The Portland Area theatre Alliance ("PATA") provides this web site as a service and convenience to our members and friends. Please do not send confidential information to us through e-mail. Information that you send to us unsolicited will not be regarded by us as confidential. Instead, please call (503) 241-4902 or send your name and phone number to someone at our office via e-mail and we will call you back as soon as we are able. Privacy Policy Notice: There are times when we may need to collect information from you through our Web site. This generally involves filling out a membership form or signing up for events, or perhaps something allowing you to download something from the site. What we do with the information we gather and track: The personally identifiable information gathered from the forms that you fill out on our Web site is used in one of three ways: · To allow you to participate in our city-wide audition process; · To become a member of our organization; and · To provide you with information about our activities, news, and events PATA uses various methods to collect certain other kinds of information, including referrers, cookies, system information, and IP addresses. The only method that can be personally identified with you with you is cookies, which can optionally store information that you may enter in forms on our Web site, as described below. A "referrer" is the information passed along by a Web browser that references the Web URL you linked from and is automatically gathered by our Web server. This information is used by HFO to identify broad demographic trends that may be used to provide information tailored to your interests. You will not be personally identified from this information. A "cookie" is an element of data that a Web site such as Portlandtheatre.com can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. It can be used to provide you with a tailored user experience. Some PATA pages may use cookies. Cookies are used to better personalize the content that you and other users will see. With your consent, cookies can optionally store information from forms that you fill out on our site so that the next time you visit, you do not have to reenter this information. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. PATA does not require that you accept cookies. System information that we gather includes time, type of Web browser being used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is sent automatically by your Web browser when you are connected to a Web site and is used by PATA only for broad demographic statistics. This information is used by PATA in identifying broad demographic trends and may be used to provide information appropriate for your computer system. You will not be personally identified from this information. IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you. IP addresses are automatically gathered by our Web server. PATA will not use your IP address to attempt to identify your personal information. The PATA web site, contains links to other Web sites. PATA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other sites.