Collecting Information:
We follow a simple policy: We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. This page explains how we handle information about your visit to our website.

If you only browse through the website, read the pages, or download data from the site, some information is automatically recorded in the exchange between your browser and our server. This information does not identify you personally. This is what our server records in its daily logs:

1. The Internet address of the computer through which you reach the Internet.
   This is the IP address, a numeric address which is assigned to all computers reachable through the Internet. In most cases this will be the IP address for a computer system operated by your Internet Service Provider. In some special cases, this may be the address of the actual computer you use to browse the web, but this address only locates your computer on a network and does not identify you to us;
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site (for example, Internet Explorer version 5.5, Windows 98);
3. The pages you visit on our site;
4. The date and time each web page is viewed or downloaded; and
5. If you linked to our site from another website, your browser may show the address of the page on that website from which you came.

We do not use "cookies" on this website. (A cookie is a short notation or a file written to your computer when visiting some websites. Cookies have many uses, but they are frequently used to indicate that you have visited a site before.) Since we do not use cookies, you appear as a unique, unidentified visitor each time that you visit our website.

How We Use the Information:

The items recorded in the daily webserver logs are stored and aggregated for statistical summaries. This information is used to determine the most popular areas of the website, the overall volume of traffic to the site, the types of browsers used, and to troubleshoot potential problems with the webpages.

If You Submit Personal Information to Us:

There are forms and email links on our website to help you to contact us if you wish to ask questions or to join the organization. The amount of identifying information that you provide is up to you. At a minimum, though, we would need your email address if you would like us to reply to you.

If you contact us through the website, the EcoStewards Alliance may retain any identifying information you provide in order that we may respond to you and, possibly, follow up with additional information later. If you ask to know more about the organization or its activities, we may also add your email address to a mailing list that we use for regular announcements of our activities.  We use Constant Contact to maintain our email list, to view their privacy policy please go to: http://www.constantcontact.com/privacy_guarantee.jsp.

If you do not wish to receive mailings from us, you may ask to be taken off of our mailing list at any time.  There is an UNSUBSCRIBE link in every email sent, you just need to clik on that link and follow the instructions.  You may also send a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or a written request to:

EcoStewards Alliance
P.O. Box 2609
Reston, VA 20195

No information will be shared with any other person, organization or business unless you specifically request us to do so.
The EcoStewards Alliance will not exchange and will not sell any information about its members or anyone who makes inquiries about the organization or activities, either through the website or email, unless we have your express permission to do so.

Changes or Updates to this Policy:
If we need to amend or revise this Privacy Policy, we shall prominently display notices of the revision, along with the effective dates, on the website, together with information on how you may request to be removed from any lists or databases stored or maintained by the EcoStewards Alliance.