You right to privacy is very important to us. We recognize that providing us with personal information is an act of trust. Therefore, we have created a privacy policy to protect your personal information. This policy covers all donor contact information maintained by Rare, as well as websites owned or operated by Rare. We encourage you to take the time to read this privacy policy. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Rare by sending e-mail to rare@rareconservation.org. Please reference this privacy policy in your subject line. Following is Rare's Donor and Web Visitor privacy policy.

Personal Information Collected via the Web, Direct Response Envelopes, and Any Other Manner
In most cases, when making a donation to Rare via the mail, you provide contact information such as name, address, telephone number or email address. It is the strict policy of Rare to never publish, share or sell this information to any other organization. When you visit our web sites and access information, you remain anonymous. At present, we do not require you to register or provide personal information to us to view our web site. However, on those occasions when we will ask for additional information, such as when you sign up to receive the Rare Report e-newsletter or make an online donation, the information, as described above, will remain completely anonymous and will not be shared under any circumstances.

What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information
Our donation and registration forms ask users to provide contact information that may include name, e-mail address, format preference (HTML vs. plain text), physical address, interests, and similar information. Typically only minimal and necessary information is required (name and email address, for instance, in the case of the Rare Report). All other information offered is optional. We do this to better understand and respond to your needs, and provide you with information that may be valuable to you. Unless specifically requested by the visitor for convenience, we do not store sensitive information, such as social security or credit card numbers. We will never pass the information you provide to Rare on to any other organization.

Internet Protocol Address
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We collect an IP address from all visitors to our web site. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our web site, analyze usage trends, track users' interactions with the web site, and gather broad demographic information

Links to Third-Party Web Sites
We provide links to third party web sites existing outside of Rare. Since we do not control the content or functionality of these web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these third-party web sites. Any link from http://rareconservation.org to a third-party web site does not denote an affiliation with the web site or an endorsement of its viewpoint(s) or mission(s).

Microsoft Small Business Solutions is an internet software and services company that provides online electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) solutions for small-sized organizations. Rare has selected Microsoft Small Business Solutions to produce the Rare Report - Rare's monthly, electronic donor update. Microsoft will not disclose, trade, rent, lease, or loan your name or other personally identifiable information (such as your e-mail address) to any party other than Rare.

Unsubscribing from the Rare Report e-newsletter
If at any time you wish to stop receiving our electronic newsletter, Rare Report, please click on the "unsubscribe" link found in the bottom the Rare Report email. Rare never shares your e-mail address with any other organizations.
Security of Your Information

Security
All sensitive information (such as your credit card information) provided to Rare is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our web site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of Rare. Please note: Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can ever be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information to the fullest extent, we cannot ensure or completely guarantee the security of such information.

The VeriSign Secure Site Badge
The globally recognized VeriSign Secure Site Program allows you to learn more about the web sites that you visit before you submit any confidential information. Rare's investment in this advanced technology ensures that the web page you are visiting is authentic, secure, and that any data or information you submit will be protected by 128-bit SSL encryption. Whenever you see the VeriSign Secure Site badge on our web sites, you can personally verify that the web page in question is both secure and administered directly by Rare. You may, therefore, submit personally identifiable information and/or sensitive data (such as credit card numbers) with the assurance that:

We take the utmost precaution to keep your credit card information safe and secure. But if you are uncomfortable submitting your credit card information online, you can also contribute to Rare by printing out the online form and mailing it to:
Attn: Donations
Rare
1840 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 204
Arlington, VA 22201
USA

You can also call our offices between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., EST at (703) 522-5070.

Children's Guidelines
Rare complies fully with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).

None of the web sites covered by this policy knowingly collect identifiable personal information from children under age 13. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personally identifiable information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or guardian must initiate any requests for information from children under the age of 13 on their behalf. We encourage parents to supervise children when they browse the Internet. Learn more about COPPA.

Spam
Rare complies fully with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). To this end, Rare:

Rare welcomes comments and questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure.

If you have any questions, please contact us at rare@rareconservation.org or call our offices between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST at (703) 522-5070.

You can help Rare maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us of any changes to your address, title, phone number or e-mail address. To update your information, contact us online, or write us at:

Attn: Member Services
Rare
1840 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 204
Arlington, VA 22203
USA

Any information that you provide to us via the web, e-mail, fax, or mail is covered by this policy.

Rare may occasionally update this policy so that it evolves with the rapidly changing technologies employed on the Internet. All revisions will be posted to this web site and any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to data collected subsequent to its effective date.

Last revised: January 10, 2005