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Privacy Policy

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, PDGA Foundation provides products and services through the operation of its website at pdgafoundation.org and related or other services provided by PDGA Foundation which either link to or refer to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Services and the choices you have associated with that data.

By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Services to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Gender
  • Birthdate
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how our Services are accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features of our Services and to improve and customize our Services.

You can enable or disable location services when you use our Services at any time through your device settings.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Services and hold certain information.

The cookies on this site allow us to deliver a better experience to you. By agreeing, you give us your consent to do so. If you have previously agreed to allow us to use cookies to deliver a better experience to you, you may withdraw consent at anytime.

Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies like beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information are also used to improve and analyze our Services.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services.

Examples of Cookies we might use:

  • Functional Cookies. We use Functional Cookies to operate our Services.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Analytical Cookies. We use Analytic Cookies to measure and analyze usage.
  • Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Use of Data

PDGA Foundation uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Services
  • To notify you about changes to our Services
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services when you choose to do so
  • To provide donor and grantee support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information, including soliciting feedback, so that we can improve our Services
  • To monitor the usage of our Services
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, updates and general information about our Services, including product announcements, newsletters, marketing materials, and promotional materials
  • To provide you with news, updates, and general information about other products, services, and events that you have inquired about or purchased from us

These communications are dependent on your continuing consent to receive them. Accordingly, you may opt out of receiving any or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Processing Personal Data

PDGA Foundation may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to fulfill a contract with you.
  • You have given us permission to do so.
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your rights.
  • For payment processing purposes.
  • To comply with the law.

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), PDGA Foundation’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. Your member data is maintained by the PDGA Foundation, headquartered in the United States.

Retention of Data

PDGA Foundation will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

PDGA Foundation will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy through use of our Services, followed by your submission of such information, represents your agreement to that transfer.

PDGA Foundation will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of your Personal Data to an organization or a country will take place unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Sharing of Data

Your Personal Data will never be sold to any party for any reason, nor will it be shared with third-party Service Providers unless it is required to facilitate our Services. PDGA Foundation may also share your personal data with our partners and their service providers for the sole purpose of notifying you about, and providing you with access to, member benefits and services that you have purchased or are otherwise entitled to.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

PDGA Foundation may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary:

  • To comply with a legal obligation.
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of PDGA Foundation.
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Services.
  • To protect the personal safety of users of our Services or the public.
  • To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Rights

PDGA Foundation aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

Where possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly by emailing info@pdgafoundation.org. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to raise concerns to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

If you are a resident of California, we are happy – despite not being a covered entity – to honor the provisions in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and correct errors in your Personal Data or delete it entirely as a matter of best practices. We will provide a prompt response to such requests, which can be made by contacting privacy@pdga.com.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services (“Service Providers”), to provide our Services on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. A non-exhaustive list of these Service Providers follows.

Communication

We may use third-party Service Providers to facilitate communication regarding our Services with you via email.

Mailchimp

MailChimp is an email marketing application that we use for our weekly email newsletter deployment, member benefits announcements, and for any general notifications to our membership or subset of our membership. For compliance information and to view their Privacy Policy, please visit https://mailchimp.com/legal/

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to analyze the use of our Services. These third parties have access to your Usage Data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Services available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For compliance information and to view their Privacy Policy, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy

Fundraising and E-Commerce

We use third-party Service Providers to fundraise for PDGA Foundation’s programs and the Services and accept payment from donors.

Keela

Keela is a donor management software platform that serves as our primary customer relationship management service. This enables us to provide you with the information you need as a supporter of PDGA Foundation and stay connected with you about the initiatives that matter to you. You can view Keela’s Privacy Policy at https://www.keela.co/privacy

PayPal

For compliance information and to view their Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Services. These third parties have access to your Usage Data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose

Google Ads

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Services. Google’s use of cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our Services or other websites on the Internet.

You can customize the ads and control the info used to personalize them by visiting Google’s “My Ad Center”: https://myadcenter.google.com/

Links to Other Sites

Our Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes in advance via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: