What This Privacy Policy Covers

This policy covers how The Painted Turtle, a California nonprofit corporation (the “Camp”), treats personal information that the Camp collects and receives, including information related to your use of the Camp’s Web site and personal information collected from our Web site. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, e-mail address, personal background, or phone number.

We will not sell, share, or trade our donors’ names or personal information (both online and offline on any platform) with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.

We have created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our Web site.

Reading or Downloading

We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, princeton.edu if you are connecting from Princeton University’s domain), the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked to our site. We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

Sending us an Email

You also may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a Web form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from e-mail primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your e-mail to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your e-mail to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest. We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties. If you sign up for one of our e-mail lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested. We won’t share your name or e-mail address with any outside parties.

Children and Privacy

For children who visit our site, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children, such as first and last name or street address and city. When children send an e-mail to us, their online contact information (e-mail address) is not used to re-contact them and is not maintained in a retrievable form. The Camp does not knowingly solicit data from children, and we do not knowingly market to children. If you are a minor, you can use the information offered on our Web site only in conjunction with a parent or legal guardian.

Use of Links

Throughout our web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers. Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you’d like us to consider adding to our Web site, please send an email to info@thepaintedturtle.org with the subject “Link request.”

Use of Text and Images

If you would like to publish information that you find on our Web site, please send your request to info@thepaintedturtle.org. Where text or images are posted on our site with the permission of the original copyright holder, a copyright statement appears at the bottom of the page.

Changes to This Policy

In the event that The Painted Turtle decides to alter its privacy policy, the changes will be added directly to this statement. We will, however, always use information in accordance with the version of the privacy policy under which it was originally collected.

Exercise Care When Leaving Our Site

The Painted Turtle has designed its websites by including links to other websites based exclusively on their content and specifically advises the user that The Painted Turtle has not reviewed or approved of any of the Privacy Policies of those external sites. The Painted Turtle shall neither be responsible for the content of an external site nor its use of your personal information. The Painted Turtle encourages you to review the Privacy Policy of each external site that you visit before disclosing any personal information.

Contact Us

If you have questions or suggestions about The Painted Turtle’s privacy policy, contact us at The Painted Turtle staff office: 1300 4th Street, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90401 or by email at info@thepaintedturtle.org.

Terms and Conditions

Acceptance of Terms

This website is owned and operated by The Painted Turtle. Your use of this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle shall constitute your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Restrictions of Use of Materials

No image, content, material or any other matter of any kind or nature whatsoever appearing on this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle (collectively, “Material”) may be copied, reproduced, downloaded, posted, transmitted, hyperlinked, distributed or redistributed in any manner without the express written consent of The Painted Turtle. If you would like to so use any such material, you may request permission by contacting us by written request to Image Request, c/o The Painted Turtle, 1300 4th Street, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90401 or calling us at (310) 451-1353. The Painted Turtle expressly reserves all rights to the Material. Your use of the Material for commercial purposes, except as provided herein, is expressly prohibited. Your unauthorized use of any image displayed by The Painted Turtle may violate the copyright or trademark laws, the laws or privacy, the right of publicity or other state or federal statutes or regulations.

Copyrights and Trademarks

The copyrights, trademarks, service marks, logos, icons and domain names appearing from time to time on this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle are the exclusive property of The Painted Turtle or the third party that allowed The Painted Turtle to display such item herein or thereon. No license or right to use any such protected material shall be implied by you due to such display herein or thereon or your use of this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle, without the express written consent of The Painted Turtle or the third party which owns the copyright, trademark, service mark, logo, icon or domain name.

No Responsibility for Third Party Content

The Painted Turtle has designed its websites by including links to other websites based exclusively on their topical content and specifically advises the user that The Painted Turtle has not reviewed or approved of any of the materials contained on those external sites. The Painted Turtle shall not be responsible for the content of an external site, and The Painted Turtle’s decision to include a link to the same shall not be construed as an endorsement of the same.  The Painted Turtle encourages you to review both the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy of each external site that you visit. Further, The Painted Turtle cannot and does not bear any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability, timeliness or appropriateness for your specific situation or challenges of the content contained on any third party website.

Disclaimer

The Painted Turtle expressly disclaims the accuracy, suitability for your needs, completeness, reliability, timeliness or error free status of any opinion or content contained on this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by THE PAINTED TURTLE.

Limitation of Liability

The Painted Turtle shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages or lost profits arising from or related to your use of this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle, including but not limited to any damage to your computer, computer system or hardware or software or any alleged defamation, infringement, loss of data or business interruption by The Painted Turtle or any third party using this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle.

Indemnity and Release

You shall indemnify and hold The Painted Turtle, its officers, directors and employees harmless from and against any loss, cost, expense, damage, liabilities or claim, including but not limited to The Painted Turtle’s reasonable attorney fees, arising directly or indirectly from: (a) your use of this website or any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle; (b) your violation of these Terms and Conditions; © your violation of the right of any third party, including but not limited to the their trademark or copyright rights and their rights of privacy or publicity; and (d) any claim or contention that any of your submission of comments or other material constitutes defamation or damage to any third party. These indemnities shall survive your period of use of The Painted Turtle websites and these Terms and Conditions.

Jurisdiction and Forum

Any matter or legal dispute regarding this website and any other owned, operated or controlled by The Painted Turtle shall be governed by the laws of California and any action or claim regarding the same shall be brought only in the courts of Los Angeles County, California.

All Rights Reserved. Content may not be republished without permission.