Last Updated: June 2024

Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) takes protecting your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy applies to the H-PAD website (www.historiansforpeace.org), and all pages within, to all email communications sent from that site’s domain (@historiansforpeace.org); and governs H-PAD’s data collection and usage policies more generally. By using the H-PAD website or signing up to receive emails from us you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information
If you voluntarily fill out a form or sign up for our email newsletter through our website, H-PAD will collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and state of residence. If you sign up to become a member or make a donation to support H-PAD, you may be asked to provide additional personally identifiable information, such as your address and credit card information. 

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by H-PAD. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by H-PAD for the operation of the website, to maintain quality of the site, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the site.

H-PAD may also request further, optional information about your motivations for following our work, your institutional affiliations, and other information relevant to our organization’s mission to use our historical expertise to promote peace and democracy at home and abroad. 

Use of your Personal Information
The information you voluntarily provide H-PAD through use of this website is used to provide you with the information you requested or fulfill your request to become a member or make a donation. H-PAD does not sell, rent, or lease this information to third parties. H-PAD may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external partners about an event, campaign, or other offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, and telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, H-PAD may share data with trusted partners to help us process payments or perform statistical analysis. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to H-PAD, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

H-PAD will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on H-PAD or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of H-PAD; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of H-PAD’s website, or the public.

Use of Cookies
H-PAD’s website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience interactive features of our site or other sites you visit.

Security of Your Personal Information
Your personal information is secured from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure by MailerLite, Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered at 548 Market St, PMB 98174, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, United States. H-PAD uses Mailerlite to communicate with subscribers and to maintain the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Mailerlite’s privacy policy contains further information about how H-PAD subscriber data is stored and accessed. You can consult that information here.

Changes to this Statement
H-PAD will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy as necessary. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how H-PAD is protecting your information.

Contact Information
H-PAD welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that we have not adhered to it, please email us at cochairs@historiansforpeace.org. We will take prompt action to determine and remedy the problem.