Kier’s Kidz is committed to respecting the privacy of our donors, whether the donation is made online, by mail, or any other method online and offline. We will not share, sell, exchange or trade our donors’ personally identifiable information with any other entity. In addition, we will not send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations, third party fundraising or marketing purposes. This policy applies to all of the ‘Kier’s Kidz Family’, including the kids and young adults battling cancer and their families, our wonderful volunteers, Kier’s Kidz at Rutgers leadership, our partner organizations, valued business partners and everyone who is helping us with our mission of ‘Helping Kids Beat Cancer’!

Last updated: November 14, 2024

Kier’s Kidz A NJ Non-Profit Corporation (“Kier’s Kidz”), a 501(c)(3) corporation, is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information entrusted to us. We have designed this Privacy Policy to answer questions regarding our privacy principles and practices.

What is Personal Information?

This Privacy Policy is applicable to all users (“Users”) of the Kier’s Kidz website found at www.kierskidz.com (the “Website”), as well as other websites developed by Kier’s Kidz now or in the future (“Kier’s Kidz Sites”) and Kier’s Kidz web pages on third party sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn (“Third Party Sites,” and together with the Website, and the Kier’s Kidz Sites, the “Sites”) and all Users of the Sites who provide personal identifiable information (“personal information”). When this Privacy Policy uses the term “personal information,” we mean information that identifies a particular individual, such as the individual’s full or partial name, postal address, email address and telephone numbers.

Types of Personal Information Collected

Contact Information
This may include your name, address, email address, telephone numbers, or other contact information; and, for children, the name, mailing address and/or email address of a parent or legal guardian. Purpose for collection: to provide and deliver information, products or services you have requested, including processing your payment or donation, to send you information related to products and services, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages, to communicate with you about upcoming events.

Donor and Payment Information
Including name, card issuer and card type, credit or debit card number, expiration date, CVV code and/or billing address. Purpose for collection: to check that the right person is using the right card or account, meet the requirements of the card brands or account issuers, and to ensure successful transactions.

Information You Provide About a Third Party
If you send someone else a communication from the Sites (such as sending a gift), we may collect information such as that person’s name, telephone number, email, and/or shipping address. Purpose for collection: to deliver to or communicate with the person at the address which you have requested.

Legal Information
Including fraud checks or flags raised about your transactions, the payment card you want to use, payment card refusals, suspected crimes, complaints and/or claims. Purpose for collection: to protect you and our business against criminal activities and risks, and to make sure we understand and can meet our legal obligations to you and others and can defend ourselves.

Voluntary Information
Includes any voluntary information you provide us with, such as responses to surveys or fundraising events and social media activity. Purpose for collection: to better understand you and to serve you better through more detailed information and enhanced overall experience.

Information Automatically Collected From Your Browser
When you use the website some data is automatically transferred from your browser to our server, including your device type, cookie settings, browser type, operating system, viewed pages and clicked links, IP address, unique identifiers and the amount of time you spend viewing or using our website. Purpose for collection: to collect visit data to improve the website, to make sure our website works properly with your device, and for analytical and demographic purposes. This information also helps us protect the security or integrity of the website and our organization, such as by protecting against and preventing fraud, unauthorized transactions, and identifying potential hackers and other unauthorized users.

What Security Measures Does Kier’s Kidz Have in Place To Safeguard Personal Information?

Kier’s Kidz has implemented physical, electronic and administrative measures to protect your information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access. For example, we use encryption, passwords and firewalls to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information contained on our computer systems. We review and update our security procedures to protect our Users’ personal information in order to consider appropriate new technology and methods; however, despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. In this regard, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data while you are on the Internet.

Where is my Personal Information Located?

Your personal information may be stored and processed in servers, including those of our authorized third parties, currently located in the United States. These servers shall always be subject to the safeguards described in this Privacy Policy to protect against unauthorized collection, use or disclosure, and you shall be able to access the personal information stored in such servers in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Links to Third Party Sites

Users may, through hypertext or other computer “links,” access other websites or social media platforms on the Internet which are not operated or monitored by Kier’s Kidz. We provide these links to you as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Kier’s Kidz of the website or content linked to. Kier’s Kidz ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE WEBSITE OPERATED BY Kier’s Kidz AND ITS AFFILIATES, INCLUDING ANY WEBSITE WHICH MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE. Unless otherwise indicated, Kier’s Kidz is not sponsored by or affiliated with the linked website, and trademarks used in connection with linked website are not trademarks of Kier’s Kidz. Kier’s Kidz specifically disclaims responsibility for any inadvertent viewing by a minor of any material intended for adults on a website accessed through use of a linked website. If you click on a link for Facebook, Twitter or any other third-party website, you should know that our Privacy Policy will not apply on those sites. It’s always a good idea to read the privacy policy of a website if you’re concerned.

How To Control How Your Personal Information is Collected, Used and Disclosed

You have control over how we collect, use and disclose your personal information. Any comments, questions or changes regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information shall be directed to a Kier’s Kidz representative, as described below. You may choose not to receive email from us, even after granting permission, by unsubscribing. Instructions on how to unsubscribe from emails that are not related to processing of your transactions with us are included in each such email.

Questions, Comments or Accessing or Updating Your Personal Information

If you have any questions or comments about Kier’s Kidz Privacy Policy, would like to advise us how you would like your personal information not to be used or disclosed, or would like to access or update your personal information, please contact us.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy/Amendments to Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the information usage practices of Kier’s Kidz. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Sites. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. If, at some point in the future, there is a material change to our information usage practices that affects your personal information, you will be notified of such change by a conspicuous posting on the Website. Your continued interaction with Kier’s Kidz following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes, subject to your continuing right to notify us at any time as to how you would like us to treat your personal information.

Terms and Conditions
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

Content Copyright
All content contained within this website, including the computer code, as well as text, illustrations, photos, collectively “content”, are copyrighted material of Kier’s Kidz, unless indicated and is strictly protected by U.S. copyright law. Do not copy, download, republish, distribute or reproduce in whole or in part, any of the information contained on the website without prior consent.

Disclaimer
The materials on Kier’s Kidz A NJ Non-Profit Corporation (Kier’s Kidz) website are provided “as is”. Kier’s Kidz makes no warranties, expressed or implied.

Revisions and Errata
The information appearing on the Kier’s Kidz web site could include errors. Kier’s Kidz does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete or current. Kier’s Kidz may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. Kier’s Kidz does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Links
Kier’s Kidz has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Kier’s Kidz of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.

Terms of Use Modifications
Kier’s Kidz may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Governing Law
Any claim relating to the Kier’s Kidz website shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding these policies.

Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of Kier’s Kidz. The Kier’s Kidz will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of Kier’s Kidz.

Kier’s Kidz will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation. Kier’s Kidz will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of Kier’s Kidz.

Kier’s Kidz will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Kier’s Kidz.

Kier’s Kidz will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, Kier’s Kidz will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

Kier’s Kidz will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders’ fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to Kier’s Kidz.