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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 20, 2023

The Privacy Policy describes how Schoolfundr, Inc. (“Schoolfundr,” “we” and “us”) collects, uses, protects, and discloses information when you visit or use our website, www.schoolfundr.org, our services, and tools (collectively “Services”), contact our customer service team, engage with us on social media or otherwise interact with us. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to job applicants or employees. By using the website, you are consenting to this Privacy Policy. Please read it carefully.

Schoolfundr unequivocally does not sell any data with any third parties.

Personal Information We Collect

Listed below are details about the categories of information we collect:
  • Contact Information: name, email address, address, and telephone number
  • Demographic information: We collect your zip/postal code
  • Financial Information: financial or bank account information, payment card number, payment card expiration date and CVV code, card or account security details, and billing address
  • Identifiers: IP address, social security number, user name, password and other security information for authentication and access
  • Geolocation Data: the general region or area from which you access our site
  • Usage Data: data concerning your Internet or other electronic activity including browsing and click history, device types, operating system, browser settings, IP address, language settings, and Site use data including information about how you navigate the Services and the Internet
  • Audio/Visual Data: audio, electronic, photographic, visual or similar data including videos, photographs, or audio recordings
  • Commercial Information: records of products or services purchased, obtained or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories

Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes
  • Transactional Purposes: We use your contact information, demographic information, financial information, identifiers, commercial information to:
    • Provide you with the requested products or services
    • Process payments
    • Communicate with you
    • Respond to customer service requests and inquiries; and
    • Administer an online account.
  • Analytical Purposes: We use your identifiers, usage data, geolocation data, commercial information to analyze preferences, trends and statistics.
  • Marketing and Promotional Purposes: We use your contact information, identifiers, commercial information, usage data, geolocation data, and audio/visual data to improve our marketing efforts, create social media posts or advertisements, and provide you with information about us, including personalized marketing communications.
  • Maintenance and Improvement of the Sites: We use your contact information, commercial information, identifiers, geolocation data, audio/visual data, and usage data to improve our Services, provide and maintain functionality on our Services, and help us diagnose technical and service problems and administer our Services.
  • Develop and Improve Our Products and Services: We use your contact information, demographic information, financial information, identifiers, geolocation data, usage data, audio/visual data, and commercial information to help us develop new products and services and to improve and analyze our existing products and service offerings.
  • Security and Fraud Prevention: We use your contact information, identifiers, commercial information, financial information, geolocation data, usage data, and audio/visual data to protect our Services, products and services; protect us, our affiliated companies, our employees, our carriers and others; and to prevent fraud, theft and misconduct.
  • Legal: We use your contact information, identifiers, financial information, geolocation data, usage data, commercial information, and audio/visual data to comply with our legal obligations, including reporting requirements, and defend ourselves in legal proceedings, and protect our company and our property, employees, and others through legal proceedings.

Methods of Collecting Information

We collect information in a variety of ways:
  • Directly from you: We collect contact information, demographic information, financial information, identifiers, commercial information, and audio/visual information that you provide directly to us.
  • Automatically: When you access our Services, we collect identifiers, geolocation data, and usage data using tools like browser cookies.
  • From third parties: We may collect contact information, identifiers, commercial information, and audio/ visual data from third parties, including other users, service providers, and public authorities.
  • From social media platforms and networks: We may collect contact information, identifiers, geolocation data, usage data, commercial information, and audio/visual data from social media platforms and networks that you use in connection with our websites or mobile applications, or that share or allow you to share information with us, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

We Combine Information

We combine information we obtain from different sources with publicly available information. For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online. We combine information that we have collected across other third party sites. We combine information across devices, such as computers and mobile devices. We may also combine information we get from a third party with information we already have.

    How We Disclose Information With Others

    We will disclose personal information in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
    • Service Providers: We may disclose personal information with vendors and service providers who support the operation of the Services and our business who need access to such information to carry out their work for us (including, for example, web hosting, analytics, payment processing, email delivery, marketing, insurance, and customer support services). In some cases, the vendor or service provider may directly collect the information from you on our behalf.
    • Affiliates: We may disclose personal information with and among our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, or their successors or assigns. This may include future related companies.
    • Marketing, Analytics, and Advertising Partners: We may disclose personal information with third party marketing, analytics or advertising partners, including social media platforms and networks, for commercial purposes such as sending you marketing emails and advertisements.
    • Professional Advisors: We may disclose information with professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
    • Government Entities: We disclose information with regulatory and government entities including government, administrative, law enforcement and regulatory agencies; tax authorities; corporate registries; and other public agencies or authorities if we think we should in order to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation. This includes cooperating with law enforcement when we think it is appropriate, obtaining legal remedies or limiting our damages, and to enforcing or protecting our contracts, legal rights or the rights of others, including by responding to claims asserted against us.
    • Corporate Transaction Recipients: We may disclose information with potential investors, purchasers, merger partners, and their advisors in the event we: (i) sell or transfer, or are considering selling or transferring, all or a portion of our business or assets; or (ii) are considering or engaging in any reorganization, conversion, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or disposition of all or any portion of our ownership interest, business or operations.
    • With Your Consent or At Your Direction: We may disclose information with third parties whenever you consent to or direct such sharing.
    • Other Reasons: We may disclose information for other reasons we may describe to you.

    Cookies, Analytics, and Other Tracking Technology

    Cookies and Tracking TechnologyWe want you to be aware that certain online tools exist to help us serve and recognize you when you visit our Services. We receive and store certain types of information when you visit our Services. When you access the Services, we (including companies we work with) may place small data files on your computer or other device. These data files may be web beacons, cookies, clear gifs, pixel tags, e-tags, flash cookies, log files, or other local storage provided by your browser or associated applications. These tracking technologies, which are often referred to collectively as cookies, allow us to understand how users navigate to and around our Services, view different pages, access content and request Services. We may use them, for example, to keep track of your preferences and profile information and collect general usage and volume statistical information. If you want to remove or block cookies, you may be able to update your browser settings. You can also find instructions on how to manage cookies on different types of web browsers at www.allaboutcookies.org.Third-party Analytics and AdvertisingWe allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked and conversion information. We use this information to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests, and better understand your online activity.Do Not Track SignalsSome browsers have a “do not track” feature. It lets you tell websites you visit that you do not want them to track your online activity. These features are not yet uniform across browsers. Our Services are thus not currently set up to respond to these signals. For more information on Do Not Track signals, please visit https://allaboutdnt.com/Google AnalyticsWe use analytics services provided by Google Analytics. If you would like more information on how Google uses data when you visit or use our Services, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. If you would like to opt-out, Google provides a an opt-out tool which is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

      Links to Other Websites

      Our Services may include links to other websites or applications whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you submit personal information to any of those websites or applications, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any website you visit.

        Security

        We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us and have implemented reasonable technical, organization, administrative and physical measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security and encourage you to use websites and share information with caution.

          This Website is Not Intended for Children

          We do not knowingly collect or store any personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected or stored personal information from an individual under age 13, we will remove his or her personal information from our files. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we may have inadvertently collected personal information from your child, please notify us immediately by sending an email to privacy@schoolfundr.org.

            Marketing Communications

            You can opt out of marketing or advertising emails and newsletters by using the "unsubscribe" link or mechanism noted in communications you receive from us. You may also request to opt out of marketing or promotional emails by contacting us through one of the methods specified in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy. Once we process your request, we will cease using the information for such purposes at no charge to you. If you opt out of receiving marketing messages, you will continue to receive messages from us about your relationship with us where permitted by law.

            We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

              Processing in the United States

              We are based in the United States. If you are using the Sites from outside the United States, please be aware that information we obtain about you will be processed in the United States or in other jurisdictions. By using the Sites or Services, you acknowledge your personal information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions outside your own, including the United States, as described in this Privacy Policy. Please be aware that the data protection laws and regulations that apply to your personal information transferred to the United States or other countries may be different from the laws in your country of residence. The United States may not afford the same level of protection as laws in your own country.

                Contact Us

                If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please email us at privacy@schoolfundr.org

                You can also write to us at:

                • Schoolfundr LLC 925 Payne Ave,
                • Suite B2 Saint Paul,
                • MN 55130
                • +1 888-672-3678

                  Updates

                  From time to time we may change our privacy policies. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy as required by law. We will also post an updated copy on the website where this appears. Please check our website periodically for updates.
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