Climate Solutions places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created to demonstrate Climate Solutions’ firm commitment to the privacy of our website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the Climate Solutions’ website, www.climatesolutions.org, and how this information is used.

How Your Information May Be Used

We use the personal information you voluntarily submit to Climate Solutions on our website to provide you with personalized services, such as sending you email alerts, answering your requests, soliciting contributions, etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your non-personally identified information to track visitors (users) on our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users' needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties.

Personally Identifiable Information

Climate Solutions collects personally identifiable information, such as names, phone numbers, mailing addresses and email addresses, when individuals voluntarily subscribe to receive our e-communications (email or text messages), register for our events, or donate to Climate Solutions. 

We will use this information for specific, limited purposes, such as sending Action Alert emails or text messages to individuals within a specific legislative district. 

Climate Solutions does not sell, rent, trade or share any personally identifiable information to anyone outside of our organization. If at any time you wish to stop receiving e-communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any Climate Solutions email message that we send you or send us an email at weare@climatesolutions.org with the subject line "Please remove me from all your e-communications."

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Climate Solutions collects non-personally identifiable information about you whenever you visit our website. Such information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your Internet service provider, the browser you used, the time you visited our website and which pages you viewed. 

Climate Solutions uses cookies and web beacons to enhance your experience on our website and to measure aggregate web statistics, such as collecting the number of users to our website and the most popular webpages. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences and provide personalized content. Web beacons are tiny graphics embedded in emails or web pages that allow us to track your online activity. These technologies help us analyze website traffic, improve our services, and deliver targeted advertisements. 

Climate Solutions does not use cookies or web beacons to track user activity on an individual basis. You may change your web browser preferences to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, some parts of our website may not function properly.

Climate Solutions occasionally shares generic aggregated information not linked to any personally identifiable information regarding website users with third party service providers to administer activities on our behalf, such as collecting donations or serving social media ads. Climate Solutions may share user information with these third parties for limited purposes, and we require that such third parties protect the confidentiality of your information and use it for no other purpose.

How Climate Solutions Protects User Information

Climate Solutions is committed to protecting your personal information through secure data collection, storage, and processing practices. We implement security measures such as secure servers, data encryption, and security audits designed to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of personal information. Your credit card information is stored in a manner that is PCI compliant, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of security in the payment card industry. However, please be aware that no method of data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. 

External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites. Climate Solutions is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any websites you visit to understand how they collect, use, and share your information.

Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Climate Solutions does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our records. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

California Privacy Rights

Under California law, California residents have the right to request information about whether their personal information has been disclosed to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. As stated in this policy, we do not sell, rent, trade or share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please contact us.

Our Commitment to Our Donors (Donor Privacy Policy) 

Climate Solutions adheres to the Donor Bill of Rights. We maintain the highest level of privacy concerning our donors’ contact information and donation history. This Donor Privacy Policy applies to all information received by Climate Solutions, both online and offline, on any platform, as well as any electronic, written, or verbal communications.

To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation. 

Climate Solutions will not sell or trade our donors’ personal information with any other entity.

We occasionally share donor information (such as names, mailing addresses, and email addresses, but never credit card or donation information) with coalitions and campaigns of which Climate Solutions is a member, solely for communication purposes.

All contact information is used for internal purposes only and never published. 

Donor names are published in Climate Solutions’ annual report, and donors may request to remain anonymous.

We occasionally send mail to our donors, but we do not intend to send any unwanted mail. To be removed from Climate Solutions’ mailing list, you may send a request to info@climatesolutions.org or call 206-443-9570.

Acknowledgements

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• Freepik from www.flaticon.com (paid licensee: Jonathan Gates) 

Modifications

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact info@climatesolutions.org