Privacy Policy

SFMade Website Privacy Policy

Last updated: 09/11/2023

For questions, please contact [email protected]

This website privacy policy describes how SFMade, Inc. (“SFMade” or “We”) collects, protects, maintains, discloses and makes use of the information you give us when you visit and use https://sfmade.org/ (our “Website”).

If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy. This policy also applies to information that we collect in email, text or other electronic exchanges between you and SFMade. This policy does not apply to information collected offline or by any third party. 

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. 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.

Introduction

We gather and use certain information about users of our Website in order to provide products and services and to enable certain functions on this website.

We also collect information to better understand how visitors use this website and to present timely, relevant information to them.

What data we gather

We collect some information from you automatically as you navigate the Website to enhance the functionality of the Website. This includes [usage details, IP addresses, and] information collected through cookies. 

Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and establish an identifying temporary tag on your computer. These cookies are used for interactive parts of the website, for example, when a search query is done. These cookies do not contain personal information. Most Internet web browsers may be customized to reject cookies, to only accept or reject cookies by user intervention, or to delete cookies. However, some features may not function properly without cookies.

We also collect data through a number of forms that you may complete on our website, including:

• Membership application form
• Available Space form
• Open Jobs form
• Job Application form
• Donation form
• Mailing list subscription form

We may collect the following information, which includes information by which you may be personally identified (“Personal Information”): 

• Name
• Contact information including telephone numbers and email addresses
• Demographic information
• Business information
• Financial information related to household and businesses
• Other information relevant to client enquiries, space listings, job applications and postings, events, and surveys 

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected].

How we use these data

Collecting these data helps us understand what you are looking for from the organization, enabling us to deliver improved products and services.

Specifically, we may use data:

• To present our Website and its contents to you
• For our own internal records
• To report to our funders on services provided under grants and contract
• To improve the services we provide
• To contact you in response to a specific inquiry
• To send you promotional emails about products, services, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you
• To contact you via email, telephone or mail for market research reasons
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it
• To fulfil any other purpose for which you provide it
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information 

SFMade partners with other companies (such as GiveSmart and Square) for payment and donation processing, and the payment information you submit is collected and used by them in accordance with their privacy policies (for GiveSmart click here; for Square’s click here).

SFMade does not sell, rent or lease its client lists to third parties.

Email subscription policy

By submitting information on the email subscription forms on our site, you are granting us permission to email you.

You may unsubscribe via the link found at the bottom of every email. 

How we disclose these data

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 contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business
• To fulfil the purpose for which you provide it
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information
• With your consent

We may also disclose your Personal Information: 

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our terms of use or any other agreements
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of SFMade or others. 

Links from our site

Our website may contain links to other websites.

Please note that we have no control of websites outside our domain. If you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for its protection and privacy.

Always be wary when submitting data to websites. Read the site’s data protection and privacy policies fully.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.