Privacy Policy

The Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG) is proud to sponsor regulatecoalashright.org. The Web site seeks to mobilize supporters to promote federal regulation of coal ash as non-hazardous waste.

Regulatecoalashright.org is committed to protecting the privacy of our supporters who use our Web site. This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of information that we may collect when you (1) access our Web site and/or, (2) use our Web site to generate and send an e-mail to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Information We Collect and Use

When you access our Web site:

In addition to the information you knowingly provide, www.regulatecoalashright.org collects the domain names and IP addresses of its visitors, along with usage statistics (e.g., types of Web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data is used to more efficiently operate and administer the Web site. USWAG may combine this information with the personally identifiable information it collects.

When you generate and/or send an e-mail to EPA:

We ask you to provide your first and last names, e-mail address, home address, and ZIP code for the purpose of confirming that you are an interested stakeholder. The information you provide will appear on the e-mail you generate using our Web site and will be disclosed as part of the public EPA docket identified in your message. EPA may, in turn, disclose your personal information to others.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We will not disclose your personal information (specifically, your name, e-mail address, and mailing address) to any third party without your explicit permission and consent, except as follows:

Your personal information may be shared with the EPA docket to which you have addressed your correspondence, which in turn may share such information with others;

We may share your personally identifiable information with affiliated organizations to the extent those organizations agree to abide by this privacy policy. Affiliated organizations include the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group.

We may disclose your personal information as required by law or in good faith compliance with any court order, warrant, or other judicial, administrative or legislative authorization or requirement; and

Your information also will be available to our Web site vendor for the purpose of assisting us with the campaign and administering and operating this Web site. The Web site vendor will not share your personal information with anyone else.

Age Restrictions

You must be at least 18 years old to use our Web site to send an e-mail to EPA. If you are under 18 years of age, please do not send any information about yourself, including your name, address or e-mail address. If we discover that we have collected any personally identifying information from a child under the age of 18, we will remove that information from our database as soon as possible.

Links to Other Sites

Regulatecoalashright.org may contain links to other sites that may not follow the same privacy policies as this site. These sites may use cookies, collect and use data, or share data in ways that our Web site would not. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or any information or materials on these other sites. Please visit these sites if you wish to review their privacy policies.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy Terms

We reserve the right to change this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted to this page as soon as reasonably possible, so please check this page periodically. Accessing and using this Web site constitute consent to the privacy policy then in effect.