Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

USAFacts Institute (“USAFacts”) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to the usafacts.org website (this “Site”). USAFacts is also committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personally identifiable information it receives through use of this Site.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information that USAFacts may receive through your use of this Site and how USAFacts may use such information.

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Terms & Conditions under which you may use this Site. Your use of this Site constitutes your agreement with this Privacy Policy, as well as the other Terms & Conditions.

This Site does not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you voluntarily transmit such information to USAFacts through completion of forms to subscribe to the USAFacts newsletter or you send USAFacts an email containing such information. This Privacy Policy describes USAFacts’ practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing such information.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website. This Site may contain integrations or links to third party websites or services, including those of our business partners. By interacting with these third parties, you are providing information directly to the third party and not USAFacts. Please note that USAFacts is not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties or any entity that it does not own or control. We encourage you to review the privacy notices and online terms of those third parties to learn more about how they handle your personal information.

INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO BECOME A NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBER

In order to become a USAFacts newsletter subscriber (a “Subscriber”), USAFacts requires that visitors to this Site fill out a form requesting the following information:

• Email address

USAFacts uses the information you submit on the newsletter subscription form for the following purposes:

• To email the USAFacts newsletter to Subscribers
• To email Subscribers research surveys or other requests for feedback regarding USAFacts, this Site or any data, information, materials, features, products or services USAFacts currently offers or may or does offer in the future; and
• To email Subscribers about USAFacts or any matters related to USAFacts. Such matters may include, among other things, changes to this Site, data, information, materials, features, products or services related to USAFacts, or data, information, materials, features, products or services that USAFacts currently offers or may or does offer in the future.

If you do not want USAFacts to use the information you submit on the newsletter subscription form in these ways, please send an email to [email protected]. You may also adjust your user preferences in your account profile or unsubscribe from the USAFacts newsletter by selecting the appropriate option in a USAFacts newsletter email sent to your email address. USAFacts does not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer to any third party information you submit to USAFacts on the newsletter subscription form or in response to a USAFacts newsletter email.

INFORMATION EMAILED TO USAFacts

USAFacts may also receive information about yourself that you voluntarily email to USAFacts. USAFacts does not sell, trade, rent or otherwise transfer to any third party information you submit to USAFacts about yourself by email.

INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM GOOGLE ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS

USAFacts uses reports from Google Analytics Solutions to help it analyze how visitors use this Site. Google Analytics Solutions uses “cookies,” which are small text files placed on the computers of Site users and which collect standard internet log information and Site use information in an anonymous form. No personally identifiable information is collected about you through such cookies. USAFacts may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

Anonymous aggregated data about use of this Site is collected from cookies and transmitted to Google Analytics Solutions, not to USAFacts. Google Analytics Solutions then compiles this anonymous aggregated data into statistical reports on user activity of this Site such as the source of traffic to the Site (e.g., search engines, links on other websites, etc.), the number and duration of visits to different pages on this Site, the number of downloads from this Site, and the geographic location of Site users. The Google Analytics Solutions reports are then transmitted to USAFacts, which uses the reports to evaluate how this Site is used by visitors so that USAFacts can better understand the interests of Site users and make improvements to this Site.

Some content or applications on the Site are served by third-parties, including servers, content providers, and application providers. USAFacts does not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. Third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use the Site. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

For further information about how Google Analytics Solutions collects and processes data, see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

You may block cookies from transmitting anonymous information to Google Analytics Solutions by activating the appropriate settings on your browser. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that cookies are blocked, Google Analytics Solutions will receive information from cookies on your computer when you direct your browser to this Site.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

USAFacts may disclose the Google Analytics Solutions reports it receives showing aggregated anonymous data about this Site’s visitors without restriction.

In general, USAFacts will not disclose to any third party any personally identifiable information you give USAFacts. However, USAFacts may disclose any personally identifiable information you give USAFacts in order to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including, without limitation, to respond to any government or regulatory request.

DATA SECURITY

USAFacts has implemented measures designed to secure personally identifiable information emailed to it or received through its newsletter subscription forms from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. All personally identifiable information given to USAFacts is stored on the secure Microsoft Azure cloud solution. USAFacts does not have its own server. All of USAFacts’ data and the Site are cloud-based (Microsoft Azure).

Unfortunately, transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure. Although USAFacts does its best to protect personally identifiable information given to it, USAFacts cannot guarantee the security of such information transmitted to USAFacts through the newsletter subscription forms or by email. Any transmission of personally identifiable information to USAFacts is at the risk of the party transmitting such information. USAFacts is not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on this Site.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES ON THIS SITE

This Site may contain links to other websites. USAFacts has no control over the privacy practices or policies of such other websites and USAFacts recommends that you read the privacy policies and terms of use of such third-party websites before using them. USAFacts is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices or other aspects of such third-party websites.

CHILDREN VISITING THIS SITE

USAFacts does not offer content targeted to children. USAFacts requests that children under the age of thirteen (13) years do not use this Site.

YOUR STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. Residents of the following states may be afforded additional rights: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Residents of these states may be able to exercise some or all of the following rights:

• Right of access and portability.
• Right to correction.
• Right to deletion.
• Right to opt-out.
• Right to exercise control over sensitive personal information.
• Right to non-retaliation.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state, and you should check with your local jurisdiction to determine if your state provides additional rights in relation to the personal information that we have collected.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask questions or provide comments about this Privacy Policy and USAFacts’ privacy practices, please send an email to [email protected].

Last updated: July 23, 2024