Privacy Policy
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Women’s Bean Project knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate you trusting that we will do so carefully and sensibly. Women’s Bean Project is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This statement explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way the information you provide us is collected and used. For easy and direct access, we provide a link to this statement from our home page and all other pages of the site. Women’s Bean Project is the sole owner of and the only organization that uses the personal information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information to others under any circumstances. This Privacy Policy applies to all information received by Women’s Bean Project, both online and offline, as well as any electronic, written or oral communication.
Women’s Bean Project’s website is maintained by Women’s Bean Project, with headquarters at 1300 W Alameda Ave, Denver, CO 80223, U.S. telephone (303) 292-1919 and fax (303) 292-9072.
WHAT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON THIS SITE?
When you visit our website, you may provide us with personal information (such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone numbers and/or credit/debit card information) that you knowingly choose to disclose, which is collected on an individual basis for various purposes. These purposes include registering to receive e-mail newsletters or other materials, requesting further information from us about projects and services, donating to us, ordering merchandise, making requests, submitting a form on our website, or simply asking a question. We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. We ask for personal information so that we can fulfill your request and return your message. This information is retained and used in accordance with existing laws, rules, regulations, and other policies. When you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that an acknowledgement be sent to another individual or a family, we will use the name and address of that individual or family for acknowledgement purposes only.
Women’s Bean Project does not collect personal information from you unless you provide it to us. If you choose not to provide any of that information, we may not be able to fulfill your request or complete your order, but you will still be free to browse the other sections of the websites owned and administered by Women’s Bean Project. This means that you can visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself.
THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION
When you supply information about yourself for a specific purpose, we use the information for only that purpose (such as to provide the service or information you have requested). For example, you may be asked to give us individual information to receive information, to make a donation, to purchase merchandise, or to volunteer. Similarly, we use information you provide about yourself or someone else when placing a merchandise order only to ship the merchandise and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
You can register with our website if you would like to see your merchandise history, receive updates on our new projects and services or on our merchandise. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
Women’s Bean Project does not sell, rent, give-away or share its e-mail addresses or other information with outside sources.
Should any material changes be made to the ways in which we use personally identifiable information, Women’s Bean Project will take commercially reasonable measures to obtain e-mail consent from you. We will also post the changes to our use of personally identifiable information on our site at least 30 days prior to a change.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Women’s Bean Project will not share any personal information about you with outside third-parties for their direct marketing purposes to the extent prohibited by California law, unless you agree otherwise as authorized by your prior written consent.
California residents have the right to request information from Women’s Bean Project regarding the manner that we may share personal information with affiliated companies and third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To find out what and how we share such information, you may send us an e-mail request at [email protected] or mail a request to: Privacy Officer, Women’s Bean Project, 1300 W Alameda Ave, Denver, CO 80223, and receive the following information:
A. The categories of information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, if any;
B. The names and addresses of the third parties who received information for their direct marketing purposes; and
C. Examples of the products and services subject to the third-parties’ direct marketing programs, if the nature of the third parties’ business cannot be determined from their names.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
Personally identifiable information is stored on our server and is not publicly accessible. Further, personally identifiable information is only accessed by Women’s Bean Project personnel on a “need to know” basis. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Additionally, sensitive data such as credit card numbers are encrypted using SSL and other industry standard measures, to provide an additional level of security.
CHOICE/OPT-OUT
If you have registered to receive e-mail communications from us and later change your mind, you may contact us to have your name removed from our distribution lists. You have the following options to do this:
You can unsubscribe when given the option
You can send an e-mail to: [email protected]
You can send mail to the following address:
Women’s Bean Project
1300 W Alameda Ave
Denver, CO 80223
CORRECT/UPDATE
If you would like to verify the data we have received from you or to make corrections to it, you may contact us directly at the e-mail and mail addresses provided above.
WHAT ANONYMOUS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON THIS SITE?
Anonymous information is collected for every visitor to this site. This includes pages viewed, date and time, and browser type. IP numbers are not stored, but are temporarily used to determine domain type and in some cases, geographic region. We do not make any association between this information and a visitor’s identity.
AUTOMATIC INFORMATION
When you visit our website, our servers make a log of basic information corresponding to the sites and pages you have visited. This information is stored primarily to track the effectiveness of our website and individual sections and pages within them.
HOW DOES THIS SITE USE COOKIES?
Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to the website. Women’s Bean Project uses cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on the Women’s Bean Project website. Cookies created on your computer by using our website do not contain personally identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. Cookies allow Women’s Bean Project to gather anonymous information. Cookies also allow Women’s Bean Project to provide more relevant, targeted content as you travel through our site and are used on in our ordering system to keep track of the items in your shopping cart and account history.
ONLINE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You will provide us with information about yourself and/or your organization when you register your account, for volunteer opportunities, email list, donations, or to buy products. This information is not used for any other purpose than to fulfill your request and is not shared with outside parties. However, visitors should be aware that information collected through Women’s Bean Project web site may be subject to examination and inspection if such information is a public record or not otherwise protected from disclosure.
LINKS
This website may contain links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked websites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.
E-MAIL LINKS
We use e-mail links located on this site to allow you to contact us directly via e-mail. We use the information provided in your e-mail to respond to your questions or comments. We may also store your comments for future reference.
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
We publish an e-newsletter that is sent periodically to persons in our email list. The e-newsletter is distributed by email through our e-marketing partner, Vertical Response although back issues may also be viewed on our website. You may subscribe to or unsubscribe from the email list at any time. Occasionally we may send announcements about Women’s Bean Project events, programs and services or merchandise to the email list.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
Changing business practices and circumstances may require that we make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this website. Women’s Bean Project reserves the right to modify its website and/or this Privacy Policy at any time and users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any such modifications. Our goal is to provide all services to visitors to the Women’s Bean Project website in an accessible, efficient and friendly manner while maintaining their privacy. If you have comments or questions regarding privacy, please contact us.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Women’s Bean Project.
GOVERNING LAW
This Web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by Women’s Bean Project, which is headquartered in the State of Colorado, United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Colorado, by accessing this Web site both you and Women’s Bean Project agree that the statutes and laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Web site. You and Women’s Bean Project also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of Denver County, Colorado and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado with respect to such matters. Women’s Bean Project makes no representation that materials on the Web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Web site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you have any questions, concerns or comments about privacy at our www.womensbeanproject.com website, please send us a description of your concern via e-mail to [email protected] or call the main telephone number at (303) 292.1919.
