Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: January 30, 2024

Introduction

The Vegan Grants website (the “Website”) is operated by Karuna Foundation (“Karuna” or “We”). We respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:

On https://vgrants.org .
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Organization or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. You may request a copy of any past versions of this Privacy Policy by emailing us.

Children Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, e-mail address, phone number, physical address, payment information, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
From third parties, for example, our organizational partners.

Information You Provide to Us.

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms or submitting information through our Website. This includes information provided at the time of creating an account, applying for or submitting information in connection with a grant, contacting us, or requesting further services, or other general inquiries. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, location, and browser type.
Details about how you interacted with our emails, including if and when the email was opened and which links were clicked on.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources, or you provide to us.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
In evaluating, administering, and moderating grants made to or requested by you.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any grants or contracts entered into between you and us.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we provide through it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

To other organizations involved in making grants through the Vegan Grants platform.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our organization and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them (such as our web host).
In reports and filings we are legally required to make to tax and other governmental entities, including the US Internal Revenue Service, regarding grant applicants and recipients.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Use – insert link.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Karuna Foundation, our visitors, or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by sending us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We can also delete your personal information, such as email, from our services. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement, cause the information to be incorrect, or remove information required to be retained by us in connection with our grant program.

Data Security

Although we have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure, unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Notice to Visitors From Outside the US

The Sites are owned and operated in the United States. Your use of the website will result in the collection, storage, and processing of your information in the United States and in any country to which we may transfer your information in the course of our business operations. If you are visiting this site from a country other than the United States, your information will cross an international boundary. The level of protection for your information in the United States may not be the same as the level of protection in your country.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at [email protected].