PRIVACY POLICY
Share the Magic Foundation respects the privacy concerns of the users of its Internet sites (“sites”) and has created the below Privacy Policy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information.
As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from your visit to Share the Magic Foundation’s sites. However, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of Share the Magic Foundation’s Internet servers. Information such as the type of browser being used, its operating system, and your IP address is gathered in order to enhance your online experience.
INFORMATION
USAGE SECURITY:
Security for all personally identifiable information is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Share the Magic Foundation cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
IP ADDRESS USAGE:
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet provider whenever you are surfing the Web. When you request pages from Share the Magic Foundation Sites or leave comments, our servers log your IP address. Share the Magic Foundation collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our Site. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that your session will be logged, but you are anonymous to us. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. We may use your IP addresses in cooperation with your Internet provider to identify you if we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use or to protect our service, sites, customers, or others.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES:
Share the Magic Foundation is not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites that may be linked to our Sites. Our Sites may also be linked to websites operated by other companies. Visitors to these websites should refer to each website’s respective privacy policies and practices.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES:
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
COOKIES:
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATES:
If you complete the newsletter signup, donation, event sponsorship, ticket or program forms and share your personally identifying information, the information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the “Opt Out” section below.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queque.
To accept contributions via credit card, Share the Magic Foundation uses accredited online payment processing services with world-class security and data privacy policies. Unless requested by the donor for the purpose of processing recurring donations, Share the Magic Foundation does not store, nor does it have access to, your credit card information, bank account numbers, or other account data sent to those processing services.
EMAIL DATA:
Share the Magic Foundation is committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third party individuals, government agencies, or companies at any time unless compelled to do so by law. If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested.
You also may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a web form. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.
OPT-OUT OR CHANGE INFORMATION:
All of the managed electronic communications sent to you will offer the ability to unsubscribe from future electronic communications. You may also contact us at info@readwithmalcolm.com to update your contact preferences and/or request to be removed from future electronic communication.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA:
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provide to us by contacting info@readwithmalcolm.com. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes. to update your contact preferences and/or request to be removed from future electronic communication.
QUESTIONS:
If you have any questions about the privacy policy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at info@readwithmalcolm.com or at our physical address:
Share the Magic Foundation
2870 Peachtree Road, #109
Atlanta, GA 30305
Information provided by you via e-mail inquiries to Share the Magic Foundation such as your e-mail address is used only to respond to your inquiries in the ordinary course of business.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By using Share the Magic Foundation’s Sites, you signify your acceptance of the Share the Magic Foundation Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the policy, please do not use our Sites. Share the Magic Foundation reserves the right to modify, alter, or otherwise update the policy at any time, so visitors are encouraged to review the policy from time to time. Your continued use of the Share the Magic Foundation Sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Last updated: November 2020
