Equality Ohio Campaign Fund (EOPAC) Privacy Policy:

The Equality Ohio Campaign Fund (EOPAC) strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our donors and visitors to our Web site ("End Users"). Since the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other information, provided to us by our donors and website visitors.

You do not have to share personally identifiable information to use the EOPAC web site. EOPAC does not collect personally identifiable information about people without their permission. However, please be aware that our site links to other websites and EOPAC cannot control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those websites.

Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at eopac.org.

How we use the information gathered when you donate to EOPAC or use one of our online services:

• We gather contact information when you contribute to EOPAC online or via mail, sign up at an event, when you sign up on the EOPAC web site, or when you sign up on one of our email lists. We use this information to send you legislative updates, action alerts, press releases, information about EOPAC programs, events and activities, local volunteer opportunities and fund raising appeals.
  EOPAC also uses information gathered via the EOPAC website to improve our web-based services. EOPAC periodically performs statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of various areas on our website and to use such information to improve on our website's ability to serve you better.
• Cookies: EOPAC may use "cookies" on some Web pages. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on an End User's hard drive but does not itself contain any personal information. Cookies enhance an End User's experience by saving the End User from having to log in or provide information each time he or she re-visits an EOPAC Web page and by customizing content based on an End User's interests. An End User can configure his or her browser to be alerted when a site is attempting to send a cookie and refuse the cookie.
• EOPAC also tracks End User activity and click-through behavior to provide an End User with a more personalized experience while visiting our Web pages and for more personalized e-mail alerts. EOPAC also uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Web site, track End User movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

How you receive e-mails and e-mail newsletters from EOPAC:

You will only receive email newsletters from us if you have a) expressly signed up for a newsletter on the EOPAC website; b) you have made a donation or otherwise initiated a relationship with EOPAC. The information we gather from users of the EOPAC website or services (including email addresses) is not shared with other organizations or parties without your permission. From time to time we may send out emails on behalf of other like-minded organizations, but we do not provide them with access to any personal information that you have provided without your permission.

In order to provide you with better and more relevant information, we compile information about email response and website usage. This information helps us to better understand our site visitors' usage patterns and also what types of content and information may help improve your user experience on the EOPAC website.

All emails sent contain a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or e-mail communication from EOPAC at any time.

How we track HTML newsletters:

We make use of both "open-tracking" and "click-tracking" in our HTML newsletters (i.e. emails that contain text and images). Open-tracking allows us to find out how many people have viewed our email newsletters and click-tracking allows us to find out which links in the newsletter were clicked on. This helps us to refine and improve the editorial content of our newsletters, and to provide you with relevant information. "HTML-sensing" is used to determine if your email client supports HTML-based emails. This is employed only if you request our system to detect whether you can receive HTML emails.
If you have any questions, please email: contactus@eopac.org.

How we protect your information:

EOPAC is extremely protective of the information gathered through its programs and website. Our web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored on a separate system that is not connected to the Internet.

When you contribute to EOPAC on-line, we use a secure server and encryption to protect your financial and other personal information during transmission.
EOPAC follows the Association of Fundraising Professional's (AFP) Ethical Guidelines to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice.

EOPAC does not specifically ask children under 18 for any information and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information about them.

How to unsubscribe from mailing lists:

All EOPAC communication, whether via email or US mail, provides information on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily. Those wishing to opt out of receiving communications from EOPAC ("do not contact"), or from being included in list exchanges with like-minded organizations ("do not exchange") can simply contact our staff at contactus@eopac.org.

How to correct information you have provided:

You may correct and/or change any information regarding your profile by contacting our staff at contactus@eopac.org.

How to contact us about our policies:

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, send email to: contactus@eopac.org.

EOPAC Refund Policy

Donations to EOPAC are generally considered to be non-refundable gifts. However, if by chance you should donate to EOPAC in error, please inform us at contactus@eopac.org within seven (7) business days of the transaction so a refund can be made to your credit card account. You will need to provide full details of your transaction and produce a copy of your "digital receipt" that was
emailed to you at the time of your donation.

If you made a payment or donation by check, please
submit a letter in writing requesting a refund within 30 days of the
date of your transaction to: EOPAC 50 W. Broad St. Suite 1970 Columbus, OH 43215.