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Trends' Privacy and Security Policy
(For a printable version of this privacy and security policy, please click here.)
Thank you for visiting Forest Trends’ website. Forest Trends is committed to safeguarding your
privacy. Information collected on www.forest-trends.org and its related sites is kept private and is
never shared with other organizations.
MEASURING AUDIENCES
Your IP (Internet Protocol) address is used to gather broad demographic information. Forest Trends logs IP addresses and browser types for systems administration purposes. These logs are
analyzed to constantly improve the value of the materials available on this website. Your IP address
also helps us diagnose problems with our server and administer the Web site. IP addresses do not
provide us with any identifiable personal information. This means your session will be tracked, but
you will remain anonymous to us.
OUTSIDE LINKS
This site contains links to sites outside www.foresttrends.org. Forest Trends is not responsible for
the privacy practices, or the content, of such other Web sites.
AFFILIATED SITES
Web sites directly affiliated with www.foresttrends.org and governed by this privacy policy are:
Forest Trends guarantees that information submitted to these sites is never shared with other
organizations.
SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
You can submit information to www.forest-trends.org in a few places on the website. A 'Contact Us'
form allows you to request information. The form requests visitors' contact information such as their
email address and/or mailing address. You can also subscribe to our electronic newsletter Trendlines.
Contact information from these forms is used to send responses or information requested by our
customers. This information is never shared; it is used only for our replies.
Forest Trends' online donation form is hosted by an outside vendor. The vendor provides a link to
its privacy policy on the form. The form requires financial information (such as credit card numbers),
as well as an email addresses and postal mailing addresses. This information is kept confidential.
Contact information from the form is used to reply to our visitors as needed, and is not shared with
outside organizations.
EMAIL UPDATES
Forest Trends strongly observes anti-SPAM practices in its email updates. Visitors can currently sign
up to receive Trendlines, our electronic quarterly newsletter at any time. It includes an unsubscribe
option and lists are never shared among or outside the organization.
SITE SECURITY
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information
under our control.
CHILDREN'S GUIDELINES
The websites covered by this policy do not knowingly collect identifiable personal information from
children under age 13. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any
personally identifiable information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable
to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or
guardian must initiate any requests for information from children under the age of 13 on their behalf.
We encourage parents to supervise children when they browse the Internet.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE
Forest Trends does not utilize direct mail services or telemarketing so your information will never
be used for solicitation.
NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION OR UPDATE INFORMATION?
Please update any changes to your personal information so we may maintain accurate records
regarding your membership with Forest Trends. You may send changes using our
http://www.forest-trends.org/contactus/contact.htm contact us form or, write to:
Attn. Privacy Policy
Forest Trends
1050 Potomac Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
202-298-3000 (telephone)
202-298-3014 (facsimile)
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings
with this website, please use our Contact Us form.
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