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Toolbar Privacy Policy
This Toolbar and Portal Privacy Policy (Policy) describes how we treat personally identifiable information when you download and use a customized toolbar (Toolbar) created by easyfundraising. easyfundraising will notify you if we materially change this Policy, at which time you will have the opportunity to discontinue using the Toolbar and Portal. This Policy is also subject to our general privacy policy statement for the easyfundraising website, located at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/privacy/. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Policy, please contact us at by email at support@easyfundraising.org.uk
If you decide that you no longer wish to use the Toolbar, you may unistall it at any time via the standard uninstall process for your operating system and browser (e.g., Add/Remove Programs in Microsoft Windows, Add-on Removal in Mozilla Firefox, etc.) You may also hide or deactivate the Toolbar by clicking the View menu in your browser and deselecting the Toolbar from the list of available toolbars. If you would like to change any personally identifiable information you have provided to us, or have your personally identifiable information removed from our database, please contact us at support@easyfundraising.org.uk.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
If you choose not to register an easyfundraising account, you will still be able to use the Toolbar, but you will not be able to use many of the features and benefits of the Toolbar and will not be able to use the easyfundraising shopping portal.
Your name and e-mail address will be used to identify you in our system and to contact you in connection with the Toolbar, and other easyfundraising initiatives. We do not track information about searches that you conduct via the Toolbar.
Use and Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information
The personally identifiable information collected by easyfundraising is generally used as follows:
- To conduct market research, project planning, troubleshooting problems, detecting and protecting against error, fraud or other criminal activity, to enforce our terms of use and for other purposes, as otherwise set forth in this Policy and as otherwise authorized by you.
- To notify you via email about special offers or other products and services that may be of interest to you. We may also contact you and deliver information to you that may be targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, and product offering communications. You will always be able to decline any or all of these communications by following the directions included in our emails or other communications..
One of the features of our Toolbar and Portal allows Users to invite friends via an email invitation to download the Toolbar and to join the Publisher's community and Portal. Easyfundraising also enables Users to import data from their contact lists from various email accounts that the User may have (such as Gmail, Windows Live, AOL, etc.). easyfundraising will not use the information submitted by the User for any purpose other than sending a one-time invitation to the friend as per the User's request.
We do not share your personally identifiable information with non affiliated third parties except as permitted or required by law, as otherwise specified in this Policy or as otherwise authorized by you, including as provided below:
- In order to provide our products and services, we may share personally identifiable information about you with our corporate affiliates, agents and service provides to perform functions on our behalf. These services providers are obligated to access and use personally identifiable information only as needed to perform their functions and for no other purposes.
- We may disclose personally identifiable information about you to third parties when we believe such disclosure is appropriate to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena or search warrant, or in the course of a legal proceeding. We may also disclose personally identifiable information as we believe appropriate to enforce or apply our rights under our agreements with customers, to protect the rights, property or safety of easyfundraising, our customers and others, including exchanging information for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Non-personally Identifiable Information
Non-personally identifiable information is information that cannot identify a particular person. This type of information would include a post code or city or state of residence, without an association to a name or address, as well as information transmitted during routine internet communications, a User's Internet Service Provider, a computer's operating system and browser type. We may provide aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our supports to third parties for audit, marketing research and other purposes. Because aggregated data is not associated with any particular person, these third parties will not have access to any personally identifiable information about you.
Data Collection and Cookies
The easyfundraising Toolbar may enable easyfundraising to collect some information as part of its functionality. For example, when you submit a query to Easyfundraising, the Easyfundraising Toolbar sends some basic information to easyfundraising, including your IP address, and some cookie data. The information sent to Easyfundraising by the Easyfundraising Toolbar may be logged by Easyfundraising. This also includes usage data correlated with the Easyfundraising Toolbar as well as any domains visited while the Easyfundraising Toolbar is enabled. Note we do not keep a log of any search data.
The easyfundraising Toolbar contains functionality that enables easyfundraising to redirect you to the intended location in the event that you enter a non-functioning URL. As part of this function, the easyfundraising Toolbar sends information on the URLs you type to easyfundraising for processing.
Like most websites and toolbar products, easyfundraising uses cookies and web log files to track your usage of the Toolbar and Portal to allocate donations to your cause. A cookie is a tiny data file that resides on your computer and allows easyfundraising to recognize you as a User when you use the Toolbar or the Portal using the same computer and web browser and to provide you with personalized features. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you may not be able to use the Portal or obtain full use of the Toolbar. Cookies also help us understand how users use and interact with the Toolbar and the Portal, which allows us to continually improve our products and services and assist the Publisher with its Portal and Programs. Like the information you enter at registration, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience and to provide you with personalized features.
One type of cookie, known as a "persistent" cookie, is set when you log in to your User account. The next time you visit the Portal, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing User so that you will not need to log in before using the service, or for functionality used by the Toolbar. In order to change your e-mail address or password, however, you will need to re-enter your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of the Portal you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a "session" cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the Portal site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the Portal, we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave the Portal. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. Tracking technologies are used to gather statistical data on users and more generally to improve our services and the offering Programs on the Portal.
No Adware
Other than ads that are on the Portal or in connection with the Programs, easyfundraising does not place advertisements on Toolbar components and does not require that Toolbar users to be exposed to ads. Our Toolbar does not launch pop-up or pop-under advertisement browser windows.
Security
We take precautions — including technical, administrative and physical measures — to safeguard your information. We use technical safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption. Your account information including email address is located on a secured server behind a firewall. We authorize access to personally identifiable information, including email addresses, only for those employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations. We also enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files.
