Privacy Policy

Open Source for America respects the privacy of our members and all others visiting this website, and is serious about protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by or submitted to Open Source for America. "Personal Information" is data that reasonably can be used to identify or describe an individual. By being in communication with us, you are agreeing to and accepting this policy.

Information Collected:

Open Source for America only collects personal information that you voluntarily provide, such as when:

• you create a user account and/or submit membership registration;

• you participate in surveys and evaluations;

• you submit questions or comments to us.

Persons involved with Open Source for America may also collect personal information from individuals (with their consent) at conventions, trade shows and expositions. Open Source for America may also collect your IP address and information through the use of electronic 'cookies' when you use our website. However, we limit the use and collection of information about you to that extent which is necessary to administer our operations. Our website uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts the personal information you submit on registration and login.

How We Use That Information:

Generally, we use the personal information we collect in order to provide services that you request and respect your preferred channels of communication. Unless you assent, Open Source for America will never rent, sell, or otherwise share the personal information you provide to us except as described below.

Open Source for America may disclose your personal information to third parties under any of the following circumstances:

• As may be required to provide service and for database housing (as a consequence of uses already described in this Privacy Policy).

• As required or allowed by law (such as responding to a valid subpoena, warrant, audit, or agency action, or to prevent fraud).

• For research activities, including the production of statistical reports (such aggregated information is used to describe our services and is not used to contact the subjects of the report).

Publicly Available Personal Information

In keeping with the open nature and spirit of Open Source for America, some personal information attached to your account is made public by default. A list of names of organizational and individual members of Open Source for America is available from the home page of this website. Also, if you post information on the website, your first name and last initial will become available as the submitter of the post.

Public Forums Reminder

Open Source for America may make chat rooms, forums, mailing lists, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. The purpose of any such discussions is solely to exchange information relating to Open Source for America. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. Exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Although we value individual ideas and encourage free expression, Open Source for America reserves the right to take necessary action to preserve the integrity of these areas, such as removing any posting that is vulgar, commercial in nature, or otherwise deemed inappropriate by Open Source for America.

Copyright

Open Source for America is a community site and not responsible for the content created and posted by its members. However, you should be aware that if you use copyrighted material without permission, you may be sued for copyright infringement and may be subject to civil and/or criminal penalties. The best way to ensure the material you upload doesn't infringe someone else's copyright is to post only your own original work.

Anti-Spam Policy and Your Opt-Out Rights:

Open Source for America has a no-tolerance spam policy and is committed to 100% permission-based communication. Spam is unsolicited email also known as junk mail or UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email). If you have received an email in error, you may remove your information from our database by responding to any of our email communications with "remove" in the subject line or clicking the available “unsubscribe” link.

How to Access, Modify or Update Your Information

Open Source for America gives you the ability to access, modify or update your information at any time. You may log in and make changes to your login information (change your password), your contact information, your general preferences and your personalization settings. If necessary, you may also contact us and describe the changes you want made to the information you have previously provided.

If you wish to remove your personal information from Open Source for America, you may contact us and request that we remove this information from the account system. Other locations where you may have used your personal information as an identifier (e.g. list postings in the archives, wiki change history, and spec changelogs) will not be altered.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about any of these practices or our use of your personal information, please feel free to contact us by email or by mail at:

Open Source for America
c/o MVC, Inc.
1341 G Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
info@opensourceforamerica.org

Change in Policy

We reserve the right to change these policies and guidelines at any time. Depending on the nature of the change, we may notify you of the existence and location of the new or revised content through email or by posting the changes online.