Thank you for visiting the website for the Elwha Science Education Project and reviewing our privacy policy. 

This site is a project of Olympic Park Institute, and its parent organization Yosemite National Institutes, collectively referred to as “the organization” throughout this policy statement.

During your visit to the website, the organization collects no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information.

In order to keep track of the number of visitors and what information on the site is most valued, the organization does collect information about when and how many visitors come to the site and what pages are most popular. This information is not tracked by individual visitor.

The organization does gather individual information when you explicitly and voluntarily provide your name, address, email, and other identifying information when filling out forms.  This information is used to provide you with seasonal updates, electronic newsletters and access to online registration.  It is not released to third parties or sold to others, but is to be used by the organization.  The organization’s intent is to effectively share updates about the Elwha restoration effort with students, teachers and the community, and to provide information to you. You may request at any time that your individual information be removed from our database. Requests should be submitted via email to  opi@yni.org with the subject matter bearing the title “UNSUBSCRIBE.”

We are excited to hear from each and every one of you, but we cannot receive your information if you are younger than 13 years of age.  The organization seeks to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.  If you are younger than 13 years of age, please contact your parents or teacher to sign up to receive updates, which they can share with you.

This website has dozens of links to other organizations and government agencies. These links are provided as a service to our visitors and we attempt to make sure that they are all active sites with pertinent content. However, the organization cannot be held responsible for the content and privacy and data collection practices on any linked website; these websites are not governed by this policy. If you consider this important information, please read the privacy policy on those sites before providing any information or otherwise entering any linked sites.  The organization shall not be responsible for any failure on the part of any linked websites with comply with any privacy policy, or for the content, policies or actions of any other website.  If you are under age 13, you should always check with a parent, guardian or other adult before visiting any new websites.

The organization reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time.  Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the website.  Please check the policy periodically for the changes.  Continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy indicates your acceptance of these changes. 

If you have questions about this website, please email: opi@yni.org.

Thank you.