Who we are

Higher Hopes! Our website address is: https://www.higherhopesdetroit.org. Making sure that your private information is protected when you interact with Higher Hopes! (The Organization) and www.higherhopesdetroit.org (“Site”) is our priority. This Privacy Policy lays out all the ways that we strive to carry out this important objective in our data collection and usage practices. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Higher Hopes! include www.higherhopesdetroit.org.

Finally, using the Higher Hopes! website you consent to abide by the data practices described in this policy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

 

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

 

Who we share your data with

 

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with the information and opportunities we offer, Higher Hopes! may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

• First and Last Name
• Mailing Address
• E-mail Address
• Phone Number

If you make a gift  or gift donation to Higher Hopes! we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the donation transaction.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to register for events or make a donation. These may include: (a) registering for an account)sending us an email message; (c) submitting your credit card or other payment information. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to communicating with you in relation to interactions you had with us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

Higher Hopes! collects and uses your personal information to facilitate the interactions that you have requested.

Higher Hopes! may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other events or opportunities available from Higher Hopes! and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Higher Hopes! does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Higher Hopes! may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Higher hopes! and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Higher Hopes! may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to : (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Higher Hopes! or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Higher Hopes!; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Higher Hopes!, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Higher Hopes! This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Higher Hopes! website.

Links

This website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

• Delete your personal information from our records: and
• Direct any outside service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Complete the interaction for which the personal information was collected.
• 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:
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law:
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonable aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligations; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children Under Thirteen

Higher Hopes! does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Email Communications

From time to, Higher Hopes! may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/ or general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Higher Hopes! or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Higher Hopes! you may opt out of of such communications by unsubscribing or reaching out to the Higher Hopes! team at [email protected].

Changes to this Statement

Higher Hopes! reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website and/or by updating any privacy information. your continued use of the website after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement o abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

Higher Hopes! welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy policy. If you believe that Higher Hopes! has not adhered to the Policy, please contact Higher Hopes! at:

 

Higher Hopes!

8898 Commerce Road, Suite 5C

Commerce Township MI 48382

 

Email Address:

[email protected]

 

Telephone Number:

248-360-9300