The goal of both the National
College of District Attorneys and the National Center for Prosecution
Ethics is to provide you with a website that delivers the information,
resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful
to you. In order to achieve this goal, we may collect information
during your visits to understand what differentiates you from
other users.
This statement of the privacy practices for the www.ethicsforprosecutors.com
site explains what personally identifiable information of yours
may be or is collected, how and when we might use your information,
who has access to your information, and how you can correct any
inaccuracies in the information.
Ethicsforprosecutors.com may or does collect certain information
from and about its users in three ways -- directly from the
user, from our Web server logs, and with cookies.
Collection: User-Supplied Information
When you register or join www.ethicsforprosecutors.com to gain
access to the Members Only portions of the site, you will be
asked to print, complete and fax a membership application form
to the National Center for Prosecution Ethics. The information
on this form will be verified prior to the approval or refusal
of any application. Information on this form will be stored and
shared with the National College of District Attorneys; this
information may be used for mailings of both the National Center
for Prosecution Ethics and the National College of District Attorneys.
This information will also be used, as necessary, to enforce
the restriction of access to the site to only those who are employed
as prosecutors, either full time or part-time, and who have no
connections to or involvement with the representation of or giving
of advice to persons or entities charged with or suspected of
committing crime(s).
In addition, when you use a resource, such as the Members
Only Forum, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, and
some other personal information. Except in circumstances where
the information is essential for a particular resource, you
always have a choice whether or not to disclose information
to us. In other words, some information may be required, such
as your e-mail address to post a message, but other requested
information is optional and may be given at your discretion.
Collection: Server Log Information
Ethicsforprosecutors.com, like many other sites, may record
basic information from persons who visit its site, including
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the time of each visit,
and the referring location for each visit (e.g., the Site
or page that offered a link to an Ethicsforprosecutors.com
page).
Collection: Cookies
In order to offer and provide a customized, personal resource,
ethicsforprosecutors.com may use “cookies” to store
and help track your information.
“
Cookies” are a collection of information, usually including
a username, stored on the hard drive of the computer of a person
using the World Wide Web, used primarily by websites to identify
users who have previously registered or visited the site. While
most browsers are set up to accept cookies, you may reset your
browser either to notify you when you receive a cookie or to
refuse to accept cookies. You should understand that some sites
or parts of some sites may not function properly if you set
your browser to not accept cookies or if you reject a cookie.
To the extent that ethicsforprosecutors.com archives the Members
Only Forum discussion posts, you should remember that whenever
you voluntarily disclose personal information online, such
as through e-mail or discussion groups, your information could
be collected and used by others. ETHICSFORPROSECUTOS.COM CANNOT
ENSURE OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU TRANSMIT
TO US OR POST OR TRANSMIT ON OR THROUGH THE MEMBERS ONLY FORUM,
AND YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. You are also solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords you set up and/or
any account information.
We use or may use information in different ways, depending
on the type of information:
Use: User-supplied information
This information is or may be used for purposes such as personalization
and verification only.
Use: Web Server Logs
This information helps or may help us identify which areas
of our site are of interest to those visiting our site. We
also collect or may collect the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
of our visitors for the purposes of system administration and
to report aggregate information to our sponsors, if any.
Use: Cookies
We use or may use cookies to let you use our resources more
easily and to let us keep track of certain statistical information
that helps us improve our site.
The privacy and protection of your personal information is
important to us. Ethicsforprosecutors.com does not currently
rent or sell your personal information. Knowing that you use
certain resources or features may help us, and our sponsors
if any, to offer you better and more relevant content and resources.
Your access to some resources and content may be password protected.
You should not divulge your password to anyone. We will never
ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in
an unsolicited email. You should not disclose your user name
and password to others.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, WE CANNOT ENSURE
OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU TRANSMIT TO
US. YOU TRANSMIT ALL SUCH INFORMATION AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Except as described below, ethicsforprosecutors.com will not
willfully disclose any individually identifiable information
about its users to any third party (persons or entitites other
than the National College of District Attorneys, the National
Center for Prosecution Ethics and its sponsors, if any) without
first receiving that user's permission. Ethicsforprosecutors.com
may disclose personal information when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it or to protect our rights or property
or to enforce our terms of service.
At this time, we are not sure if a separate database of your
information will be maintained. Therefore, if you post a message
or add resources to the site that you wish to correct, please
direct your concerns to the Webmaster.
Use of this site is subject to additional terms set forth in
our Terms of Service agreement.
