Charitybuzz Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 6/27/2018
Charitybuzz, LLC
("Company," “we,” or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of
your personal data. It's yours, it matters to you, and we get that. This
Privacy Policy lets you know what information we gather via charitybuzz.com
(the “Site”) and the services available via the Site (“Services”), and how we
use and share that information. If you disagree with anything in this Privacy
Policy, you should not use the Site or Services.
If you are located outside the
US, you understand and agree that any personal data you submit is sent to our
servers in the US. See more details below under Non-U.S.
Users
LIST OF TOPICS WITH LINKS
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
WE COLLECT
3. COOKIES,
WEB BEACONS AND INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
4. HOW AND WITH WHOM WE
SHARE INFORMATION
5. LEGAL
BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
6. CHILDREN
7. SOCIAL NETWORKING AND THIRD-PARTY SITES
8. SECURITY
12. CONTACT US
12. UPDATES
TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
a. Information
You Provide: If you open an account, make a purchase, donate to a
charity, take part in an auction or other offer, or otherwise communicate with
us via the Site or Services, we collect the information you submit. To register
to use the Services, you may be asked to provide personal data, such as name,
email address, postal address, telephone number, or other similar information.
You do not have to provide this data. But without it you may not be able to
create an account or enter into transactions via the Site or Services.
b. Information
You Post: If you post information on public areas of the Services, that
information may be collected and used by us, by other users of the Services,
and by the public generally. We suggest you avoid posting personal data
in such areas.
c. Other
Information: Your interactions with us may also include the following types
of data:
i. If you contact us, we may keep a
record of that correspondence.
ii. We may also ask you to
complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to
respond to them.
iii. Details
of transactions you carry out through our Site and of the fulfilment of such
transactions, including your credit/debit card details.
iv. Details
of your visits to our Site including, but not limited to, traffic data,
location data, weblogs and other communication data.
v. We may collect information about
your computer or mobile device, including, where available your IP address,
device type/ID, operating system and browser type.
vi. Publicly
available personal data, including data you have shared via a public platform
such as Twitter or Facebook.
vii.
Our Site
uses may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other technologies to
distinguish you from other users of our website, to help you have a good
experience on our site, and for other purposes. See more details under Cookies,
Web Beacons and Interest-Based Advertising below.
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT. We
use personal data and other information we receive to:
a.
fulfill your requests for Services and validate your
user rights;
b.
contact and communicate with you;
c. customize
the content and advertising you see when using the Services;
d.
conduct research and analysis on the use of our Site
and Services;
e.
provide anonymous reporting for internal and external
clients;
f.
notify you about changes to our Site or Services;
g.
operate, evaluate and improve our business (e.g.,
developing or improving new products and/or services; analyzing our customer
base; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);
h. diagnose
problems with our server, monitor visitor traffic patterns and site usage to
help us develop and improve our site further;
i.
comply with and enforce applicable legal
requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations, and our
policies; and
j.
provide you with additional information we
think is of interest to you.
3. COOKIES, WEB BEACONS AND
INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING. We use data collected through cookies, web
beacons, pixels, web server logs and other automated means to (a) customize
your visits to our Site, (b) deliver advertisements to you on our Site and
other sites, (c) deliver content tailored to your interests, and (d) manage our
Site and Services. Here are additional details on those practices:
a. What Are Cookies? We and
our agents use small text files called cookies, (collectively, “Cookies”).
Cookies are small pieces of data that we and our agents place in your
computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies are not themselves
personally identifiable, but may be linked to personal data that you provide to
us through your online interaction with us.
b. How We Use Cookies.
