PRIVACY POLICY

Last Modified: October 11, 2023

Your privacy is critically important to us. At Free the Facts, we have a few fundamental principles:

We are thoughtful about the personal information we ask you to provide and the personal information that we collect about you through the operation of our services.  We store personal information for only as long as we have a reason to keep it.  We aim for full transparency on how we gather, use, and share your personal information. Below is Free the Facts Inc.’s privacy policy, which incorporates and clarifies these principles.

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What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect about you when you use:

• Our website(s);
• Our desktop and/or mobile application(s);
• Our events and other engagements;
• Other products and services that are available on or through our website(s); and
• When you interact with us in person or over the phone.

Throughout this Privacy Policy we’ll refer to our website, mobile applications and other products and services collectively as “Services.”

Below we explain how we collect, use, and share information about you, along with the choices that you have with respect to that information.

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to any of our products or services that have a separate privacy policy.

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Information We Collect

We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so–for example, to provide our Services, to communicate with you, or to make our Services better.

Let’s go over the information that we collect.

• Contact Information: We may ask for contact information from you, such as your name and email address, in order to send you news, register you for events or otherwise engage with you.
• Career Information:If you apply for a job or other educational opportunity with us, we may collect information about your education and career background.
• Donation Information:If you choose to donate to a campaign, we will collect information necessary to process your donation.

We may also automatically collect information as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, such as the pages you visit or the resources you access, IP addresses, and similar information collected through cookies or other digital technologies.

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How We Use Information

We use information about you as mentioned above and as follows:

• To communicate with you about Free the Facts events and other news,
• To provide events and other opportunities for engagement, such as our leadership program.
• To market our events and Services,
• To process your donation,
• Solicit your feedback,
• To keep you up to date on Free the Facts and our Services, and
• To improve our website and Services.
  

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How We Share Information

We share information about you in the limited circumstances spelled out below and with appropriate safeguards on your privacy:

• Subsidiaries, Employees, and Independent Contractors: We may disclose information about you to our subsidiaries, our employees, and individuals who are our independent contractors that need to know the information in order to help us provide our Services or to process the information on our behalf. We require our subsidiaries, employees, and independent contractors to follow this Privacy Policy for personal information that we share with them.
• Third Party Vendors: We may share information about you with third party vendors who need to know information about you in order to provide their services to us. This group includes vendors that help us provide our Services to you (like event catering vendors that may need to coordinate with you), those that process donations, and those that help us understand and enhance our Services (like focus group researchers). We require vendors to agree to privacy commitments in order to share information with them.
• Website Analytics Partners: We may share certain analytics information about the use of our website with our analytics partners to help us improve our website.
• Marketing Partners: We may share certain information with our marketing partners to help us design and implement marketing campaigns.
• As Required by Law: We may disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request.
• To Protect Rights and Property: We may disclose information about you when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Free the Facts, third parties, or the public at large. For example, if we have a good faith belief that there is an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury, we may disclose information related to the emergency without delay.
• With Your Consent: We may share and disclose information with your consent or at your direction. For example, we may share your information with third parties with which you authorize us to do so, such as the social media services that you connect us with during the promotion of an event.

Aggregated and De-Identified Information: We may share information that has been aggregated or reasonably de-identified, so that the information could not reasonably be used to identify you. For instance, we may publish aggregate statistics about the use of our Services.

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Your Privacy Choices

You can control and/or delete or disable cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Browsers are different, so refer to instructions related to your browser to learn about cookie-related and other privacy and security settings that may be available. Please be aware, however, that if you turn off cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the features of our website.

You may also manage your preferences for individual third parties by contacting them directly, including Google Analytics Choices.

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Security

While no online service is 100% secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take reasonable measures to do so.

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Children’s Information

Our website is intended for use by individuals who are 13 years or older. We do not knowingly collect information from children younger than 13.

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Links to Other Websites

Our website may have links to third-party websites or applications.  Websites linked to from our website are governed by the privacy policy found on that website.  We encourage you to review the privacy policy for the websites you visit.

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Privacy Policy Changes

Free the Facts may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. Free the Facts encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If we make changes, we will notify you by updating the date listed at the top of the policy. If the updates are material, we will provide additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification through e-mail or your dashboard).

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Contact Information

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or privacy practices, please contact us at: Contact@freefacts.org

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