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5000Families.org maintains this website in order to provide you with information about our work, and to enable you to interact with us, on-line. This policy describes 5000Families.org treatment of information you provide through our website. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS POLICY.
5000Families.org website has several features. In addition to providing a description of the program and how we help familiesacross America, the website also gives you the opportunity to take action to help improve the lives of families, including the option to provide direct support to 5000Families.org.
We encourage you to read the entire policy as it sets forth our understanding with you when you visit our website. However, if you are looking for specific information, please feel free to "click" on the appropriate question(s), below, and you will be linked to the section of this policy that answers that question.
A. Do I have to submit any personal information in order to visit the 5000Families.org website?
B. What are "cookies," and does the 5000Families.org website use "cookies" or “pixels”?
C. Does the 5000Families.org ever collect personal information, such as my name, postal address or financial information, through its website?
D. How is personal information used by 5000Families.org?
E. Does 5000Families.org share personal information with third parties?
F. How do I control how 5000Families.org uses my personal information (opt-out)?
G. Does 5000Families.org share non-personal (aggregated) information with third parties?
H. What rules apply if I "click" over to another website?
I. How does the 5000Families.org website provide security and confidentiality of my personal information?
J. Does 5000Families.org ever change its website policies?
K. Who do I contact with questions or comments about the privacy policy?
Throughout this policy, you will see the terms "5000Families.org," "we," "our," and "us" - these terms refer to 5000Families.org a program provided through "The Smart Guides, LLC, a Nevada limited liability corporation. You will also see the terms “I,” "you," "your," and "yours" - these terms refer to visitors to and users of our Website.
A. Do I have to submit any personal information in order to visit the 5000Families.org website?
We do not ask you to submit personal information (information that allows us to identify you) if you are just browsing at our website. However, you may not be able to access all parts of the website or interact with us without supplying personal information. If you choose to take advantage of some of our services, we will sometimes request personal information. For example, if you ask to sponsor a family, we will ask you to provide us with personal information including your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address and other identifying information.
B. What are "cookies," and does the 5000Families.org website use "cookies"?
A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser and is stored on your computer's hard drive. 5000Families.org does not use cookies at this time.
C. Does 5000Families.org ever collect personal information, such as my name, postal address or credit card information, through its website?
At certain sections on our website, you may be asked to submit personal information. This includes, but may not be limited to, your name, postal address, zip code, telephone number, organization name and e-mail address. In addition, in order to make an on-line contribution to 5000Families.org we may ask you to provide credit card or other billing information via secure server.
D. How is personal information used by 5000Families.org?
Personal information will be used internally by 5000Families.org to provide you with information about 5000Families.org work and ways that you can further support our efforts. We also will use this information to provide you access to various sections of our website that are personalized for your needs. In addition, 5000Families.org may share, rent or exchange certain personal information with third parties as described at Section E, below.
You do not have to disclose any personal information if you do not want to. You can always decide not to use those website services or features that require such information. In addition, if you prefer that 5000Families.org not share your personal information with others, as described below, you may choose to opt-out of the process. Our goal is to offer you convenient online services that match your interests.
E. Does 5000Families.org share personal information with third parties?
5000Families.org may share some personal information with others, as follows:
NAMES, E-MAIL AND/OR POSTAL ADDRESSES: 5000Families.org may share, rent or exchange your name, e-mail and/or postal address with third-parties with whom 5000Families.org chooses to do business. For these reasons, we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy, and the opt-out provisions, whenever we ask you for personal information at this website.
PHONE NUMBERS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION: 5000Families.org will not share, rent or exchange the phone numbers or financial information of our sponsors without prior, specific consent or except as noted in Section F, below.
