Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

At 10 Greatest Gifts Project (further known as 10 GG), your trust and satisfaction is a priority.  We know that your privacy is important, and that is why we take care to safeguard the confidentiality and security of your information.  We know you care about your privacy too, so this policy explains our privacy practices for 10 Greatest Gifts Services (further known as 10 GG Services, together with “we”, “us” and “our”).  These 10 GG Services include:  Session Registration, the 10 Greatest Gifts App (10 GG App), the Greatest Gifts Store (GG Store), posting on the Parenting and Grandparenting Stories (P&G Stories), the 10 Greatest Gifts Resources (GG Resources) which includes the 10 Greatest Gifts Tools (10 GG Tools) and the 10 Greatest Gifts Videos (10 GG Videos), and the 10 Greatest Gifts Project Newsletter (GG Newsletter).   This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding our use and disclosure of the information that you submit to us, and the information that we collect from you through our website and our 10 GG Services.  This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties who may also collect or receive data in connection with your use of the 10 GG Services.

By using the 10 GG Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes.  Beyond this Privacy Policy, your use of our 10 GG Services is also subject to our Terms of Use Agreement, Posting Terms of Use and Etiquette Guidelines and the Greatest Gifts Store Policy.

We process and store your information in the United States.  We do not sell your information to third parties nor share your information with foreign governments.

This Privacy Policy was published on September 1, 2021 and will take effect on September 1, 2021

Consent

By accepting our Terms of Use Agreement, you confirm that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy, including how and why we use your information.  If you don’t want us to collect or process your personal information in the ways described in this policy, you should not use the Services.  We are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies or practices of third-party websites and social media apps.  10 GG Terms of Use Agreement require all account owners to be at least 18 years of age.  Minors under 18 years of age and at least 13 years of age are permitted to use 10 GG Services only if they have permission and direct supervision by the owner of the account.  Children under age 13 are not permitted to use the Services.  You are responsible for any and all account activity conducted by a minor on your account.

Children’s Privacy

At 10 GG we do direct some 10 GG Services to children (defined as persons under age 13).  Because we wish to make our best efforts to protect the privacy of all users of our 10 GG Services, including children, we endeavor to comply with the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.  While these measures are included elsewhere in this policy, we summarize them here for them for the sake of communicating them clearly and understandable to you.  Our 10 GG Website:

Accurately describes its privacy policy in this document,

1. Includes our contact information,
2. Explains the types of personal information we collect, and how we use it,
3. Explains our practices in terms of sharing personal information with third parties,
4. Allows parents to consent to the collection and use of their child’s personally identifiable information, without consenting to disclosure to third parties,
5. Explains that we do not condition a child’s participation in an activity on the child’s providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the activity.
6. Allows parents to review their child’s information, have it deleted, or refuse to permit any further collection, and contacting.

Our 10 GG Website is maintained in the State of Colorado in the United States, and by submitting your Personal Information to us through 10 GG Services, you are agreeing to the collection and storage of your Personal Information in the United States.

When you submit Personal Information to us through 10 GG Services, it means that you have agreed to this Privacy Policy, and that you expressly consent to the use of your Personal Information in the United States, according to this Privacy Policy.

Information Provided to Us or Collected

In the course of providing our 10 GG Services, we collect or receive your personal information in a few different ways.  We obtain the categories of personal information listed below from the following sources:  directly from you, for example, from forms you complete or during Session Registration, indirectly from you based on your activity and interaction with our 10 GG Services, or from the device or browser you use to access these 10 GG Services; for example, for payments or use of the 10 GG App.  Often, you choose what information to provide, but sometimes we require certain information to provide you the 10 GG Services.  10 GG uses the personal information it receives and collects in accordance with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Provided to Us

In order to use the 10 GG Services, you will need to submit a valid email address.  If you register for a Session, you will need to submit a name associated with your account.  You may modify that name through your account settings.  You need to provide this information to enable us to provide you with the 10 GG Services.  A telephone number, and/or a physical postal address, may be necessary in order for us to provide a particular service.  For example, we need a physical postal address (not a P.O. Box), if you are buying something on the GG Store for delivery.

We sometimes ask that you provide us with Personal Information while online.  The type of Personally Identifiable Information we collect typically corresponds directly to a request you make.  For instance, you may make donations, offer comments, or make purchases from our GG Store.  If you provide Personally Identifiable Information to us, we understand that to mean that you consent to our retaining and using such information as stated in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information

In order for you to access certain services and to purchase products that we offer on the  10 GG Website, we sometimes require you to provide us with Personally Identifiable Information that may include:

Contact Data (such as your name, mailing and email addresses);

Financial Data (such as your account or credit card number); and Demographic Data (such as your zip code, age and income).

Information Collected

We collect and keep Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily to our 10 GG Services and through any other means, such as social media (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter).

When you register and set up an account for a Session on our 10 GG Website, we collect your name, postal address (shipping address and billing address), telephone number(s), your account username, password, email address, and credit card information (number, type of card [Visa, Master Card, etc.] and expiration date).

When you order or purchase creations in our GG Store, we may collect some or all of the following information, depending on what you buy, and how you pay for the merchandise:  Name, email address, postal address (shipping address and billing address), telephone number(s), and credit card information (number, type of card [Visa, Master Card, etc.] and expiration date).

When you sign up to receive our Newsletter, we will collect your email address.

When you order or purchase creations in our GG Store for delivery to other people, we collect your name, the recipient’s name, your email address, the recipient’s email address, your personalized email message to the recipient, your billing address, the recipient’s postal (shipping) address, your telephone number(s), the recipient’s telephone number(s), and your credit card information (number, type of card [Visa, Master Card, etc.] and expiration date).

When you call, email or chat with our customer service, we may collect all or some of the following: name, email address, postal address (shipping address and billing address), telephone number(s), credit card information (number, type of card [Visa, Master Card, etc.] and expiration date, order number, creations to be purchased, other information that you provide during the interaction.

On our 10 GG Website, we collect other information from you automatically, through the use of technology, without you taking steps to submit that information whenever you use our website for any purpose (shopping, or our resources), in the following ways:

1. As you navigate our 10 GG Website, we collect information including your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, operating system, and other device identification information.
2. We also use Cookies, pixels and navigational data like uniform resource locators (ULR) to collect information regarding the date and time of your visit, the products for which you searched and viewed, and the other resources on our website that you used or visited. In addition, our website and emails from 10 GG may contain code or pixels that cause Cookies to be placed in, read or modified from a user’s email recipient’s browser cache.
3. When you access our 10 GG Website from mobile devices (such as smart phones or tablets), we collect information including access times, the operating system, the products for which you searched and viewed, and the other resources on our website that you used or visited.

How We Use Personal Information Provided and Collected

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties.  When you purchase a product or a service from our website, or when you special order a product or service from our stores, we will share PersonaI Information with third party fulfillment companies in the United States, in order to deliver the product or service to you.  These third-party service providers are required not to use your Personal Information, except to provide the services requested by us, and they are bound by confidentiality agreements for their use of your Personal Information.  You expressly consent to the sharing of your Personal Information with our third-party service providers in the United States.

Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Information, we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with laws or to respond to subpoenas or other judicial orders served on us, or (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of 10 GG or third parties.

We may also use and disclose Personal Information for fraud detection and prevention.  Personal information and device identification information may be combined with information from other sources and used by us, or by a third party retained by us, to help detect and prevent fraud, credit card fraud, or other illegal or illegitimate activity.  All or part of your Personal Information or device identification information may be kept by us or kept by the third parties involved in fraud detection and used in future fraud prevention efforts.  Information that is believed to be fraudulent may be shared with other retailers, banks and law enforcement to help prevent illegal activity.

We use your Personal Information to respond to requests that you make and to provide you with a personalized 10 GG Website experience.  If you have signed up to receive 10 GG Newsletters from us, of course, we will need your email address.

Personal Information that we collect from a particular browser or device, including a mobile device, may be used with another computer or device that we have linked to the original browser or device, including a mobile device, on which such Personal Information was collected.

If you provide comments or feedback (Your User-Generated Content, further known as Your Posted Content) on any of our 10 GG Services, we may use Your Posted Content for any purpose.  We will collect any information contained in your communication and will treat the Personal Information in the communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information collected information and Posted Content that is submitted to our 10 GG Website, through our 10 GG App, or any 10 GG Services, or through any other means, such as social media (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter) or other social or sharing platforms or technology, now known or hereafter developed, may be used by 10 GG in the conduct of our non-profit activities without compensation to you.

Mobile Apps, Social Media/Network Widgets, Links to Other Websites

Our website may include social network or other third-party plug-ins and widgets that may provide information to their associated social networks or third parties about your interactions with our web pages that you visit, even if you do not click on or otherwise interact with the plug-in or widget.  Information is transmitted from your browser and may include an identifier assigned by the social network or third-party, information about your browser type, operating system, device type, IP address, and the URL of the web page where the plug-in or widget appears.  If you use social network tools or visit social networking sites, you should read their privacy disclosures, to learn what information they collect, use, and share.

In order to have your experience with 10 GG Services easier, we make mobile applications available.  In addition to collecting and sharing information as described in this Privacy Policy, we also collect information you provide through the 10 GG App when you log in, such as your email address.  We also collect information regarding the type of mobile device, operating system version, IP address, geo-location, device name, and unique device identifiers.  If you do not want your geo-location information to be collected, you can go to “settings” or similar function of your mobile device and disable the location feature.  In addition, you can visit the following website and opt-out of some geo-location tracking by the participating companies:  https://optout.smart-places.org/.

