HCBS Foundation (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our website, located at www.hcbsfoundation.org (the “Site”).

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide you with services and information you request, and to improve your experience on our Site. The types of information we collect include:

• Information You Provide Directly:
  • Contact Form: When you use our contact form, we collect the information you enter, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide in your message.
• Information Collected Automatically:
  • Log Data: Like most websites, our servers automatically collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
       
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information. You can control cookies through your browser settings. WordPress itself uses cookies for site administration.
       
  • WordPress Data: As this site is built on WordPress, WordPress may collect data necessary for the functioning of the website. For more information on WordPress’s data collection practices, please refer to the WordPress privacy policy.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide and Maintain the Site: To ensure the Site functions properly and securely
• Respond to Inquiries: To respond to your questions, requests, or comments submitted through the contact form.
• Communicate with You: To send you updates, newsletters, or other information that may be of interest to you (if you have opted in to receive such communications).
• Analyze and Improve the Site: To understand how visitors use our Site and to make improvements to content and functionality.
• Protect Against Fraud and Abuse: To detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, and other illegal activities.

3. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.   

4. Data Transfer

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.   

5. Data Disclosure

We may disclose your information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Site, to provide the Site on our behalf, to perform Site-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Site is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).   
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your personal information if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.   

6. Data Security   

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.   

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:   

• Access your personal information.
• Rectify inaccurate personal information.
• Erase your personal information.
• Restrict the processing of your personal information.
• Object to the processing of your personal information.   
• Data portability.   
• Withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.   

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.   

9. Links to Other Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.   

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.   

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.   

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.   

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.   

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:   

• Email: info@hcbsfoundation.org
• Address: 4th Floor, Acacia Mall Plot 14-18 Cooper Road (Off Acacia Avenue)