Catskill Mountainkeeper respects your right to privacy and is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust. We do not sell or rent any information you provide us through our website. We have created the following privacy policy to inform you about the ways in which we collect and use this information.

Catskill Mountainkeeper does not collect any information from you without your knowledge and permission, and we do not ask that you enter any personal information to access or use most areas of the Catskill Mountainkeeper website. In order to use some of the tools and functions, however, such as the online action center, you must enter some identifying information. Catskill Mountainkeeper does not disclose this information to anyone except 1) to identify you, as described in the following three paragraphs, to those you contact through our website and 2) to manage our website and database with the help of service providers, who are subject to a non-disclosure agreement. Information you provide Catskill Mountainkeeper  is stored in a secure location and is accessible only by designated staff.

Online Activism
To send a message from our online action center to government officials and other decision-makers you must identify yourself by name, address and email address. Catskill Mountainkeeper  includes this information when we send your message. This is necessary for your message to be effective, and in the case of many government officials it is required.

Postcards and "Tell Your Friends" Pages
To forward an article, postcard or action alert you must enter your name, your email address and the email address(es) of anyone you are sending it to. Catskill Mountainkeeper  includes your name and email address when we send your message.

Other Places Information May Be Requested
In addition to information you enter when sending messages to friends and decision-makers from Catskill Mountainkeeper's website, you may submit information directly to Catskill Mountainkeeper  for purposes including donating, subscribing to an email bulletin, or entering a contest. Catskill Mountainkeeper will not disclose this information to anyone except in accordance with any rules you agree to as a contestant and, as described above, to manage our website and database with the help of service providers, who are subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Reviewing and Updating Your Information
You can review and update the information we have on record for you by going to this site's Members page. If it's your first time using the profile editor, you'll need to provide your email address on the log-in page so we can send you a password.

Communications from Catskill Mountainkeeper
If you have opted to receive any of our publications by email you are able at any time to unsubscribe on your member page as well.

When you provide Catskill Mountainkeeper with your email address and mailing address, we may contact you to ask you to participate in or donate to Catskill Mountainkeeper efforts. You can choose not to receive such requests on your member page as well.

Secure Transactions
When you donate to Catskill Mountainkeeper via our website your donation information is encrypted and transmitted via a secure connection. Catskill Mountainkeeper uses your credit card information only for the purpose of processing your donation. We will not disclose this information except as necessary to process your donation and we do not store it once your donation has been processed.