Introduction  

Phila Engaged Giving, LLC (“Phila” or “We”) respects the privacy of its customers, business partners, and other visitors to Phila’s website who may choose to provide Personal Information (as defined below).

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to information collected by Phīla which relates to you as a natural person (“Personal Information”) via  Phila’s website at www.philagiving.com (the “Website”). This Policy covers the types of information collected, how your information may be used, whom the information may be shared with, and how your information is protected. This Policy only applies to Personal Information and does not apply to information which is non-personal or anonymized (e.g., aggregated information or information which cannot be related to a natural person). 

Additionally, this Policy does not apply to information collected by:

• • us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party; or
    
    
  • any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from the Website. Third party sites operate independently of Phīla and Phīla does not have any control over the privacy practices of these sites. When you click on one of these third party links, you are entering another website for which Phīla has no responsibility. This Policy does not cover the information practices or policies of such third parties. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you visit.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. This Policy may change from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the processing of your Personal Information or changes in applicable law, so please check the Policy periodically for updates. We encourage you to read this Policy carefully and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make.

Children Under the Age of 18

This Website is not intended for or directed to anyone under eighteen (18) years old, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from such individuals. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any Personal Information on this Website. If we learn that we have collected or received Personal Information from anyone under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about anyone under 18, please contact us at info@philagiving.com.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It 

We may collect Personal Information from users of our Website both directly, through their interactions with our Website and automatically, as they navigate and utilize the Website. 

Individual Collection: We collect information directly from you when you fill out forms on our Website, email us with information requests, or respond to inquiries. You are under no obligation to provide any such information. However, should you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services. You may elect to electronically provide certain Personal Information such as your name, physical address, and email address to us through means described on the Website from time to time. 

Automatic Collection: As with all websites, there are certain elements of Personal Information which we automatically collect as a part of your interaction with the Website. Along with the other information necessary for us to present the Website to you, we also use various technologies to collect Personal Information in connection with your use of the Website. 

Our web pages may incorporate “pixel tags,” “web beacons,” or other similar tracking technologies (collectively, “pixel tags”) that allow us, or our agents, to track the actions of users of our Website (known as “click-stream data”). Click-stream data can include Personal Information, such as the IP address of the computer you are using, the type of operating system and browser software that you use, the date and time of your access to our Website, the website address, if any, from which you linked directly to our Website, the website address, if any, to which you then travel from our Website, and any similar traffic-related information. 

We may also aggregate your click-stream data with similar data collected from other users in order to help us improve our Website and the services we provide through our Website. If we combine information which is not personal with Personal Information, we will consider the combined information as Personal Information.

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, information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

This information helps us improve our Website and deliver a better, more personalized service, enabling us to:

• • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
    
    
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests; and
    
    
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device. 

Cookies perform different functions such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. The types of cookies that may be used on the Website are set out below:

• • Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies, certain services you have asked for cannot be provided.
    
    
  • Performance cookies collect information about how you use the Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

• • Functionality cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

Phila collects the following categories of Personal Information from you:

• • Identifiers such as a real name, Internet Protocol address, email address, telephone number, or other similar identifiers.
    
    
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website application or advertisement.

Phila does not collect “Sensitive Personal Information” through the Website, as defined by applicable law.

How We Use Your Information 

In our normal course of business, we use Personal Information to respond to your inquiries. Additionally, Phīla uses Personal Information about you for the following purposes:

• • To present our Website and its contents to you;
    
    
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, to communicate with you about your use of our products and services, to respond to your inquires, and for other customer service purposes;
    
    
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
    
    
  • To: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud, or security issues; (iv)  establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, yourself, or any third party; (vi)  collaborate with law enforcement agencies; or (vii) enforce intellectual property or other legal rights in case we find it necessary;
    
    
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
    
    
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
    
    
  • To send you marketing communications from us if (i) you made a purchase or asked for information from us about our products or services; or (ii) you agreed to receive marketing communications and in each case you have not opted out of receiving such communications since; 
    
    
  • For business administration, including statistical analysis; or
    
    
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information 

Generally, we disclose Personal Information for the same purposes that we collect such information. We may disclose Personal Information that we collect, or you provide, as described in this Policy:

• • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
    
    
  • To respond to support requests;
    
    
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Phila’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by Phīla about our Website users is among the assets transferred;
    
    
  • To third parties who conduct marketing studies and data analytics. These third parties may combine your information with the information of other consumers for purposes of conducting studies and/or analytics. For instance, we use the Google Analytics to track how often people gain access to or read content on our Website. Provided you have opted-in to analytics cookies, we use this information in the aggregate to understand what content our members find useful or interesting so we can produce the most valuable content to meet your needs. To view an overview of your Google Analytics cookie please go here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245;
    
    
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
    
    
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; or
    
    
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your Personal Information:

• • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; or
    
    
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Phila, our customers, or others.

