EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2020
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY OF ORPHANS’ FUTURES ALLIANCE, INC. AND ALL OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, “OrFA”, “US”, “WE”) BEFORE USING: www.orphansfa.org, all related websites, products, services and related mobile applications (the “OrFA Services” or the “Site”).
Your privacy is very important to us. Our Privacy Policy spells out OrFA’s commitment to respecting the privacy of the members and visitors to our Site. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, which we’ll do through online posting or an email message sent directly to you. We are very careful with what we do with your information.
This Privacy Policy describes how OrFA collects and uses the personal information you provide to us on our Site. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Information Provided by You About Others
If you decide to provide personal information about another person (“Other Party”) while using the OrFA Services, including programs through which you refer a friend or family member, we rely upon you to obtain whatever consents from the Other Party that may be required by law to allow us to use the Other Party’s personal information. Our use of the Other Party’s personal information will be consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Information You Provide to Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites
The Site allows users to access Facebook to interact with friends and to share on Facebook through Wall and friends’ News Feeds. If you are already logged into the Site and Facebook or another Social Networking Site (SNS), when you click on “Connect with Facebook”, or a similar connection on another SNS, you will be prompted to link your profiles. If you are already logged into the Site but not logged into Facebook or another SNS that we support, when you click on “Connect with Facebook”, or a similar connection on another SNS, you will be prompted to enter your SNS credentials or to “Sign Up” for the SNS. By proceeding, you are allowing the Site to access your information and you are agreeing to the Facebook or other SNS’s Terms of Use in your use of the Site. Conversely, if you are not currently registered as a user of the Site, and you click on “Sign in” using Facebook or another SNS that we support, you will first be asked to enter your Facebook or SNS credentials and then be given the option to register for the Site. In this case, we may receive information from Facebook or another SNS to make it easier for you to create an account on the Site and show our relevant content from your Facebook or SNS friends. Once you register on the Site and connect with Facebook or another SNS, you will be able to automatically post recent activity back to Facebook or the other SNS. Any information that we collect from your Facebook or other SNS account may depend on the privacy settings you have with that SNS, so please consult the SNS’s privacy and data practices. You have the option to disable Facebook Connect at any time by logging into your Account through the Site and going to settings, “Account Settings”, and then unselecting “Facebook”. Further, you can edit privacy settings for the reviews that appear on Facebook or disconnect your Site activity stream by visiting the Facebook Applications Settings page.
Information Sharing
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We may share personal information with certain third parties in the U.S. and Canada that perform services on our behalf. The services provided by those third party service providers may include: operating the website, hosting the website, providing the products and services you request, authorization and processing of your payments, product fulfillment, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, serving certain types of advertisements to you, marketing and promotional material distribution (including direct mail marketing), loyalty program management, promotions fulfillment and website evaluation. Those third-party service providers are not authorized to use or disclose personal information you provide to us on or through this website for any purpose other than to perform the services designated by us.
We and our third-party service providers in the U.S. and Canada may also disclose your personal information:
- As required or permitted by law such as to comply with a subpoena, in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry, order or similar legal process
- To investigate both in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law
- When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, establish, exercise or defend a legal claim, investigate fraud or respond to a government request
- To any other third party with your prior consent to do so
Additionally, we may share email addresses (in a hashed or de-identified form) that have been provided to us by our registered users, with third parties such as network advertisers and ad exchanges (including SNSs), to serve targeted advertisements to you about our goods and services.
If OrFA engages in a joint promotion with an affiliate and/or partner, we may share your contact information with our affiliate and/or partner to be used in relation to the promotion. We may share aggregated or non-personal information (such as the number of daily visitors to a particular web page or the size of an order placed on a certain date) with third parties such as advertising partners.
The Site may enable you to post content to SNSs (e.g., Facebook or Twitter). If you choose to do this, we will provide information to such SNSs in accordance with your elections. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of those websites and that it is your responsibility to review the terms of use and privacy policy of the third-party provider of such SNSs.
We will not be responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such SNSs; (ii) the content, products or services on or availability of such SNSs; or (iii) your use of any such SNSs.
Third Party Websites
Our Site may contain links to third party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave our Site and go to another site, and another entity may collect personal information from you. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of your personal information after you click on links to such outside websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website you visit. The links to third party websites or locations are for your convenience and do not signify our endorsement of such third parties or their products, content or websites.
Marketing Communications Choice and Opt-Out
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. You may choose to stop receiving our marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails, updating your communications preferences in your membership account on our website or contacting us at the address, telephone number or email address set forth below. Please note however, that as a user of the service, you cannot opt-out of some administrative communications that are reasonably necessary to the service, such as billing or service notifications.
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to have your SNS account (e.g., Facebook) linked to your account, then you may de-link the SNS account in the “preferences” section in your account settings. You may also manage the sharing of certain personal information with us when you connect with us through an SNS, such as through Facebook. Please refer to the privacy settings of the SNS to determine how you may adjust our permissions and manage the interactivity between the Services and your social media account or mobile device.
