Habitat ReStore

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May 28, 1998

Privacy Policy

Habitat ReStore is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with your choices. Both personal and non-personal information collected is safeguarded according to the highest privacy and data protection standards adopted worldwide. Habitat ReStore has put in place a robust and effective data protection program which complies with existing law.
This privacy policy addresses the following questions:
● How Habitat ReStore collects personal information about you.
● The types of personal information Habitat ReStore collects about you.
● How Habitat ReStore uses your personal information.
● How Habitat ReStore secures your personal information.
● How you can manage your personal information collected by Habitat ReStore.

Habitat ReStores’ COMMITMENT

Habitat ReStore adheres to worldwide standards and practices for customer privacy and data protection. Habitat ReStore employs the following principles:
1. Habitat ReStore will only collect your personal information with your consent.
2. Habitat ReStore will not sell or give away your name, email address, phone number, or any other personal information about you to anyone outside of Habitat ReStore or its subsidiary companies, unless required to by law.
3. Habitat ReStore employs strong security measures to protect your information from unauthorized use.
4. Habitat ReStore gives you the possibility to control the information that you shared with us (opt-out).

1. NOTICE & CONSENT
Habitat ReStore will clearly inform you when information that personally identifies you (“personal information”) is asked for and you will have the choice to provide it or not. Habitat ReStore may ask you for information that personally identifies you, or allows us to contact you, for a variety of purposes pertaining to providing services to you. Generally, personal information about you is requested when you interact with Habitat ReStores’ website in the following manners:
● When you complete an inquiry form.
● When you sign up to receive email subscriptions or notifications from Habitat ReStore.
● When you request to download information such as brochures, whitepapers and other information Habitat ReStore may publish from time to time.
If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use hfh.org, but you will not be able to access or request information or services which require your personal information.
When you provide your personal information, you consent that it can be used for purposes listed in the “Usage” section of this policy, and that Habitat ReStore is an authorized holder of such information.
If you decide to provide your personal information to Habitat ReStore, you will be able to select the kinds of services you wish to receive from us by subscribing to specific services, for example electronic newsletters, product or service updates, information on upcoming events, and other services which Habitat ReStore may offer from time to time. You can discontinue receiving information from Habitat ReStore at any time by clicking on “unsubscribe” located at the bottom of all electronic correspondence from Habitat ReStore.
Habitat ReStore does not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If Habitat ReStore learns that personal data from a child under 13 years of age has been collected, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact us.

2. THE TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Habitat ReStore COLLECTS ABOUT YOU
The personal information Habitat ReStore may request from you when using hfh.org is very limited, and may include:
● First and Last Name.
● Email Address.
● Telephone number.
● Location.

3. USAGE
Habitat ReStore may use your personal Information for four primary purposes:
1. To improve and optimize the performance of the Habitat ReStore website.
2. To enable you to download specific content from Habitat ReStore or its subsidiaries.
3. To provide you with notification services you have chosen to subscribe to.
4. To facilitate contact with key members of Habitat ReStores’ management team or its subsidiaries.

4. ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
You are entitled to review the personal information you have provided us and ensure that it is accurate and current at all times. To review or update this information, email contact email for inquires and request that Habitat ReStore send you this information.

5. SECURITY OF INFORMATION
Habitat ReStore is strongly committed to protecting your information and ensuring that your choices are honoured. Habitat ReStore has taken strong security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. All sensitive data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted employee access.

6. RETENTION OF INFORMATION
Habitat ReStore retains information as long as it is necessary to provide the services requested by you, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the services or until you ask us to delete it or your account is deleted whichever comes first. Additionally, Habitat ReStore may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use, and take other actions permitted by law. The information Habitat ReStore retains will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. WHAT Habitat ReStore DOES WITH THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE
Your information is never shared outside of Habitat ReStore without your permission. Inside the company, data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted user access.
Habitat ReStore 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 Habitat ReStore or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Habitat ReStore and its subsidiaries, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Habitat ReStore, its websites, or the public.

8. HOW TO OPT-OUT
Habitat ReStore provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving from us updates on our products, newsletters and other communications. You can opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in emails or by contacting us at the address at the bottom of this page.

9. DOES Habitat ReStores’ PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO LINKED WEBSITES?
Habitat ReStores’ Privacy Policy applies to information collected on the website hfh.org or via Facebook contact form. Habitat ReStores’ website may contain links to web sites of third parties. Habitat ReStore is not responsible for the actions of these third parties, including their privacy practices and any content posted on their web sites. Habitat ReStore encourages you to review their privacy policies to learn more about what, why and how they collect and use personal information. Habitat ReStore adheres to industry recognized standards to secure any personal information in Habitat ReStores’ possession, and to secure it from unauthorized access and tampering.
Habitat ReStore uses third-party website analytic services to understand how Habitat ReStores’ website is used in order to better optimize the user experience. These third-party website analytics companies employ cookies to measure and track usage behavior on Habitat ReStores’ website. To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to Habitat ReStores’ website and other websites but will not collect any information which can personally identify you or can be linked to you.

10. USE OF COOKIES
Cookies are small pieces of data which are created by website servers and are either temporarily or permanently stored on your computer. These cookies allow the issuer to identify your computer and browsing activities when you are visiting a website.
Habitat ReStore does not create or issue cookies on hfh.org, however you may be subject to cookies issued by the following third parties when visiting Habitat ReStores’ website, in particular:
FACEBOOK
Habitat ReStore uses a Facebook pixel to serve with your advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. The information may also be used for frequency capping purposes (i.e., to ensure we do not display the same advertisement to you repeatedly) and to help us regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness.
GOOGLE
Habitat ReStore uses Google’s website analytics service to understand how visitors engage with Habitat ReStores’ website soHabitat ReStore can optimize it for better user experiences. There is no personal information associated with the site visitor cookie.

11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Habitat ReStore reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as it deems fit for its’ business and website operations. If Habitat ReStore makes changes to our Privacy Policy, Habitat ReStore will post these changes here so that you are always aware of what information Habitat ReStore collects, how Habitat ReStore uses it and under what circumstances, if any, Habitat ReStore discloses it. If at any point Habitat ReStore decides to use your information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, Habitat ReStore will notify you by email.

12. ENFORCEMENT OF POLICY
If for some reason you believe Habitat ReStore has not adhered to these principles, please notify us and Habitat ReStore will do its best to promptly make corrections.

13. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email Habitat ReStore at communications@hfh.org.
For more information about how to contact Habitat ReStore please visit the contact page of Habitat ReStores’ website.

Effective date: May 28, 1998.