PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to The National Center for Public Policy Research!

(Hereinafter referred to as “The National Center”).

The National Center values your privacy and the protection of your personal data. This privacy policy describes what information we collect from you, how we collect it, how we use it, how we obtain your consent, how long we keep it in our databases and, if necessary, with whom we share it.

By using the website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. Your use of the website is also subject to our terms and conditions. In this privacy policy, the words “website” refers to The National Center website, “we”, “us”, “our” and “The National Center” refers to The National Center for Public Policy Research and “you”, “donor” and “user” refers to you, the user of The National Center.

This privacy policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. This privacy policy has been prepared and is maintained in accordance with all applicable national and international laws and regulations and, in particular, with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Washington DC data protection regulations.

  1. GENERAL INFORMATION

The personal data of the users that are collected and processed through the website:

Will be under responsibility and in charge of:

  1. TYPES OF INFORMATION GATHERED

The information we collect from our users helps us to personalize and continually improve the user experience on the website. These are the types of information we collect:

Information You Give Us. You can provide us with information when you visit the website, subscribe to our newsletter, make a donation and/or contact us through our contact form or contact information. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with the following information:

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly or indirectly through our website or online presence such as ‘cookies’.

The National Center will not collect any personally identifiable information about you, unless you provide it.

Information Collected Automatically: By visiting the website, you may automatically provide us with the following information:

  • Your IP address
  • Referring URLs

If you access the website through a mobile phone, we will collect the following information:

  • Mobile device ID
  • IP address

Payment data: Your payment information will be processed by the payment processors available on the website (Stripe, Donorbox, PayPal), which will process and store your data securely and for the sole purpose of processing the payment of donations. The National Center reserves the right to contract any payment platform available on the market, which treats your data for the sole purpose of processing the payment of donations.

See the privacy policy of Stripe, Donorbox and PayPal here:

GOOGLE Analytics. We use Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc. of the United States (“Google”). These tools and technologies collect and analyze certain types of information, such as IP addresses, device and software identifiers, referring and exit URLs, feature usage metrics and statistics, media access control address (MAC address), unique mobile device identifiers and other similar information through the use of cookies. The information generated by Google Analytics (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We use GOOGLE Analytics data collection for data analysis, marketing purposes and to improve the website.

Please consult Google’s privacy policy here:

Social Media: On our website you will find links and functions linked to different social networks, where you can share your information. It is advisable to consult the privacy and data protection policy of each social network used on our website.

Contact information: We may access some personal information about the user, such as name and email address, when the user or any third party communicates with us through our contact information. Personal information provided through our contact information is not stored on any The National Center server and will be stored on the respective server of our email service.

  1. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA

Personal data provided by users through the website will be kept for the time necessary to offer our website, process donations and/or until the user decides to unsubscribe to our newsletter or requests the deletion of their data. The National Center may be allowed to retain personal data for a longer period whenever the user has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, The National Center may be obliged to retain personal data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority. Once the retention period expires, personal data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

  1. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION.

In general, we use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect and improve our current website. We use personal information collected through our website as described below:

  • Process payment of donations.
  • Display relevant advertising within the website.
  • Understand and improve your experience on our website.
  • Respond to your comments or questions through our contact information.
  • Send you emails through our newsletter related to The National Center content.
  • Marketing purposes of The National Center.
  1. HOW DO YOU GET MY CONSENT?

By using the website, making a donation, subscribing to our newsletter, contacting us through our contact form or contact details and providing us with personal information to communicate with you, you consent to our collection, storage and use of your information on the terms contained in this privacy policy. You may withdraw your consent by sending us your request via the contact information. You can withdraw your consent by sending us your request via the contact information.

  1. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

Users’ personal information is an important and fundamental part of The National Center. Under no circumstances will we sell or share information with third parties that has not been previously authorized by the user or owner of the personal data. We share user information solely and exclusively as described below:

Third-Party Service Providers. We use the services of third parties to perform certain functions on our behalf and through our website. Examples include creating and hosting the website, processing payments (Stripe, Donorbox, PayPal), sending emails, analyzing data (Google Analytics), displaying ads on the website, providing marketing assistance, and delivering search results and links.

