At CNI, we are committed to safeguarding the privacy and security of all visitors to our website.  Below, you'll find our privacy policy, which outlines how we handle your Personal Information.  If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please don't hesitate to contact us. You will find the contact information at the link provided at the end of this notice.

Collection and disclosure of information: To ensure we can communicate effectively with visitors to our website, we collect some information that can be directly associated with a specific person. We call this "Personal Information," and it includes, by way of illustration, names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses. We collect Personal Information from eligible individuals who affirmatively request to receive email or other services from us. We collect this Personal Information to provide these eligible individuals with timely information via email regarding events, resources, and issues. It is our general policy not to make Personal Information available to anyone other than our employees, staff, and agents. We also only share the most limited form of this data that is required by our employees, staff, or agents to satisfy the needs of every disclosure. 

Online Comments and Personal Information: We also collect certain Public Information.  Public Information includes, by way of illustration, your name, city, state, and any comments you provide. We may, for example, provide compilations of your comments to national leaders and other individuals participating in our efforts, without disclosing email addresses. We may also make comments along with your city and state available to the press and public online. 

Opting out and modifying information: Subscribers to our email list may terminate their subscriptions via a link at the bottom of each email sent from CHICKASAW.COM. 

Browser information collected on the website: We log IP addresses, which are the locations of computers or networks on the Internet and analyze them to improve the value of our site. We also collect aggregate numbers of page hits to track the popularity of certain pages and improve the value of our site. We do not gather, request, record, require, collect, or track any Internet users' Personal Information through these processes. 

Information collected on our CNI-Mobile app: We log IP addresses, which are the locations of phones and tablets on the internet, and analyze them to improve the value of our mobile app. We also collect aggregate numbers of performance hits so that we can analyze any bottlenecks in our programming to improve the efficiency of how that information is transmitted to users. For our logged-in employees using the mobile app, we also track the identity of the person using the app for federal compliance laws. Because we're a government contractor, our systems must monitor and track employees' usage of resources on our data network so that any security related events have an audit trail that can be linked to accounts and hardware devices. This information is also analyzed internally to improve the user experience of all users.

Cookies: A cookie is a tiny piece of data stored by a user's browser that helps a website or service recognize that user's unique computer. You can remove or block cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Session specific cookies may be used on CHICKASAW.COM to improve the user experience and for basic web metrics. These cookies expire in a very short time frame or when a browser window closes and are permitted by current federal guidelines. 

Videos that are visible on CHICKASAW.COM are hosted by third parties that may utilize "persistent cookies." Persistent cookies are used by some third-party providers to help maintain the integrity of video statistics. These videos are subject to the CHICKASAW.COM linking policy described below. If you would like to view a video without the use of persistent cookies, a link to download the video file is typically provided just below the video. 

Privacy of our email lists: As noted above, we maintain email lists to keep interested, eligible individuals informed about important topics, and individuals must affirmatively request to join them. We configure our list server software to refuse to divulge the email addresses of our list subscribers to anyone other than those whom we authorize. However, we are not the author of this software and are not responsible for any failures in the software to preserve subscriber anonymity. 

California Residents: Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) afforded California residents (i) the right to request disclosure of data collection and sales practices in connection with the requesting consumer; (ii) the right to have the requesting consumer’s information deleted, subject to certain exceptions; (iii) the right to request that their personal information not be sold to third parties, if applicable; and (iv) the right not to be discriminated against because they exercised any of the new rights.

You may submit a personal information access or erasure request via email listed below. We will need to collect information from the requesting party to verify their identity, and will respond within: (a) 45 days of receiving a personal information request (subject to an additional 45-day extension in certain circumstances), or (b) the timeframe required by

applicable law if different from the times stated in 6(a). 

European Union (EU), United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Algeria: Subject to applicable law, you have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of your Personal Information, or the restriction of our use of your information, or to object to such a use. Where you have provided consent for us to process your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw that consent. You have the right to receive, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, the Personal Information about you that you provided to us for the performance of your employment contract, and to transmit this information to a third-party organization. You also have the right to reject, object, or request explanations regarding decisions made solely by automated systems, including artificial intelligence systems, that process Personal Information and substantially impact your rights. You can exercise these rights by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section below. In addition, you have the right to make a complaint with a data protection authority. 

Children's privacy: Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulation establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13. It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. 

Security: We maintain a variety of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. For example, we use commercially reasonable tools and techniques to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. Also, we restrict access to Personal Information to those who need such access in the course of their duties for us. Your own efforts to protect against unauthorized access play an important role in protecting the security of your personal information. You should be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer and always log out of any site when viewing personal information. 

CNI systems are also protected by CNI cybersecurity capabilities. Electronic communications may be scanned to look for network traffic indicating known or suspected malicious cyber activity, including malicious content or communications. Electronic communications may be collected or retained by CNI only if they are associated with known or suspected cyber threats. 

The CNI mobile app requires 2-factor authentication to ensure only authorized users are allowed to access potentially sensitive resources on our network. 

Linking: CHICKASAW.COM may contain links to websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. CHICKASAW.COM provides these links as a service to our users. When users link to an outside website, they are leaving the CHICKASAW.COM site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website(s). To the extent any linked websites are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the websites’ content, any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of the websites, even though you may enter that site directly from visiting our website. 

CNI and social media or Third-Party Sites: In addition to CNI's official website on WWW.CHICKASAW.COM, CNI uses social media and third-party sites to provide CNI content in a different format that may be useful or interesting to you. When we use these sites, the information we provide is consistent with the intended purpose of the CNI website. No personally identifiable information (PII) may be requested or collected from Social Media sites. Please be aware that the privacy protection provided on social media and third-party sites that are not a part of the CHICKASAW.COM domain may not be the same as the privacy protection described here.  

Accuracy of information: CHICKASAW.COM makes no representation regarding the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of any information and data posted on the Site or that such information and data will be error-free. 

Data Retention: We will retain your Personal Information only for a period reasonably necessary to fulfil the legitimate purposes for which it was collected, in alignment with our business needs, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law, regulation or contractual obligation. When determining how long to retain Personal Information, we take into account the necessity of the Personal Information for the provision of our purposes, applicable laws and regulations, and compliance with our legal, regulatory or contractual obligations. We may retain data to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims. When retention of the Personal Information is no longer necessary for a legitimate purpose, the information will be deleted or anonymized. 

Changes to this policy: We will revise or update this policy if our practices change, or as we develop better ways to keep you informed about them. You should refer to this page often for the latest information and the effective date of any changes. If we decide to change this policy, we will post a new policy on our site and change the date at the bottom. Changes to the policy shall not apply retroactively. By continuing to interact with us after the modified version of the policy has been posted, you are accepting the changes to the policy, subject to any additional requirements that may apply.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.

Last Updated: July 2025.