Race Forward, its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Race Forward,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) have created this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) because we know that you care about how information you provide to us is used and shared. This Privacy Policy describes the information collection and use practices of Race Forward in connection with all the websites owned or controlled by Race Forward, including but not limited to, raceforward.org, colorlines.com, racialequityalliance.org (GARE), and healtogether.org (collectively, the “Sites” and each, a “Site”), services that are made available through the Sites (the “Services”), and when you otherwise interact with us in any way.

By visiting any of our Site, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use.

Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning set forth in our Terms of Use.

Information We Collect and/or Receive

In the course of operating the Sites and the Services, and/or interacting with you, we will collect (and/or receive) the following types of information. You authorize us to collect and/or receive such information.

Contact Information

When you contact us through any of our Site, email or by mail, when you call us, when you subscribe to receive our newsletter, you will be asked to provide certain information, including but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you are contacting us about (collectively, the “Contact Information”). The Contact Information is used to provide the requested service or information and to contact you for purposes of direct marketing of our current and future services.

Billing Information

In order to make a donation, you will be required to provide certain additional information which may include a credit card number, expiration date, billing zip code, activation code, bank information, and similar information (“Billing Information”). Such Billing Information will be collected and processed by our third party payment processor pursuant to the terms and conditions of their privacy policies and terms of use. Race Forward does not directly obtain or process any Billing Information.

Information obtained automatically from your online activity

When you access or use the Sites and Services, we use browser cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies (collectively, “Tracking Technologies”) to automatically collect or receive certain standard technical information and other data (such as traffic data, usage data (including but not limited to, profiles viewed, matches made, features used, frequency and duration of the Sites and Services usage, and interactions with content on the Sites), location data, device information (including but not limited to, type of device, mobile device platform, operating system, browser type, screen resolution, IP address and other technical information), logs and other communications data) sent to us by your computer, mobile device, tablet, or any other device over time on our Sites and Services, and your online activity across third party websites, apps, and devices. We may also evaluate your computer, mobile phone, or other access device to identify any malicious software or activity that may affect the availability of our Sites and Services.

When you access or use the Sites and Services, advertising companies, analytics networks and providers, and other third parties may use Tracking Technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, online services, digital properties and devices.

The data we or third parties collect automatically may include personal information and/or statistical data that may not identify you personally; however, we or third parties may maintain, combine, or associate it with personal information collected in other ways or received from third parties. We and/or third parties use this information to (i) enhance the performance and functionality of the Sites and Services; (ii) personalize your experience with the Sites and Services, understand how you use the Sites and Services, maintain a persistent session, and improve and further develop the Sites and Services; and (iii) serve targeted and other advertising, and provide custom experiences, across other sites, apps, online services, digital properties and devices, measure how the ads perform, and for analytics purposes.

The Tracking Technologies used on the Sites and Services include the following, among others:

Cookies: Cookies are small packets of data that a website stores on your computer’s hard drive so that your computer will “remember” information about your visit. In addition to collecting information, we use cookies to help us authenticate users, provide content of interest to you, analyze which features you use most frequently, and measure and optimize advertising and promotional effectiveness. To do this, we may use both session cookies, which expire once you close your web browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your computer until you delete them. For information regarding your choices regarding Cookies, please see Section III of this Privacy Policy.

Local Storage Technologies: We may use local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.

Web Beacons: We use Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, to demonstrate that a webpage or email address was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

Third Party Sites: When access to the Sites and Services is made available to you through third-party sites, please be aware that these other sites maintain their own policies regarding Tracking Technologies and the collection and use of information. You are responsible for reviewing those policies.

