Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.tspfstg.wpengine.com and Tall Ship Providence Foundation and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Tall Ship Providence Foundation include www.tspfstg.wpengine.com, and TSPF. The TSPF website is a Nonprofit organization site. By using the TSPF website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, TSPF may collect personally identifiable information, such as: your first and last name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
If you purchase TSPF’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
TSPF may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your: age, gender, and information collected to process credit card transactions and information collected through Google Analytics.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
TSPF collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
TSPF may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from TSPF and its affiliates.
TSPF does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
TSPF may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to TSPF, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
TSPF may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 TSPF or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of TSPF; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of TSPF, or the public.
TSPF may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within TSPF, in order to determine what TSPF services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within TSPF to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by TSPF. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the TSPF website.
The TSPF website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize TSPF pages, or register with TSPF site or services, a cookie helps TSPF to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same TSPF website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the TSPF features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the TSPF services or websites you visit.
We utilize retargeting on Google Ads and Facebook Ads to deliver personalized advertising based on your previous interactions with our website.
Retargeting on Google Ads:
We may use Google Ads Remarketing, which employs cookies to show you ads relevant to your interests and online activities. If you prefer not to receive personalized ads based on your interactions with our website, you can opt-out by visiting the Google Ads Settings page (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated). Additionally, you may choose to opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org).
Retargeting on Facebook Ads:
Through Facebook Ads, we may display ads to you based on your previous interactions with our website. These ads are tailored to match your interests and preferences. If you wish to opt out of this personalized advertising, you can adjust your ad preferences within your Facebook account settings.
Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will no longer see ads. It simply means that the ads you see may be less relevant to your specific interests and browsing behavior.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
TSPF secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. TSPF uses the following methods for this purpose: SSL Protocol.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
TSPF does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
From time to time, TSPF may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from TSPF or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from TSPF, you may opt out of such communications by There’s an UNSUBSCRIBE button at the bottom of our emails..
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
TSPF reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
TSPF welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that TSPF has not adhered to this Statement, please contact TSPF at:
Tall Ship Providence Foundation
1A Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Email Address: info@tallshipprovidence.org
Telephone number: 703-915-1600
Effective as of June 12, 2019
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