We need 1,000,000 people to tell Congress: Access to contraceptives and Reproductive Health Care is an ESSENTIAL RIGHT.
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If we determine that members may be misusing our systems for malicious purposes (for example, using the numbers we provide to make harassing phone calls), such activities may be reported to law enforcement agencies. In such cases, the Population Institute may release personally identifiable information, including name and address, to those agencies.
Please review this privacy policy periodically because we modify it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on January 10, 2011. Each time you visit this Site or provide us with information through the Site, by doing so you are accepting practices described in the privacy policy in effect at that time. You are also accepting our specific rules or terms of use which may be posted on specific sections of the Site, including areas for making donations, signing petitions or sending emails.
This privacy policy applies to transactions and activities in which you engage and data gathered only on the Site. This privacy policy does not apply to sites or pages hosted by other organizations participating in this petition drive to which we may link, as their privacy policies may differ, nor does it apply to any other direct or offline contact between you and the Population Institute. If you have signed the "Million for a Billion" petition on the website of an endorsing organization, please consult that organization's privacy policy for more details. If you have communications with the Population Institute, please consult the privacy policy posted on our organization's website, www.populationinstitute.org .
For petitions and surveys you've signed or completed, we treat your name, city, state, and comments as public information--for example, we may provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to government, world leaders and other targets. We will not make your street address publicly available, but we may transmit it to the designated target as part of a petition. This is a standard industry practice for petition campaigns. In no such case will we disclose your email address or phone number, without your permission. We may also make your comments, along with your first name, city and state available to the press and public online. The Population Institute is not responsible for the content of use of your e-mail address by campaign targets.
In certain cases, we enable you to send individual e-mails to Congressional or other government leaders. These messages are sent in your name, with your e-mail address as the return address and your full name and contact information is provided as part of the submission. These messages will only be sent out under your name as you approve them on an individual basis using our e-mail tool. You are solely responsible for the specific message(s) you send using our e-mail tool. The Population Institute takes no responsibility for the content of use of your email address by Members of Congress or other recipients of your e-mail.
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The Population Institute serves as the coordinator of the "Million for a Billion" petition campaign. For more information regarding the campaign, please e-mail Jennie Wetter at jwetter[@]populationinstitute.org or call her at (202) 544-3300, ext. 108. If you wish to write the Population Institute, we are located at 107 2nd Street, N.E, Washington, D.C. 20002.
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