Privacy Policy

 

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www,howlforwildlife.org, and Howl For Wildlife, Inc and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Howl For Wildlife, Inc include www,howlforwildlife.org and HFW. The HFW website is a advocacy, membership, rewards, gamification site. By using the HFW website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, HFW may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

 

 -          First and Last Name

 -          Mailing Address

 -          E-mail Address

 -          Phone Number

 -          Organization name

 

If you purchase HFW's products and services, or Donate to HFW, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

 

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through HFW's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

 

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

 

Use of your Personal Information

HFW collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

 

HFW may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from HFW and its affiliates.

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

HFW does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.  If HFW has a 3^rd party involved you will have the option to opt in or not to share that information with 3^rd party.  

 

HFW may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. HFW may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to HFW, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

 

HFW may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on HFW or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of HFW; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of HFW, or the public.

 

Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

In connection with any personal information we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:

• The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.

 

You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, visit this Web page https://www.howlforwildlife.org/contact.

 

Tracking User Behavior

HFW may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within HFW, in order to determine what HFW services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within HFW to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

 

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by HFW. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the HFW website.

 

Use of Cookies

The HFW website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

 

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize HFW pages, or register with HFW site or services, a cookie helps HFW to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same HFW website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the HFW features that you customized.

 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the HFW services or websites you visit.

 

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

 

Security of your Personal Information

HFW secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. HFW uses the following methods for this purpose:

 

 -          SSL Protocol

 

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

 

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

 

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

 

Children Under Thirteen

HFW does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

 

Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications

We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of HFW by contacting us here:

- Web page: https://www.howlforwildlife.org/contact

- Email: [email protected]

 

 

E-mail Communications

HFW may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from HFW or click on a link therein.

 

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from HFW, you may opt out of such communications by Clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.

 

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

 

Changes to this Statement

HFW reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

 

Contact Information

HFW welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that HFW has not adhered to this Statement, please contact HFW at:

 

Howl For Wildlife, Inc

446 Old County Rd Ste 100-344

Pacifica CA 94044

 

Email Address:

[email protected]

 

 

 

Terms & Conditions : 

 

These Terms & Conditions cover your activities on HFW. Our platform promotes “campaigns”, which include petitions and wildlife conservation related advocacy campaigns, via sharing content on our platforms and third-party sites and services.

 

User accounts:

You need an account for some activities on our platforms. Keep your password somewhere safe, because you’re responsible for all activity associated with your profile. If you suspect someone else is using your account, let us know by contacting our Help Desk. You have to be at least 16 years or older to use HFW.

 

When you sign a petition or action via our platform, your name and email address is collected.  If you join HFW using our Join The Pack page then you will have an email and log-in and all of your campaign activities are then tied to this account.  This is how we deliver rewards and you must Join The Pack to access rewards.

 

When setting up your account, you must provide accurate and complete information, including a valid email address. You have complete responsibility for your account and everything that happens on your account, including for any harm or damage (to us or anyone else) caused by someone using your account without your permission. This means you need to be careful with your password. You may not transfer your account to someone else or use someone else’s account without their permission. Inform us immediately upon learning that someone else may be using your account without your permission by contacting us through the contact us button.

 

Our platforms are for people who are at least 16 years of age. If you are younger than 16 you may not set up an account by yourself, but we encourage your interest in protecting wildlife and hunting and fishing heritage. If we discover that you have created an account and you are younger than 16, we will terminate your account.

 

User content rules

You’re responsible for what you post on our platforms. We encourage you to share our campaigns and other content but please be mindful of third party Community Guidelines and the law, and respect the intellectual property rights of others. It’s not something we want to do, but we can terminate your account for repeated or major offenses.

 

Follow our Community Guidelines:  

When posting content you must follow the Community Guidelines that are applicable to the product or feature you are using.

Abide by the law and respect rights of others: You cannot post any campaign or content that violates applicable local or national laws of your country, or international laws or regulations. Please always think about how what you post is perceived by the non-hunting, non-fishing public. Our goal here is to educate non-hunters that what we do is good for wildlife, fish, and their habitats.

HFW has discretion in enforcing these Terms. We may terminate or suspend your permission to use our platforms and services or disable your account at any time, and with or without notice, for any material or repeated violation of these Terms, your failure to pay any fees when due, upon the request of law enforcement or government agencies, for extended periods of inactivity, for unexpected technical issues or problems, or for engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. Upon any such termination we may delete your account, passwords and content and we may prevent you from further access to the platforms and use of our services. Your content may still be available on the platforms even if your account is terminated or suspended. You agree that we will have no liability to you or any third party for termination of your account, removal of your content or blocking of your access to our platforms and services.

Sharing campaigns and other actions: Except in very limited circumstances where we’ll expressly ask you not to, we encourage you to link to, post to social media and third party services, such as Facebook or Twitter, share via email, or otherwise copy and share our petitions and campaigns of interest to you. You may not make any modifications, and you may not remove any attributions. When you post content to any third party service through the features and functionalities of our platforms (such as our apps or API), you will be subject to the terms of that third party service. If you want to remove any petition or content from a third party service, you should contact that third party service and request removal directly from them.

Links out:

When you use our platforms, you will find links to other websites that we don’t own or control. We are not responsible for the content or any other aspect of these third party sites, including their collection of information about you. You should also read their terms and conditions and privacy policies.

Our rights:

We own the HFW.org including the website, present or future apps and services, and things like our logos, API, code, and content created by our employees and subcontractors – don’t mess with those!

