Our Commitment to Our Donors
We will not sell, share or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.
This policy applies to all information received by Growing Hope Globally, both online and offline, on any Platform (“Platform” includes the Growing Hope Globally website and mobile applications), as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.
To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICY
Growing Hope Globally respects your privacy, recognizes your need for appropriate protection and management of your personal identifiable information that you share with us, and is committed to protecting it. We have established this Privacy and Security Policy to inform you of our policies and practices regarding how we collect information from you, how we use and disclose it, and your rights with respect to such information.
Collection of personal identifiable information
Personal identifiable information is information that may be used to identify an individual, including, without limitation, your first and last name, your home or other mailing address, your electronic mail address, your credit card number, your bank or brokerage account information and other similar information. When you visit our website (GrowingHopeGlobally.org) and any co-branded or successor site (the “Website”), we may ask you for and collect personal identifiable information from you to provide certain products and services to you; to communicate with you; to provide customer service and support to you; to send promotional e-mails and information about our company; and for internal marketing and promotional purposes. For example, we may request personal identifiable information from you when you request information concerning our services or when you make a donation.
We may collect personal identifiable information about you whenever you interact with us including, but not limited to, the following:
• information we collect from you from applications, registrations and other forms;
• information about your transactions with us, our business partners and our suppliers;
• information we receive from our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested.
Disclosure and sharing of personal identifiable information
To provide you with information about our mission, impact and services, we may disclose some personal identifiable information as follows:
to suppliers and other third parties that help us to provide certain services in order to mail information to you;
• in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities;
• in special circumstances, such as the sale or potential sale of Growing Hope Globally or its assets or in case of bankruptcy; and
• when we believe in good faith that it is required or permitted by law.
If you want your information to remain private, simply contact us at 888.276.4372 or info@growinghopeglobally.org. We respect your privacy.
Opting out and other rights
To keep you in control of your personal identifiable information and the communications directed to you, we allow you to edit your marketing preferences and/or to opt out of receiving communications from us. We provide you with the opportunity to access, review and correct your personal identifiable information.
You may contact us regarding any inquiry or request concerning such rights by sending an email to info@growinghopeglobally.org. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to this Website that are considered part of your account, such as technical alerts, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Children’s Privacy (individuals under 13 years of age)
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their child’s online activities and interests. You must be at least 13 years of age to use this Website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal identifiable information about visitors to our Website who are under 13 years old.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are data text files that a website transfers to a visitor’s computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow website operators like Growing Hope Globally to facilitate and customize your visit by saving your preferences while tracking information about your visit to a website. We use the data collected by cookies to retrieve certain information previously provided by you and to help us provide our visitors with a better experience at our Website. Many improvements and updates to the Website are based on the data collected by cookies. Information that we track with cookies includes, without limitation, the total number of visitors and pages viewed and which areas of our Website you visited. Although most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, you can reset your browser preferences to indicate when a cookie is being sent or to refuse all cookies. However, note that if you refuse cookies, you may have difficulty accessing cookie-enabled services available at our Website.
Links to other sites
Visitors to our Website should be aware that when they are on the Website, they could be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. There are several links to other websites from the pages on our Website that take you outside our service. Many of these other websites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.
We have no control over these websites or how they collect, distribute or otherwise use any personal information, and we do not guaranty the security of any information that you may disclose. We are not responsible or liable for the policies, actions or content of such websites. These websites are linked only for your convenience and you access them at your own risk. We encourage you to review the terms of service and privacy policies available at these other websites.
Security
We take great care in providing secure transmission of your financial information over the Internet. Even though we strive to protect your personal identifiable information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We cannot ensure and do not warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, which you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. We use encryption and security software to secure all sensitive information, including without limitation, credit card numbers, that is transmitted to us over the Internet. Credit card numbers are used for processing payments and for no other purposes.
To access and use certain online services on our Website, we may require you to select a unique user name and password. We encourage you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and computer. To further prevent such unauthorized access, you should signoff when you have finished accessing or using the Website or using your computer.
Changes to this policy
Growing Hope Globally reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to change or modify the privacy and security practices that are described herein. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Privacy and Security Policy effective for information we already have about you, as well as any information we receive in the future.
Contacting us
If you have comments or questions about our Privacy and Security Policy, please contact us at: info@growinghopeglobally.org
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this Website, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy and Security Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this Website.
Updated: February 26, 2019