Privacy Policy

January 1, 2019

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at digital@ocpathink.org. 

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website, and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Policy”).  

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.   

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?  

Personal information you disclose to us 

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as name, email, mailing address, and payment information for donations. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Policy, and the choices you make.

Payment Data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe, Inc. You may find their privacy policy link(s) here: https://stripe.com/privacy.  

Information automatically collected 

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Policy. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Policy and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Policy, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies:

We may automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies” or web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive at the request of a website. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Site and your experience. Information obtained from cookies and linked to personally identifying information is treated as personal information. If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser manufacturer to learn about these functions. Web beacons are small, invisible graphic images that may be used on the Site or in emails relating to the Site to collect certain information about usage and campaign effectiveness and monitor user activity on the Site.


2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?  

We use personal information collected through our website for the purposes described in this Policy or elsewhere on the website. For example, we may use personal information we collect: to provide the services or information you request, and to process and complete such requests and any related transactions; to send you confirmations, updates, alerts, and support and administrative messages and otherwise facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of the website; to send you newsletters and otherwise provide you with information or services you request or that we think will be of interest to you, such as sending you information to keep you informed about various campaigns, issues, events, resources, promotions, contests, products and services; to request feedback and to otherwise contact you about your use of the website; to respond to your emails, submissions, questions, comments, and requests and to provide customer service; to monitor and analyze site usage and trends, and to personalize and improve the website and our users’ experiences on the website, such as providing content, or features that match your profiles or interests, and to increase the website’s functionality and user friendliness; to serve ads, on this website or other websites or media, based on the information you provide and the actions you take; to notify and contact contest and sweepstakes entrants; and for any other purpose for which the information was collected. We may store and process personal information in the United States and other countries.

Online petitions: When you sign an online petition, you understand that such petition is public information and that we may make the petition, and your name, city, state, and any comments provided in connection therewith publicly available. In addition, we may provide such petitions or compilations thereof, including your comments, name, city, and state to state or local leaders, or to the press.                                                                           

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?     

We may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:   

• Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Policy, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Policy over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.       

• Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Policy. These companies may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.    

• Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. 

4. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?   

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and no method of data transmission that can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?  

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.  

6. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?  

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at digital@ocpathink.org or by mail to:

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
1401 N Lincoln Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
United States