Public.Resource.Org Privacy Policy

Purpose and Scope

This policy discloses what information we gather about you when you visit any of our Web sites (all Public.Resource.Org, Pacer.Resource.Org, Bulk.Resource.Org, and other network sites). It describes how we use that information and how you can control it. Our privacy policy addresses:

Information Public.Resource.Org gathers and tracks
Personal information
Aggregated tracking information
Cookies
Third Party Cookies
Third Party Advertising
Notification of Changes
How to update, correct, or delete your information

Information Public.Resource.Org gathers and tracks

Public.Resource.Org collects two kinds of information about users: 1) data that users volunteer by contacting us or donating to us; and 2) aggregated tracking data we collect when users interact with us.

Personal information

We use the personal information you provide voluntarily to send information you've requested. The specific use of your personal information varies, depending on how you contact us:

  • When you send us email, we retain that email. We never sell or rent your email address or other personally identifiable information you provide us under these circumstances.
  • When you donate to Public.Resource.Org we retain your personal information for purposes of our accounting records and, if required, reporting to the I.R.S.

We share your information only as described below:

  • We release personal information when we believe that release is appropriate to comply with the law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Public.Resource.Org Media, our users, or others.

Aggregated tracking information

We analyze visitors' use of our sites by tracking information such as pageviews, traffic flow, search terms, and click through. We use this information to improve our sites.

Cookies

We do not use cookies except for a few pages that use Google Analytics.

Third Party Cookies

We do not use third party cookies.

Third Party Advertising

We do not use third party advertising.

Notification of Changes

This privacy policy was put in effect on January 1, 2008.

If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on public.resource.org.

How to update, correct, or delete your information

Email: To get help from a human, send email to carl [at] media [dot] org.

Snailmail: To reach us with written communications via postal mail, please send mail to Public.Resource.Org, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA. 95472.