Privacy Policy

The Joan Rotondi Hope & Empowerment Foundation (JRHEF)

Thank you for visiting our website (“Site”). The Joan Rotondi Hope & Empowerment Foundation (the “Foundation”) is committed to treating the personal and corporate information of our Site users, supporters, and partners with respect and sensitivity.

We’ve updated our Privacy Policy and enhanced our privacy practices to better safeguard your data. By continuing to use our Site, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other policies referenced) explains how we collect and process any personally identifiable information, such as your name, email, address, financial account information, etc., that we collect from you or that you provide to us.

As our services evolve and we recognize the need or desirability of using your personal data in different ways, we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date appears at the end of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to check our Site frequently to review the current Privacy Policy and any changes that may have been made.

By providing your Personal Data to us in any format (e.g., via email, telephone, fax, or in person) and/or continuing to use our services or visit our Site, you accept and consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and Information Notice.

1. What Personal Data does the Foundation collect?

We collect personal information that you enter on our Site or otherwise volunteer to us when you contact us, make donations, or request information. You can choose not to provide certain information, but this may limit your ability to use some of our Site’s features.

For purposes of this Policy, “Personal Data” means information (whether stored electronically or in paper-based filing systems) relating to a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from that data and other information in our possession). Personal Data can be:

Factual: such as a name, address, email, phone, or date of birth.
Sensitive: such as financial account information, protected health or medical details, or information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, physical or mental health or condition, or sexual life.
Opinion-based: such as the results of a self-assessment test.

The Foundation collects only that Personal Data relevant for the purposes for which it was requested. The Foundation does not use your Personal Data in any way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it was collected or for which you have consented.

You can visit our Site without revealing any Personal Data. However, in some circumstances, we may ask you for and you may submit Personal Data, which may include:

Information you give us: When you contact us through our Site, or by corresponding with us by phone, email, or otherwise, or meet us at a Foundation event, we may collect Personal Data including:
- Contact information, such as name, address, email, and phone.
- Financial information, such as credit card and account information collected when you make donations or purchase products or services.
- Identification information, such as gender and date of birth.
- For those considering careers with the Foundation, professional personal information such as a résumé or CV, salary history, education history, citizenship information, and position sought, as applicable.
- For current or prospective affiliates, suppliers, and subcontractors, personal information such as social security number, federal tax ID number, or other relevant information, as applicable.
Information we collect about you: When you visit our Site, our web server automatically collects and stores the following information:
- Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, referring website address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
- Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through, and from our Site (including date and time), pages on our Site you viewed, page response times, download errors, duration of page visits, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
Information we receive from other sources: This is information we receive about you from third parties who operate other Sites or services we use to provide our products and services to you. We work closely with third parties, including, for example, business partners, affiliates, and sub-contractors in technical, payment, and delivery services, advertising networks, marketing analytics providers, promotions, and search information providers.

2. How does the Foundation use Personal Data?

Information you give to us: We will use this information:
- To provide you with the information, products, and services that you request from us.
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, or between you and our affiliates or distributors.
- To contact you regarding the Foundation’s mission, services, and fundraising, and to provide you with information about other organizations we partner with.
- To notify you about changes to our services.
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- To perform data analyses (including anonymization and aggregation of Personal Data).
Information we collect about you: We will use this information:
- To administer our Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes.
- To improve our Site to ensure that content is presented most effectively for you and your computer.
- As part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure.
Information we receive from other sources: We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above.

3. Do we share your Personal Data with any third parties?

We do not sell your Personal Data to any third parties. We partner with third parties to provide some of the services and products available on our Site. Those third parties sometimes collect your Personal Data in the first instance and provide it to us.

The Foundation and our partners will use your Personal Data for the limited purposes specified in this Policy. The Foundation takes reasonable steps to ensure these third parties use your Personal Data only for the purposes for which they have been engaged by the Foundation and that they agree to provide protections for your Personal Data that are no less protective than those set out in this Policy.

By visiting our Site and sharing your Personal Data, you agree that we have the right to share your personal information with selected third parties, including:

Charitable Donations: business partners, affiliates, distributors, suppliers, and sub-contractors for the purpose of fulfilling requests from you to make donations to the Foundation.
Cloud services: business partners, affiliates, distributors, suppliers, and sub-contractors that provide cloud storage services.
Contractual performance: business partners, affiliates, distributors, suppliers, and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you.
Web analytics: analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our Site.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:

If we sell all or substantially all of our assets to a third party, in which case personal information about our users will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Data to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, or others.

Whenever we share information with third parties, we will take steps to ensure that the third parties put in place adequate measures to safeguard your Personal Data, and they will be required to use any Personal Data only for the intended purpose for which it was shared.

4. Our storage of your Personal Data

The Foundation uses reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in the processing undertaken and the nature of the Personal Data we collect.

We will keep your personal data for as long as we need it, or as otherwise prescribed by law, for the purposes set out above. This period will vary depending on your interactions with us. We may also keep a record of correspondence with you (for example, if you have made a complaint about a service) for as long as necessary to protect us from a legal claim.

You may unsubscribe from any of our online email updates and marketing by following the unsubscribe instructions in the body of any email message we have sent to you. We will take commercially reasonable steps to implement your unsubscribe requests promptly. Please note that when you unsubscribe from our marketing communications, we will keep a record of your email address to ensure we do not send you marketing emails in the future.

5. Access to other websites

Our Site may include links to and from other websites of our partner networks and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked sites. We encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to how the Foundation deals with your Personal Data, and it does not apply to any other company or any other company’s websites, even if you access them via our Site. Please check those websites’ policies before you submit any Personal Data to them.

6. Protecting Children’s Privacy

We are strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit our Site. Our Site is not designed nor is it intended to be used by children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. We have adopted practices to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”). We encourage parents to talk to their children about online safety and to monitor their children’s use of the Internet.

7. Conditions of Use and Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Your use of our Site and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. As our Foundation evolves, we may update our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. We will notify you of significant changes, but we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site signifies your acceptance of any changes.

8. Contacting Us

This Site is owned and operated by The Joan Rotondi Hope & Empowerment Foundation. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please email us at foundation@jrhef.org , or contact us by mail: