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WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY

The Speaking Up For Us website has been built to meet the highest standards of full disability accessibility.  For example, any graphics that contain important content include technology that permits a voice reader to recognize the text.  All attachments are in both Adobe Acrobat PDF and HTML formats.  No graphics interfere with the ability to read text if it is enlarged.

In addition to making technical modifications that provide greater accessibility, we have run accessibility tests with multiple assistive technologies - such as screen readers and screen enlarging software - to analyze and alter our pages.  We have also engaged accessibility experts and people with disabilities to further test and adapt our website for optimal usability.

Although we continue to test and modify our website for accessibility, there may be some links and pages developed by others that are not fully compliant with our standards.  We have chosen to include these pages to provide the most information.  We encourage you to contact the webmaster of any site linked to ours to discuss their accessibility issues.  If you would like further information about our accessibility standards, have problems accessing this website, or have any questions, comments, or suggestions we welcome you to please contact our webmaster.

If you need a version of the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and would like information on the disability accessibility of PDF documents, and the latest technology that can make PDF documents accessible, please visit http://access.adobe.com. 

WebSite Privacy Policy

We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy, that is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy.  This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is processed and used.  We will use your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy.  The following policies are only in effect for the web pages, newsletters, discussion lists and opt-in announcement lists owned and operated by Speaking Up For Us of Maine (SUFU).  The SUFU website includes other websites and certain other Internet media properties hyper linked from the SUFU site, which are outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.  The entirety of the SUFU website is known as the "SUFU Network."  The following will answer your questions regarding our Privacy Policy.

What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?

Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol."  When a visitor requests a page from any website within the SUFU Network, our web servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name and IP address.  The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site.  We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the SUFU Network, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement.  We do not collect and evaluate this information for specific individuals.  Our web servers do not automatically record e-mail addresses of the visitors.  See also Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties?

What are cookies?

From time to time, SUFU may send a "cookie" to your computer.  A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.  A cookie can't read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites.  Cookies do not damage your system.  We use cookies to identify which areas of SUFU's Network you have visited or customized, so the next time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible.  We may use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you see on our site.  You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser.  You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent.  If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other websites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.  If we have advertisers, they may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. 

What information do you collect when I register for something?

SUFU offers access to some services that require registration.  We may use your registration contact information to send notification to you of SUFU announcements by e-mail and/or postal mail.  We also may share that information with our partnering organizations.  Our partnering organizations may send you promotional material that is related to the topic of the service for which you registered.  We may also use your IP address internally and share it with third parties.  See also Will you disclose the information that you collect to outside third parties?

What other information do you request?

We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey or to provide additional services (for example, subscriptions to e-mail newsletters, announcement lists or information about conferences and events).  Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested.  We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do not sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party without your consent or as permitted by this Privacy Policy.

We may from time to time send e-mail announcing events or issues important to SUFU.  Except as stated above, SUFU will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive.

When you register, for instance to receive information, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail address so we can perform the services requested or described.

When you use co-branded services, or those provided by a third party, within the SUFU Network, your information may be passed to the co-brand or third party provider and their use of your information is subject to their applicable privacy policies.

SUFU will disclose personal information and/or an IP address when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

    1)    Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on SUFU;

    2)   Protect and defend the rights or property of the SUFU or visitors to the SUFU Network of sites and related properties;

    3)   Identify persons who may be violating the law, the SUFU legal notice and Web site User Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the SUFU Network or its related properties;

    4)   Fulfill a user's order or request.

SUFU uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure.  SUFU cannot be and is not not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information.  We are not responsible for such third party privacy policies or how they treat information about their users. 

What else should I know about my privacy when online?

The SUFU Network contains many hyperlinks to third party websites.  SUFU is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites or advertisers.  SUFU does not share any of the individual personal information you provide SUFU with the third parties to which SUFU links, except as stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although SUFU may share general aggregate data with such third parties (such as how many people use our site).  Please check with those websites to determine their privacy policy.

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others.  In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information.  Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

By using the SUFU Network, you consent to the collection and use of information by SUFU as specified above.  If we decide to change our Privacy Policy we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Please send any questions about SUFU’s Privacy Policy to: webmaster@SUFUMaine.org