Privacy policy

This privacy policy applies to Protection of the Future, a charitable foundation (“Protection of the Future”, “we,” “our,” “us.”). The terms used in this Privacy Policy shall have the same meaning as in the Terms of Use, unless noted otherwise.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. 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, do not register with, access, or use this Website. 

By registering with, accessing, or using the website, you agree to this Privacy Policy (“Policy”). This Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of or access to the website after we make changes are deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this page periodically for updates.

By agreeing to the use of cookies the first time you use the website, in accordance with the provisions of these Policy, you give us your consent to the use of cookies when your first visit the site using a particular browser. 

The following types of personal data are subject to collection, storage and use:

Before disclosure to us of a third party’s personal data, you shall obtain the third party’s prior consent to the disclosure and processing of such information in accordance with this Policy.

The personal information you provide to us through our website will be used for the purpose specified in this Policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We will use your personal information for the following purposes:

If you provide to us a personal information for publication on our website, we will publish it. Otherwise, we will use this information in accordance with the license you have granted us.

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, partners, policyholders, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors, to the extent and for the purposes specified in this Policy. We reserve the right to share your Personal Information any member of our group of companies (which includes any of our subsidiaries our ultimate holding company and all of its subsidiaries) to the extent and for the purposes specified in this Policy. 

We will not disclose your personal information to any third parties, except for the cases specified in this Policy.

Personal information we collect may be stored, processed and transferred to any country in which we operate for the purpose to enable us to use the information in accordance with this Policy.

Personal information you provide through our website, via the Internet, is potentially accessible worldwide. We cannot prevent further use or misuse of this information for use in identity theft and fraud (for criminal purposes) by third parties.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We collect information from and about users of the website:

Directly from you when you provide it to us;

Automatically when you use the website (some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics) 

Or if you register for or log into our services using third party credentials (e.g. Google), we will import your information from such third party to help create your account with us;

Data we collect from our partners that help us to maintain our website and privacy.

Our principles regarding user privacy and data protection

Lawfulness, transparency and fairness;

Purpose Limitation;

Data Minimisation;

Accuracy;

Storage limitation;

Confidentiality and integrity.

Your privacy and security are of the utmost importance to us. We will always follow these principles.

Adherence by us to these privacy principles may be limited (a) to the extent required to respond to a legal or ethical obligation; (b) to the extent necessary to meet national security, public interest or law enforcement obligations; and (c) to the extent expressly permitted by an applicable law, rule or regulation.

Information You Provide to Us

When you register with, access, or use the website, we may ask you to provide information (a) by which you may be personally identified, such as name, email address, or any other personal or personally identifiable information under applicable law (“personal information“), and/or (b) that is about you but individually does not identify you.

This information includes:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use or access the website. We may also ask you for information when you interact with us (such as when responding to notices and announcements from us), and when you report a problem with the website, or otherwise correspond with us;
• 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;
• Details of transactions you carry out through the website.

Information collected automatically

While using our website, we may collect certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you which also includes: IP Address, Cookies, Usage Data, Unique Identifiers, Google Tags, Device Information. This personal information is necessary to manage our website, communicate with you about the website, and for other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

You voluntarily consent to the collection, use and disclosure of such personal information by providing personal information to us and by continuing to use the website. Without limiting the aforesaid, if appropriate, you may be asked to provide your consent when we collect, use, or disclose your personal information in particular circumstances. Take into account, occasionally, your consent will be implicit through your conduct with us in the case the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure is clear and voluntarily provided by you.

Cookies, Information Collection, and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and log files to track user information. Cookies are small amounts of data that are transferred to your web browser by a web server and are stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to track which page variant a visitor has seen, to track if a visitor has clicked on a page variant, to monitor traffic patterns, and to assess the popularity of services options. We will use this information to deliver relevant content and services to you. This also allows us to make sure that visitors see the landing page they expect to see if they return to the same web URL and it allows us to tell you how many people click on your landing pages. You can disable cookies in your settings, but some parts of the website may then not function properly. You can refuse certain cookies is set here.

Web Beacons. Parts of the website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, 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, features, functionality, and services, and verifying system and server integrity).

Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our websites. 

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website and other technical information.  This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the website from a mobile device.