All rights, title, and interest in and for the HFW platforms and services including our website, our existing or future applications, our APIs, databases, and the content our employees or partners submit or provide through our services (but excluding content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of HFW and its licensors. Our platforms and services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing gives you a right to use the HFW name or any of the HFW or trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features without permission from HFW. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding HFW or the services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments, or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.

 

You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the platforms and services:

Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the platform, HFW’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of HFW’s service providers.

disable, interfere with, or try to circumvent any of the features of the platforms related to security or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any of our systems.

copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code of the HFW or it’s services.

access or search or attempt to access or search our platforms by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available search functionalities that are provided via our website, mobile apps, or API (and only pursuant to those API terms and conditions). Crawling the HFW site is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file; however, scraping the services, platforms, and databases is expressly prohibited unless authorized in a written agreement between you and HFW.

in any way use the HFW name to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information (such as sending email communications falsely appearing as HFW); or interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the platforms or services, or in any other manner interfering with or creating an undue burden on the services.

Purchases and donations

We work with a 3^rd party company to process payments so we can stay focused on improving our platforms, and empowering people to create change. When you make a payment, you agree to use a valid payment method.

We may provide you the ability to purchase promotional items related to membership, petitions and/or campaigns (for example through our Promoted Petitions), make a charitable donation to a third party organization, or purchase other products or services.

We work with Stripe, a credit card payment processing company to process all credit card transactions. If you participate in a fundraising campaign, or if you make a payment for services, Stripe will store on our behalf certain information about you. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

 

You agree that, for all purchase, donation, or contribution transactions, (a) you will not use an invalid or unauthorized payment method; (b) you will be charged using the payment method you designate; and (c) all transactions are final and non-refundable (unless otherwise determined by HFW in its sole discretion). You understand and acknowledge that certain payments made to HFW are not tax-deductible as charitable donations. All Charitable donations to qualified tax-exempt campaigns or direct donations made through our platforms may be tax-deductible. Please review any relevant terms and conditions of the receiving organization when making a donation. If you make a purchase, donation, or contribution through our platform, you agree to pay the applicable fee or amount in accordance with any pricing and payment terms presented to you for that purchase donation or contribution. All amounts do not include taxes, and you are responsible for paying any applicable taxes. You are also responsible for paying applicable standard credit card processing fees.

Limitation of liability:

To the fullest extent permitted under law, HFW and its affiliates, suppliers, partners and agents have no obligation or liability (whether arising in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), product liability, or otherwise) for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages or liabilities (including, but not limited to, any loss of data or content, revenue or profit, or personal injury or death) arising from or related to your use of the platforms, service, or any content provided by or through the platforms or service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages in advance. This limitation applies to damages arising from (i) your use or inability to use the platforms and access the services; (ii) cost of procurement of substitute products or services; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration or distribution of content you submit through the platforms; (iv) third party content made available to you through the platforms; (v) any loss or damage as a result of contributions to a fundraising campaign on HFW or (vi) any other matter relating to any aspect of the platforms and service, including the website, the API, any present or future apps, email communications, and HFW content on third party sites. Some countries and states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of incidental, consequential, or other types of damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, HFW’s liability and the liability of each of its affiliates, suppliers, partners, and agents to you or any third parties under any circumstance is limited to the greater of one hundred dollars ($100) or the amount you have paid us in the past twelve (12) months.

 

Indemnity:

You agree to indemnify, defend (if we so request), and hold harmless HFW and its affiliates, suppliers, partners, and agents from and against any claims, demands, losses, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from the content you post or submit, your use of and connection to the HFW websites, applications, API, and any other aspect of the platforms or services, your violation of these Terms or your violation of any rights of any third-party. Your indemnification obligation will survive the termination of these Terms and your use of the platforms and services.

 

Binding Agreement:

By using the platforms you agree to abide by these Terms and our Petition Guidelines, and you consent to HFW collecting, using, and sometimes sharing information about you as stated in our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. If you are accepting these terms and policies and using our services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so.

Dispute resolution:

One of the principles behind HFW is that people can interact with decision makers directly and come to solutions together. If you have a serious disagreement with a decision we make, let’s agree to sort it out with each other before we make claims in court.

 

HFW is a U.S.-based company and these Terms are governed by laws of the state of California and the United States of America, without regard to their conflict of law principles. If a court having proper authority decides that any portion of these terms, policies and guidelines is invalid, only the part that is invalid will not apply and the rest will still be in effect. The official language of these Terms is English. If there is a conflict between the English language version and any translation, the English language version will prevail.

 

In the event of any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement arising from or relating to these Terms or an alleged breach thereof, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, between you and us, we shall use our respective best efforts to settle the dispute. If a dispute arises, the complaining party shall provide written notice to the other party in a document specifically entitled “Notice of Dispute,” specifically setting forth the precise nature of the dispute. Please email any Notice of Dispute to [email protected]

 

Following HFW’s receipt of the Notice of Dispute, the parties shall consult and negotiate with each other in good faith and, recognizing their mutual interest, attempt to reach a just and equitable solution of the dispute that is satisfactory to both parties. If the parties are unable to reach a resolution of the dispute through this dispute resolution mechanism within 90 days of the receipt of the Initial Notice of Dispute, then any subsequent claim, legal proceedings, or litigation arising in connection with the HFW services will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in Contra Costa County, California United States, and you consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum.

 

Effective as of January 11, 2022