Please read the entire Privacy Policy before using our Services. By using the Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Information you provide directly
You may provide information directly to us in a number of ways. For example:
- When you register for our Services, we may ask you for information such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, zip code, telephone number, and social media accounts.
- When you use our interactive online features (such as books, blogs, or other Services that allow you to post content), we receive whatever you post.
- When you contact us for assistance with our Services, we receive the information you provide in that correspondence and any other information that you send to us.
Information we receive automatically when you use our Services
We may also automatically receive certain information about your device when you use our Services. For example, we may receive:
- Information about your interactions with our Services, such as the content you view, information collected by Google Analytics, and information in other cookies and similar technologies.
- Information about how you access our Services, including information about the type of device you’re using, your browser or operating system, the language in which you asked to view our Service, the referring website through which you accessed our Services, links that you click while using our Services, your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, location information, and certain device identifiers that may be unique to your device.
Information from third-parties
We may receive information about you from third parties, and may combine this information with our own information about you.
Use of Information
We may use information that we collect through our Services for a variety of purposes supporting our mission, including to:
- Provide you with the products, promotions, Services, newsletters, and information you request and respond to correspondence that we receive from you. We may also provide you with information about how to use our third-party partner products or services.
- Contact you with surveys, legal notices, and other information that may be relevant to your use of the Services.
- Customize and personalize your use of our Services, including the use of cookies to remember your login information and interface preferences.
- Inform you about important public policy issues that relate to our mission or that might affect our Services.
Sharing of Information
We are committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect.
- Other Services. We may share your information with our other Services for a variety of purposes, including business, operational, and marketing purposes.
- Service Providers. We may share your information with service providers that perform certain functions or services on our behalf, such as Google Analytics, MailChimp, and Vertical Response.
- Other Parties When Required By Law or as Necessary to Protect the Services. We may disclose your information to third parties in order to:
- Protect the legal rights, safety, and security of Benetech and the users of our Services;
- Enforce the terms of use of our Services;
- Prevent fraud (or for risk management purposes);
- Prevent copyright infringement.
- Other Parties With Your Consent. We may share information about you with third parties when you consent to such sharing.
Finally, certain Services share data collected from you in a manner specific to those Services. For a more complete description of the way data collected from you is shared by individual
Data Security
Protection of our users’ information is important to us, so we maintain security safeguards to help protect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information you provide to us. However, please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your information.