Cheetah House Privacy Policy
Last Modified: 2/9/2023
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Cheetah House (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) when you access and use Cheetah House products and services, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through cheetahhouse.org or any related websites, applications, or mobile applications offered or utilized by or through Cheetah House (collectively, the “Website”). This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on or through the Website and does not apply to information collected by any third party. This Privacy Policy will notify you of the following:
What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your information.
Please read this policy carefully. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may choose not to use the Website. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:
By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but does not individually identify you;
You provide when you use the Website, create, or share content, and message or communicate with other users; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us or through one of our third-party vendors that facilitate your registration and use of our services.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through the Website may include:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. This includes information provided through our third-party vendors at the time of requesting services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete.
Details of transactions you carry out and financial information you provide through accessing our payment processors, Stripe and PayPal. When you provide us with a donation or make a purchase, we collect the payment card type and total amount processed from our third-party partner. The third-party partner may also collect and store certain information about you as provided in their privacy policy and terms and conditions.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
The Website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace automatically collects personal data when you visit the Website, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run the Website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form. This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
The technology used by the Website to capture automatic data includes cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit About the cookies Squarespace uses. Functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace to securely serve the Website to you. Analytics and performance cookies are used on this site only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
To present the Website, its content, and our services to you.
To work with third-party vendors to perform the functions for which we engage them to present the Website and our services to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To contact you about services and events that may be of interest to you.
To notify you about changes to the Website or any services we offer or provide though it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.
How We Share Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.
Third Party Data Sharing
The Website contains links to third-party websites, including to our third-party vendors. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other services and websites regardless of whether you access them using links from the Website. Accordingly, any personal information you provide to such third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review carefully the legal and privacy notices of all other digital services that you visit.
Choices About How We Use and Share Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Emails and other Information from the Company. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by the Company to promote our own services or events, you can opt out by checking the relevant box located on the registration form, through the “unsubscribe” button in our marketing emails, or at any other time by contacting us as described below.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on NAI’s website.
Retention of Your Personal Data
Your personal information is stored within the Company’s infrastructure, such as on our or our vendors’ servers or cloud environment, until you delete it, edit it, or for as long as you remain a user or for such period for us to meet a business operational need, resolve disputes, mount a legal defense, enforce agreements, conduct audits, and comply with laws. Further, you can request that we provide you with access, amend or delete your personal information on our servers in certain cases by contacting us as described below.
Data Security
We take precautions to protect your information. from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. When you have a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Do not share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Children Under the Age of 18
The Website is not intended for children under eighteen (18) years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Website or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us as described below.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Us
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: CheetahHouse.org@gmail.com.