Privacy Policy

By using, browsing or accessing our website or microsites (collectively, the “Site”) and the services offered on the Site (collectively with the Site, the “Services”), you agree to be bound by Climate Central’s Privacy Policy, as in effect at the time you access the Site. Climate Central is committed to protecting your privacy. Climate Central’s Privacy Policy explains the information practices we use for the protection of your online privacy and any information you choose to share with us, including:

  • What Information We Collect and What We Do with It

  • Cookies

  • How We Protect the Security of Your Information

  • Donor Privacy

  • Children's Privacy

  • Links to Other Websites

  • How to Unsubscribe, Opt Out, or Correct your Information

  • How to Contact Us

  • Additional information about using the Climate Central website, including how to reproduce and cite Climate Central content, is available in our Terms of Use

What Information We Collect and What We Do with It

Climate Central may occasionally ask you to provide personally identifying information such your name, postal address, email address and other information about you. Specifically, Climate Central collects such information from you when (a) you register to use the Site and/or (b) when you sign up to receive email, press releases or other information. Climate Central uses reCAPTCHA to identify spam and bot traffic.

Climate Central uses the information we collect from you to respond to your requests and provide you with information about Climate Central. Climate Central does not sell your data but may share your information with our service providers and successors. We may disclose personally identifiable information when required by law or when we have a good faith belief that a release is appropriate to protect our rights or property.

Cookies

Climate Central uses Google Analytics and other tools to analyze traffic on the Site. Climate Central uses cookies to help personalize your browsing experience and save you time by remembering settings. A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. When you visit the Site, we only access the cookie file that we have stored on your computer. Cookies are also used to provide more relevant advertising as you browse the internet.

How We Protect the Security of your Information

We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our Site. However, no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, you provide us with this data at your own risk. Our databases are located in the United States. If you are located outside of the U.S., by sending us your data you consent to its transfer to and storage within the United States.


Donor Privacy

Climate Central does not sell donor information, does not send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations, and will only share donor information with another organization if it has specific permission from the donor to do so.

Children’s Privacy

Climate Central does not knowingly ask children 13 and under for any information. Visitors who are 13 or under should ask a parent or legal guardian for assistance when using the Site and should not submit any personally identifiable information.

Links to other Websites

Climate Central provides links to third party websites, and other websites may link to our Site. Climate Central does not endorse, nor is it responsible for the content of any third-party websites we may list on the Site. Other websites that are linked to our Site may have different policies and thus you will need to review the privacy notices on those websites for details.

How to Unsubscribe, Opt Out, or Correct your Information

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future or to request that Climate Central not share your information as explained in this Privacy Policy, please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@climatecentral.org. If at any time you wish to review, update, or correct your information, you can do so by contacting us through any of the methods set forth below.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this Site or your interaction with this Site, send email to: info@climatecentral.org

You can also reach us via US mail at:

Climate Central
One Palmer Square, Suite 402
Princeton, NJ 08542

How We Notify You about Privacy Policy Changes

The effective date of this Privacy Policy is November 20, 2009. This Privacy Policy may be amended by Climate Central any time by posting such amendments on this Site, and your continued use constitutes acceptance of those amendments.