Privacy Policy

Pattern for Progress (“our,” “we” or “us”) understands your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes how we collect, use, store, process and share your information in relation to your access and use of the Site and any other websites operated by Pattern for Progress, our mobile applications, and any of our other products or services that link to this Privacy Policy (the “Service”). By visiting, accessing or using the Service, you expressly consent to the collection, use, storage, transfer, processing and disclosure of your information, including personally identifiable information, as described in this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE ANY PART OF THE SERVICE, REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT OR MAKE A PURCHASE. All capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the respective meanings set forth in the Terms of Use.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT Pattern for Progress AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND SYSTEMS ARE HOUSED ON SERVERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, INFORMATION WE COLLECT (INCLUDING COOKIES) ARE PROCESSED AND STORED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, WHICH MAY NOT OFFER THE SAME LEVEL OF PRIVACY PROTECTION AS THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU RESIDE OR ARE A CITIZEN. BY USING THE SERVICE AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO US, YOU CONSENT TO THE TRANSFER TO AND PROCESSING OF THE INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

1. INFORMATION COLLECTION
(a)General. When you use the Service, you can browse without submitting any personally identifiable information about yourself. We will, however, receive and store some non-personally identifiable information about you, as described below. In order to participate in certain functionalities, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information. “Personally identifiable information” is information that would allow us to actually identify you, such as your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other information the Service collects that is defined as personal or personally identifiable information under applicable law.

(b)Account; Login. If you create an account, you will be asked to provide and we may collect certain information, including, but not limited to, your email address and password selected by you. It is your responsibility to keep your information up to date and to ensure that we have an active and deliverable email address for you. We are not responsible for any problems, interruptions in access, or liability that may arise if you do not give us complete and accurate information or if you fail to update your information so that it is current. Specific details on how to correct or change your information are provided on the “Settings” page of “My Account.” Subscription information can be removed from our e-mail lists by changing the “Unsubscribe” settings.

(c)Payments. If you make a payment to Pattern for Progress, we will ask for information required for payment processing, such as credit or payment card number, expiration date, CVV number, billing address, company name, and additional information required for payment processing (“Payment Information”) and other information requested for processing your payment. We use third party payment processors, currently PayPal, (a “Payment Processor”) to assist in securely processing your Payment Information. The Payment Information that you provide through the Services is encrypted and transmitted directly to a Payment Processor. We do not store your Payment Information and do not control and are not responsible for Payment Processors, or their collection or use of your information. You may find out more about how PayPal stores and uses your Payment Information by accessing the Privacy Policy for PayPal’s services (see https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full).

(d)Public Content. You may provide information through the Service that is intended for public consumption and is therefore viewable by the public, including photos.

(e)Location Information. If you use our Service, we may receive your generic location (such as city or neighborhood) or, with your consent, precise geographic location data. We may use and store this information to provide and improve features of our Service.

(f)Automatically Collected Information. Similar to other websites and services, we may collect some information automatically and store it in log files. We may use third party analytics providers to collect this information about the Service. See subsection (f) below for more information on our use of third party analytics providers and the information collected by such providers. This collection may include, but is not limited to: your IP address, browser type and language, device type, referring/exit pages and URLs, other browser history, platform type, number of clicks, landing pages, cookie information, the pages you requested and viewed, the amount of time spent on particular pages and the date and time of each request you make. We collect this non-identifying information in order to better understand our users, to more efficiently operate our business, to promote our services and to improve the quality of the Service. We may automatically collect information using various tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons.

iCookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a computer or smartphone for record-keeping purposes. Our third party analytics providers use cookies to record information about your activities while using the Service and to “remember” you when you return to the Service. Some cookies remain on your computer or device until you delete them. Others, like session ID cookies, expire when you close your browser. You may set your browser or device setting to attempt to reject cookies and you may still use the Service, however, certain features of the Service may not be available if your browser or device does not accept cookies. See subsection (f) below for more information on how the Service may respond to your browser or device settings. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. See also subsection (e) below.

(g)Third-Party Analytics. We use analytics tools and other third-party technologies, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about Service usage and users of the Service. These tools and technologies may use cookies and pixels to collect usage information from users that visit the Service, including information about the pages where users enter and exit the Service, what pages users view on the Service, time spent on each page, browser version, operating system, internet protocol address, and geolocation information. These technologies allow the third party analytics companies to recognize a user when a user visits the Service and when the user visits other websites. The third party analytic companies share the information they collect from the Service and from other websites with us and other website operators, including but not limited to age range, gender, geographic regions, general interests and details about devices used to visit websites and purchase items. Many of these companies collect and use information under their own privacy policies. You may opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page. For more information regarding Google’s collection methods and use of information, see the Google Privacy Policy by visiting the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

(h)“Do Not Track” Settings. Because we track Service usage information through the use of cookies and other tracking mechanisms, your selection of the “Do Not Track” option provided by your browser or smartphone may not have any effect on our collection of information via tracking technologies. The only way to completely “opt out” of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser and smartphone to delete and disable cookies and other tracking/recording tools. However, getting a “Do Not Track” signal to work as you might want is difficult. Using browsers as an example, not all tracking technologies can be controlled by browsers; unique aspects of your browser might be recognizable even if you disable a tracking technology; not all settings will necessarily last or be effective; even if a setting is effective for one purpose, data still may be collected for another; and even if one website observes a “Do Not Track” signal, that website usually will not be able to control other websites.

