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The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is committed to the privacy of our members and visitors to our website. This privacy
notice is intended to assist you in understanding our policies and procedures. This page will be updated from to time to time.
Website Usage:
For every visitor to our website, our server automatically logs the domain name or IP address of the user. We may also collect
browser version and system platform information, the referring page, requested pages, and the date and time of page requests.
This information is used solely for generating statistics that help us in improving the site usability.
Personal Information:
IONS is a membership organization, and we maintain a privacy
policy regarding the personal information we share with our
partners, community groups, and like-minded organizations.
If you are an IONS member, or become one through our website,
your personal mailing information may be shared with the above
groups. If you prefer to opt out of such information sharing,
you may contact our membership department (membership@noetic.org
or 877-769-4667) to remove your name from our shared lists.
We will not sell or rent your email address to any other organization
for any purpose.
In order to sign up as an IONS member online, or to use the members-only area of our site, we require a valid email address
and/or valid financial information. IONS makes every effort to insure security in the collection and transfer of sensitive financial
and user information using widely accepted standards of data collection and encryption.
Your email address will be used to send mailings of
our online newsletter, iShift. If you do not wish to
receive the newsletter, you may unsubscribe by sending
an email
message with the word "unsubscribe" to EListMgr@noetic.org.
Public Forums:
IONS' website makes forums, chat rooms, and other public venues available to visitors to our site. Any information disclosed
in these venues is public information, thus caution should be exercised when disclosing personal information in these forums.
Be aware that individuals may "trawl" our website to collect email addresses of other users. IONS strongly condemns
this practice, and reserves the right to bar individuals who violate any implicit or explicit legal terms of use from using
our website.
Cookies:
Like many websites, our website may place a small file called a "cookie" in the browser files of you computer. We
use cookies to save information you may give us so that you do not need to re-enter it every time you visit our site. We may
also use cookies to personalize content you receive, or to make navigation easier. Please check your browser software for information
on how to manage cookies on your computer. If you choose not to accept cookies when visiting our site, you may experience diminished
access to content.
Advertising:
IONS does not accept advertising on our website, nor do we share any user information with advertisers.
Other websites:
IONS' website contains many links to other websites, and many websites contain links to IONS' website. We are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of any such linked sites.
Contact Information:
IONS' contact information is as follows:
Institute of Noetic Sciences
101 San Antonio Road
Petaluma, CA 95952,
USA
Telephone: 707.775.3500
Our webmaster can be reached at webmaster@noetic.org
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