PRICACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes how www.longoriahosmer.org (the “Site” or “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

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Our promise to you

  • HOLD YOUR DATA SECURELY
  • SHARE ONLY WHERE YOU AGREE
  • USE YOUR DATA TO TAILOR THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE YOU, ARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AND IMPROVE OUR SERVICES
  • PUT YOU IN CONTROL BY ALLOWING YOU TO UPDATE, DELETE AND ACCESS YOUR DATA
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Please read the following information carefully. If you book on behalf of others, you are responsible for ensuring that the others are aware of the content of this Privacy Policy and are in agreement with you supplying their personal data to make a booking or enquiry. This policy is available in English only to ensure its universal application and consistency. By making a booking or an enquiry, you agree to the transfer, storage and processing of the related data as necessary with related parties in order for us to fulfil our obligations, services and contract with you. We will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not agree with this policy, we cannot accept your booking and you should not use this website.

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Why we collect personal information & what we use it for:

The sort of personal data we collect will be information such as name, address, email address, and/or telephone number. We will never sell or share your information.

We will only collect, process, and store your personal information where we are satisfied that we have an appropriate legal basis to do this. 

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We use the personal information you provide in order to:

  • With service providers under contract who help with parts of our business operations. Our contracts require these service providers to only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us. Examples of the types of service providers we may share personal information with include (a) network infrastructure; (b) cloud storage; (c) Website management; (d) Internet (e.g., ISPs); (e) data analytics, and (f) information technology.
  • When required by law, or if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, customers or other users of our website, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities, or (b) respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law.
  • Administrative, technical or marketing purposes: We will share information with third parties, business partners or related entities, subject to confidentiality agreements as appropriate, for internal research and analytical purposes; for administrative or technical support or other business purposes, or to analyze our data or to maintain and improve our services or your user experience. We may also share aggregated information about our customers with our advertisers and our marketing partners. We may share website usage information about visitors to our website with third party advertising companies.
  • Process payments and/or manage deliveries for your donations or purchases made through our organisation on this website, in person, or via email contact.
  • Improve the products and services we offer or help us to create new ones.
  • Market our projects and impact to you where you have opted in for such communications.
  • Manage our business such as for systems testing, IT maintenance or development training, benchmarking and performance measurement
  • Use it for our legitimate interest as an organisation.

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Digital Services

When you visit the Site, or follow the Company on social media, or use/subscribe to one of the digital services used by the Company for correspondence or services, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your requests. We collect this information to provide a better digital service.
 

Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Requirements

We process your personal information so that we can meet our legal, compliance and regulatory obligations, for legal purposes, such as to respond to a valid legal claim, summons or regulatory order, and to protect our property, rights and interests as well as the property, rights and interest of other persons.

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We also process your personal information for crime prevention and detection purposes, including the prevention of fraud for online payments, for identity verification, for credit checking and credit scoring purposes and accounting or audit purposes. In each case, we do so in compliance with applicable laws.

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Information categories & their uses

Third-Party Information

We collect personal information from third parties who you have authorised to provide your personal information to us. We also collect personal information from individuals who may refer you as a friend to our products or services. We ask these individuals to confirm that you are happy to hear from us.
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Payment Information

We collect different personal information depending on your payment method for purchases and/or donations (such as credit card, bank transfer, cash). For example: for credit card payments, we may collect the card holder name, address, card number, expiry date and CVC code.

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Device Information

We may also capture your interactions with our website in order to identify errors or issues and ensure your customer experience meets expectations. In all such cases, we will look after your information at all times in a way that is proportionate and that respects your privacy rights

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  • Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
  • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimise our Site. 
  • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

Customer Support Information

  • Examples of Personal Information collected: name and/or contact information.
  • Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
  • Source of collection: collected from you.
  • Disclosure for a business purpose: liaising with and transferring your data to related third parties and/or service providers to ensure satisfactory customer support.

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Minors:

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 21 years. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.

info@longoriahosmer.org

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Marketing & Advertising

We will only send you marketing communications in accordance with your marketing preferences.  We may contact you by email, social media, or through other communication channels that we think you may find helpful. If at any time you would like us to stop sending you marketing material, please contact us or choose the relevant “unsubscribe” or “unfollow” option available on every platform we utilise for such purposes.
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As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:
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  • Mailchimp: We use Mailchimp to market our services and products to subscribers who have opted in for the service via a signup form, check-in form, accepted meeting request, or other opt-in options. This service is subject to our privacy policy and Personal Information shared with Mailchimp is securely stored on their servers. Read more about how Mailchimp uses your Personal Information here: https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/ and their security system here: https://mailchimp.com/about/security/ 

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads 

GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous 

BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads]

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Your Rights

GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information at the end of this policy. 

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CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information at the end of this policy. 

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Cookies:

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
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We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.
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Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Site

  • Webflow: We use both session and persistent cookies through Webflow. Session cookies allow us to uniquely identify your browser while you are logged in and to process your online transactions. Session cookies disappear from your computer when the web browser is closed or computer is turned off.
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

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You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

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Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.

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Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

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Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

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Changes:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

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Contact:

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@longoriahosmer.org or by mail using the details provided below

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Longoria-Hosmer Foundation

5734 W US Hwy 290

Fredericksburg, TX 78624

United States of America

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Last updated: 10 February 2025

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If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority.

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