Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3/28/2024.

Thank you for visiting alumnifreespeechalliance.org. This is the website of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance, an organization dedicated to bringing together alumni groups that have a focus on supporting free speech, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity at their colleges and universities. Our mailing address is 1859 Craig Farm Road, Lancaster, SC 29720-8781. Our telephone number is 301-531-5174. Our email address is [email protected].

Our website’s main purpose is to provide a mechanism for the exchange of information on substantive and organizational issues among its members. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting it and making you aware of our online and other practices regarding the privacy of your information.

Information collected:

Our website does not automatically collect any individually identifiable information, such as email addresses, from visitors.

We collect personal information when you provide it while interacting with the website. At the alumnifreespeechalliance.org site, you may be able to register and create a user profile. In so doing, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card information, or information about your interests and activities.

If your personal information changes and you wish to update it (such as your address), or if you wish to delete your information, you can make changes to your user profile on the site.

We also may collect information that is not personally identifiable, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Comcast, Verizon FIOS). This information is helpful for improving your experience on the site.

How the information is used:

We may use the information you give us to provide services to you, at your request. We may use it to communicate with you through periodic messages regarding services, events, and other information and notices we believe you may find interesting or useful. We may use it to confirm donations, registrations, or other actions you take on our site, as well as for related customer service needs. We may share your email address with other alumni at your university/college to establish an AFSA chapter at your university/ college.

If you are a registered user, you may alter your user profile to remove your name from our email recipient list.

We do not sell, rent, swap or otherwise share our mailing lists with other organizations. Any personal information you provide to our site will not be disseminated to third parties outside of Alumni Free Speech Alliance.

We may use information that is not personally identifiable to analyze the design and functioning of our site to make site improvements. We may use such information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.

We will disclose personally identifiable information when required to do so by law.

Cookies:

Our site makes limited use of cookies. A cookie is a small file that is saved on your computer browser that contains information related to your use of a site. We use cookies to personalize your experience on our site by recognizing your name when you return. If you are a registered user, a cookie may link to your user profile as a convenience to bypass the necessity of logging in. If you reject cookies, you might experience limited usability in some areas of our site.

Security:

Alumnifreespeechalliance.org uses appropriate procedures to ensure the security of your personal information and to protect it from unauthorized access. When we ask you to enter credit card information, we use the top industry standard security protection, including encryption, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) transmission connection, and a secure server for information storage.

While on our website the lock icon in your browser indicates that all pages are secured by the SSL certificate.

Links:

We sometimes provide links to other websites that we believe you will find useful. We ask you to recognize that the Alumni Free Speech Alliance is not responsible in any way for the privacy practices of these other sites.