Privacy Policy | The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

Introduction

The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation (“Foundation”, “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information that we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.ClarkFoundationDC.org (the “Website”) and our practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information that we collect on this Website. It does not apply to information collected by:

communication with us offline or through any other means; or
any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from the Website (including, for example, Foundation-related content that is hosted on YouTube, LinkedIn, and other social media sites).

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at (301) 657-7100.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We do not intentionally collect personal information from visitors to this website. However, our third-party web hosting provider (“Web Host”) may implement technology that automatically collects certain data generated by your browser and device (such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, date/time) through server logs, security tools, cookies, and the like. This data may include information:

that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as page information, including the URL and title of the page you are viewing; browser information, including the browser name, the size of the browser window, the screen resolution, whether Java is enabled and the version of Flash used; and user information, including language and location through your IP address (though your IP address itself is not available or collected); and/or
about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. It can be used to help us or our Web Host improve our Website, including by enabling us to:

estimating our audience size and usage patterns;
speeding up your searches; and
recognizing you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Foundation, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We may also collect information if you contact us directly or have dealings with us, including records and copies of your correspondence with us (including email addresses), and other business records relating to our dealings with you.

How We Use Information Collected When You Visit the Website

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without Website.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this privacy policy.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Foundation’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Foundation about our Website users is among the assets transferred;
to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; or
with your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
to enforce or apply our Terms of Use;
if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Foundation, our customers, or others.

Data Security

We have implemented commercially reasonable measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may have rights such as to know, access, correct, or delete personal information. Because we do not intentionally collect personal information via the Website, these rights will generally not apply; however, you may contact us to exercise any applicable rights or to ask questions. We will respond as required by law.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 740
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 657-7100