The Endowment Project Foundation
PRIVACY POLICY
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
- Contact details, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address; Login information if you register with us;
- Credit card and billing information provided for donations and purchases; Information related to a donation, grant, fund, or our other services;
- Information you provide when you interact with us to subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, attend our events, or similar activities;
- Background information if you apply for a job; and
- Technical information that is created and logged automatically when you use our Website.
- The Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of the device you use to connect to the internet (which may include information about your geographic location)
- the unique identifiers of your device
- your browser characteristics
- your device characteristics
- your operating system
- your language preferences
- the websites you visited before coming to our Website or through which you were referred to our Website
- information on actions taken by you on our Website
- dates and times of your visits to our Website
- the pages you accessed on our Website.
HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION?
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We Collect Information Directly from You.
We may collect and receive information directly from you, including when you:- use or access our Website, such as when you donate, register an account, fill out an application, fill out a form, or respond to a survey;
- communicate with us by email, telephone, in writing, or social media;
- register to attend or attend our events either virtually or in-person; and/or
- use any of our services, including when you interact with us or receive assistance.
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We Collect Information Automatically When You Access Our Website.
Like many websites, we automatically collect information from your browser or mobile
device when you use or interact with our Website. We collect this information to improve
our Website, to better understand you and to communicate with you. This information
may include:
- how you interact with our Website, such as the pages you view or how long you stay on our Website;
- computer and connection information such as browser type, version, and time- zone setting;
- your browser plug-in type and version;
- your device's operating system and platform; and
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address and device identification.
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We Collect Information from Other Sources.
- We may collect and receive information about you from other sources, such as: individuals requesting services for or on your behalf;
- background information about you in connection with your application for a job;
- publicly available sources; and/or
- marketing service providers.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
- Processing of donations and grants. Completing the donation transaction; accepting and processing grant applications;, customizing our services to your preferences;, and keeping proper records of those transactions.
- Customer support. Notifying you of any changes to our services; responding to your inquiries via email, phone, writing, or social media; investigate and address concerns raised by you; and monitor and improve our customer support responses.
- Improving our services. Conducting data analysis and audits; developing new products and services; enhancing our Website; improving our services; identifying usage trends and visiting patterns; conducting customer satisfaction, market research, and quality assurance surveys; determining the effectiveness of our promotions; and meeting contractual obligations.
- Marketing and Fundraising. To communicate news about our services, features, content, and other information we think may be of interest to you.
- Legal proceedings and requirements. Investigating or addressing claims or disputes relating to your use of our services; or as otherwise allowed by applicable law; or as requested by regulators, government entities, and official inquiries.
HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION?
Affiliated Entities
We may share personal information with our Partners, subsidiaries, and affiliates, for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
Strategic Partners
From time to time, we may enter a relationship with another company that is not owned by or affiliated with TEPF to provide additional features on the Website or provide additional programming that may be of interest to our donors, stakeholders, and community of supporters. These relationships may include partners, sponsors, and co-branded sites (referred to here as “co-branded pages”). Any information, including personal information that you provide on one of these co-branded pages, may be shared with such Partners or sponsors. By participating in activities or providing your personal information on these co-branded pages (or by accessing these co-branded pages or the Website), you consent to us providing your personal information to such Partners or sponsors. Partners or sponsors will use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy practices, so you should review their privacy policies. We may share your personal information with such strategic partners so that they may communicate with you directly about their services.
Service Providers
We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Website or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending emails, fulfilling donations or requests.
Other Disclosures
In addition to the third parties described above, personal information may also be shared with parties outside of TEPF: (i) as permitted by law, (ii) in the event of a transfer of ownership, assets or a bankruptcy of TEPF, (iii) if we determine that disclosure of specific information is necessary to comply with the request of a law enforcement or regulatory agency or other legal process, or (iv) to protect the interests or safety of TEPF or visitors to the Website, such as to investigate fraud.
Consent
We may share your personal information other than as described in this policy if you give us your consent to do so.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
- the purposes for which the personal information was provided;
- an identifiable and ongoing business need, including record keeping;
- a specific legal or regulatory requirement; and/or a requirement to retain records that may be relevant to any notified regulatory investigations or active legal proceedings.
WHERE DO WE STORE AND SECURE YOUR INFORMATION?
WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE?
- Access. You may request access to your personal information.
- Correction. You may request correction of the personal information we hold about you.
- Deletion. You may request deletion of the personal information we hold about you. However, we cannot delete your personal data except by also deleting your user account. Please note that we may be required to retain certain information and your personal data by law or for our legitimate business purposes. . If you delete your user account, copies of your contributions made through the Website may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users.
- Opt-out. You may choose to opt-out of the processing of your personal information for certain purposes and under certain conditions, such as the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes. You can also opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each email communication. Please note that even if you opt-out of marketing emails, we may still need to send you transaction emails related to your account, security updates, your transactions with us, and other administrative messages.
- Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal data with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@tepf.org.
- Transfer. You may request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
DO WE USE COOKIES?
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies. A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer, to enable our site to store information such as your website preferences, so that we can remember certain choices you have made. Cookies can also be used to recognize your device so that you do not have to provide the same information more than once.
- Web Beacons. Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as pixel tags or single pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited certain web pages and for other related website statistics.
- Other Technologies. There are other local storage and internet technologies, such as local shared objects (also referred to as “flash cookies”) and HTML5 local storage, which operate similarly to the technologies discussed above. You may be able to refuse or disable cookies by adjusting your web browser settings. Some browsers have options that allow the visitor to control whether the browser will accept cookies, reject cookies, or notify the visitor each time a cookie is sent. Because each web browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your web browser (typically in the “help” section). Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable local shared objects and similar technologies. If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete these technologies, some of the functionality of the Website may no longer be available to you. You can learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu.
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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF USE
Thank you for using our Website. Our Website is provided by The Endowment Project Education Foundation, dba The Endowment Project Foundation (“TEPF”), a 501 (c) (3) public charity, located at 1717 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA, 23223 (EIN: 92-4023942).
These terms apply to individuals who browse and use our Website (www.tepf.org) and affiliate websites or applications (including mobile apps) hosted by TEPF (all of such Internet locations collectively referred to as the “Website”).
By using this Website, you agree to these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use” or “Terms”), which govern your access to and use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through our Website.
Please read these Terms carefully before you start using the Website. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you
USING OUR WEBSITE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- You may print or download a copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
- Modify copies of any materials from this site.
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by TEPF. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
TRADEMARKS
PROHIBITED USES
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
- For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate TEPF, a TEPF employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses associated with any of the foregoing).
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm TEPF or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.
- Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
- Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
- Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
- Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
- Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
- Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT; TERMINATION
- Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
- Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED
AGE OF USERS
CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE
LINKING TO THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
- Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.
- Send emails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.
- Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.
- Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
- Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site, for example, framing, deep linking, or in-line linking.
- Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.
- Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
LINKS FROM THE WEBSITE
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, TEPF HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
INDEMNIFICATION
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction).
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