Thank you for visiting our website! Your privacy is important to us.

 

This Privacy Statement describes the types of information Grand Circle Foundation, Inc. (“GCF” or “We”) collects from and about you through visits to travel locations, email, social media, direct mail, and when you visit our website at grandcirclefoundation.org (collectively the “Site”). This Privacy Statement also explains how We may use and disclose such information, as well as your ability to control certain uses of it. By using this Site, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement.

 

GCF is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation with a mission to give back to locations visited by individuals travelling on using Grand Circle Travel (“GCT”) trips, supporting education, clean water, leadership training, conservation efforts and the preservation of cultural treasures and traditions.

 

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Statement is for informational purposes and sets forth our policy with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of information that We collect when engaging with prospective and existing supporters as set forth below. By using the Site, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information from you when you choose to provide it to us.  This may include when you make a donation, join GCF’s community, request information from us, share your story with us, register for a trip or other event, sign up for newsletters or our email lists, use our Site, or otherwise contact us.

The information We collect may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, geolocation information, photos or videos, username and, if you are a GCF donor, credit/debit card number or other financial information (“Personal Information”).

If you use the Site to make donations or purchases, you may provide certain payment information, such as payment card, PayPal or other financial account information, and billing address. A third-party payment processor collects and processes that information on our behalf; We do not collect or retain your payment information.

User Generated Content

When you voluntarily disclose information about yourself in the content that you submit to this Site (such as your name, phone number and personal web address) through a traveler review or other public posting on the website, this information will be publicly available, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from others. Such activities are beyond our control. Please refrain from disclosing personal information on this Site that you intend to keep private.

Please also note that by submitting a traveler review or other public posting on this website, it becomes the property of GCF, and We may reproduce some or all of it in our promotional materials—either elsewhere on our website, our social media, in an email, or in our newsletters. You also authorize us to disclose your last name, hometown and state, and travel history with us in connection with the review.

Information Received from Third Parties

We also may receive information about you from third parties such as GCT. If you provide us with personal information about others, or if others give us your information, We will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. For example, We may supplement the information We collect with outside records, or third parties may provide information in connection at your request (such as if you choose to sign in with a third-party service such as Facebook). If We combine the information We receive from others with Personal Information We collect through the Site, We will treat the combined information as Personal Information as described in this Privacy Statement.

Information Collected From Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including social networks that you use to connect with us.  This information may include name, user name, demographic information, updated address or contact information, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and online activity.

Information We Automatically Collect and Cookie Policy

We and our third-party service providers, including advertisers, analytics, and third-party content providers, may automatically collect certain information from you, including as a Site visitor or GCF supporter whenever you access or interact with the Site. This information may include, among other information, the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to the Site, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to the Site, areas within the Site that you visited, and other information commonly shared when browsers communicate with websites. When service providers receive this information, they are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business.

As further described below, We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, or other technologies to automatically collect certain information when you use our Site or interact with our emails and online or mobile advertisements. For example, We may automatically collect certain non-personal information from you such as your mobile device identifier or MAC address, embedded scripts, browser type, operating system, device model, software version, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address or other device identifier (“Device Identifier”) for any device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) used to access the Site, mobile or ISP carrier information, referring/exit pages and the domain name from which you accessed the Site. We also may collect information about your use of the Site including the date and time you access the Site, the areas or pages of the Site that you visit, the amount of time you spend using the Site, the number of times you return, whether you open forward or click-through emails and ads, and other usage data so that We can understand the statistical use trends of our Site in order to make improvements. We may also use this information to communicate with you by email and social media. This information may be stored and used with your Personal Information attached to it.

Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third-party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access the Site. If such information is linked to your Personal Information, We will treat it as Personal Information under this Privacy Statement.

We may also use third-party tools or services, such as Google Analytics, to assist us with analyzing and improving the Site. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business.

In addition, We may use a variety of other technologies that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes and We may use third parties to perform these services on our behalf.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information and California and EEA/UK/Switzerland Do Not Track Disclosures.

You may adjust your browser or operating system settings to limit this tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Site or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Check the “Help” menu of your browser or operating system to learn how to adjust your tracking settings or cookie preferences.

We work with third parties to collect user data through our website or mobile device for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests. 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 the NAI’s website by clicking here.

On your mobile device, you can adjust your privacy and advertising settings to limit your tracking for advertising or control whether you receive more relevant advertising. Note that our systems may not recognize Do Not Track headers or requests from some or all browsers.

  • 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.
  • Promotional Offers from Us. If you do not wish to have your email address used by us to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to [email protected]. If We have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. 

Combination of Information

We may combine the information We receive from and about you, including information you provide to us and information We automatically collect through our Site, as well as information collected offline or from third party sources to help us tailor our communications to you and to improve our Site.

