANGEL. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site. Our mailing address is International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law, 425 Market Street, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 and we can be reached via e-mail at info@iangel.org or by telephone at 415-789-6636.