Rainforest Management Alliance Privacy Policy

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Rainforest Management Alliance (RMA), collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. RMA’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how RMA’s visitors use its website.

RMA also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. RMA does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to RMA’s website choose to interact with RMA in ways that require RMA to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that RMA gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, RMA collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfil the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with RMA. RMA does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

RMA will only disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to those of its employees and contractors that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on RMA’s behalf or to provide services available at RMA’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees and contractors may be located outside of your home country; by using RMA’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. RMA will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees and contractors, as described above, RMA discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when RMA believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of RMA, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered on the RMA mailing list RMA may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with RMA and our products. We primarily use our Latest News page to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via our Contact Us form), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. RMA takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. RMA may use cookies to help RMA identify and track visitors, their usage of RMA website, and their website access preferences. RMA visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using RMA’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of RMA’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Links

Our site contains links to other sites. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you access them using links from our websites and recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit.

In addition, if you linked to our websites from a third party website, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

Your acceptance of this Policy

By using our site you consent to the collection and use of information by RMA in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use our site.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, RMA may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in RMA’s sole discretion. RMA encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.