Kids & Art Foundation Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Kids & Art Foundation (“K&A,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you. This Privacy Policy applies when you use our websites and other online products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”), contact us, engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us. 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.


Collection Of Information

Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, you share information directly with us when you fill out a form, make a donation or purchase, communicate with us via third-party platforms, participate in a workshop or otherwise communicate with us. The types of personal information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, credit card and other payment information, child’s name, cancer diagnosis, hospital affiliation and any other information you choose to provide.

Information We Collect Automatically When You Interact with Us
When you access or use our Services or otherwise transact business with us, we automatically collect certain information, including:

  • Transactional Information: When you make a purchase or return, we collect information about the transaction, such as product details, purchase price, and the date and location of the transaction.
  • Financial Information: We collect financial information to process your transactions through the Services such as your credit card information (although note that we do not store full credit card numbers as all payment transactions are processed by our third-party payment processors). 
  • Device and Usage Information: We collect information about how you access our Services, including data about the device and network you use, such as your hardware model, operating system version, IP address, unique device identifiers, and browser type. We also collect information about your activity on our Services, such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
  • Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and our service providers) use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information about you. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that we use on our Services and in our emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see the Your Choices section below.

Information We Collect from Other Sources
We obtain information from third-party sources. For example, we may collect information about you from identity verification services, credit bureaus, background check providers, advertising networks, data analytics providers, and mailing list providers. Categories of sources that are relevant include the following: advertising networks, internet service providers, data analytics providers, operating systems and platforms, and social networks. 

Information We Derive
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your location based on your IP address or infer that you are looking to purchase certain products based on your browsing behavior and past purchases.


Use Of Information

We use the information we collect to deliver the products and services you request and customize your experience with us. We also use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our products and services; 
  • Process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations, receipts, invoices, customer experience surveys, and recall notices;
  • Send you technical notices, security alerts, and support and administrative messages; 
  • Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer service;
  • Communicate with you about products, services, and events offered by K&A and others and provide news and information that we think will interest you (see the section below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services; 
  • Facilitate contests, such as our Amaeyzing Spirit Award & Amaeyzing Spirit Scholarship, and process and deliver entries and rewards; 
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of K&A and others;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors in our Services; 
  • Comply with our legal and financial obligations; and
  • Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Analytics

We allow others to provide analytics services on our behalf across the web. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by K&A and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your online activity.


Sharing Of Information

We share personal information in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this policy: 

  • We share personal information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, shipping and delivery, payment processing, fraud prevention, customer service, and marketing and advertising.
  • If you submit a product review or post content in another public area of our Services, we share this information publicly on our Services.
  • We share personal information with third parties for their own services and marketing purposes, unless you opt out of this type of sharing by.
  • We may disclose personal information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
  • We may share personal information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of K&A, our users, the public, or others.
  • We share personal information with our lawyers and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
  • We may share personal information in connection with, or during negotiations concerning, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our organization by another company or organization. 
  • We share personal information with your consent or at your direction.

We also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.


Transfer Of Information To The United States And Other Countries

K&A is headquartered in the United States, and we have operations and service providers in the United States and other countries. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your personal information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide levels of data protection that are equivalent to those of your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.


Your Choices

Cookies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. 

Communications Preferences
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from K&A by following the instructions in those communications. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.


Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at art@kidsandart.org or at
Kids & Art Foundation
1443 Howard Ave,
Suite 218 Burlingame,
CA 94010.