Scope of the Privacy Policy

The Conservation System Alliance's website is owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation on behalf of the Conservation System Alliance. The Conservation System is an unincorporated association comprised of over 70 member organizations, whose common goal is the advancement and protection of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Landscape Conservation System units. This Privacy Policy states the National Trust's policy with regard to the personal information you provide. The National Trust is committed to honoring the privacy preferences of members of the public that visit this website. Our intention through this website is to supply information that will help inform people about the BLM’s Conservation System and the units within the Conservation System. In the course of providing these online services, information may be exchanged between the National Trust, the Conservation System Alliance members, servers, online users and their browsers. In order to access certain materials or services on this site, you may be asked to provide your name, address, phone number or other information. It is your decision to provide this information. We will only use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please be advised that you may opt-out of receiving certain communications from the National Trust and Conservation System Alliance. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website.

Personal Information Collection

The National Trust has a strong commitment to internet privacy. We provide choices to the consumer in deciding when and how to provide different categories of "personally identifiable information" (e.g., data that may be used to identify, contact or locate a person such as name, physical address, email address and phone number and information you provide to help customize your web experience.). In general, when you visit our website and access information we do not require you to register or provide personal information to us. However, there are occasions when we will ask for additional information. For example, you may be required to register your name and email address or other necessary information in order to post information to the website, receive email communications, or participate in special initiatives such as polls or petitions. Please be advised that we will never share your email address unless otherwise authorized by you.

IP Addresses and Cookies - We may keep track of your interactions with our site and our services through the use of Cookies or your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Standing alone, these tracking methods do not make you personally identifiable. Tracking information is used to provide you with a more personalized user experience and to collect information regarding the frequency with which our visitors visit various parts of our sites. We may also combine this information with personally identifiable information, e.g., your name and address that you have provided to us and/or with other information that is publicly available or that we receive from other reputable sources in order to make our website and communications more targeted to your interests.

User Generated Email - If a user elects to send an email to their contacts through a form on our website, we will ask for the name and email address of the intended recipient(s). The National Trust uses the recipient information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. Recipient information provided may only be retained for the express purpose of monitoring the website and email systems for abuse by spammers or other unauthorized users.

Personally Identifiable Information Contained in User Content - Some sections of our website may allow users to post or transmit messages, comments, screen names, computer files and other materials. We encourage your thoughts, stories, photos, but be advised that any content you submit to the websites will not be returned to you and may be used by us in any manner we see fit, including reprinting it in full or in modified version on the websites or elsewhere or using elements of it on the websites. You will not be entitled to any remuneration for any use of your content by us or the Conservation System Alliance members. You are solely responsible for the contents of your transmission through the site. Although the National Trust does monitor such transmissions, we are not be responsible for any personally identifiable information or other information that may be contained in your transmissions.

Use of Information and Privacy Choices

Use of Email Addresses - If you provide the National Trust and the Conservation System Alliance with your email address we will not share that address with non-Conservation System Alliance member organizations, unless you have otherwise authorized us to do so. If you provide your email address on a public forum, e.g. a blog, the National Trust is not responsible for monitoring these transmissions and cannot be responsible for any personally identifiable information contained in such transmissions. If you wish to be removed from one of our email lists, you may opt-out at any time by editing your account settings.

Compliance with Federal Laws

Children’s Privacy Policy - The website covered by this policy does not knowingly collect identifiable personal information from children under the age of 13. The National Trust’s website is not directed to, nor does it have knowledge of, visitors less than 13 years of age. We are committed to protecting children’s privacy and we will monitor our website and its users to make sure that their privacy is protected. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any identifiable personal information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or guardian must initiate the requests from children under the age of 13 on their behalf. If we begin marketing to children on-line and we are aware that those children are under the age of 13, the National Trust will take steps to fully comply with the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). To learn more about both of these programs see caru.org and coppa.org.

Spam - The National Trust complies fully with the Controlling the Assault on Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). To this end, the National Trust:

• ALWAYS provides recipients of email marketing and e-newsletters a clear mechanism to opt-out of receiving information in the future.
• ALWAYS provides accurate header and subject line information prior to sending any emails. The National Trust commits to sending only emails with specific subject lines and a clear delineation from whom the email was sent.
• ALWAYS provides the National Trust's physical address within the body of all of our email messages.

Questions

The National Trust welcomes comments or questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure. If you have any questions or wish to opt-out, please contact us via email at privacy_policy@nthp.org or call Constituent Services Department by phone at 1-800-315-NTHP (6847), or mail us at: Constituent Services Department National Trust for Historic Preservation 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Any information you provide to us is covered by this policy.

Changes in this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personally identifiable information will be posted on-line. You are bound by such revisions and should therefore visit the page to review the current terms from time to time. Your continued use of the sites constitutes an affirmative acknowledgment by you of the terms and term modifications and your agreement to abide and be bound by the terms as modified.