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Privacy policy.
The Hingham Pride Project (jointly, "HPP") strongly believe in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from all our donors and members regardless of source as well as visitors to our web sites ("End Users"). Since the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, email address, or any other information, (“personal information”) provided to us by our members and by visitors to our web sites, mobile applications or social media pages (collectively, the “Sites”).
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By visiting and using the Sites, you agree that your use of our Sites is governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information and privacy practices and will post a notice on this web site to alert you of the update prior to the change becoming effective. We will also update the "Last Updated" date to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use our Sites after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified. We encourage you to periodically review this page for any changes.
You do not have to share personal information to use the HPP Sites. HPP does not collect personal information about people on our Sites without their permission. However, please be aware that our Sites link to a limited number of other web sites and HPP cannot control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of third parties.
1. Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at HPP.org related to:
How we collect and use personal information, including information gathered when you become a member of HPP or use one of our Sites
Cookies and Other Tracking Information
Children’s Privacy
International Audiences
How you receive emails, newsletters and other communications from HPP
How we share personal information
Your California privacy rights
How we protect your personal information
How to unsubscribe from mailing lists
How to contact us about privacy
2. How we collect and use the information gathered when you become a member of HPP or use one of our online services or mobile applications:
We gather personal information, including names, contact information and other information you may voluntarily provide when you become a member of HPP, contribute to HPP online or via mail, join at pride or another event, when you purchase HPP merchandise online or in-store, when you sign up on one of our listservs such as Family Project, Workplace Project or in our press room, when you download one of our mobile applications, or when you otherwise provide personal information on our Sites. We may also collect information about our members from public sources, third party companies, or other organizations, including allied and like-minded organizations, which we may combine with information from other sources. We use this information to contact you and send you legislative updates, action alerts, press releases, information about HPP programs, events and activities, local volunteer opportunities and membership and renewal appeals.
We also may collect or generate aggregate non-identifiable information, such as zip code, city and state, and technical information about how you use our site. In addition, when you visit our Sites, we may collect certain information by automated means, including information sent by your browser that our servers automatically record. This log data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, pages of our Site that you visit, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Site, access times and dates, and other statistics.
HPP also uses information gathered via the HPP Sites to improve our web-based services, member outreach, fundraising, marketing, and promotional purposes. Additionally, HPP uses the information gathered to help you take action in support of LGBTQ civil liberties, such as contacting decision makers (e.g. a representative in Congress) and their staff, signing a petition or sharing a message on social media. HPP periodically performs statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics to measure interest in and use of various areas on our Sites and to use such information to improve on our Sites’ ability to serve you better.
3. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:
Cookies: HPP uses "cookies" on some web pages. Internet cookies are small amounts of data that contain a unique identifier that many websites frequently send to your web browser to be stored on your computer’s hard drive in order to save data about you, such as your name, password, user-name, screen preferences, and the pages of a website you have viewed. When you revisit the Sites, HPP may recognize you by your Internet cookies and customize your experience accordingly. An End User can configure his or her browser to be alerted when a site is attempting to send a cookie and refuse the cookie. Cookies can also be removed from your hard drive. Depending on what type of web browser and what browser version you are using, you may be able to change the properties on your cookie file so that cookies are not used or saved. Please check with your browser provider for more information on removing cookies.
HPP also tracks End User activity and click-through behavior to provide an End User with a more personalized experience while visiting our Sites and for more personalized email alerts. HPP also uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the web site, track End User movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use
Tracking: Online tracking is the process of collecting personal information about users over time as they move across different websites. HPP may track user information as they move from site to site. HPP may also permit third parties to track End Users activity on the site, and is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties linked to or tracking on its site. Your choices with respect to cookies and other tracking technologies remain as described in this Privacy Policy. HPP’s Sites do not respond to browser Do-Not-Track settings. Please note that if you disable cookies, certain Site functionality may be limited.
4. Children’s Privacy:
HPP’s Sites are not directed to children, and HPP does not knowingly collect personal information about individuals under the age of 13.
5. International Audience
While HPP's Sites may be accessible internationally, the Sites and all contents are intended for use by individuals in the United States. Nothing contained on HPP Sites should be construed as a promotion or solicitation for any personal information outside the United States. If you are a non-U.S. resident, you acknowledge that HPP's collection and processing of personal information is subject to United States law, and that any personal information you provide to us shall be transferred to the United States, where the laws and regulations may not provide the same level of data protection rights as in the jurisdiction in which you are located.
6. How HPP may contact you:
You may receive communications from us if you have a) expressly signed up to receive emails or other communications from HPP through the HPP web site, b) taken action on behalf of HPP either online or in person; c) signed up to receive HPP communications at pride events, HPP stores, public outreach or canvassing, and at many other hosted HPP events; (d) become an HPP member; or (e) we receive your contact information from an allied, like-minded or partner organization. Individually identifying information and contact information, such as names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, social media usernames and other personal information which users voluntarily provide to HPP may be added to HPP’s databases and used for future outreach (including physical mailings) regarding member outreach, fundraising, marketing, or promotional purposes. We shall only send you text messages when you provide your express consent to receive text messages, and you can opt out at any time. All emails sent contain a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or email communication from HPP at any time. In order to provide you with better and more relevant information, we compile information about email response and website usage. This information helps us to better understand our members' web site usage patterns and also what types of content and information may help improve your user experience on the HPP web site.
7. How we share information:
HPP works closely with allied and like-minded organizations, including a broad array of progressive entities. We do not, however, share your information.
We may be required to release information if required to do so by law or if, in our sole discretion, such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our web site, HPP, our officers, directors, employees, members, other users, and/or the public. We may also share personal information in the event of an organizational restructuring.