Policy:
Post Alert Legal Network ("Post Alert Legal Network") operates http://www.apostasyalert.org and may operate other websites. It is Post Alert Legal Network's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Post Alert Legal Network collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Post Alert Legal Network's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Post Alert Legal Network's visitors use its website. From time to time, Post Alert Legal Network may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Post Alert Legal Network also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on http://www.apostasyalert.org blogs/sites. Post Alert Legal Network only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Post Alert Legal Network's websites choose to interact with Post Alert Legal Network in ways that require Post Alert Legal Network to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Post Alert Legal Network gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at http://www.apostasyalert.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Post Alert Legal Network are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Post Alert Legal Network collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Post Alert Legal Network. Post Alert Legal Network does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Post Alert Legal Network may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Post Alert Legal Network may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Post Alert Legal Network does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Post Alert Legal Network discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Post Alert Legal Network's behalf or to provide services available at Post Alert Legal Network's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Post Alert Legal Network's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Post Alert Legal Network will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Post Alert Legal Network discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Post Alert Legal Network believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Post Alert Legal Network, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Post Alert Legal Network website and have supplied your email address, Post Alert Legal Network may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Post Alert Legal Network and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Post Alert Legal Network takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Post Alert Legal Network uses cookies to help Post Alert Legal Network identify and track visitors, their usage of Post Alert Legal Network website, and their website access preferences. Post Alert Legal Network visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Post Alert Legal Network's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Post Alert Legal Network's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Post Alert Legal Network, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Post Alert Legal Network goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Post Alert Legal Network may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Post Alert Legal Network and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Post Alert Legal Network may change its Policy from time to time, and in Post Alert Legal Network's sole discretion. Post Alert Legal Network encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Policy. If you have a http://www.apostasyalert.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.