Privacy Policy
We have developed our site so that you can visit it without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information to us. We do not track visitors to our site as they access other sites.
We collect personally identifying data about you, such as your name, address and e-mail address, through our website only when you sign up for a newsletter, donate to our organization, apply for a job, or otherwise submit it to us voluntarily. We do not share your personal data with any third parties other than some common service providers, whose products use your information to help us improve our site, deliver newsletters, or allow to offer donation opportunities. In most cases, your data remains private and cannot be shared with anyone else. However, some of these services — such as those that provide social media conveniences, serve banner ads, and measure traffic — may place cookies on your computer. We don’t have any way of knowing how such services handle the resulting data internally.
Here are the services whose cookies you can find on ProPublica.org:
A Facebook Pixel, which allows us to show you advertisements for our stories, email newsletters, and fundraising campaigns through Facebook’s advertising tools.
Banner ads served by Google AdSense, using DoubleClick for Publishers.
Disqus, which we use to allow comments on our articles.
Google Analytics, which we use to measure site traffic.
We occasionally use Google Maps to illustrate stories. On these pages, you are bound by the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service, including the Google Privacy Policy.
Sharing buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ may appear on some older article pages. These use the standard scripts provided by each company.
Religion Unplugged limits access to all user data for the purposes of newsletter, and customer service only. User data is not sold to or otherwise shared with anyone else outside the company.
Remember that no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide us with this data at your own risk. Our servers are located in the United States. If you are located outside of the U.S., by sending us your data you consent to its transfer to and storage within the United States.
By accessing this site, you agree to be legally bound by and comply with this User Agreement. If you do not agree to comply with this User Agreement, you are not authorized to use this site. This site is not directed to children under 13, and will not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from children under 13.