Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Your privacy is important to A Giving Heart Foundation (“AGHF,” “we,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information you provide when visiting or using our website at https://aghf.org/ (“Website”), including when you submit a contact form, register for an event, or interact with content on the Website. By using this Website, you agree to the terms of this policy and acknowledge that you consent to the practices described herein. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by AGHF or any third party. It also does not apply to information collected by a third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Websites. We may also provide additional or different privacy policies that are specific to certain features, services, or activities. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. By interacting with our Website, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes as described here is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

3. How We Use Your Information

A. Personal Information You Provide

When you voluntarily interact with this Website, we may collect personal information you submit, such as:

* Contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing address, or phone number.
* Information you enter in a message or form submission.
* Donation or sponsorship information, such as records of donations. We do not directly collect any financial information from donors; all donor financial information is processed through our third party processor, Kindful.

We collect this information from you when you:

* Submit a contact form or register for an event;
* Donate to or sponsor our organization;
* Sign up for our newsletters; or
* Request information or resources from us.

B. Automatically Collected Information

We may collect technical information automatically when you visit our Website, including:

* Device information, such as IP address, browser type and version.
* Usage information, such as pages visited, date and time of visit, and referring website data.
* Statistics or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal information. For example, we may aggregate personal information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

* Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you interact with the Services. You may refuse to accept or disable cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or device. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain features of the Website.
* Third-Party Tracking Technologies. We use third-party tools through Google Site Kit (such as Google Analytics) to collect usage data and improve Website performance. These technologies may be used to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, platforms, and other online services.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

You can manage your cookie preferences in your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect functionality of the Website.

C. Information from Third Parties

We may obtain certain personal information about you from third-party service providers (for example, vendors that help us operate our website, process donations, manage communications, or perform analytics) and from publicly available sources.

4. How We Use Your Information

AGHF uses the information we collect to:

* Provide the Website and any contents, features, information, or services we make available through the Website.
* Respond to inquiries and fulfill your requests.
* Send administrative or informational communications such as our newsletter.
* Improve our Website, services, and programs, including by analyzing your information, to develop, maintain, analyze, improve, optimize, measure, and report on our Website and their features and how users interact with them.
* Estimate our audience sizes and usage patterns and analyze trends.
* Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
* Notify you when updates to our Website, services, or programs are available and about changes to any services we offer or provide through the Website.
* In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
* For any other purpose with your consent.
* To comply with applicable legal obligations.

5. Who We Disclose Your Information To

We may disclose aggregated information about our Website users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.

We may also disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

* To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
* To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our organization, such as Website providers, donation processing providers, analytics providers, or communications providers, [who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them].
* To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of AGHF’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by AGHF is among the assets transferred.
* To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
* For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
* With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

* To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
* To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements.
* If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our organization, our members, or others.

6. Your Choices and Rights

This section describes mechanisms you can use to control certain uses and disclosures of your information.

* Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or other tracking technology files, or to alert you when these files are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or similar tracking files, some Website features may be inaccessible or not function properly. Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting that can send a signal to the online services you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, our Website may not respond to all browser DNT signals.
* Email Marketing Opt-Out. If you do not wish us to use your information to promote our offerings via email, you can opt out either by using the “unsubscribe” link in the relevant email or by emailing us at contactus@aghf.org.

7. Data Security and Retention

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information submitted to or through the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

We keep the categories of personal information described in this Privacy Policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Website, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal information.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time, and we will provide notice of any such changes to the policy as required by law. The date the privacy policy was last updated is identified at the top of the page. We will notify you of changes to this policy by updating the "last updated" date and posting the updated policy on the Website. We may email or otherwise communicate reminders about this policy, but you should check our Website periodically to see the current policy and any changes we have made to it.

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