Privacy Policy

Introduction

The official website address of the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (“Kronkosky”, “our”, “us” or “we”) is: https://kronkosky.org/ (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies only to the personal information collected online at the Website.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the personal information you may submit to us offline or to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we may link.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term “personal information” shall mean any information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.

By visiting the Website, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please refrain from using the Website.

What information we collect

Information you give to us

We may collect information such as your first and last name, email address, postal address, and telephone number that you provide when you interact with us.  Some examples are:

• When you sign up to receive e-mail newsletters from us;
• When you register for and participate in our programs, activities, initiatives, and events;
• When you request information or assistance;
• In conjunction with processing your grant applications;
• In conjunction with your employment inquiries or applications;
• When you participate with social media accounts involving Kronkosky;
• When you participate in communities, chat rooms, and other interactive services;
• In conjunction with any verification of your personal information;
• In conjunction with investigations into any activity that may violate the law or the Website’s terms and conditions;
• When you communicate with us through our Website, such as:
  • when leaving comments on the Website we collect the data shown in the comments form;
  • After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment;
• When you provide user-generated content on any part of our Website that permits it; and
• In conjunction with any other place on the Website where you knowingly volunteer personal information.

When you interact with any Website page or account on a social media platform, we may also collect the personal information that you make available to us on that page or through that account, including your account ID or “handle.”

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using the service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

If you upload images to the website, we recommend avoiding uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Information collected automatically

Each time you visit the Website, we may automatically collect certain types of information. We collect this non-identifying information in order to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the site. We also use it to gather broad demographic information. Some examples of automatic information we may collect are as follows:

• Your domain name and host for internet access;
• The internet address of the site from which you came;
• The date and time of your access;
• Your computer’s IP address and information about its operating system, browser, and host;
• The date and time you access the Website and the pages you visit.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a small text file that is stored on a computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are used to record information about your activities while you are on the Website and to “remember” you when you return to the Website. Some cookies remain on your computer until you delete them. Others, like session ID cookies, expire when you close your browser. You may set your browser setting to attempt to reject cookies and you may still use the Website, however, certain features of the Website may not be available if your browser does not accept cookies. The Website does not control and does not guarantee the effectiveness of browser-based tools for managing cookies. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Kronkosky adheres to the highest standards of ethical practices in all our operations and is dedicated to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our Website. Except as disclosed below, we never sell your personal information to any third party. We may share or give access to your personal information as described in this Policy, which includes furthering Kronkosky’s charitable purposes.

We occasionally use independent contractors and third-party agents, affiliates, and partners to perform functions such as marketing, analytics, providing 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 will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes and will require our service providers not to use your personal information for marketing purposes without your consent.

We may also use or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or the Website; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the Website, or our users; and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, our agents, or the users of the Website or the public.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely, so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.

For users that register on the Website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except their username. Website administrators can see and edit any personal information of any user.

Security and control

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to securely process all personal information and provide you with an option to:

• Access your personal information collected by us;
• Correction of the personal information that we hold;
• Where required by applicable law, withdraw your consent to which your personal information was collected, stored, used, processed, or transferred by Kronkosky;
• Deletion of your personal information at your request and/or withdrawal of your consent;
• Restriction of processing of your personal information; and
• Transfer your personal information to another party.

We consider that Kronkosky has a legitimate interest in collecting and processing your personal information. Kronkosky is committed to investing in charitable endeavors that further our mission. This provides our lawful basis to use your personal information, within the limitations set forth herein.

The Website is published in the United States and is subject to laws of the United States. If you are located in a country outside the United States and voluntarily submit personal information to us, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in, the United States. Kronkosky shall not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from use of information collected from visitors to the Website.

Children’s Privacy

Under Age 13

Our Website is not specifically directed toward children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under the age of 13 on the Website without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personally identifiable information online without parental consent, we will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from our databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any personally identifiable information we have collected from children under 13, please contact us at info@kronkosky.org.

Under Age 18

Minors under 18 years of age may have the personal information that they provide to us through the Website deleted by sending an email to info@kronkosky.org requesting deletion. Please note that, while we make reasonable efforts to comply with such requests, deletion of your personal information does not ensure complete and comprehensive removal of that data from all systems.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, including as required to keep current with rules and regulations, new technologies and security standards. When we do, we will post the change(s) on the Website. If we change the Privacy Policy in a material and retroactive manner, we will provide appropriate notice to you. Your continued use of the Website, following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy, will mean you accept those changes.

Contact details

If you have any questions, complaints, grievances or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Kronkosky’s collection, storage, use, or processing of your personal information, or if you would like to change your preferences or if you no longer wish to receive e-mail updates from Kronkosky, or if you believe Kronkosky has erroneous or incomplete personal information about you, please send an e-mail to info@kronkosky.org.