Effective as of December 26, 2023
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information received by the Applied Research Institute, an organization of EEG Family and Early Learner Foundation dba The EEG Foundation, both online and offline, on any Platform (“Platform” includes The EEG Foundation and Applied Research Institute websites), as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.
Introduction
Your privacy is a priority for The EEG Foundation (https://www.eeg-foundation.org) (sometimes referred to as “EEG”, “us”, or “we”), and we want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose information relating to you, your computer, or your device and that enables your identification (the “Personal Information”).
This Privacy Policy describes our practices with information that we (or our service providers) collect from a user (sometimes referred to as “you” or “your”) through our websites, applications, and other network-connected products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”).
This Privacy Policy only addresses information collected directly through or from our Site – it does not address or govern any information-gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected from you other than directly through or from the Site, such as from telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media.
EEG can be contacted by email at privacy at eeg-foundation.org.
Collection of Personal Information from Users
When you interact with us through the Site, we may collect information from you as described below. Information You Provide Some site elements may ask you to submit Personal Information to benefit from the specified features or participate in a certain activity, such as newsletter subscriptions or donation processing. For example, if you register for an account on the Site, we may request Personal Information such as your name and contact information. If you donate using the Site, we may collect your credit or debit card or other financial account information.
When you search within the Site, EEG may record information identifying you or linking you to the search performed and recording information related to the search request. We may combine the information you submit through the Site with other information we have collected from you, whether online or offline. We will treat the combined information by this Privacy Policy.
Sensitive Information
Unless we specifically request or invite it, we ask that you not send or otherwise disclose to us your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background, or trade union membership. In those cases where we may request or invite you to provide the foregoing information, we will only do so with your express consent, in accordance with applicable data protection law requirements. Where you provide us with such information without request from EEG, we reserve the right (but do not have any obligation) to erase any such information at our discretion.
Information About Minors
The Site is not intended for persons under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information online from persons in this age group. We reserve the right to delete any information identified as having been provided by such persons at our discretion.
Location Information
Any comment system on the Site may utilize an opt-in Geolocation service by a prevailing community standard such as HTML 5. The user’s browser settings manage Such Geolocation opt-in ability. If a user chooses to opt-in to the Geolocation service, the user’s comments may be associated with the user’s location, both internally within EEG and publicly on the Sites.
Passive Information Collection, Use, and Choices
As you navigate the Site, certain Personal Information may be passively collected, meaning it is gathered automatically without your actively providing it. This is done using the following techniques in the following ways:
IP Addresses: An IP address is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our Site, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what geographic regions our website visitors come. We may also use this information to enhance our site.
Through your browser: Certain information is collected by most browsers, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type, operating system type, version screen resolution, and Internet browser type and version.
Social Media Widgets: Our Site may include social media tools, including widgets or plug-ins, to connect you to your social media accounts. These features may set a cookie or use other automatic collection and tracking technologies to collect information about you and your use of the social media features through and in connection with our Site. A third party may host these social media tools. Your interactions with these tools and the corresponding social media platforms are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide such platforms.
Cookies: Like many organizations, our site uses “cookies” to help ensure the site meets the needs of its users and to help us make improvements. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your device when you visit certain websites. We may use cookies set by us on the Site to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor. We use third-party cookies set by our service provider, Google Analytics, to collect information about how visitors use the Site, including how long you spend on each page, and how you got to the Site. We do not use data collected by cookies to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
You can refuse our use of some or all cookies by turning off the use of cookies in your web browser. If you use your browser settings to block all types of cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site, or functionality may be limited. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, allowing you to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies.
Changing your internet browser settings can prevent the use of cookies. Each browser has a different procedure for disabling the use of cookies. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, which is provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics leverages cookies and other technologies that are stored in a website visitor’s browser, app, or device to do things such as allow visitors to access features that are fundamental to a service, to help sites and apps understand how their visitors engage with their service, to enhance a return visitor’s experience by providing personalized content and features, etc. For example, Google Analytics’ cookies collect information about the operating system and the browser that you use, your IP address, the website you previously accessed (referrer URL), and the date and time of your visit to the Websites. On subsequent repeated visits to the Websites, frequently used information is automatically displayed for you. We can track your usage patterns with the help of the cookies.
Our site currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals and operates as described in this Privacy Policy whether or not a DNT signal is received, as there is no consistent industry standard for compliance.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We use Personal Information submitted by you or otherwise collected through the Site and other sources for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and as otherwise described to you at the point of collection. Generally, we use the information you provided for the reason it was provided. For example, if you sign up to receive email notifications, we will contact you by email. If you provide us with information to donate, we will use the information to process your donation.
