Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes the privacy practices of Phelps Stokes (also known as the Trustees of Phelps Stokes Fund, a New York charity), and its related entities and programs, in connection with the use of this Web site. This Privacy Policy should be read alongside our Terms of Use document.

Information we obtain

Phelps Stokes currently collects information that can be used to personally identify visitors through this Web site, such as:

(a) Information that is automatically provided by visitors' Internet service providers when you visit our Web site (such as IP addresses): This information is used to help us manage the Web site, to diagnose any problems with our server, to help you with technical problems, and sometimes to help us enforce compliance with our Terms of Use, or to otherwise protect our users and this Web site.

(b) Information that you provide when you choose to register to receive our newsletters, bulletins, event notifications and the like, such as your name and contact details: We will use this information to provide you with the information you request and other items whcih we believe may be of interest to you.

(c) Information that you provide when you send emails to Phelp Stokes, such as contact details: We will use this information to help us review and respond to your emails.

(d) Information that may be obtained by or provided to us in other matters customary for the operation of a Web site of this nature, such as server logs.

We may also use your personal information for our own internal purposes, such as tracking Web site usage and determining areas of interest for users of this site.

We may contract with companies or persons to provide certain services including credit card processing, data management, promotional services, measuring the effectiveness of our promotions and how visitors use the Web site, etc. We call them Service Providers. We provide our Service Providers with the information needed for them to perform services. We also ask our Service Providers to confirm that their privacy practices are consistent with ours.

If you wish to be added to our removed from our database, or if you would like to correct information to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date, please email info@phelpsstokes.org.

We will disclose your personal information if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Phelps Stokes or others. We will not otherwise sell of provide your information to third parties.

Because the Internet is global, information about you that we collect or that you submit may be transferred to, processed in, and held in countries (including the United States) other than the one in which you reside. By using the Phelps Stokes Web site, you explicitly consent to such use of your information.

This privacy policy does not apply to third party Web sites (if any) that may be accessed through this Web site. We may provide links to other Web sites that contain information that we believe may be useful to you or that you will find valuable. However, we have not investigated the security of those linked Web sites and you should not assume those sites have a privacy policy equivalent to ours. If you have any questions regarding the privacy or security of those sites, you should contact the appropriate people at those sites directly.

Cookies

In the case of visitors that register to this Web site to receive newsletters, bulletins, event notifications and the like, and in certain other instances, Phelps Stokes may use "cookies."

"Cookies" are used to store and sometimes track your preferences in order to provide you with customized and personalized services. A cookie is data sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored on your computer hard drive. Cookies make your Web experience easier by storing passwords and preferences.  Cookies are used by most Internet Web sites.

You can adjust your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to inform you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive. However, your election not to accept cookies may diminish your experience with Web sites because of additional time needed to repeatedly enter personal identifying information.

Phelps Stokes reserves the right to change, at any time without advance notice, this privacy policy. Should any new policy go into effect, Phelps Stokes will post it on this Web site and the new policy will apply only to information collected thereafter.

California Residents

Under California law, California residents may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@phelpsstokes.org or write to us at: Phelps Stokes, 1400 I Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20005.

If you have any questions concerning this policy, you wish to change your contact information or you no longer want to receive electronic information from us, please email info@phelpsstokes.org.

As used herein, "Phelps Stokes" refers to the Trustees of Phelps Stokes Fund, a New York charity, and its related entities and offices, as described on this Web site. This Privacy Policy should be read alongside our Terms of Use document.