As You Sow recognizes that your privacy is important. This Policy applies to all of the content posted by the Responsible Cotton Network, administered by As You Sow, and its members. Any information collected on this site will heretofore be referred to as "personal information." If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us at info@responsible-cotton.net.

Information we collect and how we use it:

In order to provide our full range of services, we collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide - When you sign up for a Responsible Cotton Network Account we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password).
• Responsible Cotton Network cookies - When you visit the Responsible Cotton Network website, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Responsible Cotton Network features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
• Log information - When you use Responsible Cotton Network services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
• User communications - When you send email or other communication to As You Sow for the Responsible Cotton Network, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
• Group and Member communications - When you join the Responsible Cotton Network, you may choose to allow other members of the Responsible Cotton Network community to contact you. These contacts may be in the form of emails. The Responsible Cotton Network does not share your email address with other members of the Responsible Cotton Network, without your permission.
• Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by As You Sow. We do not exercise control over sites that members or groups may link to. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.

As You Sow and The Responsible Cotton Network only process personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include:

• Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
• Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
• Developing new services.

As You Sow and the Responsible Cotton Network process personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.

Choices for personal information

The only circumstance in which your information will be shared is if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of As You Sow and, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

Please contact us at the address below for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.

Information security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

We restrict access to personal information to As You Sow agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

Data integrity

As You Sow processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.

Enforcement

As You Sow regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or As You Sow's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between As You Sow and an individual.

Changes to this policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at

Privacy Matters
c/o As You Sow
311 California Street
Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA