Free To Be Talks Privacy Policy

Updated:  February 15 2019 

We at Free To Be Talks Society value and respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how we collect, use, share and protect the “personal information” you provide us when you access our site, purchase or apply for our goods or services, or engage with us on social media. Personal information means any information related to an identified or identifiable individual. We are committed to meeting the privacy standards established under applicable legislation in your jurisdiction.

Please read through this Privacy Policy carefully. Please refer to the date above to see the most updated version. Any changes to this Privacy Policy become effective immediately upon publication on our website. You are deemed to have accepted any changes to a revised Privacy Policy by continuing to use our website and/or goods or services after the revised Privacy Policy is posted.

This Privacy Policy will notify you of the following:

·       What information we collect;

·       When we collect information;

·       With whom it is shared or used;

·       Your access and control;

·       How it can be corrected;

·       How it is secured;

·       How policy changes will be communicated; and

·       How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.

What personal information do we collect from the people who visit our website or social media accounts?

When registering on our site, ordering or applying for our goods or services, you may be asked to enter your name, age, gender, email address, telephone number, shipping address, mailing address, social media network username, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.

Your decision to provide this personal information is entirely voluntary. You are under no obligation to provide this information, but your refusal may prevent you from accessing certain benefits from our website or from making purchases. 

When do we collect personal information?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order for our goods and services, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site or social media networks, or enter a giveaway on our site or social media networks.

How do we use or share your information?

We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, online submissions, or other direct contact from you. We will not sell, rent, or trade this information to anyone. We generally store your data and transmit it to a third party for processing (e.g. such as Mail Chimp). To the extent we process your data, we do so to serve our non-profit organization interests (such as providing you with the opportunity to purchase our goods or services and interact with our website). 

We may use such information in the following ways:

·       To verify your identity and identify your preferences;

·       Correspond with you;

·       To consider any application submitted by you in relation to any products, goods, or services;

·       To deliver any products, goods, or services purchased by you to you;

·       Process payment or refunds;

·       To improve our website to better serve you;

·       Contact you with periodic newsletter or other updates regarding services, new products, or offerings you may be interested in;

·       Request feedback from you;

·       To administer contest, giveaways, promotions, surveys or other site features;

·       To quickly process your transactions; and

·       Such other purposes that are incidental and ancillary to the foregoing.

Third Party Disclosures

 We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business or servicing you (e.g. such as processing payments for goods or services), emailing services, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. While these companies have agreed not to retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order, you acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible for any misuse of your personal information by these companies.

 We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law or regulation, to respond to legal process including a subpoena, to enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.

 Analytics

We may partner with third party analytic platforms offered by Google LLC, such as Google Analytics and Google Adwords Express, that track and report website traffic. The analytic companies may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website to determine the popularity of the content, and better understand online activity.

 We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access our website, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy (i.e. Google LLC) and contact them directly if you have questions. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

 Your Access to and Control Over Information 

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:

·       See what data we have about you, if any;

·       Change/correct any data we have about you;

·       Have us delete any data we have about you; and

·       Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security 

We take precautions to protect to protect your personal data and keep your information secure. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page.  However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information you transmit to us.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Cookies 

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Links 

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Surveys & Contests 

From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as postal code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Other Provisions as Required by Law

Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices. It is up to you to determine what additional practices must be followed and/or what additional disclosures are required. Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy please feel free to contact us at the phone number and/or email address listed on our website.