Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources. This Privacy Policy applies to jo-foundation.org (hereinafter, "us", "we", “The Joanne Owen Foundation”, or "jo-foundation.org").

This Privacy Policy sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms of service.

1. Website Visitors

Like most website operators, The Joanne Owen Foundation collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

2. Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to our website choose to interact with us in ways that require The Joanne Owen Foundation to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who voluntarily fill out our contact form to provide a name and email address.

3. Security

The security of your Personal Information 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 Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

4. Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

The Joanne Owen Foundation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Joanne Owen Foundation's behalf or to provide services available at our website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using our Website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Joanne Owen Foundation will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Joanne Owen Foundation discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Joanne Owen Foundation, third parties, or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of jo-foundation.org and have supplied your email address, The Joanne Owen Foundation may occasionally send you an email to keep you up to date on our company and our services. The Joanne Owen Foundation takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

5. Cookies

To enrich and perfect your online experience, The Joanne Owen Foundation uses "Cookies", similar technologies, and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising, and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of jo-foundation.org, and their website access preferences. jo-foundation.org visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website, with the drawback that certain features of our website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to The Joanne Owen Foundation’s use of cookies.

6. Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Joanne Owen Foundation may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, in our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

This policy was last updated on November 20, 2024.