These third-party services and tools may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use that information for other purposes. Information shared with these third-party services will be treated and stored in accordance with their respective privacy policies and our privacy policy.

Email marketing: We use the information provided by users to conduct marketing campaigns and send relevant information to our users. By providing us with your e-mail address, you authorize us to use your information for e-mail marketing. We will use third party services to conduct email marketing, so we may share your email address with some of these third parties for the sole and exclusive purpose of sending emails through email marketing and in accordance with our privacy policy.

Business Transfers. In the event that The National Center creates, merges with, or is acquired by another entity, your information will most likely be transferred. The National Center will email you or place a prominent notice on our website before your information becomes subject to another privacy policy.

Protection of The National Center and others. We release personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of The National Center, our users or others.

With Your Consent. Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personally identifiable information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

Anonymous Information. The National Center uses the anonymous browsing information collected automatically by our servers primarily to help us administer and improve the website. This information is not personally identifiable.

  1. PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you provide through the website. We restrict authorized access to your personal information to those persons who have a legitimate purpose to know that information and to those persons you have authorized to have access to that information. The National Center follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once The National Center receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while The National Center strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. 

  1. RIGHTS

Users who provide information through our website, as data subjects and data owners, have the right to access, rectify, download or delete their information, as well as to restrict and object to certain processing of their information. While some of these rights apply generally, others apply only in certain limited circumstances. We describe these rights below:

  • Access and portability: to access and know what information is stored in our servers, you can send us your request through our contact information.
  • Rectify, Restrict, Limit and/or Delete: You can also rectify, restrict, limit or delete much of your information.
  • Right to be informed: Users of our website will be informed, upon request, about what data we collect, how it is used, how long it is retained and whether it is shared with third parties.
  • Object: When we process your information based on our legitimate interests as explained above, or in the public interest, you may object to this processing in certain circumstances. In such cases, we will stop processing your information unless we have compelling legitimate reasons to continue processing it or where it is necessary for legal reasons.
  • Revoke consent: Where you have previously given your consent, such as to allow us to process and store your personal information, you have the right to revoke your consent to the processing and storage of your information at any time. For example, you may withdraw your consent by updating your settings. In certain cases, we may continue to process your information after you have withdrawn your consent if we have a legal basis for doing so or if your withdrawal of consent was limited to certain processing activities.
  • Complaint: If you wish to file a complaint about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority. Users can exercise all these rights by contacting us through the contact information or the contact page.
  • Rights related to automated decision-making, including profiling: website users may request that we provide a copy of the automated processing activities we conduct if they believe that data is being unlawfully processed.

Users or owners of the personal information they provide through the website may exercise these rights over their personal information at any time and without any limitation by sending us their request through our contact information.

  1. CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION

We meet the requirements of data protection regulations, regarding the protection of the personal data of minors. Although the website is available for all ages, we do not collect any information from children under 13 years of age without the respective permission of their parents or legal guardians. If you become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information without the permission of a parent or legal guardian, please contact us. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with personal information without parental or legal guardian permission, we will take steps to delete that information.

  1. THIRD PARTIES

Except as otherwise expressly included in this privacy policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information that The National Center collects from you. If you disclose your information to other persons or third parties, whether they are other The National Center affiliates providing the services displayed on the website, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to these third parties. The National Center does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. The National Center is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites, including those linked to our website through affiliate content. Please check the privacy policies of these third parties before sharing or disclosing your personal information.

  1. CONTACT US

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy and the handling and security of your data, please contact us through the contact information below:

The National Center for Public Policy Research.

General Email: [email protected]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

List rentals and exchanges: The National Center for Public Policy Research periodically permits other appropriate non-profit organizations to mail certain lists of our donors, primarily through list exchanges as a means of obtaining new donors to support National Center programs. These exchanges are on a one-to-one basis, for one-time use, and require the consent of either the president or chairman of The National Center.

Only names and addresses are provided in such exchanges. All other data is kept in the strictest confidence.

To ensure that donors are not sent more mail than authorized, every list The National Center ships contains unique markers permitting use to be tracked. The National Center will take legal action for compensation, damages and legal fees for any unauthorized use of any of its donor lists.

If you are a National Center donor and you prefer that your name and address not be included in such list trades or rentals, you may inform us by e-mail. Please include your name and address.