F. How do I control how 5000Families.org uses my personal information (opt-out)?
If you would prefer that your name, e-mail and/or postal addresses not be shared, rented or exchanged with third parties, except as set-forth below, or if you have previously given consent to share your name, e-mail and/or postal address and would prefer to opt-out, please email us and in the "subject line" of your email state: “I ask that you not send me news and updates from 5000Families.org” AND/OR “I ask that you not send me information from third parties with which 5000Families.org chooses to share my name, e-mail and/or postal address." In addition, at the bottom of every e-mail we send, we endeavor to include instructions on how to opt-out of future e-mail communications. Or, in the alternative, you may call us at 866-505-7626 or 817-778-4410, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, and we will accommodate your request. 5000Families.org will make every endeavor to change your status within 5 business days of your contacting us. Please note that some activities and mailings may already be in progress, and we may not be able to effectuate the changes prior to the mailing.
PLEASE BE AWARE: use of multiple e-mail addresses, postal addresses and/or name spellings will impact our ability to administer your file. Please be sure that we have accurate information from you.
EXCEPTIONS TO OPTING OUT: 5000Families.org reserves the right to share your personal information in certain situations:
1. Credit Card Transactions and Merchandise Purchases. 5000Families.org hires third parties to provide credit card processing services and order fulfillment services. If you have opted to donate on-line to become a sponsor, we may share your personal information, including credit card or billing information, with these service providers. We make an effort to require all third party service-providers to hold personal information in strict confidence. While we believe these other companies are upstanding and will treat your personal information responsibly, we do not own or control them.
2. Necessity. If the law or a regulatory authority compels us, 5000Families.org will disclose personal information. Also, if we have reason to believe that there has been some inappropriate interference with or use of the 5000Families.org website or if we have reason to believe that one of our website users may have been injured or has harmed some other party, we will disclose personal information as we deem appropriate or if asked by a legal or regulatory authority.
G. Does 5000Families.org share non-personal (aggregated) information with third parties?
Yes, 5000Families.org may share aggregate, statistical and other non-personal information with our advertisers and other third parties. For example, we may share the number of our website visitors from various states with an advertiser, or the number of visitors to our website. These aggregate statistics do not include personal information.
H. What rules apply if I "click" over to another website?
In order to provide certain services and materials, 5000Families.org contracts with other companies and individuals to support our website activities. These additional services and materials may include providing "links" to other websites from our website. Except as may be outlined in this policy, the privacy policies of 5000Families.org do not apply to any third-party sites. Anytime you leave the 5000Families.org website, we have no control regarding what information may be collected about you, nor do we control what third-parties might do with the information. For example, when you click on a merchant's name at the 5000Families.org site, you will be connected with the third-party merchant's website (even if our name/logo is on the screen). This merchant website should have its own privacy policy applying to transactions at their website. It is important that you review any privacy policies on third-party sites carefully, BEFORE you use any services or programs offered.
I. How does the 5000Families.org website provide security and confidentiality of my personal information?
5000Families.org has built in several layers of security into our system. All on-line transactions are done on a secure server. This information remains confidential and is not shared with any outside sources.
J. Does 5000Families.org ever change its website policies?
From time to time, 5000Families.org may add features or services to our website. This may include collecting different types of information and/or changing the uses of the information. In these instances, we will endeavor to edit this policy in a timely fashion to explain the new practices. PLEASE check these policies occasionally to find out if there are any changes (there is a date of publication at the top). If we make substantial changes in our web-site policies, we will try to include an announcement on our home-page and elsewhere so that you will know to look for the revised policy.
K. Who do I contact with questions or comments about the privacy policy?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please e-mail us. In the alternative, you may contact us by:
Regular Mail:
The Smart Guides, LLC
Attention: 5000Families.org
PO Box 1131
Coppell, TX 75019-1131
Remember, you are under no obligation to disclose any personal information if you do not want to. If you are not comfortable with the 5000Families.org uses of information, you may always decide to opt out or decide not to use those website services or features that require personal information. If you would prefer to opt-out, please email us and in the "subject line" of your email state: “I ask that you not send me news and updates from 5000Families.org” AND/OR “I ask that you not send me information from third parties with which 5000Families.org chooses to share my name, e-mail and/or postal address." In addition, at the bottom of every e-mail we send, we endeavor to include instructions on how to opt-out of future e-mail communications. Or, in the alternative, you may call us at 866-505-7626 or 817-778-4410, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, and we will accommodate your request. 5000Families.org will make every endeavor to change your status within 5 business days of your request.
