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Winrock International

Winrock Privacy Statement

Last Revised: December 1, 2022

Winrock International is an Arkansas not-for-profit corporation with headquarters located at 2101 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA (“Winrock,” “we,” “us,” and “our,”). Winrock takes your privacy seriously and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose Personal Information (as defined below).

This Privacy statement (“Statement”) describes our practices in connection with Personal Information that we collect through:

Collectively, we refer to the Websites, Social Media Pages, emails and offline activities as the “Services”.

Please read this Statement carefully to understand our practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it. If you are an applicant or volunteer, please refer to this Notice.

What We Collect and How We Collect It

We will store, use, and share Personal Information about you in accordance with this Statement.

Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. We may collect the following Personal Information:

In some circumstances, we may also collect Personal Information of a more sensitive nature, for example, if you voluntarily provide us with information that reveals your ethnicity, political views, philosophical beliefs or offense-related information, such as human rights abuses. We may use this type of data, for example, if you share your experience with us about issues that we advocate for. Unless we request it, we ask that you do not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

Collection of Personal Information

We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including: 

We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide the requested Services to you. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Services. If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Statement.

How We Use Your Information

We use Personal Information for the following purposes:

How We Share Your Personal Information

We disclose your Personal Information:

Other Uses and Disclosures

We also use and disclose your Personal Information as necessary or appropriate, in particular when we have a legal obligation or legitimate interest to do so:

In order to encourage fundraising partnerships, Winrock may also disclose to third parties aggregate statistics regarding donations (total number of donors, amount of donations and referring websites), but seek not to include any names of individuals.

Collection of Other Information

Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual. The Services collect Other Information such as:

We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including: 

Uses and Disclosures of Other Information

We may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law.  If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, we may use and disclose it for the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information as detailed in this Statement.  In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information.  If we do, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information as long as it is combined.

Use of Services by Minors

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 18 through our Websites, Social Media Pages or any other online interactions. We encourage parents and guardians to provide adequate protection measures to prevent minors from providing information unwillingly on the Internet.

Jurisdiction and Cross-Border Transfer

Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using the Services you understand that your Personal Information will be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access your Personal Information.

How you can access, change or delete your Personal Information

If you would like to request to access, correct, update, restrict, or delete Personal Information, object to or opt out of the processing of Personal Information, please contact us by using the details set out below in the “How to Contact Us” section. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law. 

In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed or whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any action that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion (e.g., when you make a donation, you may not be able to change or delete the Personal Information provided until after the completion of the donation).

Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information

We give you choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes.  You may opt out from: 

We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, from which you cannot opt out.

Retention

We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.  The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: 

Security

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization.  Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Third Party Services

This Statement does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link.  The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, or any social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider, or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our Social Media Pages.

Changes to this Statement

The “Last Updated” legend at the top of this Statement indicates when this Statement was last revised.  Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Statement on the Services.

How to Contact Us

We value your opinions and welcome your feedback. Please advise us of any concerns, suggestions or complaints by contacting Winrock at https://winrock.org/contact/ or:

Mail
Privacy Officer
Winrock International, 204 E. 4th Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114
USA

Telephone
+1 (001) 501-280-3000

Email
webupdates@winrock.org  

TERMS OF USE

Effective July 3, 2013

1.    Acceptance of TOU.  Welcome to winrock.org Terms of Use (“TOU”). The TOU describes the rules you must follow in order to visit and use winrock.org (the “Website”). By using the Website, you are accepting and agreeing to follow the rules of the TOU. If you do not agree to the TOU, do not use the Website. We may change the TOU at any time without notice, and any changes will be included in the TOU. Please check the TOU for changes. Your continued use of the Website after the TOU has been changed constitutes your acceptance of such changes. The Website is owned and operated by Winrock International, an Arkansas not-for-profit corporation (“Company,” “we” or “us”). You can reach us by emailing us at admin@winrock.org, or by mail to 2101 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA.

2.    Use of Website and Content.  The Website, including without limitation, any information, software, photographs, images, video, audio, graphics, or text on the Website (“Content”), and all patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress, domain name, trade secret, and other proprietary rights therein are the sole property of Company and various third party owners. Subject to this TOU, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website and the Content solely for informational purposes, and for no other purpose. You may not modify, publish, transmit, translate, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, the Website or any of the Content, in whole or in part. No copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted. You acquire no ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

3.    Code of Conduct. While using the Website and the Content (including without limitation when you post messages or other information to the public forum portion of the Website, you will: (a) Comply with all federal, state and local laws that apply to your use of the Website and the Content; (b) Refrain from posting or transmitting through the Website any material that violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others (including, without limitation, any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights); (c) Refrain from posting or transmitting material that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law, or contains advertising or any solicitation; (d) Refrain from using the Website and the Content in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any server, or the network(s) connected to any server of Company, its affiliates or service providers, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website; (e) Not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, Content, or any services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any server or to any of the services, through hacking, password mining or any other means; (f) Refrain from uploading, posting or making available on the Website any User Content (as defined below) protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, and the burden of determining that any is not protected by copyright rests with you.

The Company makes no warranties or representations related to the Content or the Website and disclaims all liability for errors or omissions in the information presented. You acknowledge that while Company does not ordinarily monitor User Content, it reserves the right to refuse to accept User Content or to remove any User Content that is, in Company’s sole discretion, unacceptable, and to disclose User Content to law enforcement agencies or authorities who may investigate reports of misuse or abuse of the Website or the Content. You acknowledge that you use the Website is at your own risk.

4.    User Content. By submitting information, remarks, ideas, suggestions, submissions to public forums, inventions, graphics, images, photographs, or other materials (“User Content”) through the Website, you grant to Company an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, sublicense, distribute, market, sell, display, modify, create derivative works from and transmit such User Content for any purpose. You waive any moral or author’s rights or rights to attribution completely and irrevocably. Company shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any User Content that you submit except as specified in Company’s Privacy Policy, or as otherwise specifically agreed to or required by law. You understand that all User Content you submit through the Website is your responsibility. You represent and warrant that the User Content you submit to the Website will not infringe on the rights of others. You further understand that any User Content that you post in our public forum or other publicly available portions of the Website can be viewed by the public, and that you have no expectation of privacy with respect to User Content (including without limitation your user name) posted in our public forum or in other publicly available portions of the Website.

5.    Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of User Content you submit, transmit or otherwise make available, your use of the Website or the Content, your connection to the Website, your violation of the TOU, or your violation of any rights of another party.

6.    Trademarks. Unauthorized use of trademarks, service marks or logos owned or licensed by Winrock is strictly prohibited and may also be a violation of federal and state trademark laws.

7.    Copyright. The Website and the Content are protected by U.S. copyright laws and owned by Winrock, its affiliates, and certain third party providers. Except as expressly provided in this TOU, you may not use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute or publicly display any part of the Website or the Content without the prior written consent of Winrock.

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent the following information:

a.  An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
b.  A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
c.  A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
d. Your address, telephone number, and email address;
e.  A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
f.  A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Our Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Site can be reached by directing an e-mail to the Copyright Agent at admin@Winrock.org, or by letter sent postage prepaid to Winrock International, 2101 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock, AR  72202 USA; Attention: Copyright Agent.

8.    Employment Applications. By submitting your application for employment by Winrock to our Website, you hereby authorize Winrock and its agent to take such actions as are reasonably required to process your application for employment. Without limitation, we may verify information provided in the job application, contact your references, and contact you for an interview or to provide additional information.

9.    Disclaimer of Warranties. THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU MAY OBTAIN IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR PRODUCTS SOLD ON THE WEBSITE’S MARKETPLACE, FOR ANY TRANSACTIONS OCCURRING ON THE WEBSITE, AND FOR ANY USER CONTENT.

