Intellectual Property
Public Citizen’s policy is to respond to notices of infringement of copyright and other intellectual property rights. We will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and take appropriate action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. 512, and other applicable intellectual property laws, including the termination of access by repeat infringers. Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to our designated agent: Michael Kirkpatrick, Deputy General Counsel, Public Citizen, 1600 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009. To be effective, the notification must be a clear written communication that includes the following: (a) a signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted, (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law, and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
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Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Public Citizen does not automatically collect personal information from people who visit or interact with our website. This privacy policy applies to the chamberofcommercewatch.org website.
If you provide your name, postal address, email address, phone number, or other information via a form on the website, we may store that information and contact you about our work. Except as outlined below, we do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose to any business, organization, individual, or other outside entity information provided by people who visit or interact with the website.
Taking Action
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- If you sign a petition, your name and state may be included in an electronic file or hard-copy printout delivered to legislators or other policymakers.
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- We may give consultants and organizations working with us on specific projects temporary access to information about our online action-takers. They will not retain the information or contact the people whose information they have access to.
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Contacting Us
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Cookies and IP Addresses
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- for tracking traffic so that we can evaluate and improve the website; and
- to facilitate outreach based on visitors’ interests.
For systems administration and troubleshooting, we log the IP address (the location on the Internet) of the computer or network from which someone visits the website. We also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track traffic so that we can evaluate and improve the website.
Updates to This Policy
This page reflects the current policy at any given time. It may be updated occasionally. It was most recently updated on November 28th, 2016.
Questions
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