Privacy Policy
Project Free from E.D. LLC (collectively referred to as "Project Free," "we," "us," "our" and other similar pronouns) makes available this Web site and all site-related services (collectively, the "Site" or "Web site").
1. Acceptance of Agreement
By using the Site, you confirm your agreement to this privacy policy.If you do not agree to this privacypolicy, you may not use the Site.Your continued use of the Site subsequent to changes to the Privacy Policy will mean that you accept the changes. Please bookmark this page and review it frequently. If you have any questions regarding this Terms of Use Agreement, the Site, or Project Free from E.D., please email us at info@ProjectFree.org.
Although many parts of the Site do not require you to submit any "personally identifiable information," some areas of the Site may, including, for example and without limitation: (a) when registering to gain access to facility profiles (b) when participating in various activities on or in connection with the Site, such as surveys or forums. As used herein, "personally identifiable information" means information that relates to an identified individual or can be used to identify or contact an individual, including, for example, an individual's name, home address, email address, telephone number, credit card information, age, gender and other demographic information, or any other information that can be used to identify or contact an individual, whether online or offline.
1. Credit Card Information
If you provide us with your credit card information, we will not release that information to third parties unless necessary to complete a transaction between you and such a third party. (Credit card transactions may be handled by a third-party financial institution, which receives the credit card number and other personal identifying information only to verify the credit card numbers and process transactions.)
2.Personally Indentifiable Information
A. Your personally identifiable information may be used to contact you when necessary. You may opt out of receiving future mailings, and for more information about how to do so, see the "Choice/Opt Out" section below.
B. Throughout the Site, including, for example, on forum postings, information may be collected including a. your IP address b. your operating system; c. your browser software d. your Internet Service and e. your geographic location as well as other personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information, depending on the nature of your use. Our servers may also record the referring page that linked you to us the pages you visit on this Site; the Web site you visit after this Site; any search terms you have entered on this Site or a referral site; and other Web usage activity and data logged by our Web servers. Collecting this information helps us streamline your experience on the Site - for example, helping us diagnose problems with our server, administering our Web site, by "automatically" filling out forms for you, or keeping track of the contents of your online shopping cart. We may also link this information with your personally identifiable information for various purposes including but not limited to billing, account maintenance, and record-keeping purposes
3. Third Party Websites
The Site contains links to other third party Web sites. You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of any third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their Web sites, including their use of any information (such as IP address, browser type, or operating system) collected when visitors or Members follow links to their sites or view advertisements served by them on their behalf. Even though certain information collected by such third parties might not identify you personally, we strongly encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices, and to contact such third parties if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies.
4. Non-Personally Indentifiable Information
Project Free from E.D. also collects non-personally identifiable information (that is, information that does not identify a specific individual), such as aggregate use statistics for the Site, for both Site visitors and Members. We collect such non-personally identifiable information through various means, as further explained below. Additionally, any or all of the below-described activities with respect to non-personally identifiable information may be performed on our behalf by our services providers.
We use non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher-quality, more useful services by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our visitors and Members, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Site. We may provide such aggregate, statistical information based on this data to advertisers, other current and potential business partners and other third parties.
5.Disclosure of information to a Third Party
In addition to other circumstances as described in this Privacy Policy, Project Free from E.D. may disclose your personally-identifiable information to third parties as follows:
A. Project Free from E.D. reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information submitted by or concerning any visitor or Member as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or business. Specifically, but without limitation, we reserve the right to disclose such information when a visitor or Member is in violation of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines, or partakes (or is reasonably suspected of partaking) in any harmful, infringing or illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law, as well as in response to allegations of infringement.
B. We will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity and disclose personally identifiable information to law enforcement bodies for investigation or prosecution, or to suspend or terminate your membership in connection with any suspected illegal or infringing activity.
C. We may use third parties to help operate our Site and deliver the Site, and we may share your information with our affiliates, service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for or through this Site or for our business (such as Web site or database hosting companies, address list hosting companies, email service providers, analytics companies, distribution companies, fulfillment companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on our behalf). Similarly, Project Free from E.D. may disclose personally identifiable information to our contractors and consultants and professional advisors who help us operator the Website and our business (such as attorneys, accountants), but only to the extent necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, and only under reasonable disclosure restrictions.
D.In the event that Project Free from E.D., or a substantial portion of its assets, are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, personally identifiable information may be one of the transferred assets.
6. Forums
Project Free From E.D. makes message boards ("Discussions"), blogs, chat services, commenting functionality ("Comments"), Forums and other community areas and interactive features available to its users. Please remember that because of the nature of these types of areas and activities, any information that is disclosed in these areas may become public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal or confidential information, or that of any other person. Project Free from E.D. reserves the right (but does not have an obligation) to monitor and read any or all Discussions, Comments and other user-generated content.
7. Security
While Project Free from E.D. will endeavor to protect the security and integrity of sensitive personally identifiable information provided to this Site, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers. If you contact us by email or a "contact us" form or similar feature on our Site, you should be aware that your transmission might not be secure. If you create an account on our Site with a password, you are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you shall be responsible for any access to or use of the Services by you or any person or entity using your password. You agree to immediately notify Project Free from E.D. of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. We will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.
In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personally identifiable information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we would endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we have your email address, we may notify you by email. Unless you notify us and provide us with alternative contact information (which you are free to do at any time by emailing us at info@projectfree.org you consent to our use of email as the means of such notification.