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Effective April 12, 2022

GreenDrop, LLC and TVI, Inc. dba GreenDrop (“GreenDrop”) independently and as agent for its nonprofit partners have created this Privacy Policy in compliance with applicable law and in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how GreenDrop collects, uses, discloses, transfers, stores, retains or otherwise processes your information when you (whether in your individual or business capacity) access or use, in any manner, any content, products, services or related activities (collectively “Services”), including through the Internet domain(s) owned or operated by GreenDrop, https://www.GoGreenDrop.com.

We refer to the above website and all related websites as “sites” and to each of them as a “site.” When we refer to “we,” “us,” or “our,” we mean GreenDrop, or the specific division, subsidiary, or affiliate that operates a site, provides its content, or processes information received through it, each as appropriate and applicable. When we refer to “you” or “your,” we mean the person accessing the site. If the person accessing the site does so on behalf of, or for the purposes of, another person, including a business or other organization, “you” or “your” also means that other person, including a business organization.

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of our Services, and covers information collected in connection with your access to and use of our Services, including those Services provided through our sites and/or online. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By continuing to interact with our Services, you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

OUR PRIVACY POLICY INCLUDES:

GENERAL DISCLOSURES

Each of the sites is hosted in the United States. If you are visiting the sites from Canada or another country outside of the United States, please note that by providing your information it is being transferred to, stored or processed in the United States and other countries, where our data center and servers are located and operated. GreenDrop does not intentionally direct the Site or any Sites to residents of countries other than the U.S. This section sets forth the general privacy policy for the United States.

We take your privacy and the protection of your personal information seriously. We will only store, process and disclose your personal information in accordance with applicable law. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it. We do our best to protect your privacy through the appropriate use of information security measures.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT

  1. Information You Provide To Us DirectlyGreenDrop may collect different information from or about you depending on how you use our sites or Services. The following examples are provided to help you better understand the information we may collect through your subscription to our GreenDrop communication program, or your participation in other promotions and events and interactions with our social media accounts.For Donors: We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal information about you, which we have grouped together as follows:
    • Identity Information includes first name, middle initial, last name, date of birth, gender, username or similar identifier.
    • Contact Information includes personal mailing address, email address, telephone number, household ID.
    • Technical Information includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, time zone setting and location (geocodes), auth0 logs, pages visited, pages viewed, events and page loads, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
    • Profile Information includes your username and password, your preferences.
    • Usage Information includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
    • Marketing and Communications Information includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
    For Vendors: We may also collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal information about you:
    • Identity Information includes Social Security number, tax identification number.
    For Suppliers: We may also collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal information about you:
    • Identity Information includes tax identification number.
    For Legal Purposes: We may also collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal information about you:
    • Identity Information includes Social Security number, driver’s license number, medical information, tax identification number.

  2. Information Received Through Third-Party PlatformsYou may access our sites through third-party platforms, such as Facebook. If you use our sites on or through a third-party platform, including via any mobile and/or other Internet connected devices (“Wireless Devices”), or click on third-party links, the collection, use, and disclosure of your information and your use of the sites will also be subject to the privacy policies and other terms of such third parties or third-party platforms. You should review such privacy policies, terms and other agreements.

  3. Collection Of Technical Information And Usage InformationWhen you access GreenDrop’s sites, we automatically collect certain information. This information may include without limitation: (a) technical information about your computer or Wireless Device, such as your IP address, geolocation information, device type, operating system type and version, unique device ID, browser, browser language, domain and other systems information or platform types (collectively “Technical Information”); and (b) usage statistics about your interaction with GreenDrop’s sites, including pages accessed, referring website address(es) time spent on pages, pages visited, search queries, click data, date and time and other information regarding your use of GreenDrop’s sites (collectively “Usage Information”).

