Introduction
The Foundation for the Children of the Californias (“The Foundation”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and to disclose our practices in gathering, using and disclosing personal information in connection with this Web site (the “Site”). “Personal information” is information about a person that includes identifying information about that person. Although there are links from this Site to other Web sites, this Privacy Policy applies only to this Site and not to Web sites operated by others. For example, if you “click” on a link to the Web site of one of our sponsors, the “click” takes you out of our Site. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other Web sites.
Openness
We follow a general policy of openness regarding our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy sets out the fair information practices that govern the collection, maintenance, use and disclosure of personal information regarding visitors who use this Site.
Revisions to the Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time as we add new features or as laws change that may affect our services.
Collection of Personal Information
Except as disclosed in this Policy, we do not collect personal information about visitors to this Site.
Web logs
We maintain standard Web logs that record data about all visitors who use this Site, through the use of Google Analytics. These logs may contain:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Your computer is automatically assigned a number, which acts as its IP address when you surf the Internet. Your IP address is either static (always stays the same) or dynamic (changes from time to time). A static IP address may be identifiable to you, while a dynamic address is usually not identifiable.
- The type of browser and operating system you use.
- The date and time you visited the Site.
- The pages that you saw on this Site.
We use Web log information to help us design our Site, to identify popular features, and to make the Site more useful for visitors. Web logs are recorded in sequential files, and we do not normally try to identify individuals from Web logs or use Web logs to gather information about individuals. However, we may use Web logs to identify any person attempting to break into or damage our Site, and we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies if we believe that we have evidence of a violation of computer security or related laws.
Visitor/Customer Requests for Information
If you ask a question or make a request through this Web site, we may store your message and our response for awhile. We may also use this information, and any information you give to us in response to a survey on the Site, to send you information about newsletters offered by the Foundation; promotional events and upcoming programs at the Foundation; notices of Foundation activities and additional surveys.
Choice/Opt-Out
At the point where we request name and email information about you as a visitor, we provide users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications with us through the email-marketing platform Constant Contact. If you are making a donation, we may need to contact you in order to expedite your request.
Access, Correction, Deletion and Data Integrity
Requests to access, correct or delete personal information may be submitted using our contact information from the final section of this Policy. Please note that we do not consider Web log information to be personal information. Also, we may not be able to delete or revise information about you that we have relied upon to provide information to you, or that we are legally required to maintain.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell or rent personal information about visitors to this Site. We do not use or disclose personal information obtained through this Site except as expressly described in this Policy.
Uses
We use personal information obtained from this Site to respond to requests, demonstrate the quality of our services to our auditors and government agencies that have oversight of the Foundation, and for the additional purposes described in the “Disclosures” subsection below.
Disclosures
The Foundation may disclose personal information to any person performing audit, legal, operational or other services for the Foundation. Whenever possible, the Foundation will require any recipient of personal information for these purposes to agree to use the information only for the purpose for which it was disclosed and to destroy or return it when no longer needed for that purpose.
We may disclose personal information when required to do so by a subpoena, court order, or search warrant. Except when deemed by the Foundation to be infeasible, the Foundation will notify the individual of a subpoena, court order or search warrant for the individual’s information, by e-mail using the e-mail address (if any) that the individual provided to the Foundation.
The Foundation may disclose personal information as it deems appropriate to protect the safety of an individual or for an investigation related to public safety or to report an activity that appears to be in violation of law.
The Foundation may disclose personal information to protect the security and reliability of this Web site and of the Foundation, and to take precautions against liability.
The Foundation may disclose personal information to any successor in interest (any company or organization that acquires or otherwise takes over the Foundation’s assets).
Public Forums
From time to time this Site may contain message boards and/or news groups (“Forums”). Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes publicly available. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas. The Foundation does not maintain or routinely monitor information posted on any message board or news group on our Site; however, it reserves the right to remove any postings that it deems inappropriate.
Security
When credit card information and other financial information is transmitted over the Internet we use industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption to protect that information.
Children
The Foundation does not intend to collect personal information from children under age 18. The Web Site’s services are directed at adults, and therefore this site is intended for use by adults only. No information should be submitted to or posted on this web site by users under 18.
Questions, Complaints or Requests to Change Information
If at any time you wish to contact us with a question or complaint or to exercise any of the rights set out in this Privacy Policy, or if you want to change any information collected by us, you may do so by contacting us by e-mail, telephone, fax, or U.S. Mail, using the information set out below:
Foundation for the Children of the Californias
T: (619) 400-5999
4569 Mission Gorge Pl
Suite I
San Diego, CA 92120
