Privacy Policy
(as of 10.23.2023)
It Takes a Village SD Limited
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Introduction
It Takes a Village SD Limited (“It Takes a Village” or “We”) is a nonprofit entity. We are committed to protecting your privacy through our compliance with this policy.
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This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.ittakesavillagesd.org (our “Website”) or utilize our services (together with our Website, collectively referred to as our “Services”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
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This policy applies to information we collect:
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On this Website.
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In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
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Through mobile, desktop, or paper applications you fill out or that you receive from us when applying for assistance.
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When you interact with our Services, or participate in our text or email campaigns.
This policy does not apply to information collected by third parties, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website or our Services.
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Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Website Use and Children Under the Age of 13​
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through our Website. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13 and we should not have that information, please contact us at info@ittakesavillagesd.org.
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We may collect the personal information of children through the offline services we provide with the consent of a parent, guardian, or through the school for purposes of verifying eligibility to receive our assistance and to participate in our programs.
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Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about our clients applying for assistance, including information:
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By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”); and/or
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About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
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We collect this information:
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Directly from you when you provide it to us, for example, from the forms you fill out.
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Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.
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From third parties, for example, the schools which we partner with to provide services.
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Information You Provide to Us
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The information we collect from you may include:
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Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website or paper forms. This includes information provided at the time of applying for service and to maintain our service, including identifying information such as your driver’s license number and date of birth.
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Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
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School records and transcripts.
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Financial information through the application process to ensure eligibility, including for example, self-reported credit scores, bank statements, paystubs, and information related to your family budget (rent, utilities, insurance, and government assistance).
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
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Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
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Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
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The information we collect automatically does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better service, including by enabling us to:
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Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
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Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
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Speed up your searches.
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Recognize you when you return to our Website.
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The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
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Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
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To present our Website and its contents to you.
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To provide you with our services or information related to our services, including to verify your identity, to determine eligibility for services or various forms of assistance, to verify employment, to verify attendance at school, and academic standing.
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To assist with filling out housing applications.
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To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
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To provide you with notices about your eligibility for services.
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To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into.
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To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer.
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In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
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For any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our clients, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
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To the schools we partner with to provide our services.
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To housing providers and utility providers to assist in payment of rents and utilities such that payments can be appropriately applied.
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To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
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To a third party where there is a merger, consolidation or asset transfer and the personal information held by It Takes a Village is among the assets transferred.
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To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us your information to assist with housing or utility payments, we may transmit your information to facilitate our assistance.
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For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
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With your consent.
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We may also disclose your personal information:
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To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
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To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements you may have with us.
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If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of It Takes a Village, our clients, our school partners, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
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Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You may send us an email at info@ittakesavillagesd.org to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change or deletion would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
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Data Security
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
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Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
It Takes a Village
342 Euclid Avenue, Ste. 404, #446
San Diego, CA 92114
(760) 580-3555