1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. The 1990 Institute, a California not-for-profit corporation (“us,” or “we), is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its visitors, donors, and other users of The 1990 Institute Website (the “Site”). We created this Website Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Policy is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Policy.

PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a Site user is under age 13, we will promptly delete any personal information that we have gathered about that user.

In operating the Site, we may include registration, online surveys, and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other contact information. In addition, we use the services of PayPal to process donations: for those who choose to donate through PayPal, the privacy notice posted on the PayPal website is applicable with respect to information that PayPal collects.

2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES THE INSTITUTE COLLECT?

(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.

(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our Web site. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data capture mechanisms on our website other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of our site are useful and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience at our Web site may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.

3.1. WHAT DOES THE INSTITUTE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?

(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share your personal information with any third parties without your consent, except as necessary to provide you with the services offered by us or to comply with the law. We may use your personal information to verify your identity, to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions initiated on the Site. We may also use your contact information to inform you of any changes to the Site, or to send you additional information about The 1990 Institute.  

(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our site, or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

(c) USE OF COOKIES. We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.

(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The 1990 Institute or its subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of The 1990 Institute or the users of the Site, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the Site.

(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. We will not sell personally identifying information collected on our Site. We have no direct knowledge of data collection from Internet traffic by other parties and gain no benefit if it occurs.

(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. We do not maintain any formal procedures for you to review or request changes to the information that we collect about you, except that you may request that we remove all information about you from our database by contacting us in accordance with Section 6.1 below.

The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of any personal information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.

5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE 1990 INSTITUTE

At some point in time (though not at the time that this Policy is first posted), the Site may include interactive forums such as message boards and chat rooms. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

The Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies. Again, we remind you that if you choose to donate to The 1990 Institute by using our Site’s link to the PayPal website, the privacy policy of PayPal will apply to information that you provide through that website.

Our contracted Internet Service Providers (ISP) and other contracted parties who administer and provide technical service to support our website may collect and sell information that can be detected from Internet traffic of any of their customers, including The 1990 Institute: we have no direct knowledge of this and gain no benefit if it occurs.

If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site, or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database please feel free to contact us at the following telephone number and/or street address:

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.