Privacy Policy

The sponsors of My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE) value the privacy of those who visit our Web site and submit information. We think it is important for you to understand when and why we collect personally identifiable information, and how we may use it. This Privacy Statement describes our data collection and use policies. Please read the entire Privacy Statement before providing any personally identifiable information to us.

Notice

The sponsors of MyCOE collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address only if you provide this information to us voluntarily. The voluntary information we collect is used for internal verification to complete transactions such as sending of resource materials, provide notification to you about updates to the MyCOE program, and to help provide support to project participants. Where appropriate, we may pass this data to a third party who provides the above services in your country.

Collection

The sponsors of MyCOE collect personally identifiable information you provide when you register to receive more information; when you submit a project; or when you volunteer to be a mentor.

Choice

The sponsors of MyCOE will contact you or send you update information about the MyCOE program unless you notify us that you do not wish to receive it. You may contact us as indicated below. Keep in mind, however, that you may not receive updated information about the MyCOE program or other valuable information that affects your participation in the program.

In accordance with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), MyCOE will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent. When we do receive information (with parental consent) from users under the age of 13, we will never knowingly nor voluntarily share their personally identifiable information with third parties, regardless of their stated preference given at registration.

Other than as described in this Privacy Statement, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information unless required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of the sponsors of MyCOE, (3) or as part of a transfer of assets to a successor in interest.

Except as stated herein, our policy is not to rent, sell, or otherwise permit access by third parties to databases comprising your personally identifiable information.

Access

The sponsors of MyCOE will permit you to access information about you in our database by contacting us. If you believe any of the information is incorrect or needs updating, please advise us. We will correct our records upon verification of the requested change. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail or postal notifications about updates to the MyCOE program, please contact us and specify that you do not want to receive these notifications. Please provide us with your exact name and address as well as a description of the publication or mail piece you received. We will use reasonable efforts to refrain from including you when sending these materials by noting your election in our database.

Security

The sponsors of MyCOE will take reasonable and prudent precautions to ensure that your personally identifiable data is protected against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Enforcement

If you believe for any reason that we have not followed these principles, please contact us and we will act promptly to investigate, correct as appropriate, and advise you of the correction. Please identify the issue as a Privacy Policy concern in your communication.