Privacy Policy

Your privacy is of great importance to LaAmistad, Inc. (“LAAMISTAD”). As a user of LAAMISTAD’s website (the “Site”), you are valued by LAAMISTAD, and we will take appropriate measures to protect the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) provided by and collected from you on the Site in connection with the functions, products, services and information offered on the Site (the “LAAMISTAD Services”).

What Information Does LaAmistad Collect About Site Visitors?

At the Site, we do not collect Personal Information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. LAAMISTAD gathers data, such as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, e-mail addresses, etc., only when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. Personal Information that we collect falls into three primary categories.
Information that Site Visitors Give Us: We may receive and store the information that you enter at our website, provide to us on a webpage or give to us in any other way. You can always choose not to provide some or all of the information which we request. This information is used solely by LAAMISTAD and other entities in furtherance of LAAMISTAD’s charitable activities.
Automatic Information: Whenever you interact with LAAMISTAD, we receive and store certain types of information. For example, we may use “cookies” to obtain information when your web browser accesses this website. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier, which we transfer to your computer via your Web browser and store on your computer’s hard drive. On most web browsers you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie, and how to turn cookies off.
Email Communications: In order to make the email we send you more helpful and relevant to your interests, we receive and store certain types of information. For instance, if your computer supports this functionality, we may receive a confirmation when you open an email we send you. We may also receive a confirmation when you follow a hyperlink from one of our email messages to our website. If you want to stop receiving email from us, simply hit reply and type “unsubscribe” in the subject field or contact us by email at [email protected].

Does LAAMISTAD Share the Information It Receives?

We are not in the business of selling information about our Site visitors. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you and we treat it with great care and respect. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your data with certain third parties. We will share personally identifiable information with third parties when (i) the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it, (ii) the third-party is performing a function on behalf of LAAMISTAD that is directly related to the operation of the Site or to a service or information provided on the Site, and access to such information is necessary to the performance of such function or to the provision of such services or information being provided, or (iii) we are required to by law to do so.

Access to Information About You

If you desire to review your own personal information, to correct existing information, or to remove your information, please contact LAAMISTAD via email at [email protected]. If you request removal of your personal information, you acknowledge that residual information may continue to reside in LAAMISTAD’s records and archives, but LAAMISTAD will not use that information for commercial purposes. LAAMISTAD reserves the right to maintain your personal information if LAAMISTAD has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to our website for violating LAAMISTAD Terms of Use.

What Choices Do I Have?

As outlined in this Privacy Policy, you can always choose not to provide information; however, doing so may prevent you from making a donation or accessing other valuable features at our website.

Links to Third Party Sites

You may be able to access third-party websites through links available on the Site. You understand and agree that your use of such third-party sites will be governed by the privacy policies of those sites and not by this Privacy Policy. LAAMISTAD will not be responsible for the actions of the operators of such third-party websites.

Children

LAAMISTAD does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide information on this Site without their permission.

Notices and Revisions

If you choose to visit the Site, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy. If you have a concern about privacy at the Site, please send an email with a detailed description of your concern to [email protected]. Our activities and Site change constantly. This Privacy Policy may change also. Our use of information that we receive and store is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of our use of such information. If we decided to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site.