We use Cookies so that we can improve your online experience – for
example, by remembering you when you come back to visit us, and making the
content you see more relevant to you. Cookies also enable us to track online
purchases made through our website(s) or mobile app(s).
c. Your Control of Cookies. Web
browsers allow some control of most Cookies through the browser settings. To
find out more about Cookies, including how to see what Cookies have been set on
your device and how to manage and delete them, visit
http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Please understand, however, if you disable
Cookies, some features of our Site and Services may not work as well (or at
all) for you.
d. Interest-Based Advertising. We may
use Cookies and other technologies, such as pixel tags, web beacons, and clear
GIF files, to help manage our online advertising program. These technologies
may enable us (or third party advertising services we work with) to learn which
advertisements bring users to us online. They also may enable us (or
third-party advertising services we work with) to track the actions of users
online over time and across different web sites or platforms to measure
statistics of our marketing efforts, and to deliver electronic advertisements
that may be more relevant to individual consumers and that will improve the
consumer experience. For information about how tracking works for online
advertising purposes, and what happens when you elect a do-not-track option, visit
http://www.aboutads.info/choices. In addition, some third-party businesses may
provide a mechanism to opt-out of their technology. For more information about
the opt-out process, visit the Network Advertising Initiative website,
available at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. At this
time, our site is not able to respond to do-not-track requests from browsers.
e. Analytics
on the Site. We also use third-party analytics such as Google
Analytics to gather and analyze anonymous user information. Google
Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc.
("Google"), to collect information about use of the Site and
Services. Google may use cookies to collect information about your purchase
history, the content you view, what websites you visit immediately prior to and
after visiting the Site, and your system information and geographic
information. The information generated by the Google cookies about your use of
the Services will be transmitted to and stored by Google. The information
collected by Google allows us to analyze the use of our Site and Services, but
does not identify you.
4. HOW
AND WITH WHOM WE SHARE INFORMATION
a. Service
Providers. We may employ other companies or individuals ("Service
Providers") to help us operate our Site and Services. These Service
Providers have access to information only to perform limited functions on our
behalf. They are prohibited from using your information for any purpose.
b. Third
Party Marketing Partners. We may, from time to time, share information
you provide to us with trusted third-party marketing partners whose products or
services we believe may be of interest to you. If you want us to stop
sharing your information with such third parties, you may opt-out by
emailing us at privacy@charitybuzz.com or sending a letter to
Charitybuzz, LLC, 437 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor,
New York, NY 10016. If you are a resident of the EU or EEA, we will only
share with third parties if you opt-in and agree to such sharing. See
additional information under Your Rights and Choices below.
c. Law
Enforcement and Protection of Users. To the extent permitted by law,
we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties
pursuant to a legal request, subpoena or other legal process. We may also use
or disclose your information as permitted by law to combat fraud or protect our
rights or property as well as those of our affiliates or customers. You should
be aware that, following disclosure to any third party, your information may be
accessible by others to the extent permitted or required by applicable law.
d. Business
Transfer. In the event that the Company is sold, has its assets acquired
or transferred, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or merges or becomes
affiliated with any other division, individual or entity, any user information
owned or under the control of the Company may be one of the transferred assets.
We reserve the right, as part of this type of transaction, to transfer or
assign your information and other information we have collected from users of
the Services.
e. Charities
You Choose to Support via the Site or Services. We may
share your information with a Charity to whom you have made a voluntary
donation via the Site or Services.
5. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA.
Generally, we rely on the following
standards to process your personal information lawfully:
a. Consent. When you
give us consent to process your data in certain ways, we will rely on your
consent for the stated purpose(s) of the consent. You have the right to
withdraw consent at any time. See additional information below under Your
Rights and Choices.
b. Contract
fulfillment. We process personal data when it is necessary to perform a
contractual obligation. For example, when you make a purchase or a
donation, we provide your billing information to a third-party payment
processing vendor so that your transaction can be completed, and also to the
charity you are supporting for the charity to acknowledge any gift for tax
purposes.
c. Legitimate
interests. We may process your personal data where necessary to
fulfill our legitimate interests, where those interests are not overridden by
your rights or interests. These legitimate interests may include:
· Completing
transactions for our users, and handling user contacts, queries, complaints or
disputes.
· Protecting
users, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and
welfare.
· Promoting,
marketing and advertising our products and services in ways consistent with
reasonable expectations of our users.
· Sending
promotional communications to existing users which are relevant to such users
and related to their prior use of our Site and Services.
· Understanding
our users’ behavior, activities, preferences and needs.
· Improving
existing products and services and developing new products and services.
· Complying
with our legal and regulatory obligations.
· Preventing,
investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behavior and
prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies, or
taking other appropriate legal action against third parties who have committed
criminal acts or are in breach of legal obligations.
