Your Privacy
The Digital Dialogue Forum recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of the users of our Web site and has established this Privacy Policy as a result. Below we describe why we gather personal information, what information we collect, how we collect it, what we use the information for and how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information.
Note: You must be 18 years or older to register as a member of the Digital Dialogue Forum
Why do we gather information?
Since our inception, the Digital Dialogue Forum has been Washington’s leading voice for technology. The Digital Dialogue Forum is a coalition of more than 20 cutting-edge technology firms and organizations. Its mission is to strengthen the dialogue between the technology sector and Congress, and promote the benefits of information technology and electronic commerce. We gather personal information to allow users to join the Digital Dialogue Forum and to provide members with important news on issues they care about.
How we use “cookies”
A “cookie” is a small file stored on your computer by a Web site which gives you a numeric user ID and stores certain information about your activity on the site. We use cookies to let us know that you are a prior user of our Web site and to provide certain features to you, for example to store information on your issue selections as you browse through our site, but we do not store any personal information or financial information about you using cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain aspects of our Web site will not function properly.
How we use the information we collect about you.
We use information we collect from you to register you as a member and to inform you of important information regarding your issues. We do not make your email addresses available to third parties (except for subsidiaries, subcontractors or agencies acting on our behalf in compliance with this Privacy Policy).
Links
The Digital Dialogue Forum wants you to be aware that when you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to third-party Web sites, you will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policies, not ours. While we support the protection of privacy on the Internet, we cannot be responsible for the actions of third parties.
We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms and conditions whenever interacting with, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other Web site.
Your Security
Our Web site encrypts your credit card number prior to transmission over the Internet using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology.
However, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we make reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of information you transmit to us.
Corrections
If you would like to update or correct information previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your new information to update@digitaldialogueforum.com.
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy
Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of information by us and the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post those changes so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
Your Comments
The Digital Dialogue Forum welcomes feedback concerning its privacy policy. Please send your comments and questions to feedback@digitaldialogueforum.com.
How to Contact Us
Questions about this statement or about our handling of your information may be sent by email to info@digitaldialogueforum.com, or by post to Digital Dialogue Forum Privacy Office, P.O. BOX 3800
Merrifield, VA 22116-3800 United States.