PRIVACY POLICY

Purpose

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This Privacy Statement (Statement) explains how information about you is collected, used, retained and disclosed by our Site. This Statement applies to information we collect when you use our website, mobile site, social media, and other online services that link to this Privacy Statement or when you otherwise interact with us, such as by phone and participating in our programs.

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We may change this Statement from time to time and it can be accessed from a link at the bottom of our Site.  We encourage you to review this Statement whenever you access the Site to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

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Consent

 

This Statement also applies to the terms and conditions of our Site and by using our Site, users agree that they consent to:

1. The conditions set out in this privacy policy, and

2. The collection, use and retention of the data listed in this privacy policy

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Data Collection

 

1. Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you sign up to receive email or text message updates, fill out a form, send us an email, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request information, respond to our requests, apply for a volunteering opportunity, or partnership, or otherwise communicate with us. We also collect information about you when you donate, attend one of our events, or participate in one of our programs. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, birthday, credit card number (processed by a third-party payment processor), the YATINY program you participate in, photos, videos, audio recordings and other information or media you choose to provide.

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2. Information We May Collect Automatically When You Use our Site

When you access or use our Site, we may allow third parties to use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, or other technologies to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web. These entities may collect information about your use of the Sites and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.  This information may be used by YATINY and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, customize your experience and better understand your online activity. 

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Data Usage

 

We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:

• Maintain and improve our Site

• Send you invitations to events, confirmations, updates, and support and administrative messages

• Request feedback and to otherwise contact you about your use of the Site

• Respond to your comments, questions and requests and provide information

• Send you newsletters and otherwise provide you with information or services that we think will be of interest to you

• Solicit volunteers, donations, and support for YATINY

• Include information about you, with your consent, in a directory of all our program participants

• Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Site

• Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected

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Data Sharing

 

We will not share information about you except as follows or as otherwise described in this Statement:

• Team Members - With consultants and other service providers or volunteers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf

• Legal - In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with any applicable law, regulation or legal process, or as otherwise required by any applicable law, rule or regulation

• Social Media - We may utilize social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Site with other media, and vice versa

• Other - We may also share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you

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Data Retention

 

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.

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Data Protection

 

All data is only accessible to our team members.  Our members are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and a breach of this agreement could result in the member’s termination and may even expose them to legal liability, depending on the circumstances.