· Effectively
handling any legal claims or regulatory enforcement actions taken against us.
· Fulfilling
our duties to our users, colleagues, and any other stakeholders.
6. CHILDREN.
The Site and Services are not
intended for children. We do not knowingly collect or distribute
information from or about children under age 13 (16 if you are in the EU/EEA).
If we learn we have received personally identifiable information from a child
under age 13 (16 if you are in the EU/EEA), we will delete that information.
7. SOCIAL NETWORKING AND THIRD-PARTY
SITES
When you sign in or link to our Site or Services through any
social networking service (such as Facebook or Twitter), you understand and
agree that:
a. Any information you supply (or
have supplied) to us becomes subject to the privacy policy of that social
network/service, which may gain access to such information.
b. We do not control, and are not
responsible for, the privacy practices of such networks or services. You
should consult the privacy policy of such networks/services.
c. We may access, store, and use any
information per your privacy settings in that social media network or service.
We encourage you to review, and if necessary, adjust, such settings to
control sharing as allowed by the social media network/service.
Our Site may include links to
other websites. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the
privacy practices of any such sites. You should always check the privacy
terms of any site you visit.
8. SECURITY
Any information collected by the
Company is stored on servers that the Company manages, using security
procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information. Please
be aware that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be
100% secure. As a result, the Company cannot guarantee or warrant the security
of any information you transmit on or through the Site or Services and you do
so at your own risk.
9. NON-U.S.
USERS
If you are located outside of the
United States and you choose to use the Site or Services, or provide your
information to us, your information will be transferred to, processed and
maintained on servers or databases located in the United States. If you
do not want your information transferred to or processed or maintained in the
United States, you should not use the Site or Services.
10. RETENTION
OF INFORMATION
We retain personal data for as
long as reasonably needed for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.
You may request to have your information deleted at any time,
though we may continue to retain any information as needed for backup, archival
and audit purposes, and to comply with any legal obligations. In
addition, we may retain and continue to use indefinitely all information
contained in your communications to other users of the Services posted to
public or semi-public areas of the Services after termination or deactivation
of your user account.
11. YOUR
RIGHTS AND CHOICES
You have the right to ask us not to
process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise that
right at any time by emailing us at privacy@charitybuzz.com. You may also have options to agree (or decline)
to be contacted for various marketing purposes at the point where you are
submitting personal data to us. For residents of the EU/EEA, the
following additional rights apply:
·
To ask what personal data we hold
about you and to obtain a copy of your personal information in an easily accessible
format and (for some data) also a right of portability.
·
To ask us to update or correct the
personal data we hold about you;
·
To ask us to delete personal data
we hold about you;
·
To ask us to restrict or limit the
ways in which we use your personal data;
·
to lodge a complaint with a
supervisory authority; and
·
To opt out of any marketing
messages we may send you.
If you would like to exercise any
of these rights or would like further information, please contact us at
GDPR@charitybuzz.com, or through any of the channels listed under
“Contact Us” below.
12. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about
this Privacy Policy or the Company's privacy practices, please email us at privacy@charitybuzz.com, or you
can contact us by mail at Charitybuzz, LLC, 437 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor,
New York, NY 10016. The Data Protection Officer for the Company is Richard
O’Reilly, who can be contacted at GDPR@charitybuzz.com or
by mail at the Company address immediately above.
13. UPDATES TO THIS
PRIVACY POLICY.
Any changes we may make to our
Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where
appropriate, notified to you by e-mail if you are registered user or otherwise
have given us your email address. We will provide notice to you if these
changes are material and, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your
consent. Notice may be by email to you at the last email address you provided
us, by posting notice of such changes on our sites and applications, or by
other means, consistent with applicable law.
We encourage you to keep the
email address you provide to us current, and to promptly notify us of any
changes to your email address, so that you may receive any notices we send to
you regarding any material changes to this Privacy Policy that affect your
rights.
If you do not agree to the new
terms, you should stop using the Site and Services, and if you are a registered
user, you may cancel your account with us and request deletion of your personal
data, consistent with our Retention terms above by contacting us at privacy@charitybuzz.com.
