Privacy Policy

Mexicans & Americans Thinking Together ("MATT") respects your privacy rights and is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy applies to this Website and any affiliate Website that states that it is governed by this privacy policy and/or links to this privacy policy. This privacy policy does not apply to any other MATT products or services.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

MATT or a designated service provider collects personal information that you voluntarily provide on this Website, which may include your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, etc. For example, we collect personal information when you register to receive certain MATT products or services, or when you participate in surveys or polling activities. We use this information to communicate with you and to provide you with your requested product or service. We may also provide you with information similar to the products and services provided on this Website. You may instruct us at any time not to use your personal information to provide you with such information by clicking here.

Disclosure of Personal Information

MATT may disclose information collected through this Website to unaffiliated third parties if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary
  • To comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process;
  • To protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of MATT or others;
  • To enforce any terms of service on this Website;
  • To provide you with the services requested by you, and to perform other activities related to such services;
  • To provide you with product and service information from MATT to which you consented; or
  • To operate MATT's systems properly.

Third Party Content

Our Website provides designated areas for users post content. Users should be aware that any information they disclose through these areas can be viewed by other users. Users are advised that disclosure of any information in these contexts is at their own risk. MATT is not responsible for any information posted by users.

Accuracy and Security of Personal Information


MATT uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures, including secure servers
  • To safeguard personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification; and
  • To ensure the integrity of the personal information. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of the username and password you may have set up in connection with your participation in this Website's service.

Cookies and IP Addresses

MATT or a designated service provider may use "cookies" (small text files that are placed on user's computers) or similar electronic tools to collect non-personal information (e.g., information that does not identify you), such as language preferences, Website usage patterns, whether users have taken a particular poll, and similar non-identifying information; this information is collected in aggregate form and cannot be used to identify you. MATT or a designated service provider may use cookies or similar electronic tools on your computer in order to display advertisements that you see on this Website. Information about your visits to, and activity on, this site, as well as the number of times you have viewed an advertisement, is used to display on your computer screen customized advertisements that may be of particular interest to you.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to disable cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The help function on most browsers contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, it is possible that some parts of this Website, such as the polls, surveys, and other areas, will not function properly if you disable cookies.
MATT may collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate non-personal information on the use of this Website, and to analyze the security of our Web server, including detecting signs of intrusion. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by an Internet Service Provider and is used by a Web server to keep track of your computer's online activity. The IP addresses we collect will not be used to identify any individuals, except as necessary
  • To comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process;
  • To protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of MATT or others; or
  • To enforce any terms of service on this Website.

Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

To review, edit or delete personal information collected about you through this Website, please click here. While MATT will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, we also reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such access requests, if allowed or required by applicable laws.

Transfer of Personal Information To Other Countries

Submitting your personal information to this Website may involve the transfer of your personal information from one country to another. By submitting your personal information via this Website, you consent to such transfers.

Links To Third-Party Websites

MATT may provide links to third-party Websites. Since we do not control third-party sites and are not responsible for any personal information you may provide while on such sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those Websites before providing any of your personal information on such sites.

Modifications To This Privacy Policy

MATT reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by posting revisions on this Web page. Such changes will be effective upon posting.
Last Updated: December 8, 2006


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