Last Updated: 3/9/2023
This online Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the personal information the Financial Alliance for Racial Equity (“FARE”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) may collect and otherwise process through our website, thefare.org (our “Website”). This Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information we obtain through our Website and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Website. By continuing use of our Website, you acknowledge and agree to this Policy.
Information We Collect
Personal information is information that can identify you individually, either directly or in combination with other information. We may collect the following types of personal information about you through the Website, depending on how you interact with us:
- Contact information you submit to us, such as your name, email address, and information about the organizations with which you are affiliated.
- Network activity collected automatically through your use of our Website, including information about your interaction with our Website, such as the times and dates of your visits, pages you viewed, and links you clicked; usage preferences, such as time zone, language, and screen resolution; and links that referred you to our Website.
Note that we may combine your personal information collected through our Website with information we obtain from other sources.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use your personal information collected through our Website for various purposes, including:
- Communications, such as using your contact information to provide information about our services, inviting you to participate in our events, sending you content related to your interests, or otherwise communicating with you.
- Website access, security, and improvement, which may include facilitating and personalizing your user experience; monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities of Website visitors; delivering promotional content; improving our Website; providing technical support; and preventing, identifying, and stopping suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity, or any activity that violates our policies.
- Compliance, including fulfilling our obligations under applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, industry standards, and FARE policies.
How We Disclose Your Personal Information
We may disclose personal information we obtain through our Website as described below. In addition, subject to applicable law, and in accordance with contractual restrictions as appropriate:
- To vendors and contractors that help us run our Website; communicate about our programs, services, events, and partnership opportunities; and otherwise support our operations.
- To FARE members and other partners that we collaborate with to provide our programs and services, including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), industry associations, and financial services organizations.
- For compliance with law, which may include disclosing your personal information to a third party if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or government request, or to enforce our agreements and policies.
- For safety and security, such as disclosing your personal information to a third party to protect the security or integrity of our Website or services, or to protect individuals and property from harm or illegal activities.
Your Choices
Communication preferences. We honor our visitors’ requests to modify their communication preferences. If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from FARE, you can use the unsubscribe link available at the bottom of each email.
Your Choices About Cookies. We use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) that passively collect certain information when you visit our Website. You may be able to use your browser settings (and extensions), device settings, and other opt-out mechanisms to limit how Cookies are used to collect information about you. Please note that disabling Cookies may affect the functionality of certain features on our Website and could invalidate your other opt outs that rely on Cookies to function.
- Browser Settings. Most browsers allow you to review and delete Cookies stored on your device and to disable or prevent Cookies on Websites you visit. Cookies are generally easy to disable or delete, but the method varies depending on your browser. If you typically use more than one browser, you will need to disable or delete Cookies separately on each browser you use.
- Do Not Track Signals. Your browser may have settings that allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit a Website or use online services. Like many Websites, our Website is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers.
- Google Analytics. We may engage web analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors use our Website. For more information about the data Google Analytics collects and processes, visit google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Linked Websites
Our Website may include links to other websites (such as links to job postings) that we do not operate or control. These websites may have their own policies, which we encourage you to review to learn more about their privacy practices. Please note that this Policy does not apply to the practices of such websites.
Security
We have implemented reasonable technical and physical safeguards to help protect personal information we obtain through the Website. Although we make reasonable efforts to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk associated with the processing of personal information, no online data transmission or storage system is guaranteed to be 100% secure in all circumstances.
Children
The Website is not directed at children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have received personal information from a person under the age of 13, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.
Changes to Privacy Policy
This Policy is subject to change at our discretion, which will be indicated by updates to the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of the Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Policy, please contact us at privacy@thefare.org.
