This is the Web site of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web site, and both online and written donations to the National Council. By using the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web site and/or donating to the National Council, you consent to the practices described in this statement.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations address is:
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- Collection of Personal Information Online
- Use of Online Personal Information
- Use of Cookies
- Security of Online Personal Information
- Information Collected from Donors
- How Donor Information is Used
- Security of Financial Information
- Changes to this Statement
- E-mail List Removal
- Contact Information
Collection of Personal Information Online
There is information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web site.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations collects personally identifiable information, such as e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number, of those who communicate with us.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations family of Web sites.
Use of Online Personal Information
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations collects and uses your personal information to operate the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web site and deliver the services you have requested. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and its affiliates.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, in order to determine what the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Upon request the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations will provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, or the public.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Web site may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
Security of Online Personal Information
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Information Collected from Donors
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations collects and uses various personal information from donors that includes: amount donated, address, telephone number, donor comments and e-mail address. Tax laws in the United States require the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations to keep contact information and contribution level of donors on file.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations will never publish, sell, trade, rent or share names (unless released for publication), e-mail or mail addresses, or telephone numbers of our donors. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations will use contact information (e-mail, telephone number and address) of donors for these purposes only:
- Distribute receipts for donations
- Thank donors for their donation
- Inform donors about upcoming fundraising and other activities of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
- Internal analysis and record keeping
- Reporting to relevant U.S. and State agencies (these reports are not for public inspection)
- Contact donors about changes to this policy
Comments given in donor forms are published in public lists and may be used in promotional materials, while comments sent to us via email, fax or telephone are kept strictly confidential.
Security of Financial Information
All access to donor financial information is strictly limited to professional staff who need to process those data. No such data are given to any person, organization or group who does not need to access those data.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations only uses online payment processing services with world class security and strong reputations. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations does not store, nor does it have access to, your credit card information, bank account numbers, or other account data sent to those processing services.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is protecting your information.
If you do not want to receive e-mail from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in the future, please let us know by sending us an e-mail at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number, or writing to us at the above address. You may also unsubscribe from our e-mail list by clicking on the 'opt-out' link at the bottom of each of our e-mails.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations at