Privacy Policy
Introduction
Project Unite, Inc. (“Project Unite”, “our”, “us” or “we”) has created this privacy statement (the “Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our personal information gathering, usage, processing, protection, and dissemination practices for websites and mobile applications that we own and control, including www.dignity.us and the Dignity Daily mobile application (collectively, “Digital Properties”). This Policy applies to personal information (or such similar terms) collected through:
the Digital Properties
other electronic means, such as emails and other communications between us, including phone calls;
other means through which you may disclose personal information to us, such as through paper forms and interactions at Project Unite events; and
other data collection points where we refer to this Policy.
This Policy does not apply to:
any third party websites, including any application or content that may link to or be accessible from the Digital Properties, or any social media platforms where we may post messages, images, and other content, or invite feedback.
any processing of personal information by us or on our behalf of that is covered by a more specific privacy notice.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By using the Digital Properties and/or providing personal information to us, you acknowledge the details of processing contained in this Policy then in effect and we shall process your personal information in accordance with the provisions of our Policy then in effect. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, you should not use the Digital Properties or otherwise provide personal information to us.
If you are located in the United Kingdom (“UK”), the European Union (“EU”) or the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or if our processing of our personal information is otherwise subject to applicable laws and regulations relating to privacy, protection or processing of personal information in the EEA, EU and UK, including the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“EU GDPR”) and the UK’s equivalent to the EU GDPR, (the “EEAUK Privacy Laws”), please also refer to our EEA-UK Privacy Supplement below.
What and How Personal Information is Collected
We collect different types of personal information from and about users of the Digital Properties. This includes both information by which you may be personally identified (such as name, phone number, email address, home address, and billing address), and information that is about you but individually does not directly identify you. We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us and automatically when you navigate through the Digital Properties.
Personal Information Collected by Automated Technologies
[As you navigate through and interact with the Digital Properties, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect information regarding how you access the Digital Properties (e.g., browser type, access times and IP address) and your hardware and software, which is automatically collected through the use of cookies (a small text file placed on your hard drive) or other technologies or tools. This information may be shared with the providers of such cookies and is used to improve the Digital Properties performance and for our business purposes, including those outlined in the “Cookies” section below. Where cookies are not necessary for us to provide the products or services you have requested or for the functioning of the Digital Properties, we will ask you to consent to their use. You may opt-in to accept cookies automatically by changing the settings on your browser. If you opt-out of certain cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of the Digital Properties. You may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information about types of cookies, how they are used and how you manage your cookie preferences.]
Subject to your consent for any unnecessary cookies, the Digital Properties use the cookies listed in the “Cookies” section below.
Personal Information You Provide
Our Digital Properties use forms where you may sign up for communications from Project Unite, make a donation to Project Unite, or otherwise engage with Project Unite (such as signing up for Project Unite events or volunteering for Project Unite). We collect contact information by which you may be personally identified (such as name, phone number, email address, home address, and billing address), and financial information (like account or credit card numbers), as well as details of transactions you carry out through the Digital Properties via our third-party payment processors. Contact information from registration and other forms is used to send information about our organization. Your contact information is also used to get in touch with you when necessary. We also collect records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us. You may opt out of receiving future mailings as noted below or as otherwise indicated on communications you may receive from Project Unite.
You grant Project Unite permission to process and store all information you submit to Project Unite in accordance with this Policy and grant Project Unite permission to verify the accuracy of all such information.
How to View or Change Your Personal Information
If you wish to modify the frequency of future communications from Project Unite, please contact us using the contact information at the bottom of this Policy.
You can also view and request changes to all the information you have given us, including any mailing lists you may be on, by contacting us using the contact information at the bottom of this Policy.
In addition, if you have subscribed to our email list you can opt out at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link featured at the end of each email or by contacting us using the contact information at the bottom of this Policy.
