Privacy Policy
ISLANDHER RISING ("We") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.islandherrising.com/ (“Website”) or any other forms we may create to collect information from you for purposes of feedback or content creation, or any other reason, either via Jotform https://www.jotform.com/, Google Forms https://docs.google.com/forms/, or any other platform.
This policy applies to information we collect on the Website or form on any other platform available on the Website or sent by ISLANDHER RISING, and its representatives, in e-mail, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website and individuals affiliated with ISLANDHER RISING.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Websites after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect About You and How and Why 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 and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”); this information includes details such as name, an image of you, e-mail address, social profile links, links to personal and professional websites, interests, how you found out about ISLANDHER RISING (including contact details of a referrer), motivation behind joining ISLANDHER RISING, expected contributions to the community, indicate your willingness to opt into guidelines; and/or
that is about you but individually may not identify you, such as current occupation, geographical location, age; 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 this Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.
From third parties, including, our business partners and agents.
We may also collect information that you may post or otherwise publish in the ISLANDHER RISING community - this information we may use to include in a newsletter or other type of content creation, or to deem your suitability to be a member of the ISLANDHER RISING community.
Children’s Privacy
Although ISLANDHER RISING is a non-profit organization and does not operate a commercial website, we pay special attention to protecting the privacy of visitors under age thirteen. ISLANDHER RISING does not knowingly collect information from children under thirteen years of age. If a child under the age of thirteen provides us with any personal information, ISLANDHER RISING will then dispose of such personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy when it determines that such person is under thirteen years old or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
If you believe ISLANDHER RISING may have any personal information from or about a child under the age of thirteen, please contact us at contact@islandherrising.com
Any personal information collected from a child under thirteen years of age will be deleted or destroyed immediately after identifying that such data pertains to a person under thirteen years of age or as soon as reasonably practical thereafter. Parents may review and request that we delete their child’s information or request that ISLANDHER RISING ceases collection or use of such information by emailing a signed request, including their email address, the child’s e-mail address or other identifier, birth date, and first name, to contact@islandherrising.com. ISLANDHER RISING will abide by any request to delete or cease collection or use of data with respect to any child but can only provide information to a requesting parent to the extent it can verify the relationship between the requesting parent and child. No such information shall be distributed to any third parties.
Information You Provide to Us. The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website (applying as a member), posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when we create content for ISLANDHER RISING blog or newsletter, or to obtain feedback on either ISLANDHER RISING or other members of ISLANDHER RISING.
We also use information you provide us at the time you apply for membership to create and maintain a “Membership Directory” of which you may choose to be included. The Membership Directory includes, your name, an image of you, social profile links, links to personal and professional websites, current occupation, geographical location, interests, potentially a link to your “introduction” and the Member who referred you. At your option, you may choose to edit or add additional information to the Membership Directory, including updated or additional links, keywords, an image, interests, career information, name and more. You can make edits or additions by emailing ISLANDHER RISING (contact@islandherrising.com)
The Membership Directory is collected and stored in Jotform and Google. The Membership Directory is accessible to registered Members (who have applied via Jotform, were approved, and are currently a member of the ISLANDHER RISING community), but We cannot assure that all Members will comply with the restrictions on the use of the Membership Directory and disclaims responsibility for any violations of those terms and that the Membership Directory will be secure and will not be accessed by unauthorized persons.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete.
Your search queries on the Website.
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on private or public areas of the Websites, or transmitted to other users of the Websites or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users of the Websites with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
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 Websites, including traffic data, location 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 and browser type.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). At present, we do not respond to “do not track” signals sent from web browsers.
The information we may collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.
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 the Websites. 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.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Websites may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. You can control your browser to manage your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies.
Web Beacons. Pages of the Websites and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit ISLANDHER RISING, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
We also may use Google Analytics and similar tools to help analyze how users use our Service. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect standard Internet log-in information and visitor behavior information. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Websites (including IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' uses of our Service, compile statistical reports on activity on the Service and enhance your experience when you use the Service. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. For more information on how Google uses this data, go to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Opt-out Policy:
You may stop or restrict the placement of session cookies, Google’s cookies and third party cookies on your computer by adjusting your web browser preferences. If you do so, you may still use our website, but this may interfere with some of its functionality.
You may also clear cookies from your computer via your web browser settings.
You may also wish to use Google Ads Preferences Manager and a Google Analytics opt-out browser add on.
We are not responsible for removing any personal information from the lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this Notice.
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.
Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.
Some content or applications on the Websites are served by third-parties, which may include advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
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 and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of ISLANDHER RISING, our members or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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 and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. We may occasionally mention a Third-Party, usually a partner or sponsor, on ISLANDHER RISING newsletterS. If you do not wish to see this kind of mentioning, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter via Mailchimp (http://mailchimp.com/ - unsubscribe link can be found in the Mailchimp email footer of our newsletter) generated unsubscribe button, included in every newsletter we send out or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to contact@islandherrising.com
Promotional Offers from ISLANDHER RISING. If you do not wish to have your e-mail address/contact information used by ISLANDHER RISING to promote our own or third parties’ products or services in our newsletter, you can opt-out by unsubscribing via Mailchimp (unsubscribe link can be found in the Mailchimp email footer of our newsletter) or by emailing us directly (contact@islandherrising.com) If we have sent you a promotional e-mail, you may send us a return e-mail asking to be omitted from future e-mail distributions. This opt out does not apply to Membership-related emails.
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 emailing us (contact@islandherrising.com). You may also opt out entirely of your information being displayed in the Directory, by emailing contact@islandherrisng.com with your request to be removed.
We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you leave the ISLANDHER RISING community or are otherwise removed from the ISLANDHER RISING community (by your own choice or not), your past User Contributions may remain fully intact and may be viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to contact@islandherrising.com.
Notice for Visitors Outside of the United States
You should be aware that the United States and other countries have not harmonized their privacy regulations. Because this Website and its servers are located in the United States, We have written its Privacy Policy to satisfy United States regulations. By using the Websites, you agree to the level of privacy protection set out in our Privacy Policy.
Data Security
Any payment transactions are processed by our third party payment (Paypal which privacy policies and terms can be found here https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full and https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/legalhub-full). We do not receive or store and disclaim responsibility for handling of your credit card information. The payment processor has responsibility for handling that information according to its own procedures and policies.
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 Websites.
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. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by e-mail to the primary e-mail address provided to us through a form available on the Website, or sent by ISLANDHER RISING, and its representatives, in e-mail, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website and individuals affiliated with ISLANDHER RISING.
The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: contact@islandherrising.com