Privacy Policy
This document was last updated on August 19, 2009.
Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms
Center For Small Government (CSG) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing www.centerforsmallgovernment.com, you acknowledge and fully understand CSG’s Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.
Third Party Policies
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. We do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
CSG collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, from the user, and with Cookies.
Web Server Logs
When you visit our website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
Your Internet protocol address.
The kind of browser or computer you use.
Number of links you click within the site.
State or country from which you accessed the site.
Date and time of your visit.
Name of your Internet service provider.
Web page you linked to our site from.
Pages you viewed on the site.
Use of Cookies
CSG may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.
CSG reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into www.centerforsmallgovernment.com a site that relies on third-party cookies).
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings, then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our website.
Online Donations
CSG collects the following information through our secure online donation page: name, address, email address, phone number, and credit card information. When you make a donation to CSG you will be included in the CSG mailing list (see below for information on opting out of our mailing list).
Mailing List
Small Government News is permission based. If you received a mailing from us, our records indicate that (a) you have expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future (”opt-in”), or (b) you have donated or offered to volunteer in one of our Small Government projects, campaigns or initiatives, purchased a product from us, or otherwise have an existing relationship with us.
We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings. We send more emails in October and November of election years to keep you posted on fast-changing events as Election Day approaches. Beyond that, we send messages about once every 1 or 2 weeks, with occasional exceptions to make important announcements.
If you believe you have received unwanted, unsolicited email sent via this system or purporting to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that email with your comments to abuse@constantcontact.com for review
Each email sent contains an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving email from us. If you wish to do this, simply follow the SafeUnsubscribe™ link at the end of any email.
Use of Web Beacons
When we send you emails, we may include a web beacon to allow us to determine the number of people who open our emails. When you click on a link in an email, we may record this individual response to allow us to customize our offerings to you. Web beacons collect only limited information, such as a cookie identifier, time and date of a page being viewed, and a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides (the URL).
Web Beacons can be refused when delivered via email. If you do not wish to receive Web Beacons via email, you will need to disable HTML images or refuse HTML (select Text only) emails via your email software.
Sharing and Usage
We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone for their promotional use without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees and volunteers managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information, and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.
Changes to this Statement
CSG has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Contacting Us
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please send your comments to:
Center For Small Government
Attention: Privacy Statement
P.O. Box 5268
Wayland, MA 01778
CSG will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.
