Privacy Policy

Your privacy is a priority for us. Our commitment to donors and the security measures we use to keep your personal information safe and confidential are listed below.

Commitment to Our Donors (“Donor Privacy Policy”)

We will never trade, sell, or share our donors' personal information, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations without our donors’ permission. If a donor would like for their information to be shared by MBCP with similar partner organizations, they may “Opt-In” by specifying accordingly via their donation platform or by contacting MBCP.

This policy applies to all information received by Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership, both online and offline, as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.

Website Privacy Policy

This notice describes Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership's (MBCP's) privacy policy as it relates to our website marylandbirds.org. By using this website, you are agreeing to the terms of this policy described below. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not use these websites.

Data Security

MBCP endeavors to keep your personal information safe and confidential. MBCP guards against the loss, misuse, and alteration of personal data through reasonable physical and electronic security measures. We use industry-accepted collection and encryption mechanisms to ensure the secure collection, storage, and transmission of user information.

Information We May Collect

MBCP may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable information at various points throughout our website. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, email address, mailing address, phone or fax number, payment details, and other pertinent information. Once you provide this information, it may be recorded by MBCP.

In addition, some pages on MBCP's websites may use a broadly accepted technology called "cookies." Cookies are data elements that are sent by our web server to be stored by your computer to enhance your experience on our website. For example, cookies are the way in which a website remembers your username and password or other information in a form for the next time you visit.

Your web browser will allow you to set a policy for how your computer handles these cookies (e.g., accept all, notify before accepting, disable all). You should refer to your web browser's documentation to set this policy. Please note that setting your browser to disable cookies may prevent you from using our site to its maximum benefit.

How Information is Used

MBCP will use the information you provide for the following purposes only:

  • to process donations/subscriptions,

  • to send you email alerts/newsletters,

  • to send you informational mailings that may include but are not limited to donation appeals, requests for project information, action alerts, and campaign updates, or

  • to improve the quality of our website

MBCP only uses credit card or other payment information for the purpose for which it was provided. We do not disclose credit card information, telephone contact information, or email addresses to third parties.

MBCP will only contact donors by phone if there is a problem with their donation.

Opting Out or Changing your Information

Individuals may elect to stop receiving our emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

Individuals may also elect to stop receiving postal mail or emails from MBCP or request a change to your personal details in our records by contacting MBCP by any of the ways listed below:

Contacting MBCP

By Mail:

Telephone: (202) 681-4733

Email: Use our web form to contact us.