Privacy Policy

The Brian Grant Foundation (“Foundation”) is committed to the protection of your on-line privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we treat information received about you when you visit BrianGrant.org (“Web Site”). For easy access, we provide a link to the Privacy Policy page. The Foundation is the sole owner of and only organization that uses information collected on this Web Site.

1. Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information

The Foundation may automatically receive and record non-personal information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address and the page you requested. The Foundation may use this information to measure Web Site use, to improve content, and to run our business.

2. Collection and Use of Personal Information

You can visit the Foundation’s Web Site without revealing personal information. By accessing our Web Site and voluntarily providing us with personal information, you consent to the collection and use of the information in accord with this Privacy Policy. We use personal information such as your address, email address, phone number, and credit card information to acknowledge the receipt of donations for tax purposes. When you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that we send an acknowledgement to another individual or family, we will use the name and address of that individual or family for acknowledgement purposes only.

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

The Foundation will not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties. The Foundation may otherwise disclose your personal information when:

  1. We have your express consent to share the information for a specified purpose;
  2. We need to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process;
  3. We need to protect or defend the rights or property of the Foundation; or
  4. We find that your actions on our Web Site violate any our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy

If you post messages to the Foundation Web Site you do so at your own risk. Any information you post can be used by others and is subject to disclosure.

4. Cookies

The Foundation does not use “cookies,” which are small bits of information stored on a visitor’s computer’s hard drive or in the computer’s memory.

5. Security

We safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access through access-control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security measures. We also retain your personal information only so long as necessary for the purposes described above, or as required by law. Please note that “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet, and third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.

6. Consent

If you do not consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide any personal information to the Foundation. If you have provided personal information to the Foundation and no longer consent to its use or disclosure as described in this Privacy Policy, please notify the Brian Grant Foundation at PO Box 82270, Portland, OR 97282.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Foundation may at any time, without notice to you, and in its sole discretion, amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Foundation’s Web Site after an amendment signifies your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy. The Foundation last updated this Privacy Policy on July 12, 2011.