beexfoundation.org

Privacy Policy for 
BeEx Foundation and HEAT

Our Commitment to Privacy
We know and understand that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we greatly appreciate you trusting that we will do so carefully and sensibly. 

This Privacy Policy explains our practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used by BeEx Foundation and HEAT. And it applies to donor information that we collect both online and offline.

What Information is Collected by BeEx Foundation and HEAT?
We collect personal information when you voluntarily submit it to us on our websites.
 
For example, you the donor may provide us with your personal information (e.g., your name, email address, telephone numbers and/or credit/debit card information). Other donors might give us that information via email so we can process their information. Providing data is required in these contexts in order for us to process your donations, requests, or respond to inquiries.
 
In addition to the personal information that you submit to us, we may collect personal information about you from reputable third parties, or automatically collect information using the following technologies:
 
Web Server Logs. Our web servers may collect certain information such as IP address, pages visited, time of visits, and referring website.
 
Cookies. Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among donors and visitors to the BeEx Foundation and HEAT websites use cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on our website network. Cookies also allow us to provide more relevant, targeted content as you travel through sites in webpage network as appropriate and are used on our ordering website to keep track of the items in your shopping cart.
Where Do We Store Your Information?
We are based in the United States. Any information transmitted to us may be stored, accessed, or processed in the United States. 
 
If you are a resident of another country, it is important for you to understand that the laws of the United States do not necessarily offer the same protections as the laws of your home country.
How Do We Use Information?
 We collect information for several important purposes: to accept donations, complete our charitable projects, and provide you with information concerning our programs, projects, and activities. 
 
We also use information for analytical purposes, to improve our website, our donor base, our outreach, or to respond to requests for information or merchandise. We may also inform you of other purposes at the time that we collect some forms of information. 
Do We Share Your Information?
We do not trade, share, or sell information that you provide to us with other organizations who intend to use it only to market their products or services to you.
 
There may be instances in which we share your information with others. We may share your information, for example, in conjunction with your sponsorship of a certain project, as required by law, with law enforcement, to comply with legal process, to protect our legal rights, to protect the safety or security of a person, or to protect against fraud, criminal acts, or misconduct. We may also share your information with companies that provide us with services, or with a successor legal entity.
We Are Committed to Data Security
To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. 
Your Access to Data, and Your Choices
If you would like to access the data that we have received from you, or make corrections to it, you may contact us at the email or mailing addresses provided at the end of this policy.
 
If you registered to receive communications from us and later change your mind, you may ask that your name and contact information be removed from our email list. There will be an option to “opt out” at the bottom of the emails we send you. Also, you can send such a request to the email or mailing addresses at the end of this policy.
 
Some web browsers and devices permit you to broadcast a preference that you not be “tracked” online. At this time we do not modify your experience based upon whether such a signal is broadcast.

Additional Information

Behavioral Advertising.  In the future, we may participate in behavioral-based advertising. This means that a third party may use technology (e.g. a cookie) to collect information about your use of our website so that they can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests.  That advertising may appear either on our websites or on other websites.

Links.  Our website may contain links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site that is governed by that site’s privacy policy.

In the future we may implement Googles Invisible reCaptcha to protect our site from spam and abuse.  Use of this service is subject to Google’s privacy policy and terms.  Changes to this privacy statement.  We may modify our privacy policy from time to time.  Any changes will be reflected on the website.

Communicating with us.  If we need, or are required to, contact you about the privacy or security of your information we may do so by telephone, email or mail.  If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or comments about privacy, you can contact us by email or mail at:

Email: support@beexfoundation.org

Business Address:

221 E. Fourth St. Suite 2300
CINCINNATI , Ohio 45202