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Privacy

Your privacy is important to us.

Our Fundamental Privacy Principles are:

We do not ask for your personal information, unless you express an interest in receiving information from us.

We do not share your Personal Information with anyone except to deliver communications you’ve requested to receive, or to comply with law and protect our rights.

Effective Date: July 12th, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and disclosing your Personal Information collected through our website, www.woodnext.org (the “Site”), which is owned and operated by the WoodNext Foundation (“WoodNext”, “we” “our” or “us”).

Our Site is directed to users interested in learning about our charitable efforts and impact. It is our intention to collect users’ email addresses for the purpose of sharing information about our philanthropic projects.

For the purposes of European data protection laws and regulations, our Site is accessible and usable by persons located in Europe and the United Kingdom. If we receive any contact information from such persons, we are a data controller. A data controller is responsible for determining why data is collected and how it is processed.

Our Site is not directed at consumers of goods and services intended for personal or household use, nor is it directed at anyone under the age of 16. If you learn that your minor child has provided us with Personal Information without your consent, please Contact Us.

By accessing and using the Site, you agree that in addition to agreeing to the terms and conditions of our Terms of Use, you agree with and acknowledge the terms of our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy only applies to information collected on the Site and does not apply to information collected by other means. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy and any of our privacy practices described herein, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to Contact Us.

Please note, in some instances, we may direct you to a site that is operated by a third-party service provider. Even though the page where you provide information may provide you with content and information that is similar to the Site, a different privacy policy may govern the information collected by our third-party service provider.

1. What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Personal Information You Provide to Us. When you use the Site, you have the option to provide us with your email address (“Personal Information”) to receive information, newsletters and updates about us. If you provide your email address, we collect it. Our Site does not currently collect any information automatically through the use of cookies or other tracking technologies when you visit our Site.

Do Not Track. Currently the Site is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals sent from your browser. For more information about “Do Not Track,” signals please visit www.allaboutdnt.org.

2. How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

If you submit your Personal Information to us via the Site, we may use it to provide you with updates or newsletters about our charitable efforts, impact and events. We may also use your Personal Information to otherwise communicate with you, and, in our discretion, to make changes to the Site or any of our policies.

We will only use the information you provide to us in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy or where we have otherwise obtained your consent.

We may also use your Personal Information to:

  • Comply with state and local licensing and regulatory requirements;
  • Fulfill any other business or commercial purposes at your direction or with prior notice to you and with your consent, if required by law or to further our legitimate interests;
  • Combat against abuse and prevent illegal or fraudulent activity; and
  • Troubleshoot and improve website functionality.

Grounds for Using Your Personal Information – European and United Kingdom Specific Provision. We rely on the following grounds to collect and process any Personal Information you may have provided on our Site:

  • Legitimate Business Interests: To notify you about any changes or updates to our Site.
  • User Consent: If you are a user of our Site, you have supplied or we have collected your email address, and you provided consent, we may send you an email to tell you about our charitable efforts, impact and events, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date with what’s going on with us.

3. With Whom Might We Share or Disclose Your Personal Information?

Service Providers. We may share your Personal Information with third parties that perform functions on our behalf (“Service Providers”) to carry out your requests or respond to your inquiries. These Service Providers may help us to host or operate the Site or provide you with information about our charitable efforts, impact and events.

Business Transfers. We may share your information, including your Personal Information, with our subsidiaries and affiliates for internal reasons, primarily for business and operational purposes. We may share or transfer your information, including your Personal Information in connection with a merger, sale, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or other change of ownership or control by WoodNext or any affiliated company (in each case, whether in whole or in part).

Legal Disclosure. We may transfer and disclose your information, including your Personal Information:

  • To third parties to comply with a legal obligation, when we believe in good faith that the law requires it;
  • At the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation;
  • To verify or enforce our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or other applicable policies;
  • To respond to an emergency; or
  • To otherwise protect the rights, property, safety, or security of the Site, third parties, visitors to the Site or the public.

4. How Do We Store And Transfer Your Personal Information?

Our operations are based in the United States. We process the Personal Information and other information related to you in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, please know that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. By using this website and providing us with your Personal Information, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States. Please note that if you are accessing our Services from outside of the United States, the data protection laws in the United States may not be as comprehensive as the laws in your region.

For information that is maintained in electronic form, we maintain appropriate physical, administrative, and technical measures, including utilization of server, database, backup, firewall and encryption technologies to secure that information. We do not maintain information collected on this Site in paper form. While we have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information and other information related to you from accidental loss or unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure, unfortunately, the transmission of information via electronic means is not generally completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information and other information related to you, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Site, applications or other electronic services. Any electronic transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk.

We keep your Personal Information for as long as we think is necessary or advisable, and we reserve the right to retain it, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

5. Your Individual Rights and Choices

Please note that you always have the right to request that we:

  • Provide you information about how we use your Personal Information;
  • Give you access to, and a copy of your Personal Information we hold in our systems;
  • Stop contacting you;
  • Correct, update or delete your Personal Information in our records;
  • Stop using, and ensure that all of our service providers stop using, some or all of your Personal Information; or
  • Note any violations of the Privacy Policy.

To initiate any of these actions please contact us at hello@woodnext.org; or following the removal or unsubscribe instructions in the communication that you receive.

Right to Lodge a Complaint. If you are located in the European Union or the UK, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority about our use of your Personal Information. A list of data protection authorities can be found here.

6. Third Party Links

We may have links on this Site to other websites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be taken directly to that site which is governed by its own privacy policy. We strongly encourage you to read that privacy policy. We do not control that site and assume no responsibility for the content, policies or practices on a third-party website.

7. Retention of Personal Information

In accordance with our routine record keeping, we may delete certain records or keep certain records indefinitely in our sole discretion that contain Personal Information that you have submitted through the Site, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable laws and regulations. We are under no obligation to store such Personal Information indefinitely and disclaim any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such Personal Information. In addition, you should be aware that it is not always possible to completely remove or delete all of your information from our databases without some residual data because of backups or other technology-related reasons.

8. Privacy Policy Changes

We may update and post revisions to this Privacy Policy from time to time and in our sole discretion. You will be notified of any material changes to this Policy. Any changes will become effective when they are posted. We encourage you to review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at hello@woodnext.org.