In an ongoing engagement against the regionalisation of the Pacific Northwest we have been presenting protest opportunities and information gleaned from the recent PNWER conferences.  Our coverage of PNWER events has been very troubling to the powers-that-be regarding the adoption and implementation of the UN mandated regionalisation agenda.

In an effort to track trouble-makers, such as the www.nonaiswa.org site, PNWER has adopted the following policies:

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

(You consent by coercion and default. A “safe” online experience is having your private information remain private).

Collection of your Personal Information

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit does not read any of your private online communications.

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit and PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit collects and uses your personal information to operate the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web site and deliver the services you have requested. PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit and its affiliates. PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

[…] In addition, PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. [Ha!]

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit, in order to determine what PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web sites 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:

• conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit or the site;
• (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit; and,
• (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web site 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 page 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. For example, if you personalize PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit pages, or register with PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit site or services, a cookie helps PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit features that you customized.

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Security of your Personal Information

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

PNWER 2009 19th Annual Summit will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. […]

From the tracked trenches,

Celeste