Privacy Policy

The Climate Registry Website Privacy Policy

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

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected

Individuals that sign up to receive The Climate Registry e-communications, register for The Climate Registry events, or donate to The Climate Registry 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

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

Cookies

theclimateregistry.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 theclimateregistry.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. Members will have their business names [and list other info] published on our site and in [publications]. If you provide information and data to track emissions and generate public reports, the information and data contained in the report(s) will be publicly available.

Financial Transactions

To process a charitable contribution, membership subscription or other financial transactions, it is necessary for The Climate Registry to gather the visitor’s name, email address, mailing address, phone, and credit card information. This data is used to verify identity and execute the financial transaction. Additionally, phone number and email address information may be used to contact visitors if there is a problem with the transaction.

The Climate Registry may use service providers (such as merchant banks and ecommerce integrators) for the express purpose of conducting financial transactions. Personal information is kept private and secure and is not sold, rented, or traded to third parties. It is important to note that credit card numbers are used only at the time of the transaction, and are not stored following the conclusion of the transaction unless a transaction is selected that occurs on a regular basis. For transactions that recur, credit card information is stored in an encrypted format.

Contact Information Privacy

The Climate Registry does not provide, sell, or rent visitor or member contact information to anyone outside the organization, [with the exception of sharing contact information with like-minded organizations]. If you wish to opt out of having your name and address shared with other organizations, call, email, or write to us at:

The Climate Registry
600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 970
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(866) 523-0764
info@theclimateregistry.org

External Links

theclimateregistry.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the theclimatesregistry.org domain, and The Climate Registry 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.

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@theclimateregistry.org