Introduction
We understand that your privacy is important to you. Your privacy is also important to us. We have written this privacy policy to let you know what information we collect when you visit this website and to inform you of your rights with regard to this information. By using or accessing this website you are accepting this privacy policy.
Minors
Children (individuals under the age of 13) are not allowed to use this website and we do not knowingly collect information from children. In the event we learn that we have collected a child’s information, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
Information Collection
When you visit this website, we collect non-personal information. This non-personal information includes, but is not limited to, data such as your IP address, the referring website, and the type of web browser you use to access the internet.
We will only collect personally identifying information if you choose to register and/or log onto to this website. Although you are not required to log in to access this website, certain features of this website are not accessible without logging in. Personally identifying information including, but not limited to, name, password, contact information, and date of birth may be collected and stored when you register or log in. In addition to this information, we may track the services you use on this website along with any preferences that you may set to enhance your use of this website.
Even if you do not log in, we will collect some user specific, although not personally identifying, information through the use of cookies and web bugs. A cookie is a small file stored on your computer that is used to remember the usage history of a particular computer on a website. A web bug is a small file embedded in a web page or email to track when a web page or email is accessed. Should you desire, you may instruct your web browser not to allow this site to use cookies. However, cookies may be required to use some website features. You can learn more about cookies at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie. You can find further information about web beacons (AKA web bugs) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon.
Finally, third party advertisers may collect information on you if you click on any of their advertisements.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We collect information from you for the purpose of improving this site and making it easier to use.
Personally Identifying Information
Most importantly, without your consent, we do not sell any of your personally identifying information to third parties such as, telemarketers or direct mail services.
We do provide information to official Generation America L.L.C. partner companies and Generation America L.L.C.’s affiliated companies, but only for the purposes of providing information and services that we think you would find beneficial. Additionally, we may divulge personally identifying information to prevent fraud or other illegal activity through our site, to respond to a legally granted subpoena, to comply with other legal requirements, or to defend ourselves or our members.
Finally, third party advertisers are not covered by this privacy policy. Any information collected when you click on a third party advertisement will be used according to that third party’s privacy policy.
Non-Personally Identifying Information
We provide non-personally identifying information to third parties. This information may be used for purposes such as targeting advertisements to different demographic groups, providing targeted advertisements or information based on an individual’s internet protocol address, aggregating information about site visitors, or other similar activities.
External Links
We sometimes provide links to external websites run by third parties. Although we work to insure that websites we link to correctly protect your privacy, these links are not covered by our privacy policy.
Security
We take reasonable precautions to safeguard any information we collect. Generally speaking, we use physical safeguards, electronic safeguards, and corporate procedures to protect the confidentiality of the information we collect. More specifically, when we collect more sensitive information, such as credit/debit card information, we, or our third party service provider, use secure socket level encryption to obtain and transfer your information.
Revisions
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Accessing our website serves as acceptance of the revised privacy policy.
Ask Us
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at info@generationamerica.org or write to us at:
Generation America
attn: Privacy Policy
PO Box 163327 Austin, TX 78716-3327
The terms “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to Generation America L.L.C., the Generation Foundation and the Gen A Foundation. The terms “you” and “your” refer to myGenerationA.com visitors.