Alley Cat Allies Privacy Policy

 

Not only does Alley Cat Allies care about outdoor cats, we care about your right to privacy and we are committed to maintaining your confidence and trust. We do not sell or rent any information you provide us through our website. We have created the following privacy policy to inform you about the ways in which we collect and use this information.

Alley Cat Allies does not collect any information from you without your knowledge and permission, and we do not ask that you enter any personal information to access or use most areas of Alley Cat Allies' website. In order to use some of the tools and functions, however, such as the online action center, you must enter some identifying information. Alley Cat Allies does not disclose this information to anyone except 1) to identify you, as described in the following three paragraphs, to those you contact through our website and 2) to manage our website and database with the help of service providers, who are subject to a non-disclosure agreement. Information you provide to Alley Cat Allies is stored in a secure location and is accessible only by designated staff.

Online Activism
To send a message from our online action center to government officials and other decision-makers you must identify yourself by name, address and e-mail address. Alley Cat Allies includes this information when we send your message. This is necessary for your message to be effective, and in the case of many government officials, it is required.

Postcards and "Tell Your Friends" Pages
To forward an article, postcard or action alert you must enter your name, your e-mail address and the e-mail address(es) of anyone you are sending it to. Alley Cat Allies includes your name and email address when we send your message.

Other Places Information May Be Requested
In addition to information you enter when sending messages to friends and decision-makers from Alley Cat Allies' website, you may submit information directly to Alley Cat Allies for purposes including donating, subscribing to an e-mail bulletin, or entering a contest. Alley Cat Allies will not disclose this information to anyone except in accordance with any rules you agree to as a contestant and, as described above, to manage our website and database with the help of service providers, who are subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Reviewing and Updating Your Information
You can review and update the information we have on record for you by going to Alley Cat Allies' Subscriber Profile Editor. If it's your first time using the profile editor, you'll need to provide your e-mail address on the log-in page so we can send you a password.

Communications from Alley Cat Allies
If you have opted to receive any of our publications by e-mail you are able at any time to unsubscribe by following the directions that appear here  and in the email publication itself or by contacting Alley Cat Allies.

When you provide Alley Cat Allies with your e-mail address and mailing address, we may contact you to ask you to become a supporter of Alley Cat Allies or send you the latest edition of our newsletters. You can choose not to receive such materials by contacting us at alleycat@alleycat.org.

Secure Transactions
When you donate to Alley Cat Allies or purchase items from our Marketplace via our website, your personal information is encrypted and transmitted via a secure connection. Alley Cat Allies uses your credit card information only for the purpose of processing your donation. We will not disclose this information except as necessary to process your donation or purchase and we do not store it once your donation has been processed.