Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 22, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the Foundation website and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the Foundation website. By using the Foundation website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for you to access our Foundation website or parts of our Foundation website.

Country refers to: Virginia, United States

Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses. WE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE COOKIES.

Device means any device that can access the Foundation website such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.

Foundation (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to JOHN CORMAC CARTEN FOUNDATION, 2407 RED MAPLE LN.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Foundation website.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Foundation. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Foundation to facilitate the Foundation website, to provide the Foundation website on behalf of the Foundation, to perform services related to the Foundation website or to assist the Foundation in analyzing how the Foundation website is used.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the Foundation website or from the Foundation website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Website refers to Foundation site, accessible from https://cartenfoundation.com

You means the individual accessing or using the Foundation website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Foundation website, as applicable.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Foundation website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address

First name and last name

Phone number

Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Foundation website.

Usage Data may include information such as your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Foundation website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Foundation website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Foundation website or when you access the Foundation website by or through a mobile device.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Foundation may use personal Data for the following purposes.

To provide and maintain our Foundation website: including to monitor the usage of our Foundation website.

To manage your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the Foundation website. The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Foundation website that are available to you as a registered user.

For the performance of a contract: The development, compliance, and undertaking of the scholarship or grants you have received from us through the Foundation website.

To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to scholarships or grants, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our scholarship programs, and to evaluate and improve our Foundation website and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Foundation website.

With other users: when you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Foundation will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Foundation will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Foundation website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at the Foundation’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Foundation will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Deletion of Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you.

Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Foundation may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other Legal Requirements

The Foundation may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

· Comply with a legal obligation

· Protect and defend the rights or property of the Foundation

· Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Foundation website

· Protect the personal safety of users of the Foundation website or the public

· Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Foundation website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Foundation website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Foundation website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://cartenfoundation.com/contact-us