Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 28, 2026

InnovateUS (“InnovateUS,” “we,” “us,” “our”) cares about your privacy and wants you to be familiar with the limited ways in which  we collect, use and safeguard your information on this website and in connection with our courses and workshops.

We NEVER sell or share your personal information for any purpose. 

On this website (https://innovate-us.org/)

• You may browse our website anonymously.

• No registration or login is required.

• This site provides links to other websites as a convenience to you, such as links to videos on YouTube or readings on other websites. When you use one of these links, you are no longer on this site, and this Information Collection Statement does not apply. 

• Our website uses “cookies” and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that this website stores on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies make web surfing and browsing easier for you by saving your preferences so that we can use these to improve your next visit to our website.

• We may use Google Analytics to help us get a better understanding of how visitors use this website. The information generated by the Google Analytics cookie, about your use of this website, is transmitted to and stored by Google. If you do not want your activity on this website to be tracked by Google Analytics, you may opt-out by using this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

When you take a course from us on our Moodle learning management system: 

• We collect your name and email address in order to deliver you a course and a certificate of completion.

• We collect data on which lessons you have started in order to send you reminders.

When you take a course from us on a partner learning management system:

•  We collect no data from you.

When you take a workshop from us:

• We deliver live workshops via Zoom.

• When you sign up for a workshop, we collect your name and email address in order to register you.

• We ask you for your country of residence and state in the case of US residents.

• We ask for your role in government and your job role. These questions are optional.

When we survey you:

• From time to time, we conduct surveys to measure the effectiveness of our programming and their impact.

• All responses to surveys are anonymized and analyzed only in aggregate form. 

• Surveys may include:

• Pre-Workshop Polls, which ask about participants’ goals for attending, perceived challenges to adopting new tools or practices, and specific learning expectations.

• Post-Workshop Surveys, which collect feedback on the likelihood of applying workshop content, perceived knowledge gains, satisfaction, and interest in future topics.

• One-Month Follow-Up Surveys, which assess participants’ continued confidence, remaining challenges, and reflections on the most valuable skills or tools learned.

• Three-Month Follow-Up Surveys, which gather insights on how participants have applied their learning in practice, perceived value of the workshops, and any additional feedback or examples of impact.

We NEVER sell or share your personal information for any purpose. 

Contact information

If after reviewing this Information Collection Statement, you have any questions, or concerns, or would like to make any requests in relation to your personal information, or obtain further information on safeguards, please send an email to hello@innovate-us.org

Copyright notice

Except where otherwise noted, all content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

DMCA notice

InnovateUS respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask users of our Web sites to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, if you believe your copyright has been infringed please email us at: hello@innovate-us.org.

To be an effective notice under Section 512(c) of the DMCA your written notice must include all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Us to locate the material;

• Information reasonably sufficient to permit Us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address;

• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.