Privacy Policy

OSPIRG’s website is designed to provide information on consumer and public interest issues and enable visitors to take action to stand up to powerful interests. In order to serve you more effectively, some parts of the website may ask for your name, address, email address and other information. Providing this information is always optional. OSPIRG respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust. Our policy regarding the privacy of your personal information is as follows:

Personal Information
Any personal information we request is intended to help us improve the content of our site, to provide you with accurate information about your elected officials and the interactions you take part in, and to provide decision-makers with necessary information about who is speaking out on a particular issue. We may also provide this information to groups in our public interest network, but we will never sell your personal information or share it with outside organizations unless expressly noted.

If you choose to take action or make a financial contribution, your personal information will be encrypted through SSL/HTTPS, the industry standard technology used to protect sensitive data.

We sometimes contract with third-party vendors to perform functions including but not limited to data processing and credit card processing. These third parties have access to your personal information only as needed to perform their services for OSPIRG and are under legal obligation not to disclose that information or otherwise jeopardize its security.

If you take action, sign up for email alerts, or make a financial contribution to OSPIRG online, you may receive periodic communications including but not limited to email, letters, newsletters and an annual report. At any time, you can unsubscribe from these communications by following the directions included in the communication or by contacting us.

After taking some actions online, you may be given the option to send a message to your friends, inviting them to take action as well. If you send a message to a friend, your name and email will be included in that message. We will not store your friend’s name or email address, nor will your friend receive communications from OSPIRG unless he or she joins, takes action, or makes a contribution.

Browser Information
As is true of most websites, our web server may place cookies on your machine containing information you have given us (for example, your state or zip code). These cookies allow us to provide you with a more focused user-experience (for example, by allowing us to display specific information, such as the name of your U.S. Representative, based on your state or zip code). We do not analyze, share or use cookies for any purpose other than streamlining your visit to our website and making it more convenient.

Our web server also collects anonymous information that we use to help diagnose problems with our server and to track web traffic on our site.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us.