Personal Privacy

Recommendations for Ethical Digital Solutions

Do not force people to register in order to use your site
Allow people to register with their email address if they wish to receive bulletins
Do not share a user's email address with another company without the user's explicit permission for each company with which you wish to share the email address.
Whenever you send an email message to people, explain to them how you obtained their email addresses and how they can get it off your mailing list
Do not make your log files publicly accessible
Delete your log files when they are no longer needed
If your log files must be kept for extended periods of time, remove personally identifiable Information from them .
Encrypt your log files if possible
Do not give out personal information regarding your people.
Discipline or fire employees who violate your privacy policy.
Tell people about your policy on your home page, and allow your company to be audited by outsiders if there are questions regarding your policies.