Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 10/15/2024
The Rasmus Dahlin Foundation, Inc. ("RDF", "us", "our", "we") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your information. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to information collected through our website (and the services and functions provided therein) (“Site”). By visiting the Site, interacting with us in person, by telephone, texting, e-mail, or other means, and/or accessing or using the services and functions of the Site, you agree the information you provide or that is otherwise collected by RDF is governed by this Privacy Policy and the applicable Terms of Use.
The term “personal information” as used in this Policy means any information that can reasonably be used to identify an individual or household. “Personal information” does not include information that does not identify you or your household, including de-identified and aggregated information.
Please note that this Policy does not govern the practices of third parties, such as our partners, third-party service providers, or advertisers except to the extent we provide them with personal information. Any information you provide directly to a third-party while utilizing their website or service, even if you access their website or service through our Site (i.e., via links provided on our Site), will be governed by the third-party’s privacy policy and terms of use, and not this Policy. Please review such third-party policies and terms of use carefully.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW DO WE USE IT?
RDF collects personal information in several ways.
When You Interact with Us. We collect personal information directly from you when you interact with us. When using the Site or interacting with us in person, by telephone, email, texting, or other means, you may provide a variety of personal information. For example, if you contact us through our Site to obtain more information on our organization or services, we may collect information from you that includes the following types of information: name, email, phone and mailing address. If you purchase merchandise or make a donation, we will also collect payment information. We use all this information to respond to your specific inquiries, process payment and to provide you with services you have requested. Consistent with your preferences, we may provide our communications to you via email, postal mail, online advertising, social media, telephone, text message (including SMS and MMS), push notifications and other means.
Automatically Through Our Site. Certain personal information is automatically collected when you access the Site, including the type of browser software you use, your IP Address, the operating system you’re running, the resolution of your computer monitor, the website that referred you, and your IP address. We use this information to improve our website and your customer experience while on our Site.
Cookies. Some information, including but not limited to IP addresses, operating systems, browsers, and browsing patterns, is either tracked or collected using “cookies” (which are small data files that a website places on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes) or “web beacons” (which are transparent pixel images that are used in collecting information about website usage). We use these to ensure our content improves and meets your, and other visitors,’ needs. While most of the cookies we use will be deleted when you finish browsing, we also may use persistent cookies. Persistent cookies stay on your device to ensure we recognize your device when you revisit the Site. Use of information collected by cookies or web beacons allows us to customize your experiences. Please note that there are options on many web browsers to disable cookies. You can choose to use such features to disable cookies, but it may impact your use of certain functions. To learn more about your ability to manage cookies and web beacons, please consult the privacy features in your browser.
Analytics. We may use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of our Site. Google Analytics collects certain information, such as the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, and other websites you visit. This enables us to evaluate the effectiveness of our services and develop customized donor offerings and communications, enhance our online outreach programs, and to periodically present advertisements to you on the Site and on the websites of others (“remarketing”). By participating in remarketing efforts, RDF is better positioned to improve integration with other online advertising platforms and the accuracy of the customer data collected. Although Google Analytics stores a persistent cookie on your machine to identify you as a unique user, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is governed by the Google Analytics Terms of Use (available here) and the Google Privacy Policy (available here). You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you by disabling cookies on your browser.
TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND WHY?
We may disclose your personal information for one or more of the following purposes:
Third-party Service Providers. We employ various third-party service providers to perform certain services on our behalf, including, without limitation: information technology (IT) and related service providers; information service providers; payment processors and financial institutions; delivery service providers; customer service providers; third-party marketing, digital advertising providers and vendors that otherwise support the provision of our services. Consequently, we may share your personal information with these third-party service providers if they need it to perform services on our behalf.
Disclosure of Information for Legal and Administrative Reasons. We may disclose your personal information: (i) when required by law or to comply with a court order, subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process; (ii) to cooperate or undertake an internal or external investigation or audit; (iii) to comply with legal, regulatory or administrative requirements of governmental authorities (including, without limitation, requests from the governmental agency authorities to view your personal information); (iv) to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of us, our subsidiaries and affiliates and any of their officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, contractors and partners, and the Site’s users; (v) to enforce or apply the Site’s Terms of Use; and (vi) to prevent fraud or other illegal activity.
Online Postings. If you correspond with us by email, social media, or other digital online platform, we may retain such correspondence and the information contained in it and use it to respond to your inquiry.
In general, we will use your personal information for the purposes for which it is collected, for compatible purposes, as permitted or required by law, as necessary to carry out our contractual obligations, and as otherwise provided in this Policy. Once collected, personal information is retained for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal information was originally collected or where RDF has an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, or to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
To the extent we process deidentified information, we will maintain and use the information in deidentified form and will not attempt to reidentify the information unless permitted by applicable law.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
No system for safeguarding personal information or other information is 100% secure. However, we take reasonable efforts to safeguard the security of your personal information. Personal information is stored in a manner consistent with current recognized industry practices, and is protected by administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of such information and to reduce foreseeable risks of harm arising from such collection, use or retention of personal information.
DO WE SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
No. We do not sell your Personal Information. Further, we will not process your personal information for purposes that are neither reasonably necessary to, nor compatible with, the original purpose for the disclosure without first obtaining your consent. We require that any third party or service provider receiving your Personal Information sign an agreement maintaining the confidentiality of your Personal Information.
How long do we keep your Personal Information?
Once collected, personal information is retained for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal information was originally collected or where we have an ongoing legitimate business or legal need.
CHILDREN
Our Site is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 18 years of age. If we find out that an individual under the age of 18 has given us personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe that an individual under the age of 18 has given us personal information, please contact us at rasmusdahlinfoundation@gmail.com.
CONTACT US
In you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us using one of the following methods:
Rasmus Dahlin Foundation, Inc.
(Attention: Privacy Officer).
1 Seymour Knox III Plaza
Buffalo, NY 14203
Email: rasmusdahlinfoundation@gmail.com
Last Updated: 10/15/2024