Specifically, we may use Personal Information from or about you: to respond to your inquiries to send you the information that you request, and process your donations; to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding the Site, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies, and other administrative information; to notify you about upcoming events and donations; to promote our mission and initiatives, and the missions and initiatives of our affiliates; for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, recordkeeping, developing new products or services, enhancing the Site, improving our services, identifying Site usage trends, optimizing your experience on the Site, and determining the effectiveness of our fundraising campaigns; if you choose to complete a survey, we may use the information for purposes of evaluating your feedback from the survey and if we intend to collect and use Personal Information for another purpose, we may seek your permission when the information is collected. We may use any information that does not personally identify you, your computer, or your device.
Our Disclosure of Your Information
EEG does not sell your Personal Information. We may share your Personal Information with third parties only as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise described at the point where we collect the information from you, including:
To our affiliates and other Education Equity Group organizations, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
To the companies or individuals that we hire to provide services to us, such as website hosting services, relationship management services, payment processing, and
To a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, or assets (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
Uses and Disclosures to Comply with Laws
In addition, we use and disclose Personal Information collected through the Site as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (i) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (ii) to comply with legal process; (iii) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (iv) to enforce our terms and conditions; (v) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (vi) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; and (vii) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
Links to Third-Party Sites
The Site may contain links to other websites for the convenience of users in locating information, products, or services that may be of interest. If you access a third-party website from a link on this Site, any information you disclose on that website is not subject to this Privacy Policy. Third parties or others may use these links to collect personal or other information about you. EEG is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites, advertisers, or third parties or the content of such websites and it is your sole obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites. EEG does not control these third parties’ use of cookies, collection of information, or how they manage such information. You solely must review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites, advertisers and any third parties.
Where Your Information is Processed EEG is based in the United States. No matter where you are located, your Personal Information will be collected and processed in the United States. The laws of the United States and other countries governing data protection may not be as comprehensive or as protective as those of the country where you live.
Security
EEG will take reasonable steps to protect the information collected and provided via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use various security measures to protect your data, including physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards. We incorporate industry-standard security controls (like firewalls) and protocols (like SSL/TLS) to create a site that is resistant to standard internet-based threats. We protect the security of credit card transactions by using only large-scale third-party PCI Compliant credit card processors for the storage and encryption of all credit card data, in addition to encryption of websites directly maintained by EEG.
No website or electronic data can ever be completely secure, but we are always working to maintain up-to-date and appropriate security mechanisms. You agree that EEG shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site. Data Retention We generally retain Personal Information for so long as it may be relevant for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required by law.
Lawful Basis for Processing Your Personal Information
The laws in some countries require us to tell you about the lawful grounds we rely on to collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process your Personal Information. To the extent those laws apply, our lawful bases for processing your Personal Information is in support of our legitimate interests, where your fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests. This includes:
-Providing a safe user experience on our Site;
-Customer service; -Sending communications to you to let you know about what we are doing with your donations and to solicit additional donations;
-Protecting users, our workers, and our property;
-Analyzing and improving our operations (e.g., optimizing the design and operation of our Site); and
-Legal compliance and managing legal issues.
This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of The EEG Foundation as controller of your Personal Information under applicable data protection laws. A “controller” is the person or organization who alone or jointly determines the purposes for which, and how, any Personal Information is, or is likely to be, processed.
Automated Processing of Personal Information
We may use automated processing of your Personal Information to tailor our communications with you and manage our relationships with donors and contacts. This automated processing may impact the type of communications you receive from us.
Your Data Rights and Choices.
You can opt out of using certain cookie-related processing by following the instructions in Section 1(e) above (Passive Information Collection, Use, and Choices). If you are within the European Union, you have the following rights:
-You have the right to request from EEG access to your Personal Information, and the rectification of inaccurate Personal Information concerning you.
-You have the right to request that EEG not subject your Personal Information to automated processing.
-You have the right to obtain from EEG the erasure or the restriction of processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances, including when the data are no longer necessary about the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed, except when EEG is required by law to maintain or otherwise process your Personal Information, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or the protection of the rights of another person. You may exercise these rights by contacting EEG using the contact information provided above.
If you are within the European Union, you also have the right to complain with a supervisory authority, particularly in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of an alleged infringement of the applicable data protection law. However, we encourage you to contact us first at privacy@eeg-foundation.org and we will try to resolve your concerns.
If you would like to submit a data access, correction, restriction, or deletion request, you can do so by contacting us at privacy@eeg-foundation.org and we will process such request with respect to any Personal Information that we can link to you individually based on the information that you can provide to us. These rights and options that you have with respect to Personal Information are subject to limitations and exceptions under applicable law.
Right to Change Privacy Policy.
EEG reserves the right at any time to modify, alter, or update this Privacy Policy. Your use of the Site following any changes means that you agree to follow and be bound by the Privacy Policy as changed, subject to limitations under applicable law. Any change to this Privacy Policy shall be effective as to any user who has visited the Site before the change was made. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Information to us. The Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above.
Contacting Us.
For questions about this website, please contact us at privacy@eeg-foundation.org To contact us by mail:
The EEG Foundation
PO BOX 510
Newbury, Ohio
Call Education Equity Group - Tel.: 800-949-8067
