Last modified: 3-21-2023

• on this Website;
• in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website; and
• when you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

• us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Company or any third party (including our affiliates); or
  
• any third party (including our affiliates), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this 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, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy below). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, use any interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at: support@fbequity.org

• by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, any other information the Website collects that is defined as personal or personally identifiable information under applicable law or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
• that is about you but individually does not identify you; and
• about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details.

• directly from you when you provide it to us;
• automatically as you navigate through the site (information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, or other tracking technologies; and
• from third parties, if applicable (for example, our business partners).

• information that you provide by filling in a form on our Website, such as when you subscribe to receive updates from us or when you report a problem with our Website;
• records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
• your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes; or
• your search queries on the Website.

• details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and
• information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive
from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
• store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests;
• speed up your searches; and
• recognize you when you return to our Website.

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer or device. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
• Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

• to present our Website and its contents to you;
• to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us;
• to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
• to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
• to notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
• to allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website;
• in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
• tor any other purpose with your consent.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
• to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;
• to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to use notify a friend about our Website, we will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients.
• for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and
• with your consent.

• to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
• to enforce or apply applicable terms of use and other agreements; or
• if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our employees, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

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:

• Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.  The safety and security of your information also depends on you. 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 Website. 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 Website.

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email, if you are subscribed to receive updates from us, or through a notice on the Website 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 Website 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: support@fbequity.org.