Privacy Policy

This site is owned and operated by Erica P. John Fund (hereafter known as EPJ Fund). Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At EPJ Fund, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our visitors, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information EPJ Fund Gathers and Tracks

EPJ Fund gathers two types of information about users:

Information that visitors provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions for contact or grant-seeking purposes,
Information EPJ Fund gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to visitors’ needs and to better understand the demographics of our website visitors. Under no circumstances does EPJ Fund divulge any information about an individual visitor to a third party.

Usage tracking

EPJ Fund tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. EPJ Fund does break down overall usage statistics according to a user’s domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user’s browser).

EPJ Fund sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that visitors enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual visitors. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites visitors like and don’t like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual visitors read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a “cookie” in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. EPJ Fund uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you’ve set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site.

Use of information

EPJ Fund uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our visitors.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites visitors like and don’t like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don’t track which terms a particular user enters.

EPJ Fund creates aggregate reports on visitor demographics and traffic patterns for sponsors and partners. We don’t track the usage patterns of individual visitors. We will not disclose any information about any individual visitor except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our visitors or the public.

Sharing of the information

EPJ Fund uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit our visitors’ needs and to better understand our audience’s demographics. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security

EPJ Fund operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our visitors.

Opt-out policy

We give visitors options wherever necessary and practical.

Your consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by EPJ Fund. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Hyperlinks to Other Websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to other websites not operated or controlled by the EPJ Fund (“Third Party Websites”). The EPJ Fund is not responsible for either the privacy policies of Third Party Websites or the validity of information contained therein. Inclusion of hyperlinks to Third Party Websites does not in any manner imply any endorsement of the material on Third Party Websites or association with their owners or operators.

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