The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting the privacy of visitors to our websites and describe our information-gathering and dissemination practices.
How We Use The Information You Give Us
TobaccoFreeKids.org
Some interactions on TobaccoFreeKids.org require certain personal information (such as name, email address and ZIP code) be submitted so that we can match site visitors to relevant advocacy action opportunities, process their contributions in compliance with applicable laws, or to communicate with them. These interactions typically add the site visitor to an email list of persons interested in tobacco control issues or advocacy. We maintain this list so we can provide interested individuals with relevant information or offer additional action opportunities. Recipients always have the option to unsubscribe or opt-out of any future communications.
We also give U.S.-based users the option to provide their U.S. cell phone numbers if they wish to receive text alerts from us via SMS. We provide the following language for people who have opted for this mode of communication:
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids will send you two text messages per month on average. For help, text HELP or contact info@tobaccofreekids.org. Text STOP to opt-out of text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
We may share the provided personal information with companies we have contracted to assist us with running this website or our digital campaigns, but solely for technical or operational purposes. In such cases, we require these companies to sign a non-disclosure agreement as part of their contract with us. We will not sell or share our list. And we will not provide any personal contact information to any other organization or individual unless we are required by law or where we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process. We may sometimes use visitors' Internet Provider (IP) addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, and we use them, as necessary, to administer our websites.
At our online Action Center on TobaccoFreeKids.org, we provide visitors with opportunities to submit statements to third parties, such as elected officials. By submitting such statements, visitors acknowledge that information such as name, email, and/or address (depending on which fields they fill in) will be sent to this third party along with their statement.
Donor Lists
We will not sell, share or trade our donors' names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.
This policy applies to all information received by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, both online and offline, on any platform, as well as any electronic, written or oral communications.
To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.
TakeDownTobacco.org
We may ask users who wish to participate in our Take Down Tobacco program to create an account on TakeDownTobacco.org, provide personal information (such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) and certify that they are at least 13 years old.
We use this information to let us know who is participating in Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action each year and so we can provide technical support. We also use this information to keep participants informed of various advocacy opportunities in tobacco control.
As part of managing this program, we also ask participants to provide information about specific Take Down Tobacco events they’re holding (including date, time, location, size, them, etc.).
We may share the provided personal information with companies we have contracted to assist us with running this website or our digital campaigns, but solely for technical or operational purposes. In such cases, we require these companies to sign a non-disclosure agreement as part of their contract with us. We will not sell or share our list. And we will not provide any personal contact information to any other organization or individual unless we are required by law or where we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process. We may sometimes use visitors' Internet Provider (IP) addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, and we use them, as necessary, to administer our websites.
Taking Down Tobacco Youth Advocacy Training
We ask users participating in the Taking Down Tobacco youth advocacy training program to create an account and provide personal information (such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) and certify that they are at least 13 years old.
We use this information to help organize participation in the youth advocacy training program, properly administer our online training courses and keep participants informed of various advocacy opportunities in tobacco control.
We may share the provided personal information with companies we have contracted to assist us with running this website or our digital campaigns, but solely for technical or operational purposes. In such cases, we require these companies to sign a non-disclosure agreement as part of their contract with us. We will not sell or share our list. And we will not provide any personal contact information to any other organization or individual unless we are required by law or where we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process. We may sometimes use visitors' Internet Provider (IP) addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, and we use them, as necessary, to administer our websites.
Contact Information Forms
We require users to provide their email address when using one of our various “Contact Us” forms so that we can respond to visitor questions or comments as needed. We do not keep these email addresses longer than needed to be able to respond to queries.
How We Use Cookies
(And other ways we passively collect data)
We may use cookies (a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser) to enable us to send registered visitors information and other content specific to their expressed interests, and to save a visitor’s personal password so s/he does not have to re-enter it each time the password-required sections of the website are visited. We offer visitors the choice to have us save their passwords, and visitors can accept or reject any cookies from our websites by taking advantage of the related settings and tools on their own computers.
We may also use commercially available third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to analyze website traffic and aggregate user behavior so that we can better manage our content and improve our sites. In these cases, the data we receive from third-party companies have been aggregated and/or stripped of elements that would directly tie them to specific user email addresses.
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Statement applies only to information collected by TobaccoFreeKids.org and other Tobacco-Free Kids websites mentioned on this page.
Because our sites contain links to other sites, we encourage visitors to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of other sites. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other websites.
Security
We strive to keep security measures in place to protect visitors against the loss, misuse, or alteration of any visitor information under our control. This includes the use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for processing donations and financial information.
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' mission is to protect kids from tobacco, and we are equally committed to making children’s on-line experience with us as safe, constructive, and enjoyable as possible. We do NOT actively collect online contact information from children under the age of 13 without taking steps to provide prior parental notification or obtain prior parental consent (in which we offer an opportunity for parents to prevent use of their children’s information or stop their participation in the activity). Unless we receive a communication providing prior parental consent, online information will be used only to respond directly to the child's request and not for other purposes.
More specifically, with regard to visitors under the age of 13, our websites:
- Do NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental notification;
- Do NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information without prior parental consent;
- Do NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent;
- Do NOT entice visitors—by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity—to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity;
- Do ALLOW parents to review, change and/or delete their child's personal information given to the Campaign;
- Do NOTIFY parents if we change the purpose for which we use a child's information (e.g. if we were to begin a chat room).
Unfortunately, given technological and resource limitations, it may be possible for some children under thirteen to evade our efforts to notify parents or obtain prior parental consent—especially if their parents do not supervise or monitor their Internet use at home.
To Contact the Website
Website Manager
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
1400 Eye Street, NW Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
info@tobaccofreekids.org
202.296.5469
To Update Your Information or to Stop Getting Emails from Tobacco-Free Kids:
- Email info@tobaccofreekids.org
- Send mail to the following postal address:
Grassroots Director
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
1400 Eye Street, NW Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
Changes to this Privacy Policy
If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so visitors can readily determine what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Last updated June 13, 2024