Privacy Statement

This site is owned and operated by The North Carolina Press Association. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us, and we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it. Please note this policy applies only to information collected by The NCPA online and does not address information collected or used by The NCPA through other means.

INFORMATION THE NCPA GATHERS AND TRACKS

Technical Information

The NCPA gathers aggregated tracking information by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. We automatically track and collect the following information when you visit our Site: (i) IP address; (ii) domain server; (iii) type of computer; and (iv) type of web browser (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site.

Personal Information

Access to The NCPA's main Web site is available via the Internet without the user supplying any personal information. There are portions of the website, however, that will require the user to register and provide certain personal information.

In order for you to access certain premium services via the Site, we require you to provide us with information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include: (i) Contact Data (such as your name, mailing and e-mail addresses) and (ii) Demographic Data (such as your zip code, age and income). If you communicate with us by e-mail, post messages to any of our chat groups, bulletin boards or forums, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys or contest entries, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information. Participation in those portions and the furnishing of personal information is purely voluntary.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The NCPA uses cookies to track user traffic patterns as described above. Our system uses "cookies" to customize content specific to your interests, to ensure that you do not see the same advertisement repeatedly and to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Web site.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively certain portions of our Web site.

USE OF INFORMATION

The NCPA internally uses information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our websites, to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites and to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

Aggregated tracking information is used to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users.

We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, The NCPA will keep your individual personal information private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect our rights or property; or (c) enforce our Terms of Service. Your Personal Information is stored on secure servers that are not accessible by third parties. We provide you with the capability to transmit your Personal Information via secured and encrypted channels if you use a similarly equipped Web browser.

SECURITY

The NCPA operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

YOUR CONSENT

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by The NCPA. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have questions, comments or need to update your personal information, you can reach us at: (919) 787-7443 or by e-mail to holly@ncpress.com.