The California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS) has adopted this online privacy policy for its Web site.
Collection of Personal Information
Put simply, the COPS Web site only collects contact information, such
as your name, address, phone number, E-mail address or similar
information during your visit if you choose to provide it. This sort of
personal information is gathered -- only at your choosing -- when you
request to receive updates about news, issues, and events, correspond
with us through our site, or make a contribution.
This site does not ask for or knowingly collect personal information
from children under the age of 13.
To improve Web server performance, protect against intrusion, and to
determine the usefulness of some content, visits to this Web-site are
logged. This recorded information includes your IP address (an
indication of your location on the Internet). The recorded data
is not linked to contact information, such as your name, address or
telephone number.
Like many Web sites, some portions of the COPS Web site make use of
short strings of text known as "cookies" to help you move around our
Web site more easily. Cookies may be stored and managed by your
Web browser software. If you want to know when a Web site
attempts to place cookies on your computer, or to prevent it from
happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a Web site
attempts to place a cookie on your computer. (Each browser is
different, so check your browser's cookie preferences.) If you
chose not to accept cookies from this site, you may be unable to take
advantage of some of its features.
Use and Disclosure of Information
The information you provide may be made available to the appropriate
members of the COPS so that they may help respond to your message or
request.
When you subscribe to an e-mail list on this Web site, you will be
provided with information about the process of unsubscribing and
changing your subscription information.
If you make a contribution to COPS by credit or debit card, the credit
or debit card information will be disclosed to the necessary financial
institutions for transaction processing purposes.
COPS may share personal information provided through this Web site to
third-parties. Because COPS may work closely with other groups, the
organization may share some information with those groups that may
lawfully accept such information.
Security
We recognize the importance of security for all personally-identifiable
information collected through our Web site. We take steps to
protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of
personally-identifiable information collected through this Web
site. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information,
such as credit card information, we use industry standard, secure
socket layer ("SSL") encryption. In addition, computers used to
store this information are located in a secure facility.
Changes to this Policy
COPS may choose to update this online privacy policy in the future. Any changes to this text will appear at the same location.
