Effective Date: This Policy is effective as of Aug. 14, 2024.
This Policy applies to all websites, online features, and other services (together "Services") that collect or process personal data and link to this Privacy and Cookies Policy ("Policy"). Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Think of Us ("TOU", Company", "we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. By continuing to use our Services, you are consenting to this Policy. If you do not consent, do not use the Services.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make and the products and features you use. We may collect the following categories of personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) you provide to us when using the Services:
You are not required to provide all Personal Data identified in this Policy to use our Services or to interact with us offline, but certain functionality will not be available if you do not provide certain Personal Data. If you do not provide certain Personal Data, we may not be able to respond to your request, or provide you with marketing or information that we believe you would find valuable.
In order to enhance our ability to provide Services to you and update our records, we may collect information directly from you, from our affiliates, partners and other third parties we work with, or from other publicly available sources, and automatically through your use of our Services. We may combine information collected from or about you from these various sources.
We use the categories of Personal Data outlined above, subject to applicable law, for the following purposes:
Cookies, web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels") and other tracking technologies may be used by the Company to collect information about interactions with the Services, including information about your online behavior. These cookies and similar tracking technologies allow us to recognize you when you visit or interact with our Services. They perform several different functions, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your experience. We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this Policy. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
We may share your Personal Data in the following circumstances:
Our Services are hosted and operated by us or our service providers in the United States and other countries. As such, your Personal Data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Where your consent is required by applicable law, by using the Services and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to the international transfer of your Personal Data and acknowledge that you understand that the data protection regime in the United States may not be as robust as that in your home country.
Where required by applicable law, you may have the right to obtain confirmation that we maintain certain Personal Data relating to you, to verify its content, origin, and accuracy, as well as the right to access, review, port, delete, or to block or withdraw consent ("opt-out") to the processing of certain Personal Data (without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal). In particular, you may ask us not to use your Personal Data when we carry out profiling for direct marketing purposes, engage in processing with the aid of automated means (if relevant), or any other processing based on your consent.
Please contact us as described in Section 11 below to submit a request to exercise your applicable rights and to contact us with general privacy-related questions. We may request certain information for the purpose of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to his or her Personal Data.
We will make good-faith efforts to make such requested changes in our then-active and relevant databases as soon as practicable, but it is not always possible to immediately completely change, remove or delete all your information or public postings from our databases and residual and/or cached data may remain archived thereafter. Further, we reserve the right to retain your Personal Data (a) as permitted by applicable law; (b) as required by applicable law; and (c) for so long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data is retained except to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
You can opt out of receiving email newsletters or other communications by following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those communications. Please note that transactional account messages will be unaffected if you opt-out from marketing communications.
We maintain comprehensive technical and organizational measures to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, alteration, or unintentional destruction. However, no security measure can guarantee against compromise. You also have an important role in protecting your Personal Data. We are not responsible for the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any offering, site, or other products and third party content used in connection with the Services. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.
We may update this Policy from time to time as our services and privacy practices change, or as required by law. The effective date of our Policy is posted above, and we encourage you to visit our Services periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices. We will post the updated version of the Policy on our Services, and ask for your consent to the changes in accordance with applicable law. To review previous versions of this policy, click here.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Information Security team, by email at security@thinkofus.org, by phone at 1-202-964-3970, or by post to:
Think of Us
700 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE
WASHINGTON, DC 20003
United States
You may also have a right to submit a complaint to a supervisory authority for data protection in the country where you live, where you work, or where you consider that a breach of data protection has occurred.