Privacy and Cookies Policy

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with Think of Us, which Services you use, and the information you choose to provide. We may collect the following categories of personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) you provide to us when using the Services:

• Contact and Identification Information: Information that allows us to differentiate you from other individuals. This may include name and surname, email address, phone number, and postal address.
• Usage and Device Information: We and our service providers may use a variety of technologies that collect and provide information automatically about how the Services are accessed and used. Usage Information may consist of your internet browser type and version, your IP address or similar identifiers, your operating system, your service provider, the webpages and apps you viewed, the time you viewed them and for how long,  your non-precise, geolocation, your time zone, your language, and what webpages you looked at before viewing the current page.  
• Donation Interaction and Transaction Information: Information regarding contribution interest, donation history, donor engagement or acknowledgement, or advocacy actions taken.

You are not required to provide all Personal Data identified in this Policy to use our Services or to interact with us offline, but certain functionality will not be available if you do not provide certain Personal Data. If you do not provide certain Personal Data, we may not be able to respond to your request, or provide you with marketing or information that we believe you would find valuable.

2. INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM THIRD PARTIES

In order to enhance our ability to provide Services to you and update our records, we may collect information directly from you, from our affiliates, partners and other third parties we work with, or from other publicly available sources, and automatically through your use of our Services. We may combine information collected from or about you from these various sources.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the categories of Personal Data outlined above, subject to applicable law, for the following purposes:

1. To provide requested Services or information you requested
2. When you provide us consent, where required
3. To process and administer your account registration or your application
4. To improve our Services and connect you with our Services in a more efficient, streamlined manner
5. To update you on changes to our Terms or policies, or other messages related to the Services
6. To identify usage trends, determine effectiveness of our campaigns, and evaluate our Services
7. To process donation transactions, keep you informed about donation opportunities, and to encourage donors’ continued financial support
8. To help ensure the security of our sites and apps
9. To enforce compliance with the Terms of Use posted with this Policy
10. To tailor Services to you (e.g. language, currency)
11. As required by law or in response to request by government or law enforcement authorities.

4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TRACKING TECHNOLOGY

Cookies, web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels") and other tracking technologies may be used by the Company to collect information about interactions with the Services, including information about your online behavior. These cookies and similar tracking technologies allow us to recognize you when you visit or interact with our Services. They perform several different functions, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your experience. We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this Policy. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

5. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share your Personal Data in the following circumstances:

1. With your consent. If you provide consent for us to share your Personal Data with third parties, including for their own marketing purposes, we will share Personal Data with these third parties. You may also specifically request that we share your Personal Data with someone, which we will typically do per your request If you submit user-generated content to a site or app, this content may be disclosed publicly.
2. Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf. We share data with our third party service providers and business partners, such as companies that host and operate our site and apps, send emails, and carry out data analysis.
3. Business Reorganization. Some transactions may occur in which your Personal Data may be considered one of the assets of a transaction. In this case, your Personal Data may be transferred to a new organization to the extent permitted by law.
4. Mandatory Disclosures and Legal Protections. We may share information with government and law enforcement authorities and with other parties involved in, or contemplating, legal proceedings to comply with a legal obligation, when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, to verify or enforce our Terms of Use or where this is necessary for us or for third parties to protect our or their rights, property, safety, or security.

6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Our Services are hosted and operated by us or our service providers in the United States and other countries. As such, your Personal Data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Where your consent is required by applicable law, by using the Services and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to the international transfer of your Personal Data and acknowledge that you understand that the data protection regime in the United States may not be as robust as that in your home country.

7. YOUR RIGHTS 

Where required by applicable law, you may have the right to obtain confirmation that we maintain certain Personal Data relating to you, to verify its content, origin, and accuracy, as well as the right to access, review, port, delete, or to block or withdraw consent ("opt-out") to the processing of certain Personal Data (without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal). In particular, you may ask us not to use your Personal Data when we carry out profiling for direct marketing purposes, engage in processing with the aid of automated means (if relevant), or any other processing based on your consent.
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Please contact us as described in Section 11 below to submit a request to exercise your applicable rights and to contact us with general privacy-related questions.  We may request certain information for the purpose of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to his or her Personal Data.

We will make good-faith efforts to make such requested changes in our then-active and relevant databases as soon as practicable, but it is not always possible to immediately completely change, remove or delete all your information or public postings from our databases and residual and/or cached data may remain archived thereafter. Further, we reserve the right to retain your Personal Data (a) as permitted by applicable law; (b) as required by applicable law; and (c) for so long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data is retained except to the extent prohibited by applicable law.  

You can opt out of receiving email newsletters or other communications by following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those communications. Please note that transactional account messages will be unaffected if you opt-out from marketing communications.

8. DATA SECURITY

We maintain comprehensive technical and organizational measures to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, alteration, or unintentional destruction. However, no security measure can guarantee against compromise. You also have an important role in protecting your Personal Data. We are not responsible for the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any offering, site, or other products and third party content used in connection with the Services. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

9. OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES 

1. Some jurisdictions require an explanation of the legal basis for the collection and processing of Personal Data. We have several different legal grounds on which we collect and process Personal Data, including: (a) as necessary to perform a transaction (such as in order to provide the products and services you requested); (b) as necessary to comply with a legal obligation (such as when we use Personal Data for record keeping); (c) consent (where you have provided consent as appropriate under applicable law); and (d) necessary for legitimate interests (such as when we act to maintain our business generally, including maintaining the safety and security of the Services).
2. We do not use automated decision-making without the aid of human intervention and review.
3. For Personal Data that we collect and process for other purposes described above, we typically retain such Personal Data for no longer than the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this  Policy and as otherwise needed to address tax, corporate, compliance, litigation, and other legal rights and obligations. We generally retain Personal Data related to marketing activities for the time period permitted by applicable law, and upon request, we will securely delete such data in accordance with applicable law.

10. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Policy from time to time as our services and privacy practices change, or as required by law. The effective date of our Policy is posted above, and we encourage you to visit our Services periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices. We will post the updated version of the Policy on our Services, and ask for your consent to the changes in accordance with applicable law.