Privacy policy

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge provides this Privacy Statement to inform you of our Privacy Policy and practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected online and how that information is used.

We've structured our web site so that, in general, you can visit the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge on the Web without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information.

Last privacy policy update: August 25, 2010

Collection of Your personal information

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge collects personally identifiable information, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number and/or email address when you join or renew your membership and when you contribute money other than membership dues. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. When you view our pages, your browser sends us information such as your IP address, your browser identifier, the URL of the last page you were viewing, etc. This information is used by the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge for the operation of its online web site, to maintain the quality of its online web site, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Friends web site.

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others.

Use of Cookies

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge web site uses "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.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you purchase items from our online shop, a cookie helps the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge to track items in your cart.

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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge web site or other web sites you visit.

Children's privacy

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. For more information, see the Federal Trade Commission's Children's Privacy Statement.

For Kids: Please don't send us email, especially if you are under 13 years old. Instead, have an adult send the message. Have your parents, teachers and school librarian contact us if you need further assistance.

links to other Web sites

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge web site sometimes contains links to other web sites. The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. When we send you to any other domain, you are subject to the privacy policies of that domain.

Removing personal information

We can remove any or all of your personal information that we have on file. Please contact us with your instructions and we will remove as per your instructions. Your request must come from the same email address that we have on file for you. You can also send your removal request to the following mailing address:

FWNWR
3888 State Route 101
Ilwaco, WA 98624-9707

Updates

The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge reserves the right to alter our privacy principles as needs require. Any alterations to these principles will be posted on our web site in a timely manner.

Additional information

Questions regarding the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge's privacy policy, contact us.

Privacy disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our web site.