Privacy Policy

The Secure World Foundation website located at www.swfound.org (redirected from www.secureworldfoundation.org) (the "Site") is owned by Secure World Foundation. Secure World Foundation ("we," "us," or "our") is strongly committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Please read the following Privacy Policy carefully.

Any person accessing, browsing or otherwise using this Site, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a "User." The purpose of this Privacy Policy ("Policy") is to explain the type of information that we collect from our Users, what we do with that information, and with whom we share this information.

User Consent to Privacy Policy

By accessing, browsing or using the Site, Users acknowledge that they have read, understand, agree and consent to the terms and conditions of the Policy. Users consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of User information including personal information and anonymous browsing information (together "Information") by Secure World Foundation pursuant to the terms of this Policy. If you do not consent to these terms and conditions, please do not access, browse, or use this Site or provide Information to swfound.org/secureworldfoundation.org.

The Information We Collect

Anonymous Browsing Information

Users can browse the Site without revealing personal information. Through the use of cookies (see below) and other techniques, our servers may collect your Internet Protocol address, your computer's operating system, the name of the domain you used to access the Internet, the website you came from and the website you visit next.

Personal Information

Secure World Foundation/swfound.org only collects personal information from Users who voluntarily provide such information to us through the Site. This may include a User's name, address, phone number, e-mail address and any other personal information provided by you through the Site to us, our employees or agents, via e-mail or otherwise.

Cookies

Like many other web sites, this Site may use cookies. A cookie is a piece of information that is sent from an swfound.org web server to a User's web browser and stored on the User's hard drive. This is typically done to recognize you and help us to understand the way our Site is being used. These cookies are stored on your computer but they never contain personal data and cannot be accessed remotely by anyone other than swfound.org and its hosting company.

How Secure World Foundation Uses the Information

Secure World Foundation uses the Information collected from its Users on swfound.org to respond to Users' questions and/or comments, provide any information that Users' request through the website, provide Users with information about Space Sustainability or other subjects of interest to Secure World Foundation, that we believe would interest them, or provide Users with information about important functionality changes to the Site.

Anonymous browsing information may be used to gather broad demographic information used in marketing, promotion or similar activities. This information may be aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other statistics about Users of the Site. Secure World Foundation may also use this data to monitor Site performance and to make the Site easier and more convenient to use.

Who Secure World Foundation Shares Your Information With

Secure World Foundation will not sell, share, trade or give away any Information to third parties that it collects or receives regarding its Users subject to the following exceptions:

• If Secure World Foundation, via swfound.org, has a User's consent to share personal information, it may do so.
• Secure World Foundation may provide to others the aggregate statistics about our Users' site activity for purposes of marketing, promotion or similar activities. None of these statistics will identify Users personally.
• Secure World Foundation will share Information from swfound.org with the Secure World Foundation, the owner of the Site. Secure World Foundation will abide by this Policy in handling Information.
• Secure World Foundation may disclose Information about our Users from swfound.org to others if we have a good faith belief that we are required or permitted to do so by law or legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of swfound.org, Secure World Foundation or others.
• In the event that swfound.org or Secure World Foundation decides to sell all or part or its assets, we reserve the right to include Information among the assets transferred to the acquiring company.

Applicable Law/International Issues

Information that is submitted to this Site will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable U.S. law. If you are a non-U.S. User, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your Information and disclose it to other entities outside your resident jurisdiction, as discussed in "Who Secure World foundation Shares Your Information With" above. In addition, such Information may be stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction. U.S. law may not provide the degree of protection for personal information that is available in other countries. By providing us with your Information, you acknowledge that your have read this Policy, understand it, agree to its terms and consent to the transfer of such information outside your resident jurisdiction. If you do not consent to the terms of this Policy and have already provided us with Information, please contact us at info@swfound.org and let us know how you would like us to handle such Information.

Linked Internet Websites

The Site provides hyperlinks, which are highlighted words or pictures within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document, to another document altogether, or to other websites not controlled by Secure World Foundation. These hyperlinked websites, may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. Secure World Foundation, via swfound.org, is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these websites, and Secure World Foundation, via swfound.org, expressly disclaims any and all liabilities related to such collection, use, or disclosure.

Children's Privacy Protection

This Site does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you agree that you will not provide personal information about yourself to Secure World Foundation through the Site.

Security

All web servers used by the Site have appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place to safeguard and secure all information we collect online. Secure World Foundation, via swfound.org, makes no representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of these security measures. Secure World Foundation shall not be responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Policy as a result of a security breach or technical malfunction. Certain information may be transmitted to you by email. Although it is illegal to intercept or disclose these messages under U.S. federal law, these transmissions are not secure. In addition, Users' communications through the Site are, in most cases, viewed only by you and anyone to whom you address your message. As the operator of the Site, Secure World Foundation, via swfound.org, may need to review or monitor your electronic mail and other communications from time to time as may be required by law. Therefore, you should not expect to have a right to privacy in any of your communications.

Amendments to Privacy Policy

Secure World Foundation reserves the right to amend this Policy periodically. Any amendments made to this Policy will be considered effective immediately after the amendments are posted on the Site.

How to Contact Secure World Foundation/swfound.org

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at info@swfound.org

This Policy became effective on November 22, 2010.