Depending on the data protection laws that apply to our processing of your personal information, you may have additional rights with respect to our processing of your personal information, including, to the extent applicable, the rights set out in the EEA-UK Privacy Supplement below.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use personal information and information that we collect, or that you provide to us, for the following purposes:
| Purpose | Legal Basis (to the extent EEA-UK Privacy Laws are applicable) |
|---|---|
| To present our Digital Properties and their content to provide you with information or services that you request from us. | Contractual necessity (to deliver the requested services or information); and/or our legitimate interest in operating and maintaining our business and the Digital Properties. |
| To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights in any contracts between you and us. | Contractual necessity (to fulfil contractual obligations); and/or our legitimate interest in operating the Digital Properties and our business. |
| To communicate with you about our nonprofit mission, in response to messages that are sent directly to us, to make suggestions and recommendations to you, or to otherwise provide you with updates or other information, about our business and services that may be of interest to you | Consent; and/or where we have an existing relationship with you and we wish to contact you about similar products or services in which you may be interested, our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties (to respond to inquiries or engage with supporters) |
| To invite you to support Project Unite through donations, or to provide you with information regarding your donations and other transactions with Project Unite. | Our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties (to inform you about our mission). |
| To ensure compliance with the Terms of Service for the Digital Properties. | Compliance with a legal obligation (if required by law); and/or our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties (to ensure proper use of the Digital Properties). |
| To improve the experience and services offered. | Our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties (to enhance user experiences and improve services). |
| To administer and protect our business and this website | Our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties. |
| For statistical analysis and market research | Our legitimate interest in operating our business and the Digital Properties. |
| For any other purpose for which notice has been provided, or has been agreed to, in writing. | As identified in the relevant notice or where the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal information for the specific purpose. |
Note that we may process your personal information on more than one legal basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your personal information. We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Disclosure of information
To fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, we provide personal information to: (i) specific thirdparty service providers, such as our credit card processor, the host of the Digital Properties, or the providers of automatic data collection technologies embedded into the Digital Properties, in order to provide you certain services available through the Digital Properties; (ii) other third parties that we may partner with (including for purposes of soliciting and processing donations or for email distribution); and (iii) entities that are owned by or affiliated with Project Unite. We may disclose your personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request. We also may disclose your personal information to protect the safety and security of users of the Digital Properties, and that of Project Unite’s employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and service providers. We may disclose your personal information to ensure your compliance with our policies, and to enforce our Terms of Service and other applicable agreements. When we disclose your personal information, we will only do so to the extent such disclosure complies with applicable data protection laws.
General Security Matters
We use reasonable measures to secure and to protect against the accidental loss, unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure and alteration of the personal information under our control. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Digital Properties. We are not responsible for third-party circumvention to any privacy settings or security systems and any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
Specific Rights
Children Under the Age of 18
The Digital Properties are not intended for children under 18 years of age. Project Unite does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 years old. If you are under 18 years old, do not use or provide any information on the Digital Properties. [If Project Unite learns we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.] If you believe we may have any information from or about a child under the age of 18 please contact us by sending an e-mail to admin@dignityindex.us.
Do Not Track Standards
We do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals, as the Internet industry is currently still working on Do Not Track standards, implementations and solutions. To find out more about Do Not Track settings in your web browser, you may wish to visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Links to Third Party Sites
The Digital Properties may contain links to certain third party websites or applications. We do not own, control, or operate such linked sites and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such linked sites. Privacy policies and practices for such linked sites may differ from this Policy and our practice. Your access and use of such linked sites is entirely and solely at your own risk. We urge you to read the privacy policies of such linked sites before disclosing your personal information on such sites. Similarly, we cannot control how your data is collected, stored, used, or shared by third party sites. Please be sure to review the privacy policies and privacy settings of such third party sites (including social networking sites) to make sure you understand the information they are sharing. If you do not want a third party site to share information about you, you must contact that site and determine whether it gives you the opportunity to opt-out of sharing such information. Project Unite is not responsible for how these third parties may use information collected from or about you.
Communication with Project Unite
Email Communications
Project Unite may offer a periodic e-mail service to those who are interested in hearing about the latest news related to Project Unite or the Dignity Index. If you ever wish to modify your address or opt out of receiving future mailings you may do so by sending an e-mail to admin@dignityindex.us or as otherwise communicated on the e-mail you received from Project Unite.
