Effective date: July 4, 2026
Overview
Defense Priorities Foundation (“Defense Priorities,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates defensepriorities.org and provides this Privacy Policy to inform users of our websites about how we collect, use, and maintain information we collect or may collect about them. “Website(s)” or “Sites” includes the Defense Priorities worldwide web location, any subpages or mobile-optimized versions of other websites operated by Defense Priorities, whether or not explicitly stated. Your use of our website(s) is governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect when you visit our website(s), how we use that information, and what choices you have about how it is used. Use of our website(s) constitutes acceptance of all terms contained herein.
Information we collect
When you visit our website, we may collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about your usage of our website, such as:
- IP address and general location (country/region)
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring website
We may also collect other information associated with your PII such as interests, preferences, and demographics.
If you contact us via email or a contact form, we collect the information you voluntarily provide (e.g., your name and email address). Defense Priorities controls and makes its Site available from facilities in the United States of America. Those who access this website from outside the United States from other jurisdictions do so at their own risk and are solely responsible for compliance with their local laws. Information may be stored within the United States or elsewhere in Defense Priorities Foundation’s sole discretion.
Use of Personally Identifiable Information
We may use PII and other information we collect about you for purposes described in this policy or disclosed to you on our website(s) or in connection with our services. This includes, without limitation:
- Operating and improving our website(s), products and services;
- Responding to your inquiries, comments, questions, or requests;
- Communicating with you about our services, promotions, and events;
- Personalizing your experience using our website(s), products, and services;
- Analyzing and monitoring usage of our website(s);
- Compliance with legal obligations or investigations into illegal, fraudulent, or improper activity.
We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as hosting providers, payment processors, and analytics providers. We may also disclose your personal information if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information
We may share your PII for the following purposes and under the following circumstances:
- We may share your PII with our affiliates, including affiliated organizations, technical consultants, auditors and other third parties who act on our behalf, for example, to make our website(s) available, enhance their functionality, or provide associated services, and/or who deal with you in delivering content, samples, products, and gifts and prizes.
- We may share or transfer certain PII. We will not to include your consent to call or text cell phones, we collect through our website(s), along with certain other information about you, to similarly situated like-minded organizations for similar purposes to our own.
- We may transfer your personally identifiable information and other information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture or disclosure of all or a portion of our assets to another party.
- We may release, in our sole discretion, personal information to third parties: to (i) comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, (ii) to protect the rights and property of Defense Priorities, our agents, customers, members, and others, including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use or (iii) in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our employees, customers, or any person.
We may also provide aggregate statistics and de-identified data about our customers, including traffic patterns and related site information, to third parties for their own purposes, including statistical analysis.
If you do not wish to receive promotional and newsletter emails from us, you may click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email. If you opt-out of promotional or newsletter emails from us, we may continue to send you certain communications such as service announcements and administrative messages that relate to us and our website(s) that are necessary to our relationship with you. For all other requests for changes relating to your PII, including opting out of email and our sharing PII with our partners, please contact us at info@defensepriorities.org.
What we do not do
We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise share your personal information with any third party.
Cookies and analytics
We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about how our website is used, your usage of our website, and to personalize your experience. Your web browser may provide you with the ability to accept or decline cookies. If you decline cookies, some features of our website may be limited or not be available to you.
Third-party activities
If you submit or choose to share PII through a form or posting on any page of our website(s), choose to otherwise share your PII with a third party such as by connecting with social networking services, or click on a link on our website(s) to go to a third-party site that may collect information about you, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, including any marketing or other use of your PII by, those third parties. To learn more about any other company or organization’s privacy practices, we suggest you contact them directly about their privacy policy.
Company ads on third-party sites
We may use information collected using third party cookies and Web beacons on our website(s) and in our emails to deliver advertising displayed to you on third party sites. We also may use cookie information to know when you return to our website(s) after visiting these third-party sites. We use this information and other information about you to try to understand your interests and show you relevant advertising about products and services you may be interested in.
Web beacons and server logs
We, or a third party, may collect information using Web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on Company Sites or in our emails. We and these third parties use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon. These third parties have their own privacy policies that govern the use of the data collected, which may be different from this Privacy Policy.Server logs capture certain non-personally identifying data, such as the time and date of a Web visit, the browser and operating system being used, and the Web URL a user linked from. This information is used in aggregate form to help us plan system enhancements when necessary and to provide content that is compatible with our visitors’ Web-browsing systems. We also collect information about keyword searches performed by visitors on our website(s). We may keep logs of all words searched to help us learn what kinds of information our website(s) visitors are seeking, and to improve our service to visitors.
Data retention
We retain automatically collected website data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above.
Children’s privacy
Our website is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us at info@defensepriorities.org and we will delete it promptly.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above. Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
Security and privacy
We take commercially reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, and use. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, including through web pages or email, is 100 percent secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. If you are concerned about any communication with us being intercepted, please consider contacting us via other means.
Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Defense Priorities Foundation
2311 Wilson Blvd Fl 3
Arlington, VA 22201
Email: info@defensepriorities.org
Website: defensepriorities.org