PRIVACY POLICY This Privacy Policy explains how ChangeHampton Ltd (“our,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your non-personally identifiable and personally identifiable information obtained through our website www.changehampton.org (the “Website”). By using the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use [link]. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given them in our Terms of Use.
In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this entire Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use. Since we will continue to implement new technologies and improve the Website’s services and features, this Privacy Policy is subject to change. We reserve the right at any time to change this Privacy Policy. If there are changes or additions to this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here, so that you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it and what choices you have. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US DIRECTLY We may collect and maintain certain personal information about you when you send us an e-mail or complete one of our online forms, such as when you request information from us, make a donation, or subscribe to our electronic newsletter. Such information may include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and any other information collected in the forms. You may be asked to provide payment information to contribute to our organization. We will use your personal information, including payment information, to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, but we do not store credit card information. We will establish minimum and maximum retention periods based upon the type of information collected (i.e., sensitivity), the intended purposes and as otherwise required by law. For more information on how your financial information may be used or shared, please see Sharing Your Information below.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED FROM YOU We and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer or mobile device when you use the Website, such as your Internet Protocol Address, your geographic location, your browser type, your operating system and the pages you view on the Website. This information allows us to recognize you if you return to the Website and to improve the Website. We and our service providers may collect this information using “cookies,” which are small text files that many websites save on your computer when you visit and access when you return, or similar technologies. If you do not want the Website to collect information through the use of cookies, you can set your web browser to reject cookies from the Website. If you reject or block cookies from the Website, however, the Website may not function as intended.
SHARING YOUR INFORMATION We share your personal information only as follows: When you expressly authorize us to do so, we may share information with third-party vendors and other service providers solely as necessary to perform services on our behalf, including but not limited to billing, payments, payment processing and Website administration. With third parties as required by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use (link) or to protect the security or integrity of Website; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our employees, our users, or others. We assume no responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online payment transactions or for the enforcement of any third parties’ privacy policies.
YOUR CHOICES ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION We always honor our users’ requests to modify their communication preferences. You may opt-out of receiving communications from us by sending an email to us with your complete name, address and email address at: info@changehampton.org You may request a record of your donation information by e-mailing us: info@changehampton.org
HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION Information collected through the website is processed in and subject to the laws of the United States. In addition, we may transfer your information outside the United States to our service providers located in other countries. By using the website, you consent to such transfer to, and processing in, the United States and other countries. We work to maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to secure the information collected through the Website. However, no information can be 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. We are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to the Website over networks we do not control, including the internet or wireless networks. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations. If you have concerns about the security of your information, do not send it electronically. If you are accessing this website from a country in the European Union, please understand that this website and the information contained in it are not provided for or directed to you.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY We are committed to safeguarding our users’ online privacy and recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information, particularly that of children. We take all required steps to protect the privacy and safety of children in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). We do not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register as users. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under 13, please contact us at: info@changehampton.org You can find out more about online privacy for children from the Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/privacy-and-security/children’s-privacy.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES The Website may integrate with or contain links to other third party sites and services. We are not responsible for the practices employed by third party websites or services embedded in, linked to, or linked from the Website and your interactions with any third-party website or service are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies.
TERMS OF USE:
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you must not access or use any of the Website.
Changes to Terms of Use ChangeHampton may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion without notice to you. You must consult the most recent version of these Terms of Use each time you view the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of the Terms of Use as modified.
Intellectual Property Rights ChangeHampton! and related logos are trademarks of ChangeHampton Ltd. ChangeHampton owns and maintains the Website for educational and informational purposes only, and it is solely for personal, non-commercial use. All materials on the Website, including but not limited to all information, images, text, video and audio, displays, data, trademarks, service marks, and logos (including the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are, unless otherwise noted, the exclusive property of ChangeHampton and are protected by United States copyright, trademark and other applicable law. You must not copy, download, reproduce, republish, reuse, distribute, transmit, store, create derivative works of, publicly display, or modify any of the material on the Website for any purpose without ChangeHampton’s express written permission, except that you may make such temporary copies in a single computer’s RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the Website. You may also make a single copy of the content displayed on any page of the Website to be used for your personal and non-commercial use which does not harm the reputation of ChangeHampton, provided that you do not remove any trademarks, copyrights and any other notice contained in such content.
