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Privacy Policy

Ecotrust is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information collected from our donors, community partners, clients, employees and other constituents. We value your trust and want to be transparent and accountable in how we treat the information that you share with us.

Ecotrust gathers and uses personal information. Anyone from whom we collect such information should expect that it will be carefully protected and that any use of or other dealing with this information is subject to consent. We have created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our Web site.

In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. Ecotrust reserves the right to change our privacy policy. If we make changes we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email and/or by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Ecotrust by sending an email to contact AT ecotrust DOT org. Please reference this Privacy Policy in the subject line.

What information we collect and how we use this information

Our donation forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, address, email address, credit card information and telephone number.

Tax laws require Ecotrust to keep the contact information and contribution level of donors on file. However, we do not store sensitive information from our donors, such as credit card numbers.

Ecotrust will never sell, trade, rent or share names, e-mail / mail addresses, or telephone numbers of our donors without the explicit permission of the donor. We will use contact information (e-mail, telephone number and address) of donors for these purposes only:

We allow donors the option to have their name publicly associated with their donation unless the donor explicitly chooses the "anonymous" field when donating. In all other cases the default is for staff and volunteers to assume the names of donors may be publicly announced in Ecotrust’s Annual Report publication, unless the donor explicitly indicates otherwise.

All access to donor financial information is strictly limited to the professional staff that needs to process this data. No such data is given to any person, organization or group who does not have a professional need to access this data. Safeguards are in place to ensure that the information is not disclosed or shared more widely than is necessary.

Credit Card Processing
Ecotrust processes all credit card transactions through Network for Good. Network for Good is a Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance accredited charity that meets all of the BBB standards for charity accountability (BBB). They have processed more than $400 million in donations for 50,000 charities through their giving system and use industry-leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to keep your personal information as secure as possible.

Internet Protocol Address
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our Web site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Other Web Sites
Our Site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another Web site for which Ecotrust has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.

Choice/Opt-out
Users who no longer wish to receive our electronic newsletters may opt-out of receiving these communications by visiting our newsletter sign-up page www.ecotrust.org/newsletters or following the appropriate link in an electronic newsletter and following directions to unsubscribe.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at contact AT ecotrust DOT org or at:
Ecotrust
ATTN: Development - Donor Privacy Policy
721 NW 9th Ave., Ste. 200
Portland, OR 97209

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