Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

What information do we collect?

We may collect information from you any time you interact with our website or provide personal information to Health Care for All Oregon (HCAO), such as filling out a form or contacting us. This includes when you request information, resources, or registrations, order or register to participate in an activity, survey, or petition, provide other information collected on our site, or submit commentary.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To contact you to provide information, resources, registration, or for information collection;
• To send emails, newsletters, announcements, news releases, and notices;
• To solicit your financial contributions and donations;
• To request your participation in an event or activity; and
• To improve our website.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access your personal information. HCAO respects the privacy of all visitors to our website. Information you provide voluntarily will never be sold or rented. Your information will not be otherwise disclosed to any other person or organization except those doing work on behalf of HCAO.

Disclosure of information to outside parties

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others' rights, property, or safety.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enable the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Oregon Online Privacy Protection Act compliance

Because we value your privacy, we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the Oregon Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties other than as specified in this policy without your consent.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act); we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Online privacy policy only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Changes to our privacy policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page and update the privacy policy modification date below.

Contacting us

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us to learn more.

Consent to privacy policy

By using our site, you understand and consent to the hcao.org privacy policy.

HCAO's copyright policy

HCAO publishes its website under a Creative Commons license (opens in a new tab). Clicking on the Creative Commons license symbol at the bottom of any page will lead you to both an easy-to-read version and a legal-jargon version of the terms. Please note that under the terms of this license, HCAO also requires that you include the URL of the page from which you obtain content. If you wish to use HCAO's work under any conditions other than those allowed by the license, please contact us.

You are free to share, copy, distribute, and transmit the work under the following conditions:

• Attribution required. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests they endorse you or your use of the work). The page you came from contains embedded licensing metadata, including how the creator wishes to be attributed for reuse. You can use that metadata to cite the work, which will also include information on your page so that others can find the original work.
• Noncommercial use only. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
• No derivative works. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
• Waiver. Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
• Public domain. Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
• Other rights. In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
  • Your fair dealing or fair use rights, or other applicable copyright exceptions and limitations;
  • The author's moral rights;
  • Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
• Notice. For any reuse or distribution, you must make the license terms of this work clear to others. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.

You can use this license for your own work (opens in a new tab).

Terms of service

By using the hcao.org website ("Site"), you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Service").

Health Care for All Oregon reserves the right to amend any or all of its policies, guidelines, and disclaimers without notification. We also retain the right to increase any information and make changes to our inventory without notification.

You agree to use the Site at your own risk.