Founding Forward (the “Company,” “Founding Forward” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy (this “Privacy Policy”).
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit any Founding Forward websites (the “Sites”), any Founding Forward mobile application(s) (together, the “Apps”), and related services, content, information, functionality, or communications including embark. FoundingForward.org (collectively referred to as the “platform”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined having the meanings ascribed to them in the platform’s Terms & Conditions.
This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect:
It does not apply to information collected by:
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may choose not to use our platform. By accessing or using this platform, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time.
Your continued use of this platform after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy each time you access the platform.
We collect several types of information from and about users of our platform, including information:
The information we collect on or through our platform may include:
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the platform, such as the Owner Forum or Member Blog, or transmitted to other users of the platform or third parties (collectively, along with all information you enter through the Interactive Services, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the platform with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
As you navigate through and interact with our platform, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
We use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services. See Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on our platform and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information, and we may further maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. This automatically collected information helps us to improve our platform and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Some content or applications on the platform are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, social media sites and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
To our subsidiaries, franchisees, and affiliates, but only to the extent permitted under our Terms & Conditions.
We may also disclose your personal information:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the platform and visiting your account profile page.
You may also send us an email to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Contributions from the platform, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other platform users. Proper access and use of information provided on the platform, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms & Conditions.
If you are a resident of Canada, please see the “Additional Disclosures for Residents of Canada” section. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights and choices, please contact us as set out in the “Contact Us” section.
Nevada laws permit customers in Nevada to opt-out of the sale of certain kinds of personal information. We do not sell your personal information to third parties for monetary consideration to trigger the opt-out requirements under Nevada law.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our platform, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the platform like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the platform.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our platform. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the platform.
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the platform home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the platform home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our platform and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
PO Box 67 –
1601 Valley Forge Rd
Valley Forge, PA 19481
These additional disclosures for California residents apply only to individuals who reside in California. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) provides additional rights to know, delete and opt out, and requires business collecting or disclosing personal information to provide notice of rights California residents have and can exercise. Certain terms in this notice are defined by CCPA and their meanings may differ from the meanings applied elsewhere in our website. The meanings of such CCPA defined terms are specific to the content of this notice.
California Notice of Collection. We have collected personal information corresponding to the following categories enumerated in the CCPA, including within the last 12 months.
Founding Forward does not generally sell information as the term “sell” is traditionally understood. However, to the extent “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to include any business purposes identified in Section 6 (Disclosure of Your Information), as a “sale,” we will comply with applicable law as to such activity.
Founding Forward discloses the following categories of information for business purposes:
We use and partner with different types of entities to assist with our daily operations and manage the platform. Please review Section 6 for more detail about the parties with which we share personal information.
Right to Know and Delete. If you are a California resident, you have the right to know certain information about our data practices in the preceding 12 months. In particular, you have the right to request the following from us:
Right to Deletion. In addition, you have the right to delete the personal information we have collected from you. However, this is not an absolute right and Founding Forward may have legal grounds for keeping such data.
To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request at [insert contact information where CCPA requests should be directed]. In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 days. We may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your requests to know or delete.
Right to Opt-Out. To the extent Founding Forward sells your personal information as the term “sell” is defined under the CCPA, you will have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information by us to third parties at that time. Currently, Founding Forward does not sell your personal information as defined under CCPA.
Authorized Agent. You can designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. However, we will require written proof of the agent’s permission to do so and verify your identity directly.
Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right to non-discriminatory treatment by us, should you exercise any of your rights.
Shine the Light. Customers who are residents of California may request: a list of the categories of personal information disclosed by us to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes, and (ii) a list of the categories of third parties to whom we disclose such information. Requests must include “California Shine the Light Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. We may require additional information from you to allow us to verify your identity and are only required to respond to requests once during any calendar year. To exercise a request, please contact us as set out in the “Contact Us” section.
Interest-Based Advertising in the EEA. For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web-browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit http://youronlinechoices.eu/.
Founding Forward welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
Transfer Of Data. We and our affiliates and third-party agents primarily store data about you, including personal information, on servers located and operated within the United States. If you reside or are located outside of the U.S., we may transfer, store, and process your personal information (also referred to as personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation) to the U.S. in order to provide and operate the platform. Whenever your personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, we undertake to ensure an adequate level of protection is afforded to it, either by us, our affiliates, and/or third-party agents, in accordance with applicable EEA data protection law.
Your Rights. You have the following rights under certain circumstances:
You can exercise your rights by contacting us at:
PO Box 67 –
1601 Valley Forge Rd
Valley Forge, PA 19481
Transfer Of Data. We and our affiliates and third-party agents primarily store data about you, including personal information, on servers located and operated within the United States. If you reside or are located outside of the U.S., we may send and store your personal information (also commonly referred to as personal data) to the U.S. in order to provide and operate the platform. By accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge the transfer to and processing of your personal information on servers located in the U.S.
Founding Forward welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
PIPEDA provides certain rights to Canadian residents. Under Canadian law, you have a right to access your personal information held by us, subject to applicable exceptions. You may contact us or write to us at the address below to ask us to access and/or correct your information. We may require you to send us proof of your identity before providing you with access to your personal information. If you send us a request to access or correct information, then we will contact you within 30 days (although it may take us longer to fully respond to your request).
Our Privacy Policy clearly states how we collect, use and share your personal information. Please contact us at any time to let us know (1) if you do not wish to receive marketing communications (such as emails) from us, or you otherwise object to our sharing your information as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, (2) if you have any questions, or complaints, regarding the collection or use of your personal information or the content of this notice, or (3) if you wish to withdraw your consent to us using your data.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your query or complaint, you may also contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us at:
PO Box 67 –
1601 Valley Forge Rd
Valley Forge, PA 19481
