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Privacy Policy

Half the Sky knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting halfthesky.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy Notice.

What personal Information about site visitors does halfthesky.org gather?
The information we learn from visitors to our online giving site is simply used to fulfill their request. In the case of a visitor submitting information outside of the store, such information helps us keep in touch with them. Here are the types of information we gather.

  • Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not receive your order or be able to take advantage of some of our features, like E-mail updates or newsletter mailings. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving our store, and communicating with you.
  • Information from other sources: For reasons such as improving our delivery service to you, we also sometimes receive updated delivery and address information from our shippers or other sources so that we can correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily.
What About Cookies?
  • Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our giving-site system to recognize your browser to help you access information you've stored with us.
  • The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of halfthesky.org's service features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Does halfthesky.org Share the Information It Receives?
Information about our visitors is an important part of our mission, and we never sell or rent it to others. We share visitor or customer account information only with services that help us manage our operations, as described below:
  • Agents: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include: delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail and processing credit card payments. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
  • Protection of Half The Sky Foundation and others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Half the Sky Foundation, halfthesky.org users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
How Secure Is Information About Me?
  • We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
  • We do not reveal your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.
  • It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
What Choices Do I Have?
  • As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of such halfthesky.org features as E-mail updates, Newsletter mailings, and other future services.
  • If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please let us know by E-mail, phone, fax or mail. (If you do not want to receive legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice, those notices will still govern your use of halfthesky.org, and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.)
  • The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, you will not be able to use such important features as New for You or stored shopping bag contents between visits if you do not use cookies.
  • The Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own Web site, Site Seeing on the Internet.
If you choose to visit halfthesky.org, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of California. If you have any concern about privacy at halfthesky.org, please send us a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it. Our foundation operations change constantly. This Notice will change also, and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.
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