Rural Promise USA (RPUSA) places a very high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created to demonstrate the commitment of RPUSA to the privacy of our website users, and it explains what types of information is collected by the website, ruralpromiseusa.org, and how this information may be used.
Users of the website voluntarily provide RPUSA with contact information (such as name and email address). RPUSA may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always opt out at any time if you do not wish to receive messages from RPUSA.
RPUSA may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with the RPUSA server, to administer ruralpromiseusa.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.
RPUSA and ruralpromiseusa.org may use “cookies” to help provide better service. Cookies remind us of who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you have done and told us before. If used, cookies are placed in your computer and are read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of ruralpromiseusa.org so we know which parts of our website are most often accessed. You can reject cookies or cancel them at any time by instructing your web browser accordingly.
We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send email to you; to respond to your requests and answer your questions and related types of things. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communication from us. We may also use your information to track visits to our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve the needs and interests of our users. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties.
RPUSA does not provide, sell or rent names or email addresses to anyone.
Our website will sometimes include links to external websites. These links do not fall under the ruralpromiseusa.org domain, and RPUSA is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.
RPUSA reserves the right to amend or modify this privacy policy from time to time by electronic notice posted on our website. Please check the website periodically for any amendments or modifications. Your continued use of our website after the date that notice of amendment or modification is posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
There may be circumstances where the terms of this policy are superseded by a duly enacted law or regulation. In this event the provisions of that law or regulation will take precedence.
Content
At Rural Promise USA we care about sharing helpful, honest and well researched information on our website. To do this we use a variety of sources when preparing our posts. These include:
Academic Resources: We sometimes use studies, reports and articles written by experts, researchers and universities. These help us explain important topics clearly and accurately.
Public News Sources: We may include facts or quotes from trusted news outlets to keep our readers informed about current events and issues that affect rural communities.
Editorial Comments: Our posts will include opinions or ideas from our team or guest writers. These comments are meant to encourage discussion and reflect different points of view. We always try to be respectful and fair.
Open source information: We also use publicly available data, charts and tools that anyone can access. These help to support our message with real world examples.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Sometimes we use AI tools to help us write, edit or organize our posts. These tools do not replace human judgment. Our team reviews everything carefully to make sure it is clear, correct and appropriate.
We believe in being transparent about how we create our content. If we use quotes or ideas from other sources we try to give credit. Our goal is to inform, inspire and support rural communities across the country.
If you have questions about anything we post, feel free to contact us. We’re always open to feedback and want to keep improving.