10.    Limitation of Liability. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR USE OF CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, OR USER CONTENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DECISION OR ACTION TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON ANY CONTENT, ANY DELAYS, ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN DELIVERY, NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT, OR FOR ANY TYPES OF DAMAGES OR LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

11.    Exclusion of Consequential Damages; Further Limitation of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, OR THE USER CONTENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER WHERE LIABILITY OCCURS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF COMPANY AND ITS THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS UNDER THIS TOU, OR ANY MATTER RELATING TO OR ARISING FROM THIS TOU, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ANY CLAIM OR ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, OR WARRANTY) SHALL NOT EXCEED  ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) AND THAT AMOUNT SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST US AND ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES.

12.    Governing Law. The TOU shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Arkansas, USA, without reference to its choice of law rules. By accessing the Website you understand and agree that all transactions take place in Pulaski County, Arkansas and agree that the federal and state courts in Pulaski County, Arkansas have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes with the Company arising from or related to your use of the Website, Content, or User Content on the Website. You irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts, and you irrevocably waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

13.    Statute of Limitations. Except for claims arising from your misuse of the Website or the Content, or claims arising from the User Content, you agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action against us arising out of or related to use of the Website, the Content or the TOU must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

14.    Third Party Links. The Website may contain links to third party websites. The Company makes no representation regarding the content or accuracy of any website that you may access through the Website. The Company does not monitor and is not responsible for the content found on other websites that are linked from the Website. The Company does not imply endorsement, recommendation or sponsorship for any linked website or the services, products or advice described on the site, and the Company shall have no liability for its content, including its accuracy, subject matter, quality or timeliness, or any personal information that you provide to such site. USE OF SUCH SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. The views, opinions, statements, offers or other information or content expressed therein are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s), not of the Company.

15.    Third Party Services. We may allow access to or advertise certain third-party product or service providers (“Merchants”) from which you may purchase certain goods or services. You understand that we do not operate or control the products or services offered by Merchants. Merchants are responsible for all aspects of order processing, fulfillment, billing and customer service. We are not a party to the transactions entered into between you and Merchants. You agree that use of or purchase from such Merchants is AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY US, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND MERCHANTS OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON MERCHANT SITES OR ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO OUR SITE. All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating procedures of Merchants will apply to you while on any Merchant sites. We are not responsible for information provided by you to Merchants. We and the Merchants are independent contractors and neither party has authority to make any representations or commitments on behalf of the other.

16.    Security. The Company does not make warranties or representations regarding the security of Content or User Content. Data sent over the internet may be intercepted by third parties; if you are concerned about the security of your data, you should not send it over the internet.

17.    User ID and Password. You may be provided with a user ID and password to access certain areas of the Website. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user ID and password and are responsible for all uses of them, regardless of whether the uses were authorized by you. The Company prohibits the transfer or sharing of user IDs and passwords. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your user ID or password or any other breach of security.

18.    Termination. You agree that Company may, in its discretion, and without prior notice, immediately terminate your access to the Website.

19.    No Third Party Beneficiaries. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOU, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this TOU.

20.    Waiver. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOU shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

21.    Headings. The section and paragraph headings used in this TOU are inserted for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this TOU.

22.    Violation of TOU. The Company reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of the rules and regulations set forth in this TOU and the Privacy Policy (which is incorporated by reference), including, but not limited to, the right to block access from a particular internet address to the Website.

23.    Entire Agreement; Severability. This TOU (and items specifically referenced herein) and the Privacy Policy for the Website (which is incorporated by reference and made a part hereof) constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company relating to the use of the Website. Additional terms and conditions may apply when you use any Third Party Services or access any linked websites. Should any provision of our TOU be held invalid, unlawful or for any reason unenforceable, then the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall be severable from the remaining provisions. Such invalid, unlawful or unenforceable provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. The TOU may not be assigned by you.

24.    Contacting The Company. If you have Website questions, comments, or concerns, please email information@Winrock.org. Please include details of your questions, comments or concerns and your complete name and contact information.