Information obtained from third-party analytics services

We may use one or more third–party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Sites and the Services, compile reports on activity (based on their collection of IP addresses, Internet service provider, browser type, operating system and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, data and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, what sections of the Sites and the Services you visit, number of links clicked while on the Sites and the Services, search terms and other similar usage data), and analyze performance metrics. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. By accessing the Sites and the Services, you consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. For more information on these third parties, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit the sites below. Please be advised that if you opt out of any service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Sites and Services.For Google Analytics, please visit: https://www.google.com/analytics

Information Obtained From other Sources

Social Media: We maintain a presence on Facebook, Twitter and other social media and third-party sites, including our accounts, pages and related activities. We may collect personal information when you visit or use social media, including when you access our Sites and Services from social media. We will do so in accordance with the terms of use and privacy policies of those sites, apps and applicable law. For example, we may collect the information you shared on our social media pages through an application or form, which will have a link to this Privacy Policy. Personal information may also be collected by the third-party social media sites that host our social media pages. These sites may provide aggregate information and analysis to us about visitors’ use of our social media pages. This allows us to better understand and analyze our user growth, general demographic information about the users of these pages, and interaction with the content that we post. Overall, this information may be used to help us understand the types of visitors and users of our social media pages and use of the content. This Privacy Policy does not cover personal information collected by such third-party social media sites. For more information on their privacy and security practices please review the privacy policies and terms of use on their respective websites.

Text Messaging Program: You may elect to receive SMS text messages from us regarding the Services. These messages may use information automatically collected based on your actions while on our Services. To the extent you voluntarily opt to have SMS notifications sent directly to your mobile phone, we receive and store the information you provide, including your telephone number or when you read a text message. By opting-in to receive SMS text messages from us, you acknowledge that messaging and data rates may apply depending on your phone service provider. You may opt out of receiving SMS text messages at any time by texting “STOP” in response to the text messages you receive or by changing your notification and communication preferences in the Services. However, by opting-out of receiving text messages, you may not be able to use full functionality of the Services. Please note that your mobile phone carrier may collect data about your wireless device usage, and that its practices are governed by the provider’s own policies.

Information Collected by or Through Third-Party Advertising Companies

We may share information about you with third parties that we have selected and approved for ad distribution and ad optimization (defined as the tailoring, targeting (i.e., behavioral, contextual, and retargeting), analyzing, managing, reporting, and optimizing of ads). These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear gifs), and/or other technologies to collect your information for such purposes. Pixel tags enable us and these third-party advertising companies to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits the site on which the pixel tag is located in order to learn which advertisement brings a user to a given site. In addition, we may receive information from advertisers and/or their service providers such as advertising identifiers, IP addresses, and post-conversion data. You may choose to opt-out of this type of tracking and sharing of information at any time by selecting the specific partners you wish to exclude from this website http://www.aboutads.info/choices. You can also limit this type of tracking through the Do Not Track functionality in your web browser and a “Limit Ad Tracking” setting on iOS devices or a setting to “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” on Android.

How We Use and Share the Information

We may use and share your personal information as set forth below:

To provide the Sites and Services;
To solicit your feedback, inform you about our products and services and those of our third-party marketing partners;
To monitor, support, analyze, customize, and improve the Sites and Services;
To communicate with you regarding the Sites and Services, including but not limited to, events and new releases on behalf of our partner organizations;
To fulfill your requests for information regarding new or improved products and services;
To engage in marketing, advertising, and tracking activities, and evaluate the efficacy of our efforts, provided that, where required under applicable law, we will obtain your prior opt-in consent to send electronic marketing communications and/or our newsletter;
To engage research, project planning, troubleshooting problems, and detecting and protecting against error, fraud, or other criminal activity;
To protect the safety and security of our Sites and Services, businesses and customers;
To third-party contractors and service providers that provide services to us in the operation of our business and assistance with the Sites and Services, such as technical support for the Sites and Services and providing services such as IT and cloud hosting, payment processing and financing, transactions reporting, customer relationship management, email marketing, advertising services, analytics services, shipping and distribution, name and address verification, marketing and order fulfillment, email distribution, market research, fraud detection and preventions, promotions management, administrative services and among others;
To create and disclose aggregated, anonymous, user statistics and other information to (i) affiliates, agents, business partners, and other third parties; (ii) describe the Sites and Services to current and prospective business partners; and (iii) other third parties for lawful purposes;
To share some or all of your information with our subsidiaries, affiliates or other companies under common control or in partnership with us;
To fulfill our legal and regulatory requirements;
To comply with applicable law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process, and when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
To assess or complete a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, sale of assets, dissolution, investment, or similar corporate event where we expect that your personal information will be part of the transferred assets;
To audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;
To prevent, identify, investigate, and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft; and
Otherwise, with your consent.

