Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information about you, meaning information that can uniquely identify you, from various sources, such as:

Directly from you when you use the services, such as when you contact us through the services; and our service providers, business partners, and other third parties. The personal information we may collect about you may include, without limitation:

Contact information, such as name, postal address, email address, and phone number, login information, such as username and password.

When you use the services, We may also collect certain information by automated means, such as cookies. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected devices to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. We may also use third-party website analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) that collect information about user traffic on the services. The information We may collect by automated means may include, without limitation:

Information about the devices you use to access the services (such as the IP address and the type of the device, operating system, and web browser); dates, times, and duration of use of the services (including whether you are a repeat or first-time visitor); and Information on actions taken when using the services (such as page views and website navigation patterns).
To the extent that the information that we collect automatically is personal information or is paired with personal information, we will treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This information helps us to improve and personalize our services, including by enabling us to identify and authenticate users.

2. How We Use the Information We Collect

We may use information we obtain about you to:

Complete transactions you have requested using the services, and provide you with products and services you request; send you information or materials you request; respond to your questions and comments and provide customer support; communicate with you about our products, services, offers, and promotions; operate, evaluate, and improve our business and the services we offer; analyze and enhance our marketing communications and strategies; analyze trends and statistics regarding the use of the services and transactions conducted using the services; protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, and other liabilities, and manage risk exposure, including by identifying potential hackers and other unauthorized users; and comply with applicable legal requirements and industry standards. We also may use the information we obtain about you in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

This policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the website.

3. Disclosure of Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual user, without restriction. We may disclose personal information about you:

To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them; to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Greater Spokane Inc., users of the services, or others; and with your consent. We also reserve the right to transfer your personal information to a buyer or other transferee in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, sale, or other transfer of some or all of our assets. Should such a sale, merger, or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy.

4. Data Security

We have implemented measures intended to protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Please note that the electronic transmission of information is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee that the security measures we have in place to safeguard personal information will never be defeated or fail, or that such measures will always be sufficient or effective. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

5. Advertising

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the services are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. Third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons, pixels, or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the services. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control third parties tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

6. Your Choices

We offer you the following choices about the information we collect from you and how we communicate with you:

Cookies
Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the features of the services.

Promotional Communications
If you have received a promotional email from us, you can also opt out of receiving future promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in such email.

Web Analytics
You may opt-out of the aggregation and analysis of data collected about you on the services by our web analytics vendor by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Ad Personalization
You may opt-out of Google ad personalization by visiting your ad settings, available at: https://adssettings.google.com. Additional information about controlling the ads you see on the services and how Google’s ad services, which are used by the services, are personalized at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Targeted Advertising
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website. Many online advertisers comply with the Digital Advertising Alliance’s “WebChoices” tool for opting out of certain types of online advertising. To learn more about this, please visit: http://optout.aboutads.info.

7. Accessing and Changing Your Information

You may send us an email at info@greaterspokane.org to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

8. Your State Privacy Rights

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

• Confirm whether we process their personal information.
• Access and delete certain personal information.
• Data portability.
• Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.
  Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:
  – Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.
  – Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
  To exercise any of these rights please send us an email at info@greaterspokane.org

9. Children Under the Age of 13

GSI does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian may contact us by emailing us at info@greaterspokane.org. We will remove the information and unsubscribe the child from any of our electronic marketing lists. Where required by applicable law, We may ask children for consent from their parents or guardians before we provide a product or service to them.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Greater Spokane Inc. reserves the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a material change to our Privacy Policy, we will provide notice to you (e.g., by email or posting on our website) that our privacy practices have changed and will provide a link to the new policy. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is listed as the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to check for any updates or changes.

11. Data Transfers

Greater Spokane Inc. is based in the United States. When we obtain information about you, we may transfer, process, and store such information outside of the country in which you reside, including in the United States. By using the services, you consent to the transfer to and processing and storage of your information in countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection laws than those in the country where you reside.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information practices, please contact us at info@greaterspokane.org or write to us at:

Greater Spokane Inc.
801 W Riverside, Ste. 200
Spokane, WA 99201