You have the right to access, update, and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. You may access, update or correct any of your personal information in your account by editing your profile within your account. You may request access, updating or the correction of inaccuracies in other personal information in our custody or control by writing or sending an email to us at the email address set forth below.
We reserve the right to retain any personal information reasonably necessary to appropriately document our business activities and for archival and record retention purposes to the extent permitted by law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and its attendant Proposed Regulations, as applicable. We will store personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. You may have a right to request deletion of your personal information by us, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request where required by law, but please note that we may be required to keep such information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete any information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives. We may also retain your information for fraud or similar purposes.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
Orphans’ Futures Alliance
244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2247
New York, NY 10001
(212) 726 -2247
Attn: OrFA Privacy
Email: info@orphansfa.org
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
This Site uses cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small text files of information stored by the Internet browser on your computer’s hard drive. For example, cookies may be used to collect browsing data to keep track of your preferences and profile information and to collect general usage and volume statistical information. Some cookies are served by us, and some are served by third parties who are delivering services on our behalf.
The settings feature on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s essential features, we recommend that you leave them turned on. For instance, if you block or otherwise reject our cookies, you may not be able to add items to your Shopping Cart, proceed to Checkout, or use Site products and services that require you to sign-in. You may set your Internet web browser to refuse cookies or to remove cookies from your hard drive, but like most sites, our Site does not recognize “Do Not Track” signals. You can also learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block them using different browsers. By blocking or deleting cookies used on our website and mobile application, you may not be able to take full advantage of our services.Data Privacy Statement for Google Analytics.
This website may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your anonymized IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can prevent Google from detecting a cookie that is generated because of and related to your usage of this website (including your IP address) as well as processing of these data by downloading and installing this browser plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Web Beacons
Our Site contains electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) and are used along with cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our Site is used and may be used in some of our emails to let us know which emails and links have been opened by which recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of our customer communications and marketing campaigns. We use a third party to gather aggregated information about how you and others use our Site. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page and which links they clicked on. We use this information to understand and optimize how our website is used and also to personalize your user experience.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you provide such personal information such as a credit card number, we encrypt any transmission of that personal information using secure transport layer security (TLS).
We follow reasonable and generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Site, you can contact us at:
Orphans’ Futures Alliance
244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2247
New York, NY 10001
(212) 726 -2247
Attn: OrFA Privacy
Email: info@orphansfa.org
A Note About Children
We do not intentionally gather personal information from visitors who are under the age of 13. If a child under 13 submits personal information to us and we learn that the personal information is the information of a child under 13, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible. If you believe that we might have any personal information from a child under 13, please contact us at info@orphansfa.org
California Residents
If you are a resident of California, you may be entitled to certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).
Under the CCPA and its attendant proposed regulations, California residents have (a) the right to request access to the personal information collected in the previous 12 months; (b) the right to request deletion of personal information; and (c) the right to opt out of the “sale”, as defined under the CCPA, of personal information. These rights are subject to certain exemptions and exceptions as well as certain steps we must take to verify your identity.
Right to Know and Delete
When exercising your right to know, you have the right to request the following from us:
- The categories of personal information we collect about you;
- The categories of sources from which we collect your personal information;
- The business purpose for collecting your personal information;
- The categories of third parties with whom we share your personal information; and
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the previous 12 months.
To request access to or deletion of your personal information, please submit your request here.
When exercising your right to deletion please note that cancellation and deletion of your account will result in us and you being unable to access your account.
Right to Opt-out
We do not generally sell information as the term “sell” is traditionally understood. However, if and to the extent “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to include advertising technology activities such as those implemented specifically for certain targeted advertising, California Residents may indicate your election here and we will comply with applicable law as to such activity.
If you have difficulty accessing the webforms hyperlink above, in order to exercise your CCPA rights, you may email us at info@orphansfa.org with a subject line of “MY CCPA Rights.” For your protection, prior to actioning on any of your CCPA requests we will need to verify your identity.
If you elect to exercise any of your rights under CCPA, OrFA will not deny services, provide a different price or rate for our services, or provide a different level of service to you because you exercised such rights.
HIPAA
OrFA is not an entity that is covered by HIPAA. The HIPAA privacy rules apply to health plans, health care clearinghouses, to any health care provider who transmits health information in electronic form in connection with transactions for which the Secretary of HHS has adopted standards under HIPAA (the “covered entities”) and their service providers (“business associates”). This means that the information that you provide to OrFA is not protected by the HIPAA privacy rules and regulations.
Notification of Privacy Statement Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.
A Note to Certain Users Outside of the United States
This site is intended to facilitate the sale of goods and services to residents in the United States. If you are a non-U.S. or non-E.U. user of the Site, by visiting the Site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be processed for the purposes identified in the Privacy Policy. In addition, your personal information may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States where laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent than the laws in your country and where your personal information may be accessed by the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities as required under the laws of those jurisdictions. By providing your data, you consent to such transfer.
Contact Information
You can contact us about this Privacy Policy by writing or emailing us at the address below:
Orphans’ Futures Alliance
244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2247
New York, NY 10001
(212) 726 -2247
Attn: OrFA Privacy
Email: info@orphansfa.org
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