10 GG Website may provide links to other websites or Internet locations.  We provide these links merely for your convenience, and we do not endorse the other website or location, its contents, or any goods or services available through that website.  We have no control over, do not review, and are not responsible for these other websites, their content, or any goods or services available through the websites.  Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites.  Once you access information that links you to another site, you become subject to the privacy policy of that site rather than ours.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

External Ad Blocking

10 GG Website includes an external advertisement blocking service that attempts to block advertisements and other “pop-ups” that are not authorized by us when visitors come to our website.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you while visiting our website.  We make no representation or warranty that the service will stop any or all unauthorized advertisements or pop-ups while visiting our website.

Security and Disclaimers

The security of your personal information is important to us.  We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and after it is received, for example encryption is used for certain information (such as credit card numbers) using TLS (transport layer security).  Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.  Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your account information is protected by a password.  It is important that you protect against unauthorized access to your account and information by choosing your password carefully and by keeping your password and computer secure, such as by signing out after using the 10 GG Services.  10 GG offers advanced security features and settings for users of 10 GG App, such as two-factor authentication for signing in, and sign in history and notifications; you can view more information in your account settings.

10 GG has implemented appropriate security measures in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.  Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our website, and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we will do our best to protect its security on our systems. 

IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DESPITE OUR EFFORTS, 10 GG SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUFFERED BY A CUSTOMER OR VISITOR, EVEN IF 10 GG HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  10 GG DOES NOT WARRANT, EITHER EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY, THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANY CUSTOMER OR VISITOR SHALL BE FREE FROM INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  EACH CUSTOMER OR VISITOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF HIS OR HER OWN LOGIN INFORMATION.

EACH CUSTOMER OR VISITOR SHOULD BE AWARE THAT 10 GG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAY, NON-DELIVERY OR NON-RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION EXCHANGED BETWEEN 10 GG AND THE CUSTOMER OR VISITOR OR VICE-VERSA DUE TO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS, MAN-MADE OR NATURAL DISASTERS, FORCE MAJEURE, COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS OR INCORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER OR VISITOR.

10 GG COOPERATES WITH INQUIRIES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WILL ASSIST IN ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY A CUSTOMER OR VISITOR WHEN 10 GG IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO SO OR WHEN 10 GG, IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS JUDGMENT, DETERMINES IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT ITSELF, ITS WEBSITE, SERVICES, CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS.

Your Rights, Responsibilities & Choices

You may choose not to provide us with any Personally Identifiable Information.  If so, you can still access and use much of our site; however, you will not be able to access and use those portions of the site that require your Personally Identifiable Information.  If you do not wish to receive information we provide, you may opt-out any time we ask you for Personally Identifiable Information.

Retention

10 GG will retain your information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your 10 GG member account), or as needed to provide the services to you.  If you no longer want 10 GG to use your information to provide the Services to you, you may close your account.  10 GG will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your information to comply with applicable tax/revenue laws), resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise described in this policy. 

Contact Us to Update or Correct Personal Identifiable Information

On our 10 GG Website, you may change any of the Personal Information in your account by editing your My Account information.

Or, if you need to update, change or delete your Personally Identifiable Information or your child’s Personally Identifiable Information, please contact us at:  The 10 Greatest Gifts Project,  PO Box 521, Morrison, CO 80465  USA, call us at 612-444-1005, or email us at:  info@10GreatestGifts.org.

Lost or Stolen Information

You must promptly notify us if your credit card, user-name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission.  In such an event, we will cancel that credit card number, user-name or password and update our records accordingly.

Posting Comments or Parenting & Grandparenting Stories

We may also provide you the opportunity to Post information to our 10 GG Website.  Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes generally available to the public.  We have no control over its use and you should exercise caution when deciding to Post Personally Identifiable Information.  See Posting Terms of Use and Etiquette Guidelines here.

Unsubscribing

10 GG Newsletter wants to make it easy to unsubscribe to subscription emails we send to you.  Just look for the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email we send and follow the instructions there.  You can unsubscribe at any time for any reason.  In addition, you may contact us at the address or phone number provided in the Contact section below.

Updates and Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on our 10 GG Website.  If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.  Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the 10 GG Website.

California Privacy Rights

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), provide users with rights related to their personal information.  Consistent with those laws, 10 GG gives you the choice of accessing, editing, or removing certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you.  You may change or correct your 10 GG account information through your account settings.  You may also remove certain optional information that you no longer wish to be publicly visible through the Services, such as your name.  You can also request to permanently close your account and delete your personal information.

The California Civil Code Section 1798.83 allows our California guests and customers to request certain information regarding our disclosures (if any) in the prior calendar year, of personally identifiable information to third parties for the direct marketing purposes of those third parties.  To exercise your right, you may make one request each year by emailing us at: info@10GreatestGifts.org with “Request for California Privacy Information” on the subject line and in the body of your message.  Include your name and the address to which you would like us to respond.  We will attempt to provide you with the requested information within thirty days of receipt.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 1, 2021.

Contact Information:

The 10 Greatest Gifts Project

PO Box 521

Morrison, CO 80465  USA

612-444-1005

Email:  info@10GreatestGifts.org