Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how The Starr Foundation collects, uses, discloses, and shares personal information collected from its website www.starrfoundation.org (the “Website”), irrespective of how the platform (computer, phone, tablet, etc.) is used.

We strive to protect your personal privacy but no transmission and storage of data is completely secure, and submissions are at your own risk.  Please be advised that this Website contains links to sites operated and controlled by third parties and this Privacy Policy does not apply to information gathered through these third-party websites.

How and What Information We Collect

We may collect personal information from various sources including:

  • directly from you, such as information you provide to us through this Website.  This includes personal information you provide when you email us or provide information for a grant request. Where you are providing us with personal information other than yourself, you agree to provide this notice to them; and
  • automatically, from your use of our Website or apps, including, traffic data (such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, IP address, referring website addresses etc.) usage data, and geolocation data, etc.

We automatically collect some information and data about your computer and mobile devices when you visit our Website. To collect this information, we may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.

How We Use Personal Information

We collect, use, and disclose personal information for the purposes set out below.

  • Learn from your user experience to continually improve the user experience on the Website, including the following:
  • Respond to inquiries;
  • Optimizing or improve our programs, services, and operations;
  • Research and development;
  • Performing  statistical, demographic, and marketing analysis of users of the Website and their usage patterns; and
  • Managing our organization.

How We Share Personal Information

Except as disclosed below, we do not sell or disclose personally identifiable information to third parties. We may use independent contractors or other third parties to perform such functions as analytics and provide customer service, etc., on our behalf.  These entities have access to the personal information needed to perform their functions and are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of any personal information collected from the Website.  We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with select recipients for purposes of analyzing and improving our programs or outreach.

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with a regulatory requirement, judicial proceeding, court order, government request, or legal process served on us, or to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, us or others.

Retention

We retain personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law.

Third Party Links

Our Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy practices of any third-party website and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of any third-party website. Third party websites are responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to such third-party websites.

Children’s Privacy

This Website is directed at adults. The Starr Foundation does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or children under 18 or 20 where the age of majority in the relevant country is 18 or 20 years old, or children who have not reached the age of majority, as the case may be). If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent, he or she should contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 (or 18 or 20, or children who have not reached the age of majority, as the case may be) has provided us with personal information, we will delete such personal information from our files.

Changes to this Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.

Contact Us

Questions and comments about this Privacy Policy, should be directed to [email protected].