To be removed from mailing lists: If you wish to be removed from our mail solicitation lists, please click here. Please include your name and mailing address in your e-mail correspondence. For name/address changes or other concerns, please click here.

These requests also may be facilitated by writing us at: National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001, or faxing us at (301) 498-1301, or calling (202) 507-6398.

To ensure that we respect the wishes of our donors, all requests must be made either by the donor or a legally-appointed representative of the donor. If you are a donor’s legal representative, include a copy of your Power of Attorney when e-mailing, faxing or writing us on the donor’s behalf. If we do not receive this documentation, we have no way to know if a person purporting to be speaking on a donor’s behalf has the permission of the donor to do so.

Those who wish to continue receiving solicitations from The National Center, but wish to reduce either the frequency of such mailings or specify specific times of year they wish to receive them, may inform us of their wishes using any of the means indicated above.

Additional information: The National Center also periodically (at least annually) provides in written appeals to donors the opportunity to express their preference with regard to sharing their contact information with other organizations. Internally, confidential donor information is protected in numerous ways: 1. Only personnel with direct fundraising responsibilities have access to our donor database; 2. The National Center has software that records details on every list exported from our database, including the identity of the staff member accessing the list; 3. All National Center employees are required to sign a legally-binding non-disclosure agreement as a condition of employment; 4. The National Center’s database contains a mixture of “decoys,” including paid monitors; family, friends and associates of The National Center; donor volunteers permitting us to track unauthorized use. These decoys, some of whom are only known to the president of The National Center, provide regular reports to the president on the mail they receive; 5. Any employee found sharing confidential donor lists without authorization will be terminated immediately and will face legal action.

The National Center will not divulge ANY information about a donor’s giving history to anyone other than the donor, the donor’s legally-appointed representative, or government agencies as required by law.

Telephone solicitations: The National Center for Public Policy Research does not conduct telephone solicitation efforts, so there is no need to contact us if you do not wish to be telephoned as part of a National Center telephone solicitation campaign.

Legal notice: All privacy policies are subject to laws, subpoenas, government regulations and court orders, and also are subject to change.

COOKIE POLICY

This cookie policy explains how and why cookies and other similar technologies may be stored on and accessed from your device when you use or visit:

(Hereinafter referred to as “The National Center”).

The information collected through cookies will be under responsibility and in charge of:

This cookie policy should be read together with our privacy policy and our terms and conditions.

By using the website, you accept the use of cookies by The National Center, in the terms contained in this policy.

  1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

“Cookies” are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember if you have been to the website before. Cookies are a very common web technology; most websites use cookies and have done so for years. Cookies are widely used to make the website work more efficiently. Cookies are used to measure which parts of the website users visit and to personalize their experience. Cookies also provide information that helps us monitor and improve the performance of the website.

  1. COOKIE SETTINGS

If you do not want cookies to be dropped on your device, you can adjust the setting of your Internet browser to reject the setting of all or some cookies and to alert you when a cookie is placed on your device. For further information about how to do so, please refer to your browser ‘help’, ‘tool’, or ‘edit’ section. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to access or use all or parts of the functionalities of the website.

If you want to remove previously-stored cookies, you can manually delete the cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent the website from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your Internet browser setting as described above.

We provide the links for the management and blocking of cookies depending on the browser you use:

In cases where you access the website through an iOS or Android mobile device, please follow the instructions below to delete or block cookies on your device:

  1. COOKIES WE USE

We use the following cookies on our website:

