Who we are

At the Tax Project Institute, we want to make it simple for you to understand how we use your data, and that your privacy is important, and that our Mission of Government Transparency is vital for Citizens.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it or if it is spam and should be filtered. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if provided, or default) and display name is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other platforms

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.), and use other platforms. Embedded content from other platforms behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited an other website or platform.

These platforms may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that platform.

Who we share your data with

We utilize third party Email Marketing companies to maintain our subscriber News Letters, as well as support our Fundraising efforts. Your information, including email, phone number, SMS, IP address, and browser user agent may be shared.

Information collected in Surveys, Polls, Quizzes, Tests, and Collected Input may be used by third parties. User data will be anonymized before being shared.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Authorized Tax Project Institute administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, security, regulatory, or compliance purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.