Privacy Notice
This notice explains how PRAUSA collects, uses, protects, and retains information submitted through PRAUSA.org.
Effective August 2026
Scope
This Privacy Notice applies to information collected through PRAUSA.org, including the unified inquiry form, Request to Join submissions, Stay Connected subscriptions, and ordinary technical information generated when visitors use the website. It does not govern third-party websites reached through external links.
Information We Collect
PRAUSA collects information that visitors choose to provide. Depending on the type of inquiry, this may include a name, email address, organization, professional title or role, inquiry category, subject, message, professional profile or website, field of expertise, relevant experience, potential Working Group contribution, media outlet, deadline, requested topic, event information, and consent record.
The website and its service providers may also collect limited technical information, such as Internet Protocol address, browser and device type, referring page, pages visited, date and time, cookie identifiers, security events, and similar usage information needed to operate, secure, and understand the website.
For Stay Connected subscriptions, PRAUSA collects the subscriber’s email address, consent date, subscription status, confirmation status, and unsubscribe history.
PRAUSA does not request Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, financial account information, payment-card information, or account passwords through its public inquiry and subscription forms.
How We Use Information
PRAUSA may use collected information to evaluate and respond to inquiries; assess requests to participate in the Social Security Reform Working Group; manage media, presentation, technical, and institutional communications; maintain submission and consent records; send requested PRAUSA updates; administer subscriptions and unsubscribe requests; protect the website against spam, fraud, misuse, and security threats; improve website performance and content; and comply with applicable legal obligations.
Submission of information does not guarantee Working Group participation, access to restricted materials, or an individual response.
How Information Is Shared
PRAUSA does not sell or rent personal information. PRAUSA does not use inquiry-form information for third-party advertising.
Information may be available to PRAUSA personnel and authorized collaborators who need it for the purposes described in this notice. PRAUSA may also use service providers that host the website, process forms, deliver email, maintain subscriber lists, provide analytics, prevent spam, or support website security. Those providers receive information only as necessary to perform their services.
PRAUSA may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, or a valid governmental request; protect the rights, safety, or security of PRAUSA or others; investigate misuse; or preserve evidence.
Retention
PRAUSA retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to evaluate and administer inquiries, manage Working Group participation, maintain subscription and consent records, preserve institutional records, protect the website, resolve disputes, and satisfy applicable legal or operational requirements. Information may be deleted, anonymized, or archived when it is no longer reasonably needed.
Spam classifications, blocked-sender information, unsubscribe records, and security logs may be retained as necessary to prevent repeated misuse and honor communication preferences.
Security
PRAUSA uses reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information it collects. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should not submit sensitive personal, financial, medical, or confidential information that the form does not request.
Children
PRAUSA.org is intended for adults and professional audiences and is not directed to children under 13. PRAUSA does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.
External Links
PRAUSA.org may link to government, research, media, institutional, or other third-party websites. PRAUSA does not control those websites or their privacy practices. Visitors should review the privacy notices of the sites they choose to visit.
Access, Correction, and Privacy Questions
A visitor seeking to correct information previously submitted, request removal where reasonably available, or raise a privacy question should use the Contact page, select Other Substantive Inquiry, and enter Privacy in the subject line. PRAUSA may need to verify the requester’s identity before acting. PRAUSA may retain information when reasonably necessary for legal, security, recordkeeping, or suppression purposes.
Changes to This Notice
PRAUSA may revise this notice when website functions, information practices, or legal requirements change. The effective date shown above will be updated whenever a material revision is published.
Cookies and Analytics
PRAUSA.org may use essential cookies and similar technologies required for navigation, forms, security, and basic operation. The site may also use limited analytics to understand aggregate traffic and improve performance. Where nonessential cookies are enabled, the site must provide an appropriate cookie-preference control and honor the visitor’s available selections.
Disabling certain cookies may affect form, navigation, or other website functions.
Email Communications
Visitors who subscribe to Stay Connected may receive occasional PRAUSA updates, public documents, and notices concerning the Social Security Reform Working Group. Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time through the link included in those messages. PRAUSA will retain the suppression record needed to avoid sending future subscription emails to an address that has unsubscribed.
Automatic acknowledgments and other messages directly related to an inquiry are transactional communications and may be sent even when the recipient is not subscribed to Stay Connected.
International Visitors
PRAUSA is based in the United States. Information submitted through PRAUSA.org may be processed and stored in the United States or in other locations used by PRAUSA’s service providers, subject to their applicable safeguards and legal obligations.