Privacy Policy

Read It Loud! Foundation Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the Read It Loud! Foundation website (the “Website” located at www.readitloud.org). Read It Loud! Foundation, a Hawaii non-profit corporation and the provider of the Website (referred to as “us” or “we”), is committed to protecting your privacy online. Please read the following to learn what information we collect from you (the “User” or the “End User”) and how we use that information. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please email us.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR WEBSITE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

What type of information we collect about you

Personally Identifiable Information. Personally Identifiable Information is information that identifies a specific End User. We will only collect Personally Identifiable Information from you when you engage in certain activities on the Website, such as creating an account, entering a contest or sweepstakes sponsored by us or our sponsors, or signing up to receive special offers from third parties through the Website (collectively, “Identification Activities”). It is optional for you to engage in an Identification Activity. If you elect to engage in an Identification Activity, however, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal information about yourself, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including zip code), email address, telephone number and date of birth.


We may use your Personally Identifiable Information to permit third parties to provide you with offers as further described below. We also use Personally Identifiable Information to administer sweepstakes and contests, to enhance the operation of the Website, and to analyze Website use. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to troubleshoot, resolve disputes, accomplish administrative tasks, contact you, enforce our agreements with you, including the Website Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, comply with applicable law, and cooperate with law enforcement activities.


Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Non-Personally Identifiable Information is information that does not identify a specific End User. This type of information may include things like the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) of the website you visited before coming to our Website, the URL of the website you visit after leaving our Website, the type of browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. We, and/or our authorized third-party service providers may automatically collect this information when you visit the Website through the use of electronic tools like cookies and web beacons as described in this Privacy Policy.

Use of information for marketing

Consistent with any express permissions you give to us, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties that may send you direct marketing emails about their goods and services. You can unsubscribe from those email communications via unsubscribe links provided in communications sent to you.

Who has access to the information at Read It Loud! Foundation?

We will only pass on your information to third parties in the following situations:

  • If this was clearly stated at the time of collection or registration and, where required, if you have given permission for this;

  • If we employ another organization to perform tasks on our behalf - such as delivering goods to you. In this case, the organizations may only use your information to fulfill this specific task;

  • If we transfer the business of Read It Loud! Foundation to another organization or merge with other businesses. In this case, the transferee will only be able to use your information as set out in this Privacy Policy;

  • If we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary for legal proceedings. We may also disclose information when we believe in good faith that applicable law or regulation requires it or to protect the safety or security of users of our Website;

  • If we use third party processors to administer and process your personal information for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy, e.g. for hosting activities related to the use of our Website or services. We may also share details with third parties (such as auditors or legal advisors) to obtain advice. Any such processing will be governed by an agreement in the form required by law, preserving any statutory data protection rights.

Our registration policy - How to remove or amend your information

You can ask us to modify or remove your personal information from any or all of our mailing lists by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link provided in emails to you, or by clicking on the “Register” link or any other link we may provide for you.


We will use reasonable efforts to remove your name from the related mailing list within 10 working days of your request.

Use of cookies and web beacons

We collect information through technology to make our Website and other content or services that we make available to you more interesting and useful to you. For instance, when you come to our Website via your computer or other media device, we may place cookies and web beacons on our Website which may be used to collect information about the sections you visit, the products you are interested in, and the frequency with which you visit various parts of our Website. You agree that we may collect your IP address or other unique identifier. At times, we also use these identifiers to collect information regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our Website. We may combine your IP address with other personally identifiable information for marketing and for market research purposes, including internal demographic studies, so we can optimize our products and services and customize the Website for you.


Our Website uses a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including cookies and web beacons.


Cookies are pieces of information that a website sends to your computer or other media device while you are viewing or interacting with the Site. We use cookies for a variety of purposes including tracking usage on the Website in order to enhance our members’ experience on our Website and to learn more about your preferences and interests. For instance, when you return to the Website after logging in via your computer, cookies provide information to the Website so that the Website will remember who you are (“visitor session information”). You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies.


Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of the Website. We also use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our Website, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of the Website.


We may combine your visitor session information or other information collected through cookies, web beacons and other technical methods with personally identifiable information in order to understand and improve your online experiences and to determine what products, promotions and services you prefer or are likely to be of interest to you.


Cookies, web beacons, and other technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that identifies you personally.


Links to other sites

You should be aware that when you are on our Website you could be directed to other sites where the personal information collected and the content of those sites are outside of our control. The privacy policy of the new site will govern the information obtained from you on that site.

Notice of Privacy Rights to California Residents.

California law requires that we provide you with a summary of your privacy rights under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”) and the California Business and Professions Code. As required by the Act, we will provide you with the categories of Personally Identifiable Information that we collect through the Website and the categories of third party persons or entities with whom such Personally Identifiable Information may be shared for direct marketing purposes at your request. California law requires us to inform you, at your request, (1) the categories of Personally Identifiable Information we collect and what third parties we share that information with; (2) the names and addresses of those third parties; and (3) examples of the products marketed by those companies. The Act further requires us to allow you to control who you do not want us to share that information with. To obtain this information, please send a request by email or standard mail to the address found below. When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what Personally Identifiable Information you do not want us to share with Affiliated Businesses or Marketing Partners. The request should be sent to the attention of our legal department, and labeled “California Customer Choice Notice.” Please allow 30 days for a response. Also, please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your Personally Identifiable Information or requesting this notice.

Changes to this policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post the latest version on this Website. If we ever wish to use your personal information in a way which is incompatible with the information in this Privacy Policy, we will only do so with your consent.

Queries

If you have queries about our use of personal information, you can write to us at ______.