Welcome to the official website of Sam & Devorah Foundation for Transgender Youth (“Sam & Devorah Foundation” or “we” or “us”). The Sam & Devorah Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of the information obtained as a result of its activities, research, and mentoring programming and services and to complying with all applicable laws and regulations governing the processing of personal data. We provide this Privacy Policy to inform you of the personal data or personal information (“Personal Information”) we may collect from you or other sources and how we may use and share that information. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at info@samdevorah.org.
What Personal Information We Collect:
“Personal Information” or “Personal Data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Typically, when you are completing your profile and using the Sam & Devorah Foundation mentoring programs and other services, you may be asked to provide us with some or all of the following information:
Name
Email address
Username
Password
Mentor/Mentee
Age
Guardian Name and Contact Information
Physical address, including city and state
Language spoken
Gender
Sexual orientation
Goals
Messages Sent
Notes taken
Program evaluations and survey data
Video recordings of mentoring sessions
How We Use the Personal Information Collected
The Sam & Devorah Foundation collects, retains, and processes – for as long as is reasonably necessary to satisfy the purpose of its collection – such information as is needed to
Deliver the services, mentoring, and programming provided by the Sam & Devorah Foundation;
Properly pair mentees and mentors;
Monitor and oversee the mentoring program;
Support community-based fundraising and campaigning;
Support volunteers;
Provide access to certain areas and features of this website;
Enforce website Terms of Use;
Verify authorized users identities;
Communicate important messages or updates concerning mentoring, user accounts, or website activity and systems;
Tailor content, publications, and information we believe may be of interest;
Improve the website and the Sam & Devorah Foundation’s systems; and
Ensure we do not send unwanted information to supporters or members of the public who have informed us they do not wish to be contacted.
In general, you can visit this website without providing us with Personal Information. However, in order to access certain information, services or features, you may be asked to provide Personal Information and we may also collect “cookies” as described below. If you submit an electronic inquiry, we may collect your email address and any other information you provide.
If you submit your resume and other information to apply for a position with the Sam & Devorah Foundation, we may collect Personal Information about you, including, but not limited to, your title, name, address, phone number, email address, business or company affiliation, prior employment, and other details you provide.
If you provide your email address, name, title, telephone number, or address to the Sam & Devorah Foundation, we may use that Personal Information to provide you with publications of blogs, information, or newsletters. To the extent you no longer wish to receive these materials, please “Unsubscribe” or email info@samdevorah.org. We offer you the option to decline these communications with no impact to your use of this website or the Sam & Devorah Foundation programming, services, and mentoring.
Who We Share Your Personal Data With
The Sam & Devorah Foundation is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. Our mentoring program is currently run through a licensed platform provided by Mentor City. In the course of using or participating in the Sam & Devorah Foundation programs and services, you may provide Personal Data through the Mentor City platform or to us directly. Mentor City will only collect, maintain, and use your Personal Data to the extent it is necessary to provide the services and programming offered through the Sam & Devorah Foundation. Because our privacy policy does not apply to third party services or the practices of companies that we do not own or control, including other companies you might interact with through our website, we urge you to also review the Mentor City privacy policy https://www.mentorcity.com/en/legal/privacy-policy.
The Sam & Devorah Foundation does not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose Personal Information, except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may share your Personal Information with third-party service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf to help the services and programming provided by the Sam & Devorah Foundation. These service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.
We may disclose information about you:
if we are required to do so by law, court order or legal process;
in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
under the discovery process in litigation or arbitration;
to enforce The Sam & Devorah Foundation policies, contracts, or other rights;
when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or in connection with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity; or
if in good faith we believe that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable.
We reserve the right to disclose or transfer any information we have about you in the event of a proposed or actual reorganization, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, or disposal of all or any portion of The Sam & Devorah Foundation. Should such an event take place, we will endeavor to direct the transferee to use Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
How to Contact Us
You may communicate with us through the “Contact Us” link on this website or directly at info@samdevorah.org. If you choose to contact us, we may ask you for information such as your name, address, telephone number, and email address so we can respond to your questions and comments. We also may use the information you provide to communicate with you about topics that we believe may be of interest to you.
When you engage in email communications with the Sam & Devorah Foundation or any Sam & Devorah Foundation employee, we may retain records of your email address, along with other information that we collect, such as your name, address, and telephone number. We may use this information for a variety of purposes.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:
When you visit this website, we collect certain information by automated means to help us improve our website and provide customized services and information. Like many organizations, we collect this information through the use of “cookies” and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer’s memory and hard drive when you visit certain websites. Some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser or after a short period (“temporary cookies”), while others can be stored longer on your computer, sometimes until you delete them manually (“persistent cookies”). For example, we may use cookies to collect information about website activity or to tell us whether you are an existing or new visitor to our website. Our website utilizes both temporary and persistent cookies to enhance your online experience.
Cookies enable us to improve our services by, for example:
Remembering if you have visited the website before; or
Measuring how many people are using each page of the website and for how long so that we can improve the quality of that website or tailor its content.
Our platform Squarespace also uses Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on our behalf about how visitors interact with this website.
If you wish to restrict, block, or delete the cookies that are set by our website, you can do so using your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether to accept them and how to disable existing cookies. The “Help” feature within your browser should tell you how. You may also set most browsers to notify you if you receive a new cookie. Please note that some features of the website may not function properly or may be slower without cookies. To make full use of the website, your computer or mobile device will need to accept cookies.
For more information about cookies and how to remove them on your browser, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org or these third-party websites:
We reserve the right to use cookies and other tracking technologies to identify a visitor. We may do so, for example, when we believe it is necessary to protect this website, our visitors, or other third parties, or to protect our rights or defend against a claim relating to us, or when we believe that the law requires it.
If you visit our website as an anonymous visitor (e.g. you switch off cookies), we may still collect certain information from your browser, such as the IP address.
Third-Party Websites:
This website may on occasion contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. The Sam & Devorah Foundation does not control such third-party websites, the content of those sites, any products or services that may be offered through those sites, or any other use of the linked sites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk. To understand what information those websites collect, please review their privacy policies directly.
Protection of Information:
The Sam & Devorah Foundation takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure. While we strive to always protect our systems, sites, operations and information against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle and other changing risk factors, we cannot always guarantee that any information, during transmission or while stored on our systems, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others. For additional information, please consult our Terms of Use. [LINK]
How Can Personal Information Be Changed, Deleted, and How Long is It Retained
Changes to Personal Information can be made by contacting info@samdevorah.org. If you would like your information to be deleted from our systems, you must contact info@samdevorah.org. However, we reserve the right to maintain and aggregate your data in ways that anonymize it for ongoing studies and research purposes.
Children’s Privacy on this Website
This website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under 13 years of age through this website. If you are under 13, please do not submit any Personal Information on this website.
Contact Us:
The Sam & Devorah Foundation will be pleased to assist you with any queries, explanations, or questions concerning these Terms. You can reach us at info@samdevorah.org.
Sam & Devorah Foundation
c/o Adam Price
10 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We may update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice to you. We will post a “last modified” date for this Privacy Policy to indicate when it was most recently updated. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post it on this website.
Effective:
September 2020