Thank you for visiting The Mountain Institute online at www.mountain.org. We take the matter of your privacy very seriously and fully respect your rights. We never share your personal information with any other organization or company. The following privacy policy describes what information is gathered on this website and how it is used.
By visiting this website, you are accepting the policies described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you are not permitted to use this website. The Mountain Institute may revise this privacy policy from time to time. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. Your continued use of this Website after changes have been posted will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
Our mailing address is:
3000 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.,
Suite 138
Washington D.C. 20008
We can be reached via e-mail at summit@mountain.org or by telephone at 202.234.4050.
For each visitor to www.mountain.org, our web server automatically recognizes and collects inbound domain names, but not e-mail addresses. This tells us which pages our users visit and what information they volunteer, such as survey event registrations. The information we collect is used only for internal review, to improve our web content, to optimize your web experience and, in some cases, to customize the content and/or layout of select pages. We will disclose information we have collected only when legally required to do so: at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.
Cookies
We use cookies to record past activity on our website in an effort to provide better and faster service upon your return visits to www.mountain.org. We also customize certain web content based on your browser type, bandwidth or other settings to optimize your site experience.
Links
The Website contains links to third-party websites. The Mountain Institute is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Your Contact Details & Mail
If you provide us your mailing address, you may receive materials from us periodically about conservation news and initiatives or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive this information, please let us know by e-mail, phone or written letter. Please include your exact name and address so that we can correctly remove you from our mailing lists.
If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please just let us know by e-mailing us at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number or writing to us at the above mailing address.
If you provide us your telephone number, we will only contact you with information regarding the donations or registrations you have placed online. We do not conduct any form of phone solicitation.
We do not share your information with any other organizations or companies. Upon your request and direction, we will correct any inaccuracies in your contact information. To do so, please email, call or write us.
The Mountain Institute may use your information:
- To process and respond to inquiries and for the purposes for which you provided the information, such as to process donations, register or renew you as a member, purchase merchandise, or receive information about a project.
- To personalize the content and improve the navigability of the Website.
- To alert you to new projects, site features, special events and services.
- To conduct surveys to measure your satisfaction with our service.
- To enforce our Terms of Use.
If you would like us to update your contact information or any other part of your membership file, please call our Member Care Team toll-free at (800) 628-6860 Monday through Friday between 9:00 am and 6:00pm Eastern Time, contact us online or write us at the address above.
Security
The Mountain Institute attempts to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. Our servers are protected by reasonable physical and electronic security. When providing your sensitive information online, such as financial information to make a donation, we will redirect you to our Geo Trust secured server.
If you choose to provide your credit card information to The Mountain Institute we will use that information for the purposes for which it was provided.
Ad Servers
We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies. If you are concerned about how your information is being used, please check this page periodically. At any time, you may prevent your information from being used for unanticipated future purposes by e-mailing, calling or writing us.
Affiliate Websites
Websites directly affiliated with www.mountain.org and governed by this privacy policy include:
- TMI Summer Camp Website, http://www.tmisummercamp.org/
Children's Guidelines
None of the websites covered by this policy knowingly collect identifiable personal information from children under age 13. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personally identifiable information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or guardian must initiate any requests for information from children under the age of 13 on their behalf. We encourage parents to supervise children when they browse the internet.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you are entitled by law to request an Information Sharing Disclosure. If you provide notice to the address below, we will provide you with a notice of your right to prevent sharing of your personal information as well as a cost-free means of doing so. To receive such a notice, submit a written request to the address listed in the Access section below, specifying that you seek your "California Customer Choice Notice." Please allow thirty days for a response.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated privacy policy, please contact us by email or phone or contact The DMA's Committee on Ethical Business Practices at ethics@the-dma.org.