“Do Not Track” Requests 

Most internet browsers allow you to remove or manage cookie functions and adjust your privacy and security preferences. Outside of the use of the cookie settings in your browser, there are also browser-specific settings like “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) or “Global Privacy Control” (“GPC”). The Website will react to these settings by stopping the placement of any cookies which are not necessary for the operation of the Website.  Phīla does not track users to subsequent sites and does not serve targeted advertising to them. Phīla does not, therefore, respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. 

Data Transfers

Phila has its headquarters in the United States. Information we collect about you will be processed in the United States. By using Phila’s services, you acknowledge that your Personal Information will be processed in the United States and, depending on the circumstances, may involve a transfer of your information to the United States. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that any Personal Information is treated securely and handled in accordance with this Policy.

Your Privacy Rights

You have some choices regarding how we use your Personal Information, including the following:

• • Accessing your Personal Information. You may request that we provide you: (i) the specific pieces of Personal Information that Phīla has about you; (ii) categories of Personal Information we have collected about you; (iii) categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected; (iv) categories of Personal Information that we have disclosed for a business purpose about you; (v) categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information was disclosed for a business purpose; and (vi) the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information. Please note that most of the information you can make a request for is already contained in this Policy. 

• • Modifying or Deleting Your Information. While some privacy laws provide limited rights to correct or delete Personal Information about you, we may not be able to change or delete your information in all circumstances. For example, we retain Personal Information as necessary to complete the transaction for which the Personal Information was collected; provide a good or service requested by you, as reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between us and you; detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for that activity; debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality of our online properties; enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with Phila; comply with a legal obligation; or otherwise use your Personal Information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you have  provided the information. If you would like to request deletion or correction of your Personal Information, please see the section below entitled “Exercising Your Privacy Rights”. As part of this process, we may ask for some Personal Information in order to verify your identity and your rights to the data which is subject to your request.
    
    
  • How to Control Your Email Communications Preferences. You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe link” provided in the email. 
    
    
  • Selling or Sharing of Personal Information. We do not sell Personal Information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of Phila’s services.
    
    
  • Exercising Your Privacy Rights. If you are a resident of a jurisdiction with applicable privacy law and would like to exercise any of your rights, you may do so by contacting us by using the contact particulars noted in the “Contact Information” section below. Individuals in the European Economic Area also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of their Personal Information with their local data protection authority. 
    
    
  • Designating an Authorized Agent. Some jurisdictions permit their residents to designate an agent to manage their rights under the relevant privacy law. If you would like to designate an agent to manage your privacy preferences, you may do so using the mechanisms noted above under “Exercising Your Privacy Rights.” We will also need sufficient Personal Information about your authorized agent to be able to identify them. As part of this process, you must have permission from your authorized agent to disclose their Personal Information to us for the purpose of acting as your agent.
    
    
  • Appeals. Should we deny your request for exercising your applicable privacy rights, you may appeal that decision by sending an email to us identifying why you believe the denial is improper, a copy of the original request, a copy of the communication denying your request, and your desired outcome. We will then escalate your appeal to the appropriate parties inside Phīla to review the merits of your appeal. We will respond with our decision on your appeal within 45 days of receipt of your appeal.
    
    
  • Non-discrimination. We do not discriminate against you because you exercised any of your rights under this title, including, but not limited to, by: denying you access to goods or services; charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties; providing a different level or quality of goods or services; or suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Data Security

Phila seeks to adopt appropriate physical, technological, and organizational security measures that are consistent with industry practice in order to assist with protection against the loss, misuse, and alteration of Personal Information that is under our control. 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, and we are not liable for any unlawful acts of others who obtain your Personal Information.

Data Retention 

Phila retains data for the duration of users’ business relationship with Phīla and for a period of time thereafter to allow potential clients to re-engage with Phīla and Phīla to have background and history of the contracting party to assist them, to analyze the data for Phila’s own operations, and for historical and archiving purposes associated with Phila’s client history. Therefore, please note that we retain Personal Information we collect for as long as it is necessary to provide our services, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We may rectify, replenish, or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice 

This Policy is current as of the Last Modified Date set forth above. We recognize that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and will from time to time update this Policy as we undertake new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies. We encourage you to review this Policy regularly for any changes.

Contact Information 

To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Phila Engaged Giving
1809 7th Ave, Suite 409
Seattle, WA 98101
info@philagiving.com