Cookie Domain Description Duration Type
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personalization_id .twitter.com Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. 1 year 1 month 4 days Advertisement
YSC .youtube.com Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. session Advertisement
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. 5 months 27 days Advertisement
_gcl_au .nationalcenter.org Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. 3 months Analytics
test_cookie .doubleclick.net doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. 15 minutes Advertisement
_ga_* .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
_ga .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
IDE .doubleclick.net Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. 1 year 24 days Advertisement
__utma .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 1 year 1 month 4 days Performance
__utmc .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to enable interoperability with urchin.js, an older version of Google Analytics and is used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. It is deleted when the user closes the browser. session Performance
__utmz .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. 6 months Performance
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_ga_* .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
_gid .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. 1 day Analytics
_gat_gtag_UA_* .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. 1 minute Analytics
li_sugr .linkedin.com LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behaviour data to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant. 3 months Advertisement
bcookie .linkedin.com LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. 1 year Advertisement
lidc .linkedin.com LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. 1 day Functional
_gat_UA-* .nationalcenter.org Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. 1 minute Analytics
_fbp .nationalcenter.org Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. 3 months Analytics
ln_or nationalcenter.org Linkedin sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website for internal analytics. 1 day Analytics
UserMatchHistory .linkedin.com LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. 1 month Functional
AnalyticsSyncHistory .linkedin.com Linkedin set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. 1 month Analytics
bscookie .www.linkedin.com LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. 1 year Advertisement
li_gc .linkedin.com Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. 5 months 27 days Functional
centerVisitorId js.center.io Center sets this cookie to track the individual sessions on the website, which is data used for lead generation as a part of marketing purposes. 1 year 1 month 4 days Advertisement
CONSENT .youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. 2 years Analytics
yt-remote-device-id youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. never Advertisement
yt.innertube::requests youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. never Advertisement
yt-remote-connected-devices youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. never Advertisement
yt.innertube::nextId youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. never Advertisement
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  1. PURPOSES OF OUR COOKIES

Our cookies are used for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary: These cookies are essential for the website to perform its basic functions.

Security: We use these cookies to help identify and prevent potential security risks.

Analytics and Performance: Performance cookies collect information on how users interact with our website, including what pages are visited most, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our website functions and to understand how users interact with them.

Advertisement: These cookies are used to display relevant advertising to visitors using the website, as well as to understand and report on the effectiveness of ads served on our website. Advertisement cookies track details such as the number of unique visitors, the number of times specific advertisements have been shown and the number of clicks the advertisements have received. These cookies are also used to create user profiles, such as showing you ads based on content you have viewed on our website or other websites. These cookies are set by the website and trusted third party networks such as YouTube and are typically persistent in nature.

GOOGLE Analytics. We use Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc., USA (“Google”). These tool and technologies collect and analyze certain types of information, including IP addresses, device and software identifiers, referring and exit URLs, feature use metrics and statistics, usage and purchase history, media access control address (MAC Address), mobile unique device identifiers, and other similar information via the use of cookies. The information generated by Google Analytics (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We use the GOOGLE Analytics collection of data to enhance the website and platform and improve our service.

  1. CONTACT US

If you have questions or concerns about this cookie policy and the handling and security of your data, please contact us through our contact page or via the contact information below:

The National Center for Public Policy Research.

General Email: [email protected]

Media Email: [email protected]

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These are the terms and conditions for:

By using the website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and our privacy policy. In these terms and conditions, the words “website” refers to The National Center website, “we”, “us”, “our” and “The National Center” refers to The National Center for Public Policy Research and “you”, “donor” and “user” refers to you, the user of The National Center.

The following terms and conditions apply to the website offered by The National Center. This includes the mobile and tablet versions as well as any other version of The National Center accessible via desktop, mobile, tablet, social media or other devices.

READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OR OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER.

  1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

This agreement sets forth legally binding terms for your use of The National Center. By using the website, you agree to be bound by this agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, you must not use the website. We may modify this agreement from time to time, and such modification shall be effective upon posting on the website. You agree to be bound by any modifications to these terms and conditions when you use the website after such modification is posted on the website; therefore, it is important that you review this agreement regularly.

The website is available for all ages. It is the responsibility of parents and legal guardians to determine whether use of the website or any of the content available on the website is appropriate for their child or ward.

The National Center may, in its sole discretion, refuse to offer the website to any entity or user and change its eligibility criteria at any time. This provision is void where prohibited by law and the right to access the service and the website is revoked in such jurisdictions.

By using the website, you represent and warrant that you have the full right, power and authority to enter into this agreement and to fully perform all of your obligations hereunder. You further represent and warrant that you are under no legal disability or contractual restriction that prevents you from entering into this agreement.

  1. NEWSLETTER

By providing The National Center with your email address, you agree that we may use your email address to send you important notifications and communications about our organization, news and special content. If you do not wish to receive these emails, you may opt-out of receiving them by sending us your request through our contact information or by using the “unsubscribe” option in the emails themselves. This option may prevent you from receiving emails about our organization, important news and special content.

