Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is a priority for Carry The Load. This Statement of Privacy applies to carrytheload.org and Carry The Load and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Carry The Load include carrytheload.org and Carry The Load. The Carry The Load website is an informational website which tells about our organziation. Additionally, the website contains a peer-to-peer fundraising and donation platform. By using the Carry The Load website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Carry The Load may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name. If you use Carry The Load's website for a purchase or a donation, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. Employees of Carry The Load do not have access to or visibility of your credit card information.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Carry The Load. 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 Carry The Load website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Carry The Load's public-facing pages (Personal Fundraising page, Team Fundraising page, "Who Are You Carrying?" Story), this information could be collected and used by others.
Carry The Load encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Carry The Load so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Carry The Load is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Carry The Load website.
Use of your Personal Information Carry The Load collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Carry The Load may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Carry The Load and its affiliates. Carry The Load may also contact you to offer you the opportunity to participate or donate in future.
Carry The Load does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Carry The Load may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. Carry The Load 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 Carry The Load, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Carry The Load will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Carry The Load or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Carry The Load; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Carry The Load, or the public.
Use of Cookies The Carry The Load website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Carry The Load pages, or register with Carry The Load site or services, a cookie helps Carry The Load to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Carry The Load website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Carry The Load features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Carry The Load services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
To secure your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, Carry The Load uses the following: Blackbaud and Blackbaud Merchant Services software. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
Children Under Thirteen
Carry The Load 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.
Disconnecting your Carry The Load Account from Third Party Websites
You will be able to connect your Carry The Load account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR CARRY THE LOAD ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED INTHIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THE THIS FEATURE.
You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Visit "Update my Profile" from your Participant Center, and then choose to edit "linked accounts"..
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from Carry The Load by contacting us here: contact@carrytheload.org
Changes to this Statement
Carry The Load will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Carry The Load encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Carry The Load is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Carry The Load welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Carry The Load has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Carry The Load at:
Carry The Load PO Box 261904 Plano, Texas 75026
Email Address: contact@carrytheload.org
Telephone number: (214) 723-6068
Effective as of January 23, 2016