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Last updated: May 1, 2023

 

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when you receive a text from Open Doors for Youth. This policy describes Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

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We use Your personal data to provide the service. By interacting with this service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

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Interpretation and Definitions

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Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

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Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

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Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a mobile phone or a digital tablet.

Organization (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Open Doors for Youth, 554 3rd St. NW, Suite 201, Elk River, MN 55330.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Texting Service or the Website.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Organization. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

Texting Service refers to any A2P (Application 2 Personal) device messaging that may be used to communicate with You.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Website refers to Open Doors for Youth, accessible from www.opendoorsforyouth.org

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You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

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Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

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Types of Data Collected

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Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

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Email address

First name and last name

Phone number

Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

 

Use of Your Personal Data

Open Doors for Youth may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news and general information about other services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already used or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of engagements and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

 

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

• No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes and this includes your text messaging originator opt-in data and consent and personal information. 

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Retention of Your Personal Data

Open Doors for Youth will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

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Open Doors for Youth will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

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Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this 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 than those from Your jurisdiction.

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Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

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Open Doors for Youth will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

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Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

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Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

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Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

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Disclosure of Your Personal Data

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Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Open Doors for Youth may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

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Other legal requirements

Open Doors for Youth may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.

• Protect and defend the rights or property of Open Doors for Youth

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public.

• Protect against legal liability.

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Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

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If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

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Links to Other Websites

Our Service 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 site. 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.

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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.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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Contact Us

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

• By email: info.opendoorsforyouth@gmail.com