Last Updated: July 22, 2021

 

 

Glisteners Foundation, Inc. operates https://www.theglistenersfoundation.org/

 

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for The Glisteners Foundation. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected, used, stored, and shared by The Glisteners Foundation.

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In this policy "we," "us," "our," refers to The Glisteners Foundation (Glisteners Foundation, Inc/ https://www.theglistenersfoundation.org/ ). In this policy, "you," "your," "user," "parent" refers to the person who is seeking a position with us, doing business with us, receiving services from us, or the person or individual browsing or using the site. 

 

By using the site and our services, you agree that you are:

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· of the legal, lawful age in your jurisdiction

· or are a parent who has given consent to allow your child to use our site, 

· or are someone under 18 years of age who has received your parent or guardian's consent to do so,

 

and hereby agree to the collection and use of information under this policy.

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How we collect, store, and use your personal information.

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We only have access to the information you voluntarily give to us when you sign up for or use our service. We do not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will only use your information to respond to you regarding why you contacted us and provide and operate our services.

 

To obtain services from The Glisteners Foundation, a user must first complete the registration form (Student Application, Tutor Application, Volunteer Applications, etc.). During registration, a user may be required to give certain information such as their name, email, address, phone number, or date of birth. A parent may be required to provide information about their child's school, grade level, and the subject in which their child needs tutoring, including their child's school counselor contact information (for program verification purposes). 

 

We use your information to notify you when you are approved for our program or whether you may work or volunteer with us. We use your information to create an account with us. Users have the options to include a profile photo but it is not required. We may store your profile photo, username and password along with other personal contact information during this process. Your information enables us to communicate with you about questions you may have or the extent of other related business involving your use of our services. 

 

Our site is host on the Wix.com platform. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. Therefore, your data may be store through Wix.com's data storage, databases, and the general Wix.com applications. More information on how Wix.com store, use and collects personal information may be found at: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

 

We may also store your data offline on our organization storage system. We may store your information on both the site and offline to enable us to provide you with quality services, prevent fraud, process transactions, and stay in compliance with applicable laws. 

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Recording/ Data Retention

 

We use digital technology to ensure quality services to all our students. To maintain educational integrity and to protect our tutors and students, ALL SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED, including students' and tutors' voices, along with everything written on the whiteboard. All recordings, images, snapshots or tutoring sessions, digital transactions, any digital exchange or print used during, for, or by our services are the property and rights of The Glisteners Foundation. Even after you have withdrawn from our services, we may retain your personal information for legal/regulation purposes. After three years all prior data will be remove. 

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Right to Opt-Out of Marketing Promotions

 

We will not use your data to market or advertise to you but when you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your information to notify you from time to time about new trends/ fundraisers/ promotions/ workshops and services offered by the Glisteners Foundation. We will continue to contact you about these offers (which you have consented to receive) for as long as your subscription stays active with us.

 

You may unsubscribe or Opt-Out from our newsletter at any time by notifying us through email at: 

privacy@theglistenersfoundation.org

 

​Your right to request we remove your data.

 

If at any time, you stop using our services and wish to have your data removed from our site, you may request that in writing. You may submit this request through the Questions or Concerns page. OR you may also write to us at:

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The Glisteners Foundation

P.O Box 223 

101 South Main Street

Fortville, IN 

46040 - 9998

 

 

​How we share your personal information.

 

We strive to only use or share the minimum require data that will authorize us to successfully provide you with quality services. We do not share your information for any other reason other than to fulfill your business relationship with us. For example, suppose you are a parent. In that case, we may exchange your information and your child's information with your child's school officials and staff to verify eligibility and enrollment for our services. Suppose you are inquiring about an employment/volunteer position with us. In that case, we may share your information with the appropriate departments to conduct a background check on you (as you have consented to) and verify your credentials for the position in which you have expressed interest. During your time with us, we may share your information with our business partners/personnel to process other necessary legal documents to stay in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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We may share your information with third parties where our services are connected, where our use of their services will enable us to provide you with assistance. To provide you with services, we may integrate with other websites to fulfill services to you. This integration allows you to have a better-quality experience with our site/services. We use Wix booking to enable you to schedule tutoring sessions with us. Through Wix booking, we also send you booking confirmation, reminders, and cancelations. 

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We may also share your information with law enforcement agencies/officials in situations where we are subpoena or asked to under the circumstances governed by federal law.

 

How we use cookies

 

We use cookies on our site to enhance our visitors' and users' experiences. It permits us to understand how you use our site and helps us identify where improvements may be needed. We use it to prevent fraud and unauthorize access to certain features on our site. The use of cookies allows us to protect ourselves and our users from anonymous claims of suspicious activities for legal and regulated purposes. We do not use cookies for marketing or selling purposes. When you leave our site we do not track your activities on other sites. 

 

What are cookies?

 

Cookies are small files we store on your browsers or devices, which allows you to use our site with minimum interruptions. We use both functional and sessional cookies to provide you with quality service. You may delete or refuse cookies by turning this option off on your browsers. However, if you do, some features of our site may not function or display correctly. You may find more information about cookies at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

 

The Glisteners Foundation currently does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) options due to no proper DNT frameworks that would allow us to respond to DNT signals.

 

Third-party cookies

 

Our site may use third-party apps such as Google Analytics to help us improve our services to you. Through Google Analytics, we monitor and analyze your use and time on our site. These cookies allow us to see which geographical location you visit our site from and which pages you clicked on.  

 

You may find more information on Google Analytics Policy at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/4597324

 

You may find information about opting out of Google Analytics at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en

 

Disclaimer/Waiver

 

Please be aware that we have no control nor are we responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. We want you to be mindful of this. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of Wix.com and Google/ Google Analytics to understand how they collect, use, or store information.

 

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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

 

We do not knowingly collect information about children under 13 years of age. If you suspect or know of such an incident, we ask that you notify us in writing so that we may remove it.

 

You may email your concerns to: privacy@theglistenersfoundation.org

 

However, this does not apply to students where an authorized parent has voluntarily disclosed or given us prior consent to information for us to provide services for that student, whether or not they are a minor child under 13 years old. 

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. We may do so with or without notice. If you do not have an account with us, we ask that you check back periodically to stay up to date. If you are a user with an active account* with us, we will notify you by email of any new updates. By continuing to use our site and services after changes become effective constitutes your agreement to be bound by ALL the terms and conditions of the revised Privacy Policy.

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* See Terms of Use for the full definition of an active account.

 

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES.