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MarriageFairness.org strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our members and visitors to our Web sites ("End Users"). Since the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other information, provided to us by End Users.

You do not have to share personally identifiable information to use MarriageFairness.org web site. We do not collect personally identifiable information about people without their permission. However, please be aware that our site links to a limited number of other websites and we cannot control and are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those websites.

Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at MarriageFairness.org related to:

  1. How we use the information gathered when you submit to MarriageFairness.org.
  2. How you receive e-mails and e-mail Newsletters from MarriageFairness.org.
  3. How we protect your information .
  4. How to unsubscribe from our mailing lists .
  5. Changes in this Privacy Statement
  6. Legal Disclaimer
  7. How to contact us about privacy issues .

How we use the information gathered when you submit to MarriageFairness.org

We gather contact information when you contribute to MarriageFairness.org. The stories you submit are posted to our live site but we do not post personally identifiable information. We have made every effort to specify which information will be posted and which will remain private to MarriageFairness.org (we do NOT publish your e-mail address to our site).

MarriageFairness.org also uses information gathered via the MarriageFairness.org website to improve our web-based services. MarriageFairness.org periodically performs statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of various areas on our website and to use such information to improve on our website's ability to serve you better.

MarriageFairness.org may also use"cookies" on some Web pages. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on an End User's hard drive but does not itself contain any personal information. Cookies enhance an End User's experience by saving the End User from having to log in or provide information each time he or she re-visits a MarriageFairness.org Web page and by customizing content based on an End User's interests. An End User can configure his or her browser to be alerted when a site is attempting to send a cookie and refuse the cookie . MarriageFairness.org also tracks End User activity and click-through behavior to provide an End User with a more personalized experience while visiting our Web pages and for more personalized e-mail alerts. MarriageFairness.org also uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Web site, track End User movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)

We share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our partners, other End Users and press.  This information does not identify individual users.

We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information. 

How you receive e-mails and e-mail newsletters from MarriageFairness.org

You will only receive email newsletters from us if you have expressly signed up for a newsletter on MarriageFairness.org.

The information we gather from subscribers to our email newsletters (including email addresses) is not shared with other organizations or parties. From time to time we may send out emails on behalf of these like-minded organizations, but we do not provide them with access to any personal information that you have provided.

In order to provide you with better and more relevant information, we compile information about email response and website usage. This information helps us to better understand our members' site usage patterns and also what types of content and information may help improve your user experience on the MarriageFairness.org website.

All emails sent contain a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or e-mail communication from MarriageFairness.org at any time.

How we protect your information

MarriageFairness.org is extremely protective of the information gathered through its membership and website. Our web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored.

MarriageFairness.org does not specifically ask children under 18 for any information and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information about them.

How to unsubscribe from mailing lists

All MarriageFairness.org communication, whether via email or US mail, provides information on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily. Those wishing to opt out of receiving communications from MarriageFairness.org ("do not contact"), or from being included in list exchanges with like-minded organizations ("do not exchange") can simply contact our members services at by following the instructions provided in the correspondence.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.  If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page

Legal Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site

How to contact us about privacy

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 website please contact us.

 

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