Privacy Policy & Disclaimers

Privacy Statement

This is the Web site of the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. You can reach us by using the "Contact Us" link at the bottom left of every page of this Web site.

The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund has created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our Web site. The following policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Web site located at the URL www.cavotes.org.

In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our Web site. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.

What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information:

We collect domain name and email address (where possible) and use such information to improve the content of our Web page, customize the content/layout for each individual visitor, notify consumers about updates to our Web site, and communicate for marketing purposes. If you have provided us with your postal address and/or phone number, that contact information may be used for verification purposes or to update you on our latest news or to see if you would like to further support and/or participate in our programs and services. We DO NOT share information with outside organizations or partner with ad server companies.

Upon request we provide Web site visitors with access to unique identifier information we maintain about them. Customers can access this information by visiting the Web site or writing us using the "Contact Us" form, in the lower left of every page on this Web site.

Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests, and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as credit card numbers or billing addresses, but our online transaction processing systems do. We collect an IP address from all visitors to our Web site. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Web site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the Web site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of "Cookies":

Our Web site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our Web site. Cookies are pieces of information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular Web site and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Web site will not function properly when you view them.

Security:

The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund transmits your data using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our Web site that is only accessible by specified employees, elected board members, and board appointed volunteers of the League Women Voters of California Education Fund. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.

Tell-a-Friend:

If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our content, we ask them the friend's name and email address. The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the Web site. The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one email. Users of our system may opt out of receiving additional correspondence at any time via a link at the bottom of every email we send, but logging into their account and changing their settings themselves, or by using the "Contact Us" form in the lower left of every page on this Web site.

Other Web Sites:

Our Web site contains links to other external Web sites, indicated by a small superscript icon. Please note that when you click on one of these you are entering another Web site for which the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such Web sites, as their policies may be different than ours. Our national organization provided us with these statements about different Web sites we link to:

Link to coalition: a link to an entity usually, where we are part of the organization and therefore 100% support its work and everything on the Web site. These links are provided as a convenience and service to the users of this Web site. While the LWVCEF supports this particular initiative or activity or group, this link does not imply blanket approval or sponsorship of all information or activities conducted by, or found on this/these Web site[s] over time. When you access one of these Web sites you are leaving LWVCEF’s Web site.

Link to specific item: we are not part of the hosting organization, but we are linking to their Web site for a particular publication, resource, article etc which we have reviewed and have officially decided to recommend. These links are provided as a convenience and service to the users of this LWVCEF Web site. While the LWVCEF believes this information may be of interest, this link does not imply LWVCEF sponsorship or approval of all information or activities found on this/these Web sites When you access one of these Web sites you are leaving LWVCEF’s Web site.

Link to further information: we neither support nor oppose what we are linking to, taking no responsibility for it, but believe someone will find it helpful in understanding the breadth of a topic from all sides. You are about to leave this LWVCEF Web site. LWVCEF provides links to other Web sites as a convenience and service to its users, and is not responsible for the availability or content of these external Web sites. The LWVCEF does not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external Web sites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information located there. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the LWVCEF.

Contacting Us About the Web Site:

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the LWVCEF by using the "Contact Us" link in the lower left of every page on this Web site. Please reference this Privacy Policy in your subject line.