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The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices
for this website. The type and amount of information received depends on how you
use the site.
Website Usage/Information Collection
When you visit the
Alliance website, we automatically obtain information from you about the
browser and type of computer you are using, the website that referred you to us,
and the pages you request. We use this information on an aggregate basis to
generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of the
site to our visitors. For example, we use this information to track which pages
are most popular among visitors as a whole. We do not track the pages you or any
individual visitor may look at during a visit to our site and we do not collect
any other information without your knowledge and permission. We do not collect
or store personally identifiable information, such as your name, mailing
address, e-mail address or phone number, unless you provide that information.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
The
Alliance provides web forms so you may provide your contact information to
engage in Alliance activities such as online activism (i.e., contact Congress),
to correspond with the Alliance or to submit a testimonial (i.e., share your
story). Any information we collect, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail
address, type of request you are making and any additional information you
provide, is collected and stored by the Alliance. The information is
used to track aggregate information about usage of these features. The
Alliance makes every effort to ensure the secure collection and transmission of
your sensitive information using industry accepted data collection and
encryption methodologies, such as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR PARENTS
We want to help you guard your
children's privacy. We encourage you to talk to your children about safe and
responsible use of their personal information while using the Internet. The
Alliance does not collect, use or distribute children's personally identifiable
information to any third parties. If you have any reservations, questions or
concerns about your child's access to this site or how information that your
child provides is used by us, please contact us.
Alliance's Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information
The Alliance may exchange limited personally identifiable information (such
as name and e-mail address) with partner organizations when people join as
dues-paying members of an affiliate union of the Alliance for Retired Americans
and become part of that organization's regular membership list. The Alliance
website will not post your personal contact information, including e-mail
address, street address and phone numbers, without your consent. Without such
consent, website staff will withhold posting personal contact information for
that individual.
Financial Information and Payments
We use a secure
server for processing payments and financial information. Alliance staff log in
to the secure site, retrieve the information and process it using
secure credit card processing equipment. The Alliance does not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's
hard drive containing information about the user. The Alliance website uses a
cookie for measuring aggregate web statistics, including number of monthly
visitors, number of repeat visitors, most popular webpages and other
information. Alliance will also use cookies to facilitate your online visit by
maintaining data that you provide for online activism activities so that you
will not need to resubmit certain information. The Alliance does not use cookies
to track what specific pages an individual site visitor views.
Opting Out of E-mail Lists
People who subscribe to
e-mail lists via the website will receive periodic updates from the Alliance by
regular mail, fax or e-mail. You may opt out of receiving future information via
e-mail by using the unsubscribe procedure specified on the e-mail message or by
sending an e-mail message with the name of the list you are a member of to: aramembership@retiredamericans.org.
Outside Links
This site contains hypertext links to
other sites. The Alliance is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our
site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to
information collected by this website.
Security
This site has security measures in place to
protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We
use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of your
credit card information you submit to us when you use our secure online join
form. You are on a secure page when the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers
such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer become locked, as
opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just "surfing." All the information
you provide us through these forms is stored securely off-line.
We use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also
protect user information off-line. All user information is restricted in our
offices. Only employees who need information to perform a specific job (e.g.,
our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that store sensitive
information are kept in a secure environment.
If you send us an e-mail, you should know that e-mail is not necessarily
secure against interception. So, if your communication includes sensitive
information like your bank account, charge card, or social security number, and
you prefer not to use one of our secure online complaint forms, contact us by
mail or by telephone rather than by e-mail.
Corrections/Updating Personal Information
If your
personal information changes (such as your ZIP code), or if you wish to have
your information removed from our database, contact us and we will endeavor to
provide a way to correct, update or remove that personal data provided to us.
Contact Us
If you experience technical problems with the
operation of this web site, contact us by e-mailing: arawebadmin@retiredamericans.org. | 
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