J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation referred to herein as the “Foundation”, “we”, “us” or “our”, maintains the Foundation’s website and all related products and services. Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of your personal information. By submitting your personal information to us, you agree to the transfer to and processing of your personal information in the United States in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal data or other information to our website or to the Foundation. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, do not use our website or provide any information to us on our website or provide any personal data or other information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@buckthequo.com.
The following outlines our privacy policy.
- Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
- We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
- We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
- We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
- Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
- We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
- We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
- We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
- Please be aware that third parties, including Facebook and Google, may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide content or functionality, to measure and analyze performance, and for remarketing purposes to serve you targeted advertisements on our website or on other websites or platforms. We also use third-party vendors, such as Facebook and Google, among others, to show our ads on sites across the Internet. We may also use your personal information, including Facebook Account Information, such as name, email, gender, birthday, current city and profile picture URL, to serve you targeted advertisements and to make other products and services available to you. Please see more information below under How We Share your Personal Information with Third Parties, How We Use “Cookies” and Similar Technologies and Interest-Based Advertising.
The Information We Collect
Our website and mobile app may receive and store information based on your browser settings, which may include your browser type and operating system, the various Foundation web pages you view, Internet Protocol addresses, unique device identifiers, and sites visited before viewing our website. When applicable, we may compensate other websites that include links to our website.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We do not sell, trade, rent, or release your personal information to anyone outside our company, contractors, affiliates or third parties, other than in compliance with this privacy and security policy. We and our affiliates and other third party service providers may use the personal information, including Facebook Account Information, such as name, email, gender, birthday, current city and profile picture URL, to administer our business activities, provide customer service, personalize your digital experience, serve you targeted advertisements, and make other products and services available to you. We may also use your personal information to send you promotional communications by mail or e-mail or share your information with our business partners and other third party service providers.
To the extent required or permitted by law, we may collect, use and disclose personal information in connection with security-related or law enforcement investigations or in the course of cooperating with authorities or complying with legal requirements.
How We Share your Personal Information with Third Parties
The Foundation may distribute personal information about members to third party service providers such as web analytics companies, market researchers and fulfillment houses, among others. We may also use and share your personal information with such third parties to: (i) conduct data processing for us, (ii) engage in e-mail and direct mail communications on behalf of the Foundation, (iii) administer sweepstakes and contests, (iv) administer guest surveys, (v) compile information for us about the use of the Foundation’s website and marketing programs, and (vi) for remarketing purposes to serve you target-based advertising. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than the purpose that we specify.
The Foundation may also partner with other companies to provide co-sponsored or co-branded promotions, sweepstakes, contests, products and services, and for remarketing purposes to serve you target-based advertising, and may share your information with these companies for those purposes.
Please be aware that third parties, including Facebook and Google, may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our website, and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide content or functionality, to measure and analyze performance, and for remarketing purposes to serve you targeted advertisements on our website or on other websites or platforms.
We may also disclose your personally identifiable information when the Foundation has reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to the Foundation or to others. We may also disclose your personally identifiable information when the Foundation believes the law requires it.
We may disclose your personal information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
How We Use “Cookies” and Similar Technologies
The Foundation, our business partners and other third party service providers use various technologies to collect and store information when you visit our website which may include using cookies or similar technologies to identify your browser or device. We also use these technologies to collect and store information when you interact with services we offer to our partners or other third party service providers, such as advertising services or other features that may appear on other sites or platforms. Cookies are small amounts of computer code that interact with your computer, mobile device, browser or e-mail. We use cookies to remind us of who you are, tailor our services to suit your personal interests, track your status in our promotions, contests and sweepstakes, for remarketing purposes to serve you target-based advertising, and/or analyze your visiting patterns. We do not use cookies to ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide to us.
The Foundation may also use cookies to form an association between multiple devices such as your smartphone, desktop computer and tablet. This is often referred to as device fingerprinting. A unique identifier, or fingerprint, is created on your devices, which enables the association. We use the device association to link your devices’ searches on our websites, which enables us to provide you with a more convenient and personal digital experience.
You can generally set your browser to not accept cookies or to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. Not accepting cookies will adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions and functions on our website.
The Foundation uses pixels or transparent GIF files to help manage its online advertising. These files enable the Foundation and its advertising partners to recognize unique codes on your web browser, which in turn, enable the Foundation to learn which advertisements bring users to its websites. The information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to identify you as a unique user and help analyze how users use this site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address, but not your name of other identifying information) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information is used for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The ad formats we utilize through Google include Audience Remarketing on Google’s Display and Search Network.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available for various browsers located at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings, or alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/.
Additional information concerning Google’s data privacy policy and other associated topics can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
Interest-Based Advertising
The Foundation partners with third party ad networks and other third party service providers to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites, such as on Facebook and Google, among others. The Foundation’s ad network partners or other third party service providers use cookies and web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on the Foundation’s website and other sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads, you may opt-out by clicking here: http://preferences-mgr.truste.com. Please note this does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will still receive generic ads. Also, opting out of ad network or other third party service provider’s cookies does not opt you out of cookies used for device association described in this privacy statement.
If you would like to know more about cookies, the website www.allaboutcookies.org provides useful information.
We also work with third parties that use tracking technologies on our website and on other sites in order to provide tailored advertisements on our behalf and on behalf of other advertisers across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your activity on our website and your interaction with our advertising and other communications, and use this information to determine which ads you see on third party websites and applications. If you wish for more information about this practice and to understand your options, please visit www.aboutads.info.
Other Sites linked from our website
The Foundation is only responsible for the privacy and security policy and content on this website. Our website may redirect to other websites and mobile apps. Those websites and mobile apps are not covered by this privacy and security policy, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites and mobile apps.
How to Opt-out of Marketing Communications or Otherwise Change Privacy Preferences
We respect the right of each visitor to control how his or her personal information is used. If you do not want us to provide your information to our business partners or other third party service providers, or if you do not wish to receive promotional communications from us or our affiliates please email us at info@buckthequo.com or reach out to us by submitting a “contact us” form on our website.
Also, you can opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting and access a mechanism for exercising such choice. For websites, please see http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
By using our website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this policy. The Foundation reserves the right to modify this privacy policy and related business practices at any time by posting updated text on this site. Any changes to this policy become effective upon posting of the revised policy to this site. Use of the site following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy then in effect.
Questions or Concerns
Thank you for visiting our site and for taking the time to read this policy. If you have questions about this policy or complaints about how we collect, use, disclose, store or protect your personal information as directed by the laws and regulations applicable to your region, we can be reached via email at info@buckthequo.com or by submitting a “contact us” form on our website.