Privacy Policy

Falmouth Education Foundation ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our community members, donors, volunteers, and visitors to our website. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you interact with us, both online and offline.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Personal Information: This includes your name, address, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide to us voluntarily when making a donation, signing up for our newsletter, or registering for events.
Payment Information: When you make a donation or purchase a ticket for an event, we collect payment information such as credit card details. We use a secure third-party payment processor to handle these transactions.
Automatically Collected Information: We may collect certain information automatically when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect this information.

How We Use Your Information

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

To process donations and acknowledge donors.
To communicate with you about events, updates, and opportunities to support our mission.
To improve our website and services.
To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website, processing donations, and communicating with our supporters.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, or protect the safety of our users.

Security of Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights under applicable privacy laws, such as the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated policy on our website with a new "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of our website or services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.

Last Updated 9/11/2024