Privacy Policy

Our Energy Policy Foundation is committed to respecting the privacy of its online visitors and to providing a secure environment for personal information that we collect on OurEnergyPolicy.org. ("our Web site" or "Our Energy Policy Foundation Web site"). This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect and how that information is collected and used.

PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU

We do not automatically collect any personally identifiable information. Nor does Our Energy Policy Foundation specifically ask or knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. We obtain personal information about you ONLY if you elect to give us that information and for the sole purpose of allowing you to upload and post content on our Web sites and to create a book or product. We collect personal information when you register to our Web sites, respond to a survey on our Web sites and/or our Corporate Blog, use our customer service, purchase merchandise and/or when you communicate with us electronically. Following is the personal information that we may collect from you on one of our Web sites:

During Registration:

First name, last name and middle initial
Organization
E-mail Address
User ID Name
Phone Number
Password
Address and/or Zip Code
Secret word or answer to a personal question
Personal description

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our Energy Policy Foundation does not sell or share your personal information with non-affiliated third-parties.

If you provide personal information to Our Energy Policy Foundation, we may use it in the following limited ways:

Our Energy Policy Foundation may use your name and email and postal address to send you information advising you of our upcoming events, new publications, features and Our Energy Policy Foundation Web site and other related information. You can manage your Notification Preferences through your account which can be accessed by clicking on My Account on any webpage.
Our Energy Policy Foundation will use your name and email address to notify you of discussion activity related to comments you placed.
Our Energy Policy Foundation may use personal information for internal purposes, to make our Web site more useful to users.
Our Energy Policy Foundation provides certain trusted third parties that we retain for the provision of technical or other services with access to personal information. However, third parties retained by Our Energy Policy Foundation to provide such services are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of this information and are not authorized to use this information for any purpose other than providing those services.

Our Energy Policy Foundation will disclose personally identifiable information if required by law to do so. Our Energy Policy Foundation will not share or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties who provide products, promotions and services.

WE AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT AND STORE NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

In order to make our site more interesting and useful to you, we use standard browser (HTML) technology and cookies to automatically collect information on our site. Cookies are pieces of information that our Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing our Web site and are only used for users who have registered on our Web site. You may choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. If you turn off your ability to receive cookies from our site, you won't get the benefits of some of the features offered on Our Energy Policy Foundation Web site. As with most Web sites that you visit, the Our Energy Policy Foundation Web site automatically collects and stores the following information about your visit:

service provider from which you access the Internet
domain name from which you access the Internet
date and time you access our website
which pages you visit
Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our Web site more useful to registered users. We cannot identify you from this information. However, we will combine this information with personally identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce compliance with our User Agreement or to protect our Web site, guests or others.

APPLICABILITY OF POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to the Our Energy Policy Foundation Web site. In order to provide more comprehensive and useful Web site, our Web site contains links to other Web sites that are not under our control. Our Energy Policy Foundation is not responsible for the content of any linked Web site, any changes or updates to such Web site, or the privacy policies of such Web site. Further, the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Our Energy Policy Foundation of that Web site or its terms and policies.

SECURITY

Our Energy Policy Foundation goes to great lengths to protect the confidentiality and integrity of any personal information you share with us over the Internet.

Our Web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our Energy Policy Foundation treats personal data as critical assets that must be guarded at all times against loss and unauthorized access. Our server is encrypted to information submitted via the forms on our Web site. Our Web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored and protected behind a firewall.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Our Energy Policy Foundation will discontinue contact with any person upon oral or written request. Those wishing to receive communications from Our Energy Policy Foundation can make that option during the registration process or by changing your permission settings in My Account.

If you have any further questions about our Privacy Policy, the information that we have collected from you online, the practices of our Web site, your interaction with our Web site or to correct and/or change contact information, please contact us.