If you use the Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of any materials you have created. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content thereof is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by ChangeHampton. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other applicable laws.
Accessing the Website and Account Security We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
To access the Website as a registered user, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct and complete. You agree that all information you provide to us to register with this Website or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy (link) which is hereby incorporated by reference.
If you select a user name and password as part of our security procedures, you agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of such user name and password, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account. We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier at any time in our sole discretion for any reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Ownership and Confidentiality of User Contribution
Any User Contribution posted to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you:
Grant (or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted) to ChangeHampton a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material; Represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the User Contribution and have the right to grant the license granted above to Changehampton;
Represent and warrant that the User Contribution complies with these Terms of Use; and Permit any other user of ChangeHampton to access, view, store or reproduce the material for such user’s personal use; Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any reason; Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy; Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website; or Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
In addition, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website.
YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS CHANGEHAMPTON FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN CHANGEHAMPTON DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER CHANGEHGANPTON OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
Copyright Protection Our copyright protection policy provides for the termination, as appropriate, of users who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe your content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information (required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512) to our Copyright Agent at the address set forth below:
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. To. ChangeHampton. PO Box 4227, East Hampton, NY 11937
Prohibited Uses You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries); For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use;
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation; To impersonate or attempt to impersonate ChangeHampton, a ChangeHampton employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing); or
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm ChangeHampton or users of the Website or expose them to liability.
In addition, you agree not to: Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website; Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website; Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent; Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website; Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful; Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website; Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; or Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
Users under the age of 18 No one under the age of 18 is allowed to register on the Website. While the Website is designed to be appropriate for all users, we will not knowingly collect personal information from users who are under the age of 18. If you are not yet 18 years old, please do not participate in any of the activities on the Website that require you to provide personal information (like making a purchase or signing up to receive the newsletter).
ChangeHampton is committed to safeguarding our users’ online privacy and recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information, particularly that of children (for further information, please see our Privacy Policy (link). We take all required steps to protect the privacy and safety of children in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Disclaimer of Warranties YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE USING THE WEBSITE SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE AND ALL OF THE MATERIALS ON OR REFERENCED BY THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. CHANGEHAMPTON HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT SHALL CHANGEHAMPTON BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, AND LOSS OF DATA), AND WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification By using the Website and its contents, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CHANGEHAMPTON LTD, its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
Changes to the Website We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
Privacy Policy All information we collect on this Website is subject to our PRIVACY POLICY (LINK) By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information consistent with the Privacy Policy (link).
Links from the Website These terms and conditions apply only to the Website. Where the Website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only and are not intended as an endorsement by ChangeHampton of the organization or individual operating the third party website. We have no control over the contents of such websites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Geographic Restrictions ChangeHampton is based in the state of New York in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. Please be aware that any personal information you transfer to us will be transferred to the U.S. and will be subject to U.S. law. By using this Website, participating in any activities related to this Website, and/or providing us with information, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to the U.S., and waive any claims that may arise under your own local and national laws.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction). Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York. You hereby acknowledge and consent to jurisdiction in New York and waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Termination Your acceptance of these Terms of Use constitutes an agreement between you and ChangeHampton. This agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or ChangeHampton. You may terminate this agreement at any time by discontinuing use of the Website. ChangeHampton may also terminate this agreement at any time without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Website, if in ChangeHampton’s sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Use.
Waiver and Severability No waiver by ChangeHampton of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of ChangeHampton to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement These Terms of Use and the documents incorporated herein by reference constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and ChangeHampton with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.