Our Privacy Practices

This site is owned and operated by Street Law, Inc. (“Street Law” or “We”).  We understand you value your privacy.  At Street Law, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.  This statement governs information you provide to us or we learn from your use of this website and tells you how we may collect, use, and in some instances share this information.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

In order to provide and enhance our services and make available this website, we may collect the following types of information:

• Information You Provide - Street Law collects personal information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions, such as email and online registration forms. Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, or billing information.  The types and amount of personal information collected for these activities will vary depending on the activity.  We may use this information to provide our services, to tailor your user experience, and to prevent fraud.
• Fundraising - Information we collect, such as your email address, may also be used from time-to-time to contact you with requests for financial support of the organization.  In such cases, we will do our best to honor requests by donors and prospects not to receive such solicitations.  You may opt-out of receiving such requests by writing us as:  clearinghouse@streetlaw.org.
• Usage Tracking - We may track website usage data to improve the services we offer to our users.  We collect user traffic patterns throughout our website.  This information is collected to help improve site flow and usability.  We track click-through information, including IP addresses, to our site from the reports and emails we sent to our customers. This is done to gauge the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and to discourage fraudulent use.
• Cookies - When you visit our website, we may send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, and to customize your experience.  Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.  However, some services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
• User Communications - When you send email or other communication to Street Law, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.

Children

Consistent with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requiring parental consent.  Any person who provides their personal information to Street Law through this website represents that they are 13 years of age or older.

Street Law Transfer and Information Sharing Policy

We may provide information we receive from you to contractors and other third parties acting on our behalf.  We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with any appropriate confidentiality and security measures that limit their use of such information.

Except as specifically disclosed and with your consent, we will not otherwise provide your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.  Street Law may share personal information about website users with third parties if doing so is appropriate to carry out a user’s request or it reasonably believes that doing so is legally required or is in Street Law’s interest to protect its property or other legal rights or the rights or property of others.

Merger, Sale, or Other Change of Control

If Street Law should ever file for bankruptcy or have its assets sold to or merge with another entity, information Street Law receives from you from this website may be treated as a Street Law asset and transferred.

International Visitors and Customers

This website is hosted in the United States.  If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and by providing your personal data you consent to:

• the use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with this policy; and
• the transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above.

Security

No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems.  We use standard practices including secure server software (SSL) and firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.  However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.

If Street Law learns of a security systems breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps.  By using this website or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of this website.  Street Law may post a notice on our website if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view Street Law’s website. Street Law may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances.  Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.  To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at clearinghouse@streetlaw.org.

Changes and Updates

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date on the Privacy Policy.  For changes to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information you have provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing the change. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the Personal Information we collect.  Your continued use of this website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Contacting Street Law

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at clearinghouse@streetlaw.org.

Postal Mail Address:
Street Law, Inc.
Attention:  Privacy Officer
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 870
Silver Spring, MD 29010

If you have a privacy concern regarding Street Law or this policy and if you cannot satisfactorily resolve it through the use of this website, you should then write to: clearinghouse@streetlaw.org.  In the event that we are still unable to resolve your concerns, Street Law is committed to cooperating to achieve a proper resolution of your privacy concerns.

Effective Date:  november, 18, 2008