Privacy Policy

What Information We Collect and How We Use It

1. Personally Identifiable Information. In order to use certain services, we may require you to register and provide us with your name, address, an e-mail address and password. If you choose not to register and provide personally identifiable information, you will not be able to access areas that require registration. However, you still will be able to use a great deal of our site.

2. Non-personally Identifiable Information. We collect non-personally identifiable statistical information about the users of our site. We also may use "cookies" to help us gather information, such as the IP address and the DNS name of the access provider (such as your Internet Service Provider) type of browser, number of visits, average time spent, and what pages are viewed. Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your computer's hard drive. They are not used to get data from your hard drive, get your e-mail address or personal identifying information about you. We use this non-personally identifiable information to help us improve the quality of our services.

Information Collected by Third Parties

Please note that third parties may collect information about you, through cookies or other technologies, when you visit their websites by using a hyperlink on the La Leche League International or associated Message Board. Payment and Credit Card transactions are managed by La Leche League International and processed by Verisign, a professional payment authorization service was chosen for added security and reliability. Only the purchase price and the credit card information provided by the customer is supplied to Verisign, which uses the information to process payment transactions as described in the Privacy Statement published on its website. La Leche League International maintains information about these transactions pursuant to state and federal laws. This Privacy Policy does not govern these third party websites. You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of third parties and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their websites, including their use of any information (such as IP number, browser type, or operating system) collected when you click through to their sites. You should review the privacy policies of such third parties to understand how they collect and use information. La Leche League International does not control the users of this site. You should be aware that if you disclose personally identifiable information in a public area of the site, such as the Message Board, that information may be collected and used by others for their own purposes.

SECURITY We employ commercially reasonable security methods to protect the information you provide to us. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our server or that information you supply over the Internet will not be intercepted during transmission. We reserve the right, to the extent permitted by law, to disclose personal information concerning any user of this site to any third party, as we reasonably feel is necessary to operate the site properly, to protect our systems, partners or users (for example, if we suspect a user is in violation of our Terms of Service or is partaking in any harmful, infringing or illegal activity), to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests, or to respond to any circumstance which we, in our sole discretion, deem an emergency.

GENERAL AUDIENCE SITE This site is not intended for the use of children under the age of 13.

This Privacy Policy (version 20050920.1) is effective as of September 20, 2005.

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