This privacy policy sets out how www.defendourhealth.org (the “Site”) uses and protects any information that you give www.defendourhealth.org when you use the Site.

Defend Our Health, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that owns the Site, is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using the Site, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. 

Defend Our Health may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy went into effect on November 10, 2020.

The terms “we,” “our,” and “us,” in this Privacy Policy refer to Defend Our Health. “You” and “your” refer to you as a user of the Site.

What information do we collect?

We may collect the following information:

  • Name and Job Title.
  • Contact Information (including your email address).
  • Other information that you provide to us relevant to your interest in or support of our organization.

What do we do with the information we collect?

The information we collect is used to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. It may be used in one or more of the following ways:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • To improve our communication with you.
  • To contact you from time to time via email, phone, or mail.

What do we do to secure your information?

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Defend Our Health does not ensure or warrant the security of your information, though, and any such transmission of information is done at your own risk.

If you believe that your interactions with us are no longer secure, please notify us ASAP.

How we use cookies.

We do use cookies. A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets us know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites.

The Site may contain links to other websites. However, once you have used these links to leave our Site, we do not have any control over that other website, which will have its own separate privacy policies. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites. Such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and/or activities of these linked sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.

Disclosure of information to outside parties.

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. We also reserve the right to share or disclose your information in the following situations:

  • If such sharing and/or disclosure is necessary for a third-party to perform certain business-related functions, in which case the third-party will be provided with only the information that it needs to perform its function and will be required to protect the information
  • To protect the legal rights, privacy, or safety of your organization, its subsidiaries, and/or affiliates or our organization or our employees, agents, and/or contractors
  • To protect the safety and security of visitors to our web sites
  • To protect against fraud or other illegal activity or for risk management purposes
  • To respond to inquiries or requests from public authorities
  • To permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that you may sustain
  • To enforce the Terms of Use

We may also share some aggregated information with third parties in order to provide a technically smooth and creatively fun online experience for all users.

Please contact us if you believe that any information you have provided us is incorrect or incomplete. You can do so by writing or emailing us at the addresses listed below. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Children’s Privacy.

The site is not targeted toward, and we do not seek or desire to collect information from, children under the age of 13 in the United States (or age 16 outside the United States). Therefore, we will not knowingly request information from persons under such ages.  Please do not provide any personal data to us for any reason unless you are at least the age of 13 in the United States (or age 16 outside the United States), and please caution your children not to do so.

If a child under the age of 13 in the United States (or age 16 outside the United States) has provided personal data to us through the Sites without verifiable parental consent, a parent or guardian may inform us at info@defendourhealth.org, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information within a reasonable period of time, subject to applicable law and this Policy.

Terms and conditions.

Please also see our Terms of Use, which sets forth the terms of use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing use of the Site.

Changes to our Privacy Policy.

We may change this policy from time to time and will notify you of any such changes by means we deem appropriate under the circumstances. By continuing to use the Site after any such change you will be deemed to have agreed to the changes and to comply with the terms of the revised policy.

Text Message Opt-Out.

If you are receiving text messages from us and wish to stop receiving them, simply respond with either “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” to the number from which you received the message. Once we receive your message, you will no longer receive further text messages from us.

Contacting us.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the information gathered on the Site, or the Site generally, please contact us at info@defendourhealth.org or at:

Defend Our Health
565 Congress Street, Suite 204
Portland, Maine 04101