Hannig Environmental Research Organization Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 1, 2023
The following privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) governs your use of the Hannig Environmental Research Organization website (“Website”), and any content made available from or through this Website, including any subdomains thereof. Hannig Environmental Research Organization (“HERO,” “we,” “us” or “our”) may change the Privacy Policy from time to time, at any time without notice to you, by posting such changes on the Website.
BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AS APPLIED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you may not access or otherwise use the Website.
This Website is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the Website and governs data collection and usage. By using the web site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
General Site Use:
General use of our Website does not require any personally identifying information except for that personally identifiable information described in this privacy policy. We do collect a limited amount of non-personally identifiable information that your browser makes available. This information may include internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, browser language, and the date and time of your query on our site. One or more cookies may also be used to help uniquely identify your browser should you return to our site at a later time. This information is used for the purposes of enhancing our product and service offerings to you.
Contact Us Forms:
Our Contact page requires that you enter personally identifiable information about yourself, including your name, and email address. This page allows you to contact us regarding our organization, and the information that you provide is used purely for the purposes of responding to your inquiries. Under no circumstances will any of your information be provided, sold, rented, or otherwise, to any third parties without your express consent to do so.
To opt out of any future communication, email or otherwise please contact us by using the contact information provided herein.
Cookies:
The Website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features or services of the Website you visit.
Donation Processing:
HERO may collect payment information from you to process donations. Such payment information may include, but shall not be limited to, your name, credit card number, credit card security code, billing address, credit card expiration date, billing address, phone number, and email address (“Payment Information”). Please be advised that HERO shall disclose your Payment Information to its third party payment processor PayPal for the sole reason of processing your donation. You may review the PayPal privacy policy by clicking here: PayPal Privacy.
Information Sharing:
The Website may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide customer support. HERO uses Google Cloud for its web hosting services. You may review Google’s privacy policy by clicking here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Website, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
HERO will disclose your personal information to third parties not described in this Privacy Policy, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal notice served on HERO; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Website; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Website, or the public. HERO does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Our Commitment to Security:
The Website secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Website secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Website cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
HERO does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this Website. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a user is under the age of 13, we will promptly delete any of that user’s personal information submitted through the Website.
Changes to this Policy:
The Web Site will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Web Site is protecting your information.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which HERO collects and uses your information described here, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Website: https://heroonline.org/contact/
Email: kathleen@heroonline.org
Postal Address: 990 Industrial Road, Suite 207, San Carlos, CA 94070
Hannig Environmental Research Organization (HERO)
Attn: Kathleen Harris, President