2. INFORMATION USE
(a)General. We will use your personally identifiable information to operate, manage, and administer your account and the Service; to provide you with support; to communicate with you; to monitor Service usage; to improve the Service; and personalize the Services and present you with content or features that we believe will be of interest or useful to you. We may also use personally identifiable information to resolve disputes; to detect and protect against errors, fraud, and illegal activity; to assist law enforcement; to enforce this Policy and the Terms of Service; or for any other purpose described in this Policy or described to you at the time of collection.

(b)Communications. We may use your personally identifiable information to respond to your inquiries or requests. You may not opt out of Service-related emails which are not promotional in nature. We may also send you promotional emails to notify you about events or services that may be of interest to you. If you would like to stop receiving promotional messages from us or third parties, please click on the unsubscribe link in any non-Service-related email you receive. Even if you opt out, you will continue to receive Service-related communications from us.

(c)Use of Non-Personally Identifiable and Aggregate Information. We may use non-personally identifiable information and aggregate information for any lawful purpose, including, but not limited to, analyzing trends, managing and administering the Service, tracking users’ movements, to create new services or to improve our business and the Service. In addition, we may share aggregate statistical information with our business partners. We may also combine your non-personally identifiable information and aggregate information with other non-personally identifiable information and aggregate information collected from other sources. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that aggregate information is never associated with you or your personally identifiable information.

(d)Information Retention. We may retain your information indefinitely, or as long as legally required or allowed, for our business needs and in order to deter fraud or abuse of the Service. We may dispose of any information in our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law. We do not undertake any retention obligations through this statement.

3. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
(a)Affiliated Entities and Service Providers. We may disclose your information, including personally identifiable information, to any affiliated entity or organization, agent, and/or service provider that provides support for the Service (such as analytics service providers) to help us operate the Service, improve our business or the Service and to provide services to us. Use of information by affiliated entities and service providers will be subject to this Policy or an agreement at least as restrictive as this Policy. We will not share your personally identifiable information for marketing purposes or with other third parties for purposes unrelated to the Service without your explicit consent.

(b)Business Partners. When Pattern for Progress works with other businesses to offer services, we may share information, including personally identifiable information, with those business partners only as needed to provide those services and subject to this Policy or an agreement at least as restrictive as this Policy.

(c)Legal Requirements. In some cases, we may disclose your information, including personally identifiable information: (i) as required by any applicable law, rule or regulation; (ii) if we believe disclosure is needed to protect our rights, property or safety; (iii) to government regulators or law enforcement authorities in connection with any judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena or legal process served on us or the Service; and (iv) to respond to a physical threat to you or another person.

(d)Disclaimer. We cannot ensure that all of your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Policy. For example, a third party may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or other users of the Service may abuse or misuse your personally identifiable information. No transmission of data over the internet can be 100% secure.

4. INFORMATION SECURITY MEASURES
We exercise care in facilitating the transmission of information between your device or computer and the third party servers that operate and store information for the Service. The personally identifiable information we collect is stored in operating environments that are not available to the public. While we have mechanisms in place to safeguard your personally identifiable information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

5. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
(a)The Service is not for or Directed Towards Children. The Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 18. We do not intend to and will not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using the Service. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will remove that information immediately and delete it from our servers. If you believe information from a child under the age of 13 has been provided to the Service, please notify us at:

6. LINKED SITES
The Service or users of the Service may provide links to other websites or resources (“Linked Sites”). You acknowledge and agree that Pattern for Progress does not endorse and is not responsible for any content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available through Linked Sites. Linked Sites are subject to different terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review.

7. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time upon notice to you. We may give notice by making the updated Policy available in the Service or by any other reasonable means. You can access and review the most current version of this Policy at any time at https://www.pattern-for-progress.org/privacy-policy. The updated Policy is binding on you as of the next date that you use the Service after the date of updated Policy. If you do not agree to the updated Policy, you must stop using the Service. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date posted at the top of this Policy will constitute your acceptance of the updated Policy.

8. ACCESSING OR UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
Pattern for Progress provides you with the opportunity to know about the information that Pattern for Progress holds about you, together with the ability to correct, amend or delete, as appropriate, any such information that is incomplete or inaccurate. Should you wish to exercise any of these options or should you have any questions or concerns about information that Pattern for Progress has collected in relation to you, please feel free to contact us by emailing . We will make good faith efforts to resolve requests to correct inaccurate information except where the request is unreasonable, requires disproportionate technical effort or expense, jeopardizes the privacy of others, or would be impractical. If your account is terminated for any reason, your information will no longer be accessible through your account or associated with your account. However, activity that occurred prior to deletion may still continue to be stored on our systems or the systems of our service providers indefinitely.

9. ENFORCEMENT
If for any reason you believe that Pattern for Progress has not adhered to these privacy principles, please notify us by e-mail at , and we will endeavor to review and correct the problem promptly. Please use the words “Privacy Policy” in the Subject line. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any authority regarding choice of laws, and venue for any actions arising from or related to this Privacy Policy of the Site shall be exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, New York, USA.

13. PRIVACY QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at: .