Compost Research and Education Foundation is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Compost Research and Education Foundation site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Compost Research and Education Foundation site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Compost Research and Education Foundation collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Compost Research and Education Foundation also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Compost Research and Education Foundation. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Compost Research and Education Foundation for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Compost Research and Education Foundation site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Compost Research and Education Foundation public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Compost Research and Education Foundation does not read any of your private online communications.

Compost Research and Education Foundation encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Compost Research and Education Foundation so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Compost Research and Education Foundation is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Compost Research and Education Foundation and Compost Research and Education Foundation family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Compost Research and Education Foundation collects and uses your personal information to operate the Compost Research and Education Foundation Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Compost Research and Education Foundation also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Compost Research and Education Foundation and its affiliates. Compost Research and Education Foundation may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Compost Research and Education Foundation does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Compost Research and Education Foundation may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Compost Research and Education Foundation may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Compost Research and Education Foundation, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Compost Research and Education Foundation does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Compost Research and Education Foundation keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Compost Research and Education Foundation, in order to determine what Compost Research and Education Foundation services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Compost Research and Education Foundation to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Compost Research and Education Foundation Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Compost Research and Education Foundation or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Compost Research and Education Foundation; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Compost Research and Education Foundation, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Compost Research and Education Foundation Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Compost Research and Education Foundation pages, or register with Compost Research and Education Foundation site or services, a cookie helps Compost Research and Education Foundation to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Compost Research and Education Foundation Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Compost Research and Education Foundation features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Compost Research and Education Foundation services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Compost Research and Education Foundation secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Compost Research and Education Foundation secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Compost Research and Education Foundation will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Compost Research and Education Foundation encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Compost Research and Education Foundation is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Compost Research and Education Foundation welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Compost Research and Education Foundation has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Compost Research and Education Foundation at jasmine@2plus2.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.