    This Technical Information and Usage Information, which may be linked to your personal information, is collected through the use of server logs and tracking technologies, including: (i) cookies, which are small pieces of code that websites send to your computer or Wireless Device to uniquely identify your browser or mobile device or to store information in your browser setting; and (ii) web beacons, which are small objects that allow us to measure the actions of visitors using the GreenDrop’s sites. For more detailed information regarding how we use cookies and other technology, please review the additional information in our COOKIES POLICY.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use information about you for a number of purposes, including:

  1. Providing, Improving And Developing Our Services
    • Reviewing and analyzing user browser and wireless device technical information;
    • Reviewing user activity across sites (for example, GreenDrop analyzes trends, user traffic and usage information to determine the performance of content, research reports or events);
    • Otherwise providing you with the GreenDrop products and features you choose to use;
    • Displaying your historical transaction information;
    • Providing, maintaining and improving our Services;
    • Developing new products and Services;
    • Delivering the information and support you request;
    • Improving, personalizing and facilitating your use of our Services; and
    • Measuring, tracking and analyzing trends and usage in connection with your use or the performance of our Services.
  2. Communicating With You About Our Services
    • Responding to questions or concerns;
    • Sending you information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us about our Services; and
    • Manage your account preferences, establish your profile and registration information.
  3. Protecting Our Services And Maintaining A Trusted Environment
    • Enforcing our Terms of Use or other applicable agreements or policies;
    • Verifying your identity;
    • Complying with any applicable laws or regulations, or in response to lawful requests for information from the government or through legal process;
    • Fulfilling any other purpose disclosed to you in connection with our Services;
    • Analyze trends and user traffic, track purchases and usage information; and
    • Contacting you to resolve disputes and provide assistance with our Services.
  4. Advertising And Marketing
    • Marketing of our Services, events, research and products; and
    • Communicating with you about opportunities, services, contests, promotions, incentives, surveys and/or rewards offered by us and select partners.
    • If we send you marketing emails, each email will contain instructions permitting you to “opt out” of receiving future marketing or other communications.
    • If we obtain any personal information from you, we will not sell it to third parties, nor will we allow third parties with whom we share your personal information to sell it. It may be used internally as part of special merchandising and promotion programs and we may disclose non-personally identifiable compilations of information to third parties for marketing related purposes.
    • You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us. To learn about your choices regarding interest-based advertising and cross-device tracking, please see below.
  5. Donations
    • Communicating to you about opportunities to donate; and
    • Managing donations from you.
  6. Other Uses
    • For any other purpose disclosed to you in connection with our Services from time to time.

WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

  1. We Do Not Sell Your Information
    We do not sell your personal information to third parties, and we also do not allow the third parties with whom we share your personal information to sell it. GreenDrop does not collect or sell the personal information of minors under sixteen (16) years of age.
  2. When And How We May Share/Disclose Your Information With Third-Parties
    We will share your information, which may include name, email address, and technical and usage data, with the following third parties and under the circumstances described below or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
    • We may share your information with third-party companies that perform services on our behalf, including for payment processing, data analysis, marketing services, advertising services (including but not limited to retargeted advertising), e-mail and hosting services, and customer services and support. These third-party service providers may access your personal information and may only use it as directed by us for the purpose of our requested service.
    We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal information. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes and they are only permitted to process your personal information in accordance with our instructions.
  3. Corporate Transactions
    We may share all or part of your personal information with other business entities in connection with the sale, assignment, merger or other transfer of all or a portion of GreenDrop’s business or assets to such business entity (including due to a sale in connection with a bankruptcy). We will require any such purchaser, assignee or other successor business entity to honor the terms of this Privacy Policy.
  4. Disclosure Of Information For Legal Purposes
    GreenDrop may disclose all or part of your personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating any agreement with GreenDrop, or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other users of our sites, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose information in response to a subpoena, search warrant, in connection with judicial proceedings, or pursuant to court orders, legal process or other law enforcement measures. GreenDrop may disclose or access personal information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, to establish our legal rights or to defend against legal claims, and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service and improve our Services.
  5. Analytics And Data Enrichment Services
    We use third-party analytics such as Google Analytics to help understand your usage of our sites and to improve our Services.
  6. Aggregated, Anonymized Or De-identified Information
    We may disclose or use aggregated, anonymized or de-identified information for any purpose. Aggregated, anonymized or de-identified information is information that can no longer reasonably identify a specific individual. Although such information may be derived from your personal information, it can no longer directly or indirectly reveal your identity.

THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS

We may use third-party service providers to provide site metrics and other analytics services. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information, such as your IP address, identifiers associated with your device, other applications on your device, the browsers you use to access our sites and Services, webpages viewed, time spent on webpages, links clicked and conversion information (e.g., transactions entered into). This information may be used by GreenDrop and third-party service providers on behalf of GreenDrop to analyze and track usage of our sites and Services, to determine the popularity of certain content and to better understand how you use our sites and Services. The third-party service providers that we engage are bound by confidentiality obligations and other restrictions with respect to their use and collection of your information.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, third-party cookies, web beacons or other tracking technologies, which are covered by such third-parties’ privacy policies. For more information, we encourage you to check the privacy policies of these third-parties to learn about their privacy practices. For more information about targeted advertising specifically, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

LINKING SITES

The sites contain links to other websites. GreenDrop is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites, including any websites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with us (such as co-branded pages or "powered by" or "in cooperation with" relationships). We do not share information we gather with other websites or any other entities or individuals unless such sharing is disclosed to you in advance through this Privacy Policy. Other linked websites, however, may collect personal information from you that is not subject to our control. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policy of the websites you may visit by linking from the sites. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to our sites, and not to other companies' or organizations' websites to which we link.

For instance, information collected through Google Analytics is shared with Google and its partners who may combine it with other information you provided to them or they collected from your use of their services. This information is stored in Google’s servers according to their privacy practices.

SOCIAL MEDIA

We may collect information from other sources, such as social media platforms that may share information about how you interact with our social media content. We do not control how your personal information is collected, stored or used by such third-party websites or to whom it is disclosed. You should review the privacy policies and settings on any social media website that you subscribe to so that you understand the information they collect and may be sharing. If you do not want your social media websites to share information about you, you must contact that website and determine whether it gives you the opportunity to opt-out of sharing such information. GreenDrop is not responsible for how these third-party websites may use information collected from or about you.

Further, our sites may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button. Our integration of these features may allow third-party social media to collect certain information, such as your IP address and which page(s) you are visiting when using our sites and Services, and to set a cookie to enable that feature to function properly. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION

We generally retain your information as long as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services or to comply with applicable law and in accordance with our record management policy. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means and the applicable legal requirements. We may retain copies of information about you and any transactions or Services you have used for a period of time that is consistent with applicable law, applicable statute of limitations or as we believe is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, to detect or prevent fraud, to collect fees owed, to resolve disputes, to address problems with our Services, to assist with investigations, to enforce other applicable agreements or policies or to take any other actions consistent with applicable law.

In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you. This allows the specific information collected (name, email, address, phone number, etc.) to become anonymous, but allows GreenDrop to keep the transaction or engagement data. This will allow GreenDrop to maintain a level of information that helps us develop and improve our sites and Services.

MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

You may opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional messages from GreenDrop, if those messages are powered by GreenDrop, by following the instructions in those messages. If you decide to opt-out, you will still receive non-promotional communications relevant to your use of our Services.

The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) regulates online collection of information from persons under the age of 13. It is our policy to refrain from knowingly collecting or maintaining personal information relating to any person under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not supply any personal information through the sites. If you are under the age of 18 and have already provided personal information through the sites, please have your parent or guardian contact us immediately using the information provided under CONTACT US so that we can remove such information from our files.

SECURITY

We take reasonable measures, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Nevertheless, no online or computer environment is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of the transmission or storage of your information. We hold information about you both at our own premises and with the assistance of third-party service providers. Further public disclosure here of our security measures could aid those who might attempt to circumvent those security measures. If you have additional questions regarding security, please feel free to contact us directly using the information provided under CONTACT US. To ensure that our employees comply with our privacy policies, we have developed a training program that provides all employees with the tools and knowledge to protect your personal information in all aspects of their work. Any employee who violates our privacy policies is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination and civil and/or criminal prosecution.

CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) permits residents of California to have the following additional rights. For more information, or if you have questions, you can contact us using the information provided under CONTACT US. For your protection, we are required to collect certain information from you to verify your identity before we respond to any request submitted by you. The information you provide to verify your identity will only be used for verification purposes, and a record of your request, including certain information contained within it, will be maintained by us for our files.

  1. California Residents Have The Right To Request We Disclose What Information We Collect, Use And Disclose
    California residents have the right to request that We disclose what personal information We collect, use and disclose about you in the preceding twelve (12) months. The general categories of personal information we collect about California residents are listed above under WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT. If you are a California resident and would like to request the personal information that we collect, use and disclose about you, please submit a request via our Data Subject Request site or contact us by email at privacy@gogreendrop.com or by telephone at 833-657-0239.
  2. California Residents Have The Right To Request The Deletion Of Their Personal Information
    California residents have the right to request that we delete the personal information we maintain about them. We will make every effort to comply with California residents’ requests to delete their personal information, however, certain laws or other legal requirements might prevent some personal information from being deleted. If you are a California resident and would like to request the deletion of your personal information, please submit a request via our Data Subject Request site or contact us by email at privacy@gogreendrop.com or by telephone at 833-657-0239. To verify any request to delete personal information, you will be required to provide the information contained in the request form on the Data Subject Request site. Failure to do so could result in our inability to comply with your request.
  3. California Residents Have The Right To Non-Discrimination For The Exercise Of Their Privacy Rights Under The CCPA
    Under the CCPA, California residents have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of their privacy rights. However, the exercise of certain privacy rights by California residents will make it so that we are no longer able to provide those residents with certain services. For example, if, at the request of a California resident, we delete all of the California resident’s personal information that it maintains, we will no longer be able to send marketing communications to that California resident.
  4. California Residents Can Designate An Authorized Agent To Make A Request Under The CCPA On Their Behalf
    California residents can designate an authorized agent to make requests under the CCPA related to the residents’ personal information. We can deny any request made by an authorized agent who does not submit proof that he or she has been authorized by the California resident to act on the California resident’s behalf. We can require an authorized agent to provide proof that the resident gave the agent signed permission to submit the request. We can also require the resident to either confirm that they provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request or verify their own identity. For more information on submitting a request on behalf of a California resident as an authorized agent, you can contact us using the information provided under CONTACT US.
  5. Do Not Track
    Do Not Track (“DNT”) is an optional browser setting that allows you to express your preferences regarding tracking across websites. Most modern web browsers give you the option to send a Do Not Track signal to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. However, there is no accepted standard for how a website should respond to this signal, so we do not take any action in response to this signal. We do not have a mechanism in place to respond to DNT signals. Instead, in addition to publicly available third-party tools, we offer you the choices described in this Privacy Policy to manage the collection and use of information about you.We do track some activity across websites (including your search terms, the website you visited before you visited or used the Services and other clickstream data) and we may continue to collect information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy from web browsers that have enabled DNT signals or similar mechanisms.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and Services, as laws change and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display an effective date on this Privacy Policy at the top of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If we make any material change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of personal information, we will provide notice on our sites. Changes will apply to information collected after the change is effective. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice. Your use of the sites constitutes acceptance of the provisions of this Privacy Policy and your continued usage after such changes are posted constitutes acceptance of each revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised Privacy Policy, please exit the sites immediately. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the sites or your dealings with the sites, you can contact us by using the information provided under CONTACT US.

CONTACT US

Please contact GreenDrop with any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy.

Via email: privacy@gogreendrop.com

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, or if you believe our Privacy Policy or applicable laws relating to the protection of your personal information have not been respected, you may file a complaint with GreenDrop using the contact information listed above, and we will respond to let you know who will be handling your matter and when you can expect a further response. We may request additional details from you regarding your concerns and may need to engage or consult with other parties in order to investigate and address your issue. We may keep records of your request and any resolution.

COOKIES POLICY

Like many online platforms, GreenDrop and its analytics vendors use server logs and automated data collection tools, such as browser cookies, pixel tags, scripts and web beacons. These tools are used for analytics purposes to enable GreenDrop to understand how users interact with the sites and Services. You can find more information on our use of cookies in the Cookies policy.