  1. DONATIONS

The user will be able to make donations through the website by entering the value to be donated or by selecting a default value.

Donations will be processed through the following payment processors:

  • Stripe
  • Donorbox
  • PayPal

Payment for the respective donation will be charged to the credit/debit card or PayPal account immediately after the donation is made, depending on the amount chosen by the donor. Once the transaction has been processed, we will send you an electronic receipt of the transaction to the email address you provide.

If you find any inconsistency in your billing, please contact us through our contact details or you can make the claim through the customer service of the corresponding payment processor.

If your card is declined, you will receive an error message. No payment will be charged to your card and no order will be processed. There may be a pending transaction on your account until your card issuing bank withdraws the authorization. This usually takes 2 to 5 business days. Your card may be declined for a number of reasons, such as insufficient funds, AVS (Address Verification System) mismatch, or you have entered an incorrect security code.

If your payment is declined, you will need to provide an alternative payment method or provide another card on which the respective donation payment can be charged and processed.

The donor may choose to make a one-time donation or a monthly donation. In the case of a monthly donation, you authorize The National Center to automatically charge you each month through the payment method selected by the donor. The billing date will be 30 days after you make your first donation and choose to donate monthly. The user will be able to cancel the monthly donations at any time to avoid the next automatic monthly charge. To cancel a monthly donation the donor must send us a request through our contact information.

Your payment details will be treated and protected securely and for the sole purpose of processing donations. The National Center reserves the right to engage any commercially available payment processor to process your data for the sole purpose of processing donations.

  1. DISCLAIMER

By visiting the website and accessing the content available on the website, you accept personal responsibility for the results of the use of the information and content available on the website. You agree that The National Center does not guarantee the results of actions advised or not advised by this website and the content available on the website. The National Center provides resources and content for informational purposes only. You acknowledge and agree that your ultimate success or failure in using the information and content available on the website will be the result of your own efforts, your particular situation and a variety of other circumstances beyond The National Center’s control. This disclaimer is not intended to exclude any warranty implied by law which cannot be lawfully excluded.

  1. ADVERTISING

Through the website, The National Center may make available to users, commercial and advertising information, own or third parties in accordance with good business practices. In these cases, The National Center does not endorse, guarantee or commit its responsibility for the services and/or products marketed by these third parties, since the website serves as a communication and advertising channel, but not as a tool for the provision of services and products. Consequently, it is the full responsibility of the users to access third party sites, assuming the obligation to verify and know the conditions of the services and products offered by such third parties.

  1. COPYRIGHT

All materials on The National Center, including, without limitation, names, logos, trademarks, images, text, columns, graphics, videos, photographs, illustrations, software and other elements are protected by copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual property rights owned and controlled by The National Center or by third parties that have licensed or otherwise provided their material to the website. You acknowledge and agree that all materials on The National Center are made available for limited, non-commercial, personal use only. Except as specifically provided herein. No material may be copied, reproduced, republished, sold, downloaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, or otherwise used for any purpose, by any person or entity, without The National Center prior express written permission. You may not add, delete, distort, or otherwise modify the material. Any unauthorized attempt to modify any material, to defeat or circumvent any security features, or to utilize The National Center or any part of the material for any purpose other than its intended purposes is strictly prohibited.

  1. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

The National Center will respond to all inquiries, complaints and claims regarding alleged infringement for failure to comply with or violation of the provisions contained in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The National Center respects the intellectual property of others, and expects users to do the same.  If you believe, in good faith, that any material provided on or in connection with the website infringes your copyright or other intellectual property right, please send us your copyright infringement request pursuant to Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), via our contact information, with the following information:

  • Identification of the intellectual property right that is allegedly infringed. All relevant registration numbers or a statement regarding ownership of the work should be included.
  • A statement that specifically identifies the location of the infringing material, in sufficient detail so that The National Center can find it on the website.
  • Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
  • A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of the allegedly infringing material is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agents, or by law.
  • A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notification is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on its behalf.
  • An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or of the person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
  1. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

The content and information available on the website (including, but not limited to, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, video, maps, icons or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such Content and information, is proprietary to The National Center or licensed to The National Center by third parties. For all content other than your content, you agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information or software obtained from or through the website. In addition, the following activities are prohibited:

