9to5 National Association of Working Women (“9to5”) has created this Privacy Policy to explain why it collects particular information and how it will protect your personal privacy within its web sites (“Sites”), including 9to5.org. The following discloses 9to5’s information gathering and dissemination practices for the Sites.

In order to fully understand your rights 9to5 encourages you to read this Privacy Policy. 9to5 reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on its Sites. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.

Because 9to5 is committed to your privacy, this Privacy Policy notifies you of:

  1. What personally identifiable information of yours is collected through the Sites;
  2. How such information is used;
  3. With whom your information may be shared;
  4. What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of your information;
  5. What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under 9to5’s control; and
  6. How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.

What Information 9to5 Collects and How It Uses That Information:

9to5’s registration forms for its advocacy alerts and actions, to purchase 9to5 materials, or to donate to 9to5 require you to give it contact information that may include name, email address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests, and similar information. 9to5 may also obtain information regarding your use of the Sites and their offerings. 9to5 uses this information to fulfill your requests with respect to 9to5’s offerings, support the activities of 9to5 and improve its Sites and offerings. If you sign up for the membership network, 9to5 may from time to time use your email address to contact you regarding 9to5 and issues and activities of likely interest to you. 9to5 does not share or sell its lists of contacts gathered online or lists of donors who have given online or offline with other organizations, except, in certain instances, with organizations affiliated with 9to5 and third-party vendors as described below. From time to time, 9to5 may send you materials by U.S. Postal Service mail when it thinks they may be of interest to you. However, if you do not wish to receive materials by U.S. mail, you can let 9to5 know by emailing 9to5@9to5.org.

9to5 on occasion uses third-party vendors to provide services to its Sites or to 9to5. These services can include processing credit card transactions, fulfillment of merchandise requests, or facilitating fundraising campaigns. Information you provide on 9to5’s Sites may be provided to these vendors on a confidential basis solely for the purpose of providing these services.

Share Your Story:
If you elect to use 9to5’s Site(s) to share a personal story and/or photos, 9to5 reserves the right to edit your story and post it on the Site(s) at its discretion. By submitting a story to 9to5, you consent to its editing, posting and other use on behalf of 9to5’s goals and activities. You also agree to comply with 9to5’s Terms of Use.

Internet Protocol Address:

9to5 collects an IP address from all visitors to its Sites. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. 9to5 uses IP addresses to help diagnose problems with its server, administer its Sites, analyze trends, track users’ movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for 9to5 to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of “Cookies”:

9to5’s Sites may use cookies to enhance your experience while using its Sites. Cookies are pieces of information that some web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many web sites. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular web site and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of 9to5’s Sites will not function properly when you view them.

Security:

All credit card information provided to 9to5 is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to 9to5. 9to5 also protects account information by placing it on a secure portion of 9to5’s web site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of 9to5. Credit card information provided will only be used to fulfill your requests. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While 9to5 strives to protect your information, it cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.

Other Websites:

9to5’s Sites contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another web site for which 9to5 has no responsibility. 9to5 encourages you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different from 9to5’s policies.

Changes to Privacy Policy:

9to5 reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to modify this policy by simply posting such changes on its Sites. Any modifications will be effective immediately upon positing. If you have any questions or comments about this policy, or want to review or change any personal information previously provided with your consent, please contact 9to5 through any of the communication channels listed below.

Unsubscribing or Contacting the Sites:

If you do not want to receive any emails from 9to5 in the future, visit this page to unsubscribe. Note that your donation and/or activist records will remain in 9to5’s databases, but your email preferences will be modified. Users can opt-out of receiving text messages from our organization at any time by responding STOP to unsubscribe.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of 9to5’s Sites, or your dealings with 9to5’s Sites, you can contact:

9to5 National Association of Working Women

207 East Buffalo St, Suite 211

Milwaukee, WI 53202

You can also email us at info@9to5.org