An informed public,
a strengthened democracy.
Updated March 12, 2017
American Oversight takes your privacy seriously. This policy outlines how we collect, use, maintain, and disclose information gathered from users of our website.
Information we collect:
How we use the information we collect:
Subscribing (and unsubscribing) to our contact lists
You may unsubscribe from our email list at any time. If you provide American Oversight with your email address and/or mailing address, we will add you to our email and/or mailing list, and we may contact you with information that we think will be of interest to you. If at any time you wish to stop receiving communications from American Oversight, please follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any email we send you. If you continue to receive communications from us after attempting to unsubscribe, please send us an email at [email protected] and ask to be removed from our distribution lists.
How we use web browser cookies and beacons:
We may use “cookies” and “web beacons” to enhance your experience with the Website. A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user’s web browser while the user is browsing that website. Every time the user loads the website, the browser sends the cookie back to the server to notify the website of the user’s previous activity. A web beacon (or pixel tag) is an often transparent graphic image (usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a website or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the online behavior of the user visiting the website or sending the e-mail. American Oversight uses cookies and web beacons to measure aggregate web statistics, such as collecting the number of users to the Website, the number of repeat users and the most popular webpages, the location and time when users visit the Website, and for other purposes.
American Oversight does not use cookies or web beacons to track user activity on an individual basis. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
Protecting Your Information
As noted on the tips page of our site, no system of communication is completely secure and no organization can resist every effort to discover sources. Please visit that page to learn more about how protect your privacy when communicating with American Oversight.
American Oversight adopts appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to help protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, but American Oversight cannot guarantee that your information is 100% secure.
American Oversight may release personal information if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws or to respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
Third Party Websites
American Oversight may provide links from our website to other websites. American Oversight does not control the content or links that appear on these third party websites and is not responsible for the practices or privacy policies employed by websites linked to or from our site.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
American Oversight may update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about what information we collect and how we use that information. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of any modifications since your last visit.
Contacting American Oversight
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or anything relating to the website, please contact American Oversight here.