  • Access, monitor, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, copy or otherwise exploit any content of the website, including but not limited to, using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose not in accordance with this agreement or without our express written permission.
  • Violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on the website or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the website.
  • Take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure.
  • Deep-link to any portion of the website for any purpose without our express written permission.
  • “Frame”, “mirror” or otherwise incorporate any part of the website into any other websites or service without our prior written authorization.
  • Attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by The National Center.
  • Circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the website.
  1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

Because of the nature of the Internet The National Center provides and maintains the website on an “as is”, “as available” basis and makes no promise that use of the website will be uninterrupted or entirely error free. We are not responsible to you if we are unable to provide our website for any reason beyond our control.

Our website may from time to time contain links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by us. These links are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for the content of those sites.

Except as provided above we can give no other warranties, conditions or other terms, express or implied, statutory or otherwise and all such terms are hereby excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You will be responsible for any breach of these terms by you and if you use the website in breach of these terms you will be liable to and will reimburse The National Center for any loss or damage caused as a result.

The National Center will not be liable in any amount for failure to perform any obligation under this agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any unforeseen event beyond its reasonable control including without limitation Internet outages, communications outages, fire, flood, war or act of God.

These terms do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer which are available to you.

Subject as aforesaid, to the maximum extent permitted by law, The National Center excludes liability for any loss or damage of any kind howsoever arising, including without limitation any direct, indirect or consequential loss whether or not such arises out of any problem you notify to The National Center and The National Center shall have no liability to pay any money by way of compensation, including without limitation all liability in relation to:

  • Any incorrect or inaccurate information on the website.
  • The infringement by any person of any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party caused by their use of the website.
  • Any loss or damage resulting from your use or the inability to use the website or resulting from unauthorized access to, or alteration of your transmissions or data in circumstances which are beyond our control.
  • Any loss of profit, wasted expenditure, corruption or destruction of data or any other loss which does not directly result from something we have done wrong.
  • Any amount or kind of loss or damage due to viruses or other malicious software that may infect a user’s computer equipment, software, data or other property caused by persons accessing or using content from the website or from transmissions via emails or attachments received from The National Center.
  • All representations, warranties, conditions and other terms which but for this notice would have effect.
  1. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend and indemnify The National Center from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:

  • Your breach of this agreement or the documents referenced herein.
  • Your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
  • Your use of the website.
  1. CHANGES AND TERMINATION

We may modify the website and these terms at any time, at our sole discretion and without notice. You are responsible for keeping yourself informed of these terms. Your continued use of the website constitutes your acceptance of any changes to these terms and any changes will supersede all previous versions of the terms. Unless otherwise specified, all changes to these terms apply to all users and clients. In addition, we may terminate our agreement with you under these terms at any time by notifying you in writing (including by email) or without notice.

  1. INTEGRATION CLAUSE

This agreement together with the privacy policy and any other legal notices published by The National Center, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and The National Center concerning and governs your use of the website.

  1. DISPUTES

The user agrees that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the website, shall be resolved by binding arbitration between the user and The National Center, provided that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

In the event of a dispute arising in connection with the use of the website or the breach of these conditions, the parties agree to submit their dispute to arbitration resolution before a reputable arbitration organization as mutually agreed by the parties and in accordance with applicable commercial arbitration rules.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree that you will not file, join or participate in any class action lawsuit in connection with any claim, dispute or controversy that may arise in connection with your use of the website.

The courts of Delaware, shall have jurisdiction over any dispute, controversy or claim relating to The National Center and its business operations. Any such dispute or controversy shall be brought and resolved in the courts of the United States, specifically the courts located in Delaware.

  1. FINAL PROVISIONS

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the United States. Use of the website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all of the provisions of these terms and conditions.

Our performance of these terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these terms limits our right to comply with law enforcement or other governmental or legal requests or requirements relating to your use of our website or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use.

If any part of these terms is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired. Our failure or delay in enforcing any provision of these terms at any time does not waive our right to enforce the same or any other provision(s) hereof in the future.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

  1. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have questions or concerns about these terms and conditions, please contact us using the contact information below:

The National Center for Public Policy Research.

General Email: [email protected]