Climate Solutions places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate Climate Solutions’ firm commitment to the privacy of our website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the Climate Solutions’ website, www.climatesolutions.org, and how this information is used.

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected

Individuals that sign up to receive Climate Solutions e-communications, register for Climate Solutions events, or donate to Climate Solutions voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and email address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always "opt out," either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

IP addresses

Climate Solutions uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.climatesolutions.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

Cookies

www.climatesolutions.org uses "cookie" messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you've done and told us before. The "cookie" is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you're particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.climatesolutions.org, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.

How Your Information May Be Used

We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send email alerts to you; to answer your requests; to solicit contributions; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitor of our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users' needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties.  

Email Privacy

Climate Solutions does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

External Links

www.climatesolutions.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.climatesolutions.org domain, and Climate Solutions is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

Our Commitment to Our Donors (Donor Privacy Policy)

Climate Solutions adheres to the Donor Bill of Rights. We maintain the highest level of privacy concerning our donors’ contact information and donation history. This Donor Privacy Policy applies to all information received by Climate Solutions, both online and offline, on any platform, as well as any electronic, written, or verbal communications.

To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation. 

Climate Solutions will not sell or trade our donors’ personal information with any other entity.

We occasionally share donor information (such as names, mailing addresses, and email addresses, but never credit card or donation information) with coalitions and campaigns of which Climate Solutions is a member, solely for communication purposes.

All contact information is used for internal purposes only and never published. 

Donor names are published in Climate Solutions’ annual report, and donors may request to remain anonymous.

We occasionally send mail to our donors, but we do not intend to send any unwanted mail. To be removed from Climate Solutions’ mailing list, you may send a request to info@climatesolutions.org or call 206-443-9570.

Acknowledgements

This website utilizes paid graphics from:

• Freepik from www.flaticon.com (paid licensee: Jonathan Gates) 

Modifications

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact info@climatesolutions.org