Privacy Policy

This website is owned and operated by The Institute for Culture and Ecology (IFCAE).  Our website is designed to provide information about our organization's mission, projects, staff, publications, and events with the goal of sharing our work with the general public and promoting interest in our mission. We've created this privacy policy to inform you about the types of information gathered on this website and how it is used.

The Institute for Culture and Ecology  is committed to honoring the privacy of visitors to our website.  Information collected on www.ifcae.org is kept private and never shared with other organizations. In general, when you visit our website and access information you remain anonymous. We do not require you to register or provide personal information to us to view our site.

Submitting Personal Information

Within our website, we offer various opportunities to become involved in IFCAE.  In all cases, you choose whether or not you wish to participate and whether or not you wish to submit your personal information.  For example: 

• You may wish to donate to our organization.  The online donation form requests personal information, including your name, Email and mailing addresses.  This information will be kept confidential and will not be shared with other organizations.  We will use your information to send you a receipt if requested.

• You may request to be included on our IFCAE e-mailing list in order to receive special announcements and updates on upcoming IFCAE events.  IFCAE will maintain your information confidentially and allow you to unsubscribe from such services (see below).

• You may send us an email with comments or questions, and include your personal information.  We will only use this information to determine how to respond to the comment or question. We will not use this information for any purpose other than to resolve the matter identified in the correspondence.

In all cases, the information you provide will be kept confidential and will not be shared with other organizations.

We do not utilize direct mail services or telemarketing so your information will never be used for solicitation.

Measuring Website Activity

IFCAE logs Internet Protocol addresses and browser types for systems administration purposes.  This information allows us to track how much traffic our website is receiving and guides us on how to improve our website. Your IP address also helps us diagnose problems with our server.  IP addresses do not provide us with any identifiable personal information. This means your session will be tracked, but you will remain anonymous.  This information is never given to third parties but if we were siphoned by a U.S. court of law we may be obliged to provide IP logs.

IFCAE does not currently use any type of cookies but may do so in the future for measuring website activity.  "Cookies" are small files sent from a Web server to your computer through your browser program. There are two types of cookies: non-persistent and persistent cookies.

Outside Links

The IFCAE website contains links to third-party websites.  Since we do not control these Websites, IFCAE cannot be responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of such other websites.  We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these third-party sites.

E-Mail Lists - Subscribing and Unsubscribing

Visitors to our website may choose to subscribe to our email list which provides information regarding upcoming events, projects, publications, internship opportunities, and other information on our organization.  We do not share email addresses with other organizations.  If at any time you wish to be removed from our email list, you can unsubscribe from that list as explained in each message.