This is the web site of AWAKE IN AMERICA, INC.
Our postal address is
AWAKE IN AMERICA, INC.
PO BOX 51601
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19115-6601
Phone: 215-764-6568
Email: http://www.AwakeInAmerica.org/contactus
Privacy Policy Focus and Depth
This is a privacy policy established and approved for all Web sites owned and/or operated by Awake In America, Inc. Our primary site is located at http://www.AwakeInAmerica.org/.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may email us, using our contact form.
For each visitor to our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes only the consumer’s domain name. Email address are not recognized unless embedded or integral to the browser, or perhaps if offered by the server (rare).
We collect only the domain name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that visitors are using, for statistics, troubleshooting, and abuse purposes. The e-mail addresses of those individuals who choose to post messages on our site, bulletin board, or other venues operated by Awake In America, as they exist now or may exist in the future, are logged and maintained, but only in/for aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit. The information may also be used for internal statistics, but more commonly, used only for troubleshooting and abuse purposes.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page.
With respect to cookies:
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
We use cookies in several areas of our site, such as chat forums, various sections of our sites requiring an authenticated login, and various download sections of some of our sites. The cookies are used to store visitor preferences; record session information; such as items that consumers add to their shopping cart and allow visitors to engage in on-site commenting and discussions, as well as download certain materials.
If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us e-mail at the above address, writing to us at the above address.
None of Awake In America’s visitor or other customer e-mail lists or contact information is made available, by rental, by sharing, by purchase, trade, exchange, or other means, to any organization outside of Awake In America, and internally, viewable only when necessary.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.
With respect to Ad Servers: To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies of:
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes.
Any changes to our privacy policy will apply to data collected from the date of the new privacy policy forward. All historical data will remain covered under the privacy policy in force at the time it was collected. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Consumers can access this information by writing to us, using the address provided above.
With respect to security:
We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site and Any information of a personal nature, such as financial or health information, such as for our relief programs, must be sent via US Mail to our secure P.O. Box address, ensuring only that only a limited number of individuals have access to the full content of the information sent. Once received, all information is digitized and encrypted, or, if not needed, destroyed using a confetti-cut shredder, with all destroyed information being disposed of in multiple receptacles and disbursed through a variety of recycling programs over time, never at one time and never at the same location.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.
"Voluntary Submission"
We collect the following information on a voluntary basis from site visitors over the age of 13 when they send an email using our contact form:
- User’s Name
- User’s Home Contact Information
- User’s Business Contact Information
- Physical contact information
- Online contact information
- Other information, as supplied by the individual
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity (responding to inquiries for assistance; providing general information to individuals with sleep disorders, information to family members of individuals with sleep disorders, and responding to inquiries from others on any number of topics)
- Web site and system administration (troubleshooting and abuse control)
- Research and development within the organization (such as for updating/maintaining/streamlining processes; handling inquiries; etc.)
- Other purposes
Any personally-identifiable information collected on the site, via email, forms, or other methods is strictly voluntary and is not shared with anyone outside of Awake In America; with only those involved within Awake In America; and never sold, exchanged, rented, or given to other organizations.
- The user must opt-in to this usage.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Any information voluntarily shared with Awake In America, including email address, name, mailing address, phone number(s), etc., whether in an email to Awake In America, via a form on the Web site, by fax, or other method, is held in strict confidence, shared internally only with those involved, and is never sold, shared, rented, or in any other way, given to any organization(s) outside of Awake In America.
The only possible exception to that rule would be if an imminent threat to someone’s life existed, or if threats against another’s life or property have been communicated. In that instance, all information available will be shared with the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
Additional Information
Policy Approved/Reviewed:
This policy is valid from July 15, 2004 at 12:00:00 AM EST (-0500) through December 31, 2004 at 12:59:59 PM EST (-0500).
This policy was revisited and re-affirmed, and is valid from:
This policy is valid from January 1, 2005 at 12:00:00 AM EST (-0500) through December 31, 2005 at 12:59:59 PM EST (-0500).
This policy is valid from January 1, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM EST (-0500) through December 31, 2006 at 12:59:59 PM EST (-0500).
This policy is valid from January 1, 2007 at 12:00:00 AM EST (-0500) through December 31, 2007 at 12:59:59 PM EST (-0500).
This policy is valid from January 1, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM EST (-0500) through December 31, 2008 at 12:59:59 PM EST (-0500).
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