Privacy Policy

Bainum Family Foundation Privacy Policy

Last modified: November 8, 2024

Bainum Family Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation,” ”We,” or “Us”) respects your privacy and provides this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to explain how we collect, process, use, and disclose personal data.

Scope

This policy applies to personal data we may collect from you on- or offline, including personal data collected:

When you visit bainumfdn.org, dcearlyedx.org, wevisionearlyed.org, aceacademy.org, instructionalframework.org, bainumfarm.org, and any other websites that are owned or operated by the Foundation or link to this Policy (our “Websites”)
In connection with in-person meetings and events
Over the phone
Through our grant application process including our grant management system

Collectively, we refer to all of these collection points as our “Services” in this Policy.

Personal Data We Collect

Personal Data You Provide to Us

We collect personal data that you provide to us, such as:

On our Websites. Personal data you provide on our Websites, such as by filling out forms on the “Contact Us” or “Sign Up” pages
Applications. Personal data you provide when you apply for grants or scholarships
Communications. Records and copies of your correspondence (including your email addresses) if you contact us via email, postal mail, or a different method
Surveys. Personal data you provide in surveys
Events and Meetings. Personal data that you provide when you register for or attend events we are hosting, organizing, or sponsoring, or interact with us in person at other meetings and events (including images or recordings of you, or video of your likeness and your voice, for which we will seek separate consent from you before sharing with third parties). Note that in some cases, we may collect optional demographic data from event attendees (such as race or gender) to help with our diversity goals. Where possible, we collect this data in a de-identified manner that is not tied to the individual providing it.

Personal Data We Collect Automatically

When you use our Websites, we collect certain personal data automatically to connect you to the Websites, including your IP address, device identifier, and other information about your device and internet connection, such as your operating system and device type, including through cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our Websites use cookies and other similar technologies to help provide you with a better user experience and to protect and improve our Websites:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small text file placed on the hard drive of your computer and allow a website to recognize a user’s device.
Web Beacons. A web beacon (also referred to as “clear GIFs,” “pixel tags,” and “pixels”) that permit the Foundation, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to track website performance and learn more about our visitors, including your coarse location (city).

Our websites may use:

Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to allow us to operate the Website. For example, these cookies are used to ensure the security of the Website, detect abuse, or to enable you to stay connected to our Website. We also use these cookies to combat fraud and other activity that violates our policies or otherwise degrades our ability to provide the Websites.
Functional Cookies. These cookies allow us to operate certain functions of the Website (such as playing videos).
Performance Cookies. These cookies allow us to monitor and assess how the Website is performing and where it can be improved. For example, we use these cookies to test different versions of our Websites to learn which features or content you prefer. We also use these cookies to analyze how people access and use our Websites.

How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data:

To present our Websites and their contents to you
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Websites
To provide you with information, communications, products, or services that you request from us
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection
To ensure safety and security of our Websites, including Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity
Measuring interest and engagement in our Services
Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Websites
Improving, upgrading or enhancing our Websites
Developing new Websites or other offerings
Ensuring internal quality control and safety
Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests to exercise your rights under this Policy
Auditing relating to interactions, transactions and other compliance activities
To notify you about changes to our Websites
For any other purpose with your express consent

Note that we only use demographic data collected from event attendees to understand whether we are meeting our diversity goals and which audiences we are reaching.

Aggregate Data

We may de-identify and aggregate personal data for statistical analysis and other lawful purposes.

How We Disclose Personal Data

We may disclose personal data:

To our subsidiaries and affiliate companies
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business
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 Foundation’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by Foundation about users of our Websites and other persons from whom we have obtained personal data 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 data
With your consent

We may also disclose your personal data:

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 and other agreements
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Foundation, our users, or others

Data Retention

We generally retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, financial, or reporting obligations, to establish or defend legal claims, or for compliance and protection purposes.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we may consider factors such as:

The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data
The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the personal data
The purposes for which we collected the data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means
Applicable legal requirements, including mandatory retention periods, statutes of limitation, legal holds, and litigation requirements

When we no longer require the personal data we have collected about you, we may either delete it, anonymize it, or isolate it from further processing.

Note that in some cases, even if you submit a data deletion request, we may be required to retain your personal data, such as to comply with the law; maintain records of transactions; exercise, establish, or defend legal claims; or protect against fraud or abuse of our systems.

Privacy Settings and Choices

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal data you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your personal data:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly. You may opt out of Google Analytics by following the instructions on the Google website.
Communications. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by the Foundation to promote our own or third parties’ programs or services, you can opt out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any of our promotional emails. Note that if you unsubscribe from promotional emails, you may still receive transactional or account-related emails from us.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have the right to:

Access to Data: You may request a copy of personal data we have about you in a portable format and/or request us to transfer all or some of this data to a third party.
Correction of Data: You may request that we update, correct, or rectify personal data we have about you.
Deletion of Data: You may request that we delete personal data we have about you.
Restriction of or Object to Processing: You may have the right to opt in or opt out of certain uses of your personal data, to object to all processing of your personal data, or to withdraw consent you previously gave for the processing of your personal data.

These rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. You may exercise these rights by contacting us as described below.

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your privacy rights. If you wish to appeal a decision relating to your data rights request, please contact us as described below.

Authorized Agents

Depending on your location, you may have the right to authorize an agent to submit a privacy request for you. Please provide us with written authorization signed by the data subject, and we will contact you with further steps required to verify the data subject’s identity.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Websites are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal data to or on the Websites. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any personal data on the Websites. If we learn we have collected or received personal data from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that data. If you believe we might have any data from or about a child under 13, please contact us as described below.

Data Security

We have implemented 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 Websites. 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 Websites.

Third-Party Websites

This Policy applies only to the processing of your personal data by the Foundation. The Services may contain links to third-party sites (“Third-Party Sites”). The policies and procedures described in this Policy do not apply to Third-Party Sites. The links from the Services to any Third-Party Sites do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third-Party Sites or their privacy practices.

Accessibility

This Policy uses industry-standard technologies and was developed in line with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1. If you wish to print this policy, please do so from your web browser or by saving the page as a PDF. If you need further assistance regarding the accessibility of this webpage, please contact us as described below.

Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to how we treat personal data, we will notify you by email, if we have a valid email address for you, or through notices on the home pages of the Websites. The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. If you would like notification of material changes by email, you are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Websites and this Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Policy and our privacy practices or would like to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at: privacy@bainumfdn.org.