Privacy Policy and Disclaim of The Ecological Society of America (ESA)
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) respects the privacy of members, users of its services, and visitors to its various websites and operates according to the following policies.
Personal Information
Some personal information including addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other demographic information is collected for membership, subscriptions and publications, meeting registrations, submission of articles, and other similar transactions. ESA takes precautions to protect your individual information from unauthorized use. ESA may make internal use of your contact information to inform you of situations or services that may interest you.
The ESA eServices Membership Directory is a service restricted to use by members. It contains basic contact information and membership data. E-mail addresses are not released to outside organizations. Member postal mailing lists are sold on a carefully screened basis, and only when the mailed material is thought to be of significant interest or benefit.
ESA members may change and update their addresses, e-mail addresses, suppress use of their contact information in the Membership Directory, decline to receive ESA-generated e-mail messages, or request to be excluded from externally sold mailing lists by visiting “ESA Member Online Services” or by contacting the Member Services at membership@esa.org.
Author or referee information is never sold, and is only used for purposes related to ESA, its journals, and/or manuscripts which have been submitted to us.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a file a Web site places in your computer for future reference. ESA uses cookies to improve some of its services, such as membership renewal online. Information supplied through an ESA cookie is used only by ESA and is not shared with others.
Server Logs
As you travel through the ESA website, our servers log information about your session. Information logged includes items such as your IP address, what browser you are using, the time and date you visited, how long your session lasted, and what pages you visited. We use this information from our server logs primarily to learn about our visitors as a group. It helps us to improve services on the site and plan for future needs so that we can assure continuity of service. Systematic (“robotic”) downloads of journal material are not permitted, and an individual log may be examined and/or access terminated when this activity is observed. Or, we may check an individual log for editorial purposes or when an individual has reported trouble accessing an ESA system.
Future Changes
ESA reserves the right to change this policy in any manner at any time without prior notice. If we make material changes to our privacy policy, these changes will be posted on this page.
Disclaimer
ESA encourages you to exercise discretion while browsing the Internet. The ESA website provides links to other websites which are not controlled by ESA. A link from the ESA website is not an ESA endorsement for any company or organization. ESA is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained on any other website. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.
We take measures to protect our website but there is no guarantee that the ESA website will be free of infection by viruses or any other contaminating or destructive properties. The user accepts sole responsibility and risk associated with the use and results of ESA website materials, irrespective of the purpose to which such use or results are applied.
