PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated January 16, 2025
This Privacy Notice for The Sparrow Foundation ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
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• Visit our website at http://www.sparrowfoundation.net, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
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• Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
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Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information only as you disclose it to us.
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In Short: We only collect/obtain the personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
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Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
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• phone numbers
• email addresses
• mailing addresses
• contact preferences
• debit/credit card numbers
• billing addresses
• names
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Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
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Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make donations, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by The Sparrow Foundation. You may find our privacy notice link here: https://www.sparrowfoundation.net/privacy-policy.
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All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
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We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
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• To deliver and facilitate the delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
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• To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
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• To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
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• To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
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• To evaluate and improve our services, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends and to evaluate and improve our services, marketing, and your experience.
HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
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We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, the transmission of personal information to and from our services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
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We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact us by post at:
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The Sparrow Foundation
PO Box: 62163
Colorado Springs, CO 80962