Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 25, 2023

This Privacy Policy explains how Common Future (“CF”, “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our website (the “Site”), attend our events, engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Site or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

Collection of Information
Use of Information
Sharing of Information
Analytics Services Provided by Others
Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries
Your Choices
Contact Us

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you sign up to receive email newsletters, fill out a form, apply for a volunteering opportunity or fellowship, make a donation, attend one of our events, or participate in one of our programs, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, credit card number, CF program you participate in, photos, videos, audio recordings and other information or media you choose to provide.

Other Information We Collect When You Use our Site

When you use our Site or otherwise interact with us, we automatically collect information about you, including:

Usage Information: We collect aggregated information about your use of the Site, such as areas of the Site that most popular.
Transactional Information: When you make a donation, we collect information about the transaction, such as donation details, amount, and date and location of the transaction.
Log Information: We collect information related to your use of the Site, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, and the page you visited before navigating to our Site.
Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our Site, including the hardware model, operating system and version.
Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and our service providers) use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Site and your experience, see which areas and features of our Site are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that may be used in our Site or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see “Your Choices” below.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Site. For example, if you make a donation to one of our causes or programs on a third-party platform, we may receive some information back from the platform operator, including donor name and amount of the donation.

USE OF INFORMATION

We use the information we collect to:

Provide, maintain and improve our Site;
Facilitate your participation in events and programs that we and our partners host or provide;
Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages and to respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests;
Send you newsletters and otherwise provide you with information that we think will be of interest to you (see “Your Choices” below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);
Solicit volunteers, donations and support for CF;
Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site;
Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of CF and others; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

With vendors, service providers, and consultants that perform services for us, including cloud hosting providers and email vendors;
With our volunteers or program participants who work on similar causes or projects with you;
With event organizers who help us host and facilitate events that you attend;
In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies;
If we believe you have violated the law, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of CF or others;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of CF assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another organization;
Between and among CF and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other entities under common control and ownership; and
With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by those third parties to identify you.

ANALYTICS SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHERS

We may allow others to provide analytics services on our behalf across the web. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Site, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, and time spent on pages. This information may be used by CF and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand the online activity of our users.

TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO THE U.S.

CF is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

YOUR CHOICES

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site.

Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from CF by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you other emails such as receipts, confirmations and other transactional or relationship messages.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

MAIL – ATTN: Common Future 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612,

PHONE – 510-587-9417, or

EMAIL – info@commonfuture.co.