INFORMATION USE

We may use the information We collect from and about you to:

  • Present our Site and its contents to you;
  • Respond to your inquiries, provide supporter or donor benefits and other services, fulfill orders, process payments and prevent transactional fraud, and contact and communicate with you;
  • Develop new programs, products or services;
  • Engage in educational initiatives to communicate with you and others to further our education goals;
  • Contact you with information, newsletters and promotional materials from GCF or on behalf of our partners;
  • Improve the content and functionality of our Site and marketing efforts;
  • Conduct research and analysis;
  • Comply with applicable laws, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities;
  • Enforce this Privacy Statement;
  • Protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others;
  • Protect the security or integrity of the Site and our business; and
  • As described to you at the point of data collection.

INFORMATION SHARING

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We may share the information We collect from and about you:

  • with GCT and its affiliates, and with other non-profit organizations;
  • with third parties that We believe may provide benefits, promotional materials, and goods and services that may be of interest to you, including with other nonprofit organizations;
  • with our service providers, if the disclosure will enable them to perform a business, professional or technical support function for us;
  • as necessary if We believe that there has been a violation of our rights or the rights of any third party;
  • to respond to judicial process or provide information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and
  • as described to you at the point of collection.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

We may sell or purchase assets during the normal course of our business.  If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information We have collected about you may be transferred to such entity.  In addition, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, such information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties.  Should such a sale or transfer occur, We will use reasonable efforts to try to require that the transferee use personal information provided through the Site in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.

If you do not want us to share your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Statement, please contact us at [email protected].

SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may contract with third party service providers to perform functions related to the Site.  These service providers will have access to your Personal Information needed to perform their business functions, but may not use or share that Personal Information for other purposes.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section §1798.83 permits users of our site that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to us at [email protected].

Your rights as a visitor from the European Economic area (EEA)

If you are a European resident, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data or information is to do so with your consent; where We need the personal data or information for performance of a contract, or where the collection and use is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, We may also have a legal obligation to collect the personal data or information in question.

If you are located in the EEA, We may also be a data processor of your personal data or information and a third party would be the controller. In these instances, We will only process and use your data in accordance with the documented instructions of the controller. The controller will be solely responsible for meeting any legal requirements applicable to data controllers (such as establishing a legal basis for processing and responding to data subject rights requests).

You have the right at any time to withdraw your consent to our collection and use of your personal data and to exercise the following rights. If We are the data controller, you can contact us to exercise these rights. If We are the data processor, you must contact the controller to exercise these rights:

  • Access your personal data or information;
  • Delete, or request deletion of, your personal data or information;
  • Object to or restrict processing of your personal data or information;
  • Request portability of your personal data or information;
  • Complain to your local data protection authority at any time;
  • Object to automated decision making; and
  • Update your personal data or information.

To withdraw consent or exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing We conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal data or information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

If We ask you to provide personal data or information to us to comply with a legal requirement or enter into a contract, We will inform you of this and let you know whether providing us with your personal data is required and if not, the consequences of not sharing your personal data with us.

Similarly, if We collect and use your personal data or information in reliance on our or a third party’s legitimate interests and those interests are not already listed above (see “Information Use” section), We will let you know what those legitimate interests are.

EXTERNAL LINKS

This Site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by GCF. The fact that We link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit Personal Information from you. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

GCF does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide your name and address or other contact details or any other personally identifiable information of any kind whatsoever. If you are a parent or guardian of someone under the age of 18 who has provided us information without your knowledge and consent, you may request that We remove this information by contacting us at the below address or phone number.

DATA SECURITY

We have taken certain physical, administrative, and technical steps to safeguard the information We collect from and about our customers and Site visitors and users. While We make every effort to help ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, We cannot guarantee our security measures.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION

Your personal information is stored on servers in the United States or in other countries in accordance with the data storage locations of our third-party vendors. You understand and agree that We may collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process the information you provide as described in this Privacy Statement. Your personal information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process in the United States. We will retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide you with the Site, our services, or to fulfill any legal or contractual obligations We may have.

If you are a resident of the EEA: Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, which has data protection laws that are different than those in your country and may not be as protective. For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact us at [email protected].

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if We believe doing so would violate any law or legal or audit requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

If you have any questions, requests or concerns about this Privacy Statement or the practices described herein, you may contact GCF at [email protected].

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Statement at any time. When We do, We will post the changes on the Site. If We change the Privacy Statement in a material way, We will provide appropriate notice to you. Your continued use of the Site or our services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement.

How you can contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement, or if you believe that this site is not following its stated policies, please contact us at:

[email protected]

Grand Circle Foundation

Attention: Privacy
347 Congress Street
Boston MA 02210

Reach us by telephone at (800) 859-0852

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