We will take reasonable measures (e.g., by contract) to require that any party receiving any of your personal information from us, including for purposes of providing the Sites and Services, undertakes to: (i) retain and use such information only for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy; (ii) not disclose your personal information except with your consent, as permitted by applicable law, or as permitted by this Privacy Policy; and (iii) generally protect the privacy of your personal information.

Accessing and Modifying Information and Communication Preferences

Update Information: If the personal information we have for you changes, you may correct, update, or delete it by contacting us as set forth in Section XII of this Privacy Policy. You may correct, update, or delete some of your personal information directly in your account on the Services. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to process all such requests in a timely manner. You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases. Additionally, we will retain and use your information (or copies thereof) as necessary to comply with our legal and/or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Marketing Communications: You may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any of our marketing emails. Please note that you cannot opt out of receiving transactional e-mails.

Cookie Management: Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies or other Tracking Technologies, the Sites and the Services may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device from which you wish to opt-out. We cannot offer any assurances as to whether the companies we work with participate in the opt-out programs described above.

How We Protect the Information

We take commercially reasonable security measures to ensure that your information is treated securely and is protected from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in processing and the nature of such data, and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Unfortunately, the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. In particular, e-mail sent to or from the Sites and the Services may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail or other electronic means. We do not accept liability for unintentional disclosure of your information.

External Links

Our Sites may contain links to external third-party websites, including but into limited to, hyperlinks and banner advertisements (“External Sites”). Race Forward has no control over the privacy practices or the content of these External Sites. As such, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those External Sites. You should check the applicable third-party privacy policy and terms of use when visiting any External Sites.

Children’s Privacy

The Sites are not targeted toward, and we do not seek or desire to collect personal information from, children under the age of 13. Therefore, we will not knowingly request personal information from persons under such ages. Please do not provide any personal information to us for any reason unless you are at least the age of 13, and please caution your children not to do so. If a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us through the Sites, a parent or guardian may inform us at [email protected] and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information within a reasonable period of time.

Important Notice to Non-U.S. Residents

The Sites, the Services and their servers are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us maybe transferred to, processed, maintained, and used on computers, servers, and systems located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to use any of our Sites and/or Services, you consent to any transfer and processing of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and you do so at your own risk.

DO NOT TRACK

As discussed above, third parties such as advertising networks and analytics providers may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you access or use the Sites and the Services. Currently, various browsers offer a “Do Not Track” option, but there is no standard for commercial websites. At this time, we do not monitor, recognize, or honor any opt-out or do not track mechanisms, including general web browser “Do Not Track” settings and/or signals.

Notice to California Residents

Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California have the right to obtain certain information about the types of personal information that companies with whom they have an established business relationship (and that are not otherwise exempt) have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, including the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. If you wish to submit a request pursuant to Section 1798.83, please contact us via email at [email protected].

Notice to Nevada Residents

If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties. You can exercise this right by contacting us at [email protected] with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell Request” and providing us with your name and the email address associated with your account. Please note that we do not currently sell your personal information as sales are defined in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time with or without notice to you. Any such changes will be posted on the Sites. By visiting the Sites, and/or accessing and/or using the Services after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and without prejudice to the foregoing, our use of your information is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collect the information. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or to report a privacy issue, please contact us at [email protected].