Note: that certain cookies are necessary to enable the website to operate and refusing or disabling some or all cookies may limit your ability to make use of the website.

Data We Collect from Our Partners

We also may collect the following data from our partners:

Location data (such as to determine the coarse location of your IP address);

Data for analytics purposes, so we can provide you with better services.

We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

Third-Parties

When you use or access website or its content, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device, or you may otherwise be accessing and using third-party platforms, software, and applications.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about a third party’s processing of your information, you should contact the responsible provider directly. You acknowledge and agree that your access and use of such third-party tools may be subject to their respective terms of use and privacy policies.

Why Do We Collect Your Data and How do we use your information

We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent:

To make the website work.

To perform the contract, we process data necessary to:

Create Accounts and allow you to use the website, access its contents, features, functionality, and to access or use the website;

Send you website -related communications, such as when updates are available, and of changes to any products or services we offer or provide through the website;

Give you notices about your Account; and

Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

To make the website more suitable for our users.

To provide a great website to our users, we have a legitimate interest to collect and process necessary data to:

Develop and improve the website and user experience;

Manage our relationship with you;

To send you informational communications. We and/or our third-party partners may use the personal information you send to us for our informational purposes if this is in accordance with your preferences. You can opt-out informational communications via [email protected] emails at any time;

To send administrative information to you (for business purposes, legal reasons and/or possibly contractual). We may use your personal information to send you a product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies;

To protect our website (for Business Purposes and/or Legal Reasons). We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

Provide social features as part of the website;

Customize the website experience according to your individual interests, such as through storing information about your preferences and recognizing you when you use or access the website;

Respond to your comments and questions and provide user support;

Send you related information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages;

Speed up your searches.

To analyze, profile, and segment.

Disclosure of Your Information

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We do not share, distribute, sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information without first receiving your permission or as permitted in this Privacy Policy. We will only share your information with third parties in accordance with your instructions or to trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers, users, or others this includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Data Security

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. 

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process which included: 

• using secure shell protocol (SSH);
• multi-factor authentication;
• access control (physical and technical);
• link encryption.

The protection of your personal information is important to us. We maintain appropriate safeguards and current security standards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse, such as using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption for all supplied sensitive/credit information. However, no system can be completely secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. While we take meaningful steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information will always remain secure. We do not accept liability for unintentional disclosure.

However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, the transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet and mobile platforms is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through the website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.

We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third-party providers who advertise but are not affiliated with, our website. 

Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the website. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

Personal information will be pseudonymized and encrypted to ensure user privacy. The collected information will be handled for standard cases of use described in this Privacy Policy.

Data Transfers and International Data Transfers

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

• Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal processes, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. 
• Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer services and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the website, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the website over time.  This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
• Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

When we transfer personal data from the European Economic Area to other countries, we use appropriate legal mechanisms to help ensure all applicable laws, rights and regulations continue to protect your data.

Such measures implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between us and our third-party providers, which require all such recipients to protect the personal information that they process from the EEA in accordance with European data protection laws. Our Standard Contractual Clauses are available here. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and partners and further details can be provided upon request.

Your Rights and Options

You have the right to opt-out of informational emails (if any);

Access the personal data we hold about you. If you request, we will provide you a copy of your personal data in an electronic format; and

You also have the right to correct your data, have your data deleted, object to how we use or share your data, and restrict how we use or share your data. You can withdraw your consent, for example by turning off cookies in your browser settings. We will respond to all requests within a reasonable timeframe. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please let us know. You may also contact your local data protection authority within the European Economic Area for unresolved complaints.

All these rights may be fulfilled by you simply via sending us an email with the relevant request to  [email protected]. 

In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws.  These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use our Data Protection Office – [email protected] . We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.  

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal.

If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.

The General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR” gives certain rights to individuals in relation to their personal data. Accordingly, we are happy to offer transparency and access controls to help users take advantage of those rights. As available and except as limited under applicable law, the rights afforded to individuals are:

Right of access – the right to be informed of, and request access to, the personal data we process about you;

Right to rectification – the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete;

Right to erasure – the right to request that we delete your personal data;

Right to restrict – the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data;

Right to object – the right, at any time, to object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation; the right to object to your personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes;

Right to data portability – the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party’s service; and

Right not to be subject to automated decision-making – the right to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision-making, including profiling, where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.

