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Big Cat Caucus Privacy Statement
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Privacy Policy
BigCatCaucus.com (the "Site") is devoted to bringing
together the best and brightest minds in an effort to stop the
needless suffering caused by breeding exotic cats for lives of
captivity. Unless otherwise stated, for the purposes of this privacy
policy Big Cat Caucus will be referred to as "Us" or "We."
Subject to the privacy limitations inherent with email and non-secure
Web sites, We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This document outlines our privacy policy and explains what We
do with the personal information that We collect from users of
this Site.
We update this privacy policy from time to time and these changes
to the privacy policy will be posted on the Site. It is your obligation
to review this privacy policy. If you have questions or concerns
about this privacy policy, you may contact us via email at BigCat@BigCatCaucus.com.
What information is gathered about you and how do We use it?
If you use any of the special services available through the Site,
you will be asked to submit certain information, names and email
addresses. This information is used to permit you to receive any
information you may have requested from BigCatCaucus.com and any
additional communications the company may deem appropriate in relation
to your request.
When you send a message or sign a petition through BigCatCaucus.com,
We ask for your name, address, e-mail address and other optional
information that you may chose to provide. We also collect and
store the full text of the message you send through our service.
This is necessary to deliver your message and to identify you to
the recipient.
User hereby releases Big Cat Caucus from any liability or damages
arising from the use or publication of any of User's letter(s)
contained on BigCatCaucus.com.
If you sign-up for Vote Monitor, a weekly e-mail report of key
Congressional votes, We ask for your ZIP code and e-mail address
in order to identify your members of Congress and send you a weekly
message about how they voted on key legislation.
If you use our "Tell-a-Friend" feature to e-mail a
link to BigCatCaucus.com to a friend, you will need to provide
us with both your email address as well as that of your friend(s).
We will automatically send your message to this person(s), as well
as invite them to visit the Site. We use their information for
the sole purpose of sending the Tell-A-Friend e-mail.
If you click the "Remember Me" option, We will place
a cookie in your browser to remember your personal information.
This cookie is a file that contains your name, address, and e-mail
address information as you entered it on the message form. The
next time you send a message, We will retrieve that information
from the cookie and automatically enter it on the message form
for you. A couple of things to remember about cookies: Cookies
are stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Most browsers are
set up to accept cookies, but you can configure your browser to
refuse cookies or to notify you when you've received one. If you
reject cookies, though, you will not be able to use the Remember
Me feature.
We also collect IP addresses to help us understand how our visitors
access the Site, so We can make our Site easier to find and to
improve our users' overall experience when they visit BigCatCaucus.com.
For any and all of these services you will also be offered the
opportunity to opt into a service that will send you alerts on
issues and votes on issues selected by you or that We feel may
be of interest to you based on your other voluntarily provided
information. We also may send you updates about the services or
features of BigCatCaucus.com in an attempt to alert you to better
ways to use our services.
Will We disclose any of your personal information?
We disclose your name, address, phone number and e-mail address
to the recipient of the message you send through our service. This
information is required because most government officials and media
contacts will not accept messages they receive from unidentified
correspondents.
We will not disclose any information about individual users, except
as described in this Privacy Statement, or to comply with applicable
laws or valid legal process, or to protect the rights or property
of Big Cat Caucus.
We may occasionally, and at our discretion, share, rent or sell
all information you provide while using the Site to partner organizations,
although we have never done that in the past. We may disclose aggregate
information about Site users in order to describe our service to
prospective business partners and other third parties, and for
other lawful purposes.
Will We use your information for direct mailings?
You are using the Site to engage in civic participation, which
is the mission of the Site. Occasionally We, or a third party,
may send you messages or mail regarding products and services or
news that might be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive
such messages, simply send an e-mail to BigCat@BigCatCaucus.com
with "remove me from the BigCatCaucus.com list" in the
subject line.
In addition, We may contact you via e-mail for the following reasons:
To send you a copy of a message you have sent through our service.
To send you a weekly (Vote Monitor) report (only if you have signed
up for this service).
How can I update my personal information for my Vote Monitor (formerly
MegaVote) subscription?
Just send us an email with your changes and we will update your
information at BigCatCaucus.com. Send your email to BigCat@BigCatCaucus.com
If you send us a message about the Site, is it private?
There is an area on the Site which permits you to submit feedback
about the Site. Any feedback submitted becomes the property of
Big Cat Caucus; We may use your feedback to make improvements to
the Site, for marketing purposes, or to contact you.
What else should you know about your privacy?
Keep in mind that your name, address, and e-mail address, as well
as any information about yourself that you include in the messages
you send through the Site, will be read by the recipient of your
message and/or his or her staff. That's really the point of the
Site - to enable you to communicate with your elected officials,
other government officials and those in the media. Remember that
whenever you disclose personal information in your messages you
send to others, that information can be collected and used by the
recipients and may even be forwarded to other parties.
FURTHERMORE, WHILE WE DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION,
WE CANNOT ENSURE OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU
TRANSMIT TO US, AND YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
What restrictions are there on the data I submit or post on BigCatCaucus.com?
We reserve the right to review all public postings submitted to
the Site including See Me profiles and photos and Letters to Leaders.
Letters that contain profanity, advocate specific violence against
an individual or a group or other objectionable postings will be
removed and will not be subject to refunds or other compensation.
BigCatCaucus.com is a privately run, non-partisan site, so We
reserve the right to not publish any commentary for any reason
We choose. Profanity and threats will (among other reasons) prevent
commentaries from being posted. All postings are at our discretion.
We reserve the right not to publish any letter for any reason We
choose. Profanity, threats and objectionable material (among other
reasons) prevent Letters to Leaders from being posted.
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Children’s Privacy Statement
This children’s privacy statement explains Big Cat Caucus’s
practices with respect to the online collection and use of personal
information from children under the age of thirteen, and provides
important information regarding their rights under federal law
with respect to such information.
This Site is not directed to children under the age of thirteen
and we do NOT knowingly collect personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Site. We
screen users who wish to provide personal information in order
to prevent users under the age of thirteen from providing such
information. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received
personally identifiable information from a user under the age of
thirteen as part of the Site, we will delete such information from
our records. If we change our practices in the future, we will
obtain prior, verifiable parental consent before collecting any
personally identifiable information from children under the age
of thirteen as part of the Site.
Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Site, we
also do NOT knowingly distribute such information to third parties.
We do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of thirteen to
publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact
information through the Site.
Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Site, we
do NOT condition the participation of a child under thirteen in
the Site’s online activities on providing personally identifiable
information.
Questions Regarding Privacy
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, our
privacy practices, or your dealings with us, please contact us
by writing to:
Big Cat at Big Cat Caucus
P.O. Box 340189 Tampa, FL 33694-0189
813.493.4564 fax 813.885.4457
BigCat@BigCatCaucus.com
last updated: 12/23/2006
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