Privacy Policy
The Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA) is committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your information online. The following statement describes the general information-gathering and usage practices of our website. Please note that this policy may change over time.
Normal Web Site Usage
RAFI has a firm commitment to internet privacy. You can visit most parts of rafiusa.org without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information. We do collect information through IP addresses or environmental variables. An IP address is a number used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data can be transmitted to you. Environmental variables include, among other things, the domain from which you access the Internet, the time you accessed our web site, type of web browser and operating system or platform used, the Internet address of the web site from which you linked to rafiusa.org, the names of the pages you visit while at our web site, the time you spend on each page, and the Web sites to which you link from our site. This information may be aggregated in an anonymous manner. This information allows us to better tailor our site to your needs and interests.
Personal Information
RAFI collects personal information, such as e-mail addresses and names, only when it is voluntarily submitted. For example, if you choose to subscribe to our e-bulletin or take part in on-line action alerts, we may request your e-mail address, name, mailing address or other personal information.
RAFI-USA does not sell or trade names or other personal data. We may use or disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or this site; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, this site or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, agents, site users, or the public.
Financial Information
RAFI does not retain any credit card information. Credit card donations through our website are processed exclusively by Groundspring.org. Groundspring is committed to providing safe, secure and private online transactions. For further details about their privacy practices, please consult their privacy and security policy directly.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data placed on your hard drive when you visit a site. Our site does not use any cookies.
Privacy Policy