We will process your requests to us within 30 days. We will also notify a relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours from a breach related to your personal information that we hold.

However, you can also contact and have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.

Requests and removal of the data

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.

The General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR” gives certain rights to individuals in relation to their personal data. Accordingly, we are happy to offer transparency and access controls to help users take advantage of those rights. As available and except as limited under applicable law, the rights afforded to individuals are:

Right of access – the right to be informed of, and request access to, the personal data we process about you;

Right to rectification – the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete;

Right to erasure – the right to request that we delete your personal data;

Right to restrict – the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data;

Right to object – the right, at any time, to object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation; the right to object to your personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes;

Right to data portability – the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party’s service; and

Right not to be subject to automated decision-making – the right to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision-making, including profiling, where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.

We will process your requests to us within 30 days. We will also notify a relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours from a breach related to your personal information that we hold.

For California Residents

The California Code of Regulations defines a “resident” as:

(1) every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and

(2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose

All other individuals are defined as “non-residents.”

Beginning January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) gives California residents certain rights with respect to the processing of personal data (known as “personal information” under the CCPA).

This supplement provides additional privacy disclosures and details additional rights and should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.

If you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information. 

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.

We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be “selling” of your personal data.

The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under “Disclosure of Your Information” section.

If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us via  [email protected].

If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt-out, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Personal Information Collected and Processed

Our Privacy Policy sets forth the categories of personal information that We collect and process about you, a description of each category, and the sources from which we obtain each category.

Requests to Exercise Your Rights

RIGHT TO KNOW REQUEST – Under the CCPA, you have a right to request information about our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information over the prior 12 months, and ask that we provide you with the following information:

• Categories of and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
• Categories of sources from which we collect personal information;
• Purposes for collecting personal information;
• Categories of third parties with which we share personal information;
• Categories of personal information disclosed about you for a business purpose.

If applicable, categories of personal information sold about you and the categories of third parties to which the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to which the personal information was sold.

To make a verifiable request for information about the personal information we have collected about you, please to make a request by using the  [email protected] .

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person with whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with the information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g. phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.

We will only use the personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. If, however, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity, and for security or fraud prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.

RIGHT TO DELETE REQUEST – You also have a right to request that we delete personal information, subject to certain exceptions. You may exercise your right to delete emailing to  [email protected]. 

HOUSEHOLD REQUESTS – We currently do not collect household data. If all the members of a household make a Right to Know or Right to Delete request, we will respond as if the requests are individual requests.

REQUESTS, GENERALLY – Please note, if you do not have a user account we will not have enough information about you to verify your Right to Know and Right to Delete requests, as we do not keep sufficient information necessary to reidentify and link you to a prior visit to the user services where data may have been collected. As such, we will be unable to verify and honor your requests. You may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information twice per 12-month period. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA.

REQUESTS MADE THROUGH AGENTS – You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof you have authorized it to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.

Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed certain data from the following categories of personal information to the categories of recipients listed in Section “Disclosure of Your Information” of our Privacy Policy for one or more business purposes:

• None

Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information. We have taken substantial steps to identify and remediate any data sharing arrangements that could constitute a “sale” under the CCPA.

While we do not sell any personal information, we do provide Usage Data to advertising partners to enable us to provide you with interest-based advertising. 

We will continue to update our business practices as regulatory guidance becomes available and provides clarity on what constitutes a sale transaction, particularly in the advertising ecosystem.

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at  [email protected] . If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

Public offer

Please also visit our Public offer which state the terms, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing your use of the Site.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat your personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page, and we may also send a courtesy email to you to the email address we have on file for you if any.

The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Age Limits

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data about or direct or target interest-based advertising to anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to use or access the website. If you are under 18, please do not send any data about yourself to us, including your name, address, or email address. No one under the age of 18 may provide any personal data. If we learn that we have collected personal data about a child under age 18, we will delete that data as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any data from or about a child under the age of 18, please contact us.

Contact Us

If you have any requests for resolving issues (other than issues related to data protection) we encourage you to contact us through  [email protected].