Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Foothill Family and our website; https://www.foothillfamily.org This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:

What information we collect;

With whom it is shared;
How it can be corrected;
How it is secured;
How policy changes will be communicated; and
How to address concerns over the misuse of personal data

Foothill Family believes in protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information gathered from individuals who utilize our services, visit our website and/or donate online, by phone, through mail or at events. Our Privacy Policy below explains how we collect, utilize and disseminate personal information and may be changed or updated at any time and without notice. Such changes will be posted on our Site.

A. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing 

Foothill Family collects and uses both personal and aggregate information, online and offline, for multiple purposes.

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or another direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Personal Information: Any information or set of information that identifies or could be used by or on behalf of Foothill Family to identify a natural person. Personal Information does not include information that is encoded, aggregated, anonymized or publicly available information that has not been combined with non-public Personal Information. Examples of different purposes for which we may collect Personal Information include, but are not limited to:

•  Online applications and surveys for current and former clients
•  Charitable donations made to Foothill Family
•  Employment applications
•  Volunteer Applications
•  Voluntary submissions to Foothill Family requesting information about Foothill Family’s services and events, signing up to receive information from us or to attend an event, or sending us an email.

Non-Personal/Other Information: In addition to the Personal Information, we collect additional information that does not personally identify you (collectively, “Other Information), which may include information collected in the following ways:

From your activity on our Site: Foothill Family collects standard web server traffic pattern information on our website, including general traffic, site usage and length of stay. This information is used to improve our Site, but we do not and will not match usage data with personal information to track individuals.

From Cookies, JavaScript Tags: Information that we collect using technical methods, including, but not limited to “cookies”, JavaScripts tags, web beacons, Flash cookies, and other locally stored objects. Cookies are small packets of data that website stores on your computer hard drive so that your computer will “remember” information about your visit. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to enhance your experience using our Site. You may be able to disable cookies and/or other locally stored cookies by disabling them in your browser or on your device.

From Google Analytics: Foothill Family uses Google Analytics a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. or other server statistics, these services use cookies to help analyze how users use the Site. The Other Information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on services in the United States. Google uses this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by disabling them in your browser or in your device. By using this website, you consent to the process of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics. For more information about how to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, please visit this Google page.

From Web Statistics: Foothill Family uses various site statistics software/services such as but not limited to AWStats, Webalizer, …  a third-party web governance tool, to collect traffic data, location, IP address, communication data, operating system, and browser. Web Statistics software uses cookies to analyze this information and transmits it to the web server, where it is stored. Web Statistics software uses this information to evaluate visitors’ use of the website, providing reports on website activity. Foothill Family uses these reports and other information to enhance visitors’ experiences on the Foothill Family website. You can refuse to accept browser cookies.

From Tell-a-Friend: If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our Site, we ask them for a name and email address. Foothill Family will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the Site. Foothill Family stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.

From You: Information that you voluntarily provide to us that may or may not identify you personally including but not limited to making a gift, registering for an event, inquiring. Examples, when you would provide personal information, include, but are not limited to making a gift, registering for an event, inquiring about a program or participating in peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

Security 

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Surveys

From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or polls. Participation is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of the company and this site.

B. How We Use and Share the Information

Foothill Family uses the Personal Information and Other Information to provide you services, process your donations, inform you about Foothill Family and its programs and to improve our services and Site content for you. We may send you solicitations for donations or invitations to special events.

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the visitor experience to our Site and services, we may analyze the Other Information in aggregate form.

Foothill Family will not share or sell your email address with third parties. We may send you periodic emails on a variety of topics. You may start or stop receiving such emails at any time by sending an email.

Foothill Family does not share the personal information of clients or their family members.

Foothill Family may also share information with consultants and affiliates for internal business purposes and may divulge personal information if such information is subpoenaed. In some situations, your personal information may be used on a confidential basis with third parties who perform a particular service on our behalf, such as sending emails.

California Residents: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California resident to request information about the disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us.

Contacting the Web Site: If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact:

Privacy Officer
Foothill Family
2500 E. Foothill Blvd Suite #300
Pasadena, CA 91107
Telephone Number: (626) 993-3000

C. How we protect the Information/Security

Foothill Family strives to protect the Personal Information and ‘Other Information’ transmitted through this website from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction through the use of firewalls and virus/intrusion detection software to protect our servers. We offer a secured website (“https:”) utilizing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security technology for establishing an encrypted link between our web server and your browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral.

All donations made through our website are processed using a standard SSL encrypted payment system that is Payment Card Industry compliant.

Since no security system is impenetrable, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that the information you provide will not be intercepted while being transmitted to and from us over the Internet. Our Site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another Website for which Foothill Family has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.

Other Provisions as Required by Law

Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices. Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 626-993-3000.

Changes to This Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to revise or change this policy in the future. Any changes to our policy will be clearly and conspicuously posted on this section of our site.

DISCLAIMERS. YOUR USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR RISK. THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SECURITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. NEITHER FOOTHILL FAMILY, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES. THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND NEITHER FOOTHILL FAMILY, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY COMMITMENT OR ASSUMES ANY DUTY TO UPDATE SUCH INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR SERVICES. THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY SUCH PROHIBITIONS.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM FOOTHILL FAMILY OR THROUGH THE SITES, CONTENT AND SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.