PRIVACY POLICY
Effective: February 10, 2023
This privacy policy describes the privacy practices of The Salt and Light Coalition (“SALC”) and explains how we use, collect, and disclose Personal Information (defined below). We want to assure you that we respect your privacy, so we have prepared this privacy policy to explain to you how we treat your Personal Information that we obtain in connection with your use of this website. In connection with your use of this website or by an authorized third party on behalf of SALC and/or its affiliates, we may obtain a variety of information about you. We refer to information that is linked to your identity as “Personal Information”.
Please read this privacy policy so that you can make an informed decision about using this website. By using the website or submitting Personal Information to SALC, you are agreeing to this privacy policy and providing your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this privacy policy.
In this privacy policy, words like "we", "us" and "our" refer to SALC and our affiliates and service providers, collectively. We may disclose information, including your Personal Information, to these other entities in connection with operating our business, as described further below in the “Disclosure of Personal Information for Our Business Purposes” section, and these other entities may use and disclose information as provided in this privacy policy.
This privacy policy was last modified on February 10, 2023.
Personal Information
We obtain Personal Information about you in the following ways:
Information that you provide to us. We may obtain Personal Information when you request information from us or when you make a donation to us. As you use the website, there may be other circumstances in which you provide us with additional information about yourself such as, your name, phone number, and email address.
Information that we obtain from other sources. From time to time we may obtain information from other sources, such as providers of other services where you have consented to that service providing information about you to us, or from third parties that develop information about individuals, such as potential donors.
Information collected automatically. We may obtain information about you through the use of cookies, web beacons, web logs, IP address, and other technologies that receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us by using the website. These technologies may collect your IP address, mobile device identification, the type of device or operating system in use, the type of browser being used, the number and frequency of uses of our website, and similar technical information that does not identify you personally.
Use of Personal Information
We use your Personal Information to provide information to you, to operate our business, to understand usage of the website so that we can make improvements to the website and our business, to analyze in an effort to better understand our business in general, and to understand your behavior and preferences so we can provide information that we believe will be relevant to you.
Disclosure of Personal Information for Our Business Purposes
We may use third parties to provide services to us in connection with our business, and we may provide Personal Information to these third parties. However, we will share Personal Information with third parties only if they agree to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to use your Personal Information only in connection with providing services to us. These other entities may use and disclose information only as provided in this privacy policy.
Disclosure of Non-Identifiable Personal Information
We may derive information from your Personal Information that is not personally identifiable to you. For example, we may aggregate certain information regarding use of the website so that the usage of the website is not discernable from the aggregate usage of the website. We may use and share with third parties any information that we derive from Personal Information that is not personally identifiable to you.
Disclosure of Personal Information with your Consent
We may obtain your consent to disclose your Personal Information to a third party, in which case we will limit our disclosure and the use of your Personal Information only to the purposes for which we obtain your consent. If we disclose your Personal Information to a third party with your consent, then your Personal Information will become subject to the privacy policy or other privacy commitments, if any, of that third party. For example, we may enable you to post Personal Information to a social media account, in which case that Personal Information will become subject to the privacy policy of that social media platform. It is your responsibility to understand the third party’s privacy policy or other privacy commitments.
Disclosure of Personal Information for Legal Purposes
We may disclose Personal Information if compelled to in connection with a legal or regulatory proceeding, or in connection with enforcing our rights or defending ourselves in a legal or regulatory process.
Your Personal Information Rights
We limit access to your Personal Information to people and entities that have a need to use your Personal Information for our business purposes. You may access or request to correct, amend or delete any Personal Information that is inaccurate or incomplete, by contacting us at info@saltandlightcoalition.com.
You may limit our use of your Personal Information, request that your Personal Information be erased, or object to the processing of your Personal Information. If you have previously provided us with consent to process your Personal Information, you may withdraw consent you have previously provided us at any time. If you decide not to provide or to limit your Personal Information, it may diminish our ability to interact with you, you may not be able to use certain features of the website, and we may not be able to provide certain information to you.
To exercise the rights listed above, please contact us at at info@saltandlightcoalition.com. If you do not want to receive information from us via email or other notices from us in the future, you may opt out of receiving email communications by following the opt out instructions located within an email received from us.
Retention of Personal Information
We will retain your Personal Information for so long as necessary to meet our business needs and to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Your Personal Information is primarily stored in digital media, and when we no longer need to retain your Personal Information we will dispose of your Personal Information, whether stored in digital media or in hard copies, in a secure manner.
Usage of the Website
We monitor your use of the website so that we can understand how you use the website, information that is of interest to you, and other information that we may use to improve our business and otherwise use in our business. All of this information is included when we refer to Personal Information.
Data Security
We use industry standard security measures to protect your Personal Information and require our service providers to do the same. However, you must understand that no data transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We are not responsible for data security of any third party to whom we disclose Personal Information. In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information as explained above in the section on Your Personal Information Rights.
Third Party Websites
This privacy policy does not address, and we are not responsible for the operation of any third party websites, your access or use of such third party website, and the privacy practices of any third parties.
No Use by Children
The website may be used only by adults who are a United States resident and of sufficient age and otherwise able to enter into a legally binding contract. We do not knowingly collect or use any Personal Information from children under the age of 16. In no event may the website be used by a child under the age of 16.
Transfer of Personal Information
We reserve the right to transfer all Personal Information in our possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets. Subject to legal requirements, the use and disclosure of all Personal Information will be subject to this privacy policy, or to a new privacy policy, so long as you are given notice of the new policy and provided with the opportunity to opt out of it.
Notice to California Residents
If you are a resident of the state of California, you may request information regarding the categories of Personal Information disclosed about you to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, during the preceding calendar year. To exercise your rights by making this request, please contact us at info@saltandlightcoalition.com.
Contact for Questions or Complaints
If you have questions or complaints regarding this privacy statement, our privacy practices or your Personal Information, you may contact us at info@saltandlightcoalition.com. You may also send us mail to:
SALT AND LIGHT COALITION:
222 W Hubbard Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Notice of Changes
We reserve the right to change, modify or add to this policy at any time, and to apply any such change, modification or addition to Personal Information that we have already collected. We may provide you with notice of a change, modification or addition by posting a notice or a revised privacy policy via this website. When we update this privacy policy, we will note the date of its most recent modification above. By continuing to use this website after any such notice of modification, you agree to the terms of the privacy policy as modified.
You agree to review this privacy policy from time to time and any changes, modifications or additions.