Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how The Thinking Forest Foundation ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a donation through our website, www.thinkingforest.org. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and supporters.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect information necessary to operate our foundation, manage events, and communicate with you.

A. INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE DIRECTLY

When you engage with us, you may provide us with the following personal information:

• Contact Data: Your name, email address, and phone number (if provided) when you sign up for our newsletter or contact us directly.
• Transaction Data: Payment information (which is processed by third-party services like Stripe or PayPal and is not stored by us), billing address, and donation amount.
• Correspondence Data: Information you include in communications when submitting inquiries or feedback.

B. AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED DATA

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage:

• Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, pages viewed, time spent on the site, and referral source. This is primarily collected via Google Analytics or similar services to help us improve our website performance.
• Cookies: Small data files stored on your device by your browser. We use essential cookies to make the website function and non-essential cookies (like analytics) to understand user behavior.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To Communicate: To send you our newsletter, updates about exhibitions, events, and programs, or to respond to your specific inquiries.
• To Process Donations: To accept and process financial donations and provide receipts.
• To Analyze & Improve: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services to improve our website design and content.
• To Protect Our Operations: To detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and comply with legal obligations.

3. Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell your personal data. We only share it with third parties necessary to perform the functions of the foundation:

• Service Providers: We share necessary data with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who require access to data to perform work on our behalf. Examples include Mailchimp (for sending newsletters) and third-party payment processors (for donations).
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests (e.g., court order or subpoena).

4. Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Opt-Out of Newsletters: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.
• Access and Correction: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to ask for corrections to be made.
• Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions required by law.

5. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or your data, please contact us at: mail@thinkingforestfoundation.org