Privacy Policy

It is The Show-Me Institute’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating the Policy Pulse website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, the Show-Me Institute collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Show-Me Institute’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how the Show-Me Institute’s visitors use its website. From time to time, the Show-Me Institute may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

The Show-Me Institute also collects potentially personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The Show-Me Institute does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally Identifying Information

Certain visitors to the Show-Me Institute’s websites choose to interact with the Show-Me Institute in ways that require the Show-Me Institute to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that the Show-Me Institute gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a Policy Pulse account to provide a name and email address. The Show-Me Institute collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with the Show-Me Institute. The Show-Me Institute does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

The Show-Me Institute may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. The Show-Me Institute may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, the Show-Me Institute does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information

The Show-Me Institute discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on the Show-Me Institute’s behalf or to provide services available at the Show-Me Institute’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using the Show-Me Institute’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Show-Me Institute will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, the Show-Me Institute discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when the Show-Me Institute believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of the Show-Me Institute, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Show-Me Institute website and have supplied your email address, the Show-Me Institute may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date. The Show-Me Institute takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Show-Me Institute uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the Policy Pulse website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Show-Me Institute’s websites, with the drawback that certain features may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

The Show-Me Institute may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at the Show-Me Institute’s sole discretion. The Show-Me Institute encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

This terms of use document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic License.