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Website Privacy Policy

Last modified: 12/21/2022

forest llc PRIVACY POLICY

We understand your privacy is a big responsibility, therefore, we work hard to protect your information and put you in control.

This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. forest llc, also referred to throughout as “Company,” “us,” “we,” or “our,” respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. 

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing our using our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. 

Things you provide to us

When you create an account to register as a member or subscribe to the newsletter (Account) through our website (“Website”), you provide us with personal information that includes your name and email.

When you submit a connection form through our Website, you provide us with personal information that includes your name, pronouns and an email. You can also choose to add a phone number, location (postal code), website and additional information. In addition, we collect details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website. Personal information is gathered through the contact form (click on connect page, scroll to bottom, and click the “contact form.”)

You also may provide testimonials to be published or displayed on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties. We cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your testimonials. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your testimonials will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information we collect as you use our services

Your browsers & devices:

We collect information about the browsers, and devices you use to access the Website. The information we collect includes unique identifiers, browser type and settings, device type and settings, and operating system. We also collect information about the interaction of your browsers, and devices with our services, including IP address and system activity. 

It does not apply to information collected by:

Offline or though any other means, including 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 any application or form that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website. 

Third-Party Use of Website 

Some content or applications on the Website are served by third-parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. 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 these 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.

Third parties we currently use include: 

  • Square

  • PayPal

  • Zelle

  • SquareSpace

  • Google

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under the age of 16 may provide any personal information. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website, register on the Website, use any of the interactive options on the Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address. We will use reasonable efforts to verify that the minor is of the age of consent and that if the parent gives consent, then it was appropriate parental consent.

Your location information

We collect information about your location when you use our services. Your location can come from real-time signals, like the IP address of your internet connection. An IP address (also called Internet address) is assigned to your device by your Internet Service Provider, and is a requirement to use the internet. IP addresses are used to make the connection between your device and the websites and services you use. IP addresses are roughly based on geography.

In some circumstances, we also collect information about you from publicly accessible sources. We use various technologies to collect and store information, including cookies, local storage, such as browser web storage.

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. 

  • Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). 

Why Company Collects Data

We use data to provide better services:

We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how the website is used. We use information we collect, like your email address, to interact with you directly. Or we may let you know about upcoming changes or improvements to our services.

We use different technologies to process your information for these purposes. We may combine the information we collect among our services and across your devices for the purposes described above.

When Company shares your information

We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals except if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

  • Enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.

  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.

  • Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of the Company, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may send us an email at forest@empathystories.org to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. 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.

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. 

To learn more about California residents' privacy rights, visit https://src.bna.com/MVJ

Additional Disclosures for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance (EU)

Data Controller / Data Processor

The GDPR distinguishes between organizations that process Personal Information for their own purposes (known as “Data Controllers”) and organizations that process Personal Information on behalf of other organizations (known as “Data Processors”). We, forest llc, are a Data Controller with respect to the Personal Information you provide to us.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account [and/or] through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of our website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. 

Contact Information 

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: forest@empathystories.org

Effective date: 12/21/2022

Last updated: 12/21/2022