Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions & Affiliate Disclaimer

Last updated: June 26th, 2022

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Gifted Youth USA. The term the “Site” refers to giftedyouth.s1.48in48.org website. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors, customers, and any other users of the site.

This Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Affiliate Disclaimer is designed to explain how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information you provide to us when you access our website, purchase our goods or services, or engage with us on social media, as well as your own rights to the information we collect. By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 13 years of age.

Gifted Youth USA may change this policy occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

We collect a variety of information from you when you visit our website or make purchases. By accepting This Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Affiliate Disclaimer, you are specifically consenting to our collection of the data described below, to our use of the data, to the processing of this data, and to our sharing of the data with third-party processors as needed for our legitimate business interests. The information we collect may include:

COMMUNICATION DATA

It includes any communication that you send to us whether that be through the contact form on our website, through blog comments on our website, through email, text, social media messaging, social media posting or any other communication that you send us. We process this data for the purposes of communicating with you, for record keeping and for the establishment, pursuance or defense of legal claims. Our lawful ground for this processing is our legitimate interests which in this case are to reply to communications sent to us, to keep records and to establish, pursue or defend legal claims.

CUSTOMER DATA

It includes data relating to any purchases of goods and/or services such as your full name, business name, billing address, email address, phone number, contact details, purchase details. We process this data to supply the goods and/or services you have purchased and to keep records of such transactions. Our lawful ground for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps at your request to enter into such a contract.

FINANCIAL DATA

Data that is related to your payment methods, such as credit card or bank transfer details. PayPal will collect financial data to allow you to make donations. You should review the PayPal's Privacy Policy to determine how they use, disclose and protect your financial data. As a courtesy, PayPal's Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

SOCIAL NETWORKING DATA

We may access personal information from social networking sites and apps, including Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other social networking sites or apps not named specifically here, which may include your name, your social network username, location, email address, age, gender, profile picture and any other public information. If you do not want us to access this information, please go to the specific social networking site and change your privacy settings.

SENSITIVE DATA

We do not collect any Sensitive Data about you. Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and bio metric data. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. We do not carry out automated decision making or any type of automated profiling.

COOKIES

We may send cookies to your computer in order to uniquely identify your browser and improve the quality of our service. The term “cookies” refers to small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing the Site.

WEBSITE ANALYTICS

We may partner with third-party analytic companies, including Google Analytics. The
analytic companies may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website or mobile app to determine the popularity of the content and better understand online activity. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access our website, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly if you have questions. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

AFFILIATE LINKS

Some of the links contained on this website are affiliate links. This means that we may receive a commission if you click on the link and make a purchase from the affiliate. We only recommend products and services that we know and personally use. All the affiliate links are marked with an asterisk (*)

ADVICE ON THIS WEBSITE

This website is an informational resource for creative entrepreneurs. It is not a substitute for working with a business consultant or other professional. By continuing to use this website you acknowledge that we cannot guarantee any particular results, as such outcomes are based on subjective factors that are not within our control. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless our website and company for any direct or indirect loss or conduct incurred as a result of your use of our website and any related communications, including as a result of any consequences incurred from technological failures such as a payment processor error(s) or system failure(s).

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Your information allows us to offer you certain products and services, including the use of our website, to fulfill our obligations to you, to customize your interaction with our company and our website.

We may use the information and data described above to:

● Deliver any products or services purchased by you to you
● Correspond with you via email or another way of communication
● Process payments
● Interact with you via social media or blog comments
● Compile anonymous statistical data for our own use or for a third party’s use
● Assist law enforcement as necessary
● Prevent fraudulent activity on our website

We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

DATA SECURITY

We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data and keep your information secure. We use recognized online secure payment systems and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information you transmit to us. By consent to this Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Affiliate Disclaimer you acknowledge that your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of your data by other parties. We will notify you of promptly any known breach of our security systems or your data which might expose you to serious risk.

DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When deciding what the correct time is to keep the data for we look at its amount, nature and sensitivity, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the processing purposes, if these can be achieved by other means and legal requirements. For tax purposes, the law requires us to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they stop being customers. In some circumstances, we may anonymize your personal data for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under data protection laws you have rights in relation to your personal data that include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to the portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent. If at any point you believe the information we process on you is incorrect you can request to see this information and even have it corrected or deleted. You can contact us directly at we@giftedyouth.net to handle this request.

LAW

This Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Affiliate Disclaimer will be interpreted in
accordance with US law. If there are any disputes they may only be dealt with by the courts of United States.

CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Affiliate
Disclaimer or the practices of this site, your dealings with this site, please contact us at we@giftedyouth.net.

OWNER AND DATA CONTROLLER

Gifted Youth USA
996 Saratoga Ave San Jose CA 95129
we@giftedyouth.net