Privacy Policy

The GeoData Alliance recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information collected from our web site. We have adopted an organization-wide web site privacy policy to guide how we collect, store, and use the information you provide us.

General Browsing Information
If you visit our site to read or download information, we may automatically collect and store the following information about you in order to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors:
* The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, AOL.com, if you are connecting from an American Online account etc.)
* The date and time you access our site.
* We do not enable "cookies." We also periodically delete logs of users that view our web site.

Collection of Personal Information
We will not collect any information unless you choose to provide it to us for the reasons below. This information may be shared within our organization for the purposes identified below, and for the purposes of responding to any comments or questions you submit and/or providing follow-up information about our organization.

Publicly Sharing Your Information
We will not share any information we receive on our web site without first receiving the express consent of the individual who submitted the information.

Minors
We will not collect any personally identifiable information from minors.

Your Transactions With Us Are Secure
All financial transactions, whether conducted online, via telephone, or by mail, will be afforded the highest levels of security & privacy by our employees. Your credit card and/or bank account information will only be kept in our files until a transaction is successfully completed. All documents recording financial data, whether digital or paper, will be destroyed according to industry-standard procedures to ensure your privacy & security.

GeoData Alliance Membership/Registration Forms
When you complete a membership/registration form we collect your name, mailing address, contact information (which can include a phone number and/or e-mail address), and information necessary for payment (either a credit card number or checking account number). Our use of this information is strictly limited to official GeoData Alliance business. This information is not made available to any third parties nor combined with any other information at our disposal. Your contact information will be kept on file and you may view, update, or delete this information by contacting the webmaster.

Mailing List
If you are interested in receiving notices about GeoData Alliance activities, we ask for your e-mail address so that we may send them to you. You can also receive the latest news by visiting our web site. The mailing list is used only to mail periodic notices about GeoData Alliance activities. We will not sell, rent, or share our mailing list. In the event you wish to update or delete an e-mail address in our possession at any time for any reason, please contact the webmaster to make those changes.

Questions?
For any other information about our privacy policy, please contact info@GeoDataAlliance.org.