Privacy Statement

Respecting Your Privacy

Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington created this Privacy Statement to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining the privacy and security of our members.  This Privacy Statement explains the information we may collect during your visit to our Site and how wee use, share, and store that information.  Please read this Privacy Statement prior to using this Site.  By using this Site you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Statement.  If you do not agree to be bound by the Privacy Statement, you may not access or use this Site. 

We are continually improving and adding to the features and functionality of this Site and the services we offer through this Site.  As a result of these changes (or changes in law), we may need to update or revise this Statement.  Accordingly, we reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement at any time, without prior notice, by posting a revised version of this Policy behind the link marked “Privacy” at the bottom of each page of this Site.  Your continued use of this Site after we have posted the revised Statement constitutes your agreement to be bound by the revised Statement.  Please check back periodically to ensure you agree with the Statement we have posted.

The following discloses our information-gathering and dissemination practices for our websites identified by the domain name of: gosw.org.

Personal Information
“Personal Information” means information about an identified or identifiable individual.  Examples of personal information include but is not limited to, your name, your email address, and your photograph.  It is the policy of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington to respect the privacy of our clients, members and the people doing business through our services.  Personal information is collected when you and others knowingly and voluntarily provide it during your use this Site.  For example, we collect the personal information you provide when you register for a program, contact us for additional information, or when you log into our Site using a username and password. Some Personal Information is also available within our password protected Member Directory and is accessible by any and all members of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. 

Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington will never share, trade, sell, or otherwise disclose personal information to third parties without informed consent or direction, except where required by law.  We reserve the right to release Personal Information about our Site visitors when we believe that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with law or to protect the safety or property of visitor to our Site, the public, Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington, our affiliates, or our personnel.  We also reserve the right to disclose Personal Information about our Site visitors with third party vendors we engage to assist us with the operation of our Site or other aspects of our business when our vendors need access to such information to perform the services we request.  For example, we use third-party vendors to process credit card transactions, to conduct surveys, and to help us deliver our electronic newsletters and program announcements.  These third-party vendors may need information about you to perform their functions.

By submitting your Personal Information through this Site, you give your consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of the information as described in this Privacy Statement.  Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington will use your Personal Information to fulfill your request or other purpose for which you prividedit.  We may also use it for such purposes as sending you information about our programs, services, and upcoming events as well as other material that we think may be of interest to you.  We will also use it to create a profile for you under your home organization/foundation within our password protected Member Directory.  If, at any time, you decide you do not wish to continue receiving these communications you may opt out as described below.

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