Privacy Policy
Green Foothills values your privacy, and we do not sell your personal information. Here is our complete Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: October 10, 2023
Green Foothills Foundation (“Green Foothills,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) values the privacy of individuals who use our website (including https://www.greenfoothills.org/) and related services (our “Website”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from users of our Website (“you” or “your”). By using our Website, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information We Collect
We may collect a variety of personal information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.
A. Personal Information You Provide to Us
Pledges and Donations. If you make a pledge and/or donation through our Website, we ask you for your name, address, email address (optional), phone number (optional), employer (optional), and whether you have included Green Foothills in your will, trust, or estate plans (optional). Your payment-related information, such as credit card or other financial information, is collected by our third-party payment processor on our behalf.
Leadership Program. When you apply for our Leadership Program, we ask you for your name, email address, address, phone number, information regarding whether you have a condition that requires ongoing accommodations (optional), work location (optional), school location (optional), gender (optional), race (optional), age range (optional), and annual household income (optional).
Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive personal information about you. For example, when you contact us for more information about Green Foothills, we may receive your name, email address, company name, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. If you subscribe to our newsletter, then we will collect certain information from you, such as your email address. When we send you emails, we may track whether you open them to learn how to deliver a better customer experience and improve our Website.
Careers. If you decide that you wish to apply for a job with us, you may submit your contact information and your resume online. We will collect the information you choose to provide on your resume, such as your education and employment experience.
B. Personal Information We Collect When You Use Our Website
Location Information. When you use our Website, we infer your general location information, for example, by using your internet protocol (IP) address.
Device Information. We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Website, including IP address, web browser type, and operating system version.
Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Website and to help us improve it, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Website like pages or other content you view and the dates and times of your visits.
Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and our third-party partners collect personal information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third-party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Website.
Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn how you may modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to utilize the features of our Website to their fullest potential.
How We Use the Personal Information We Collect
We use the personal information we collect:
• To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our Website;
• To highlight you and your contributions on our Website;
• To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information relating to our Website, provide information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and otherwise provide customer support;
• For marketing and advertising purposes, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable, or otherwise of interest to you;
• To generate deidentified or aggregated data for any lawful purpose;
• To facilitate transactions and payments;
• To find and prevent fraud and abuse, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;
• For compliance purposes, including enforcing our legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency; and
• For other purposes for which we provide notice at the time the personal information is collected.
How We Disclose the Personal Information We Collect
Non-Profit Organizations. We never sell our mail or email mailing lists. We may on occasion share a list with a like-minded nonprofit organization if we believe that our members would like to learn more about that organization’s work. If you prefer to not have your contact information shared with other like-minded nonprofit organizations, please email us at [email protected] or call us at 650.968.7243.
Vendors and Service Providers. We may disclose any information we receive to vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Website.
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn more about Google’s practices by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of your personal information may occur if you post any objectionable content on or through our Website.
Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer or disclose your personal information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
Consent. We may also disclose personal information from or about you or your devices with your permission.
Your Choices
Marketing Emails. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.
Mailing Lists. If you prefer to not have your contact information shared with other like-minded nonprofit organizations, please email us at [email protected] or call us at 650.968.7243.
Donor Community. If you prefer to remain anonymous and want to remove your name and contributions from our Website, please email us at [email protected].
Third Parties
Our Website may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.
Security
We make reasonable efforts to protect your personal information by using physical and electronic safeguards designed to improve the security of the personal information we maintain. However, because no electronic transmission or storage of information can be entirely secure, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your personal information.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no parts of our Website are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, you may alert us at [email protected].
International Visitors
Our Website is hosted in the United States (“U.S.”) and intended for visitors located within the U.S. If you choose to use our Website from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the U.S. for storage and processing. We may also transfer your personal information from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating our Website. By providing any information, including personal information, on or through our Website, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or disclose personal information previously collected from you through our Website, we will notify you through our Website, by email, or other communication.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at [email protected] or write to us at:
Green Foothills Foundation
3921 E. Bayshore Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303