District Council 47 ("Council") is committed to protecting the privacy of our member's personal information. This statement applies with respect to the information that we collect from the Council Web site, located at dc47afscme.org. Amendments to this statement will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

I. INFORMATION COLLECTED

We collect non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or most-recently visited URL. We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your age gender ethnic background, etc. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey or registration form. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.

II. USE OF INFORMATION

In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. We may also use this information to deliver to you information about our Council and informational material from some of our affiliates, AFSCME International, AFL-CIO and allied groups. Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings from Council by following the instructions set forth in the opt-out section below.

Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our site, showing you content we think you might be interested in.

III. USE OF IP ADDRESSES

We use your IP Address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.

IV. USE OF COOKIES

When you view our Web site we might store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a Web site as easily as possible. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to prevent you from reentering all your registration data at each connection.

V. SECURITY

Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information.

VI. OTHER WEB SITES; LINKS

Our Web site contains links to other Web sites. District Council 47 is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

VII. CORRECT; UPDATE

District Council 47 allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done through the following methods:

1. E-mail the information to dc47webmaster@dc47afscme.org
2. visit the Member Service section of the site and follow the