Changes to this Policy
This Policy is subject to change from time to time. Any changes to this Policy will be posted prominently on the Digital Properties.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of the Digital Properties, your dealings with the Digital Properties, or to invoke any statutory rights afforded to you, you may contact us at admin@dignityindex.us, or via mail at 12400 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 1275 Los Angeles, CA 90025.
EEA-UK PRIVACY SUPPLEMENT
This EEA-UK Privacy Supplement supplements the Policy with respect to our use of personal information to the extent that EEA-UK Privacy Laws apply to our processing of your personal information. You do not need to take any action as a result of this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement, but you do have certain rights as described below in the section headed “Your rights.”8 Information required to be disclosed under EEA-UK Privacy Supplement regarding the collection of your personal information that is not set forth in this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement is otherwise set forth in the Policy above. To the extent there is any conflict in respect of any processing subject to EEA-UK Privacy Laws between the Policy and this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement, this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement shall apply. Please read this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement carefully. If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal information, or this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement, please contact [admin@dignityindex.us], or via mail at 12400 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 1275 Los Angeles, CA 90025.
The Controller
To the extent that EEA-UK Privacy Laws apply to our collection and processing of your personal information, Project Unite will be the “controller”. In simple terms, this means we: (i) “control” the personal information that we collect from you or other sources; and (ii) make certain decisions on how to use and protect such personal information.
Categories of Personal Information We May Collect
We collect and process limited categories of personal information as further set forth in the “The Information We May Collect” section in the Policy above. We do not collect any special categories of personal information about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.
How We Obtain Your Personal Information
In connection with forming and operating the Digital Properties, we collect and process your personal information from you and other third parties and/or publicly available sources listed in the “What and How Information is Collected” section in the Policy above.
How We Use your Personal Information
There is a need to process personal information for the purposes and on the legal bases set out in the “How We Use Your Information” section in the Policy above. No automated decision-making, including profiling, is used when processing your personal information.
Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with certain service providers as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in “Disclosure of Information” section of the Policy. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, request from a regulator, national security, for the purposes of public importance or any other legal or investigatory process involving us. Should we, or any of our affiliated entities, be the subject of a takeover, divestment or acquisition we may disclose your personal information to the new owner of the relevant business and their advisors on the basis of our legitimate interest.
Project Unite is based in the United States which for the purposes of EEA-UK Privacy Laws is a Non-Equivalent Country (as defined below). If you are a user located outside the United States, by using the Digital Properties and providing your personal information, you acknowledge and accept that your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States. For the purposes of this EEA-UK Privacy Supplement, “Non-Equivalent Country” means a country or territory other than (i) a member state of the EEA; (ii) the UK; or (iii) a country or territory which has at the relevant time been decided by the European Commission, the Government of the UK or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (as applicable) in accordance with the applicable EEA-UK Privacy Laws to ensure an adequate level of protection for personal information.
For further information admin@dignityindex.us.
Security and Retention of Personal Information
We take measures designed to protect the security of your personal information as described in the “General Security Matters” section in the Policy above.
We will keep your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in the Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law or regulatory obligations which apply to us, or where necessary to defend or pursue legal claims. We will not keep more personal information than we need for those purposes.
Your Rights
To the extent the EEA-UK Privacy Laws apply to our processing of your personal information, you may have the following rights:
Access: You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that we hold about you free of charge, however we may charge a “reasonable fee,” if we think that your request is excessive, to help us cover the costs of locating the information you have requested.
Correction: You have the right to notify us of changes to your personal information if it is inaccurate or it needs to be updated.
Deletion: If you think that we should not be holding or processing your personal information anymore, you may request that we delete it. Please note that this may not always be possible due to legal and regulatory obligations.
Restrictions on use: You have the right to request that we stop processing your personal information (other than storing it), if: (i) you contest the accuracy of it (until the accuracy is verified); (ii) you believe the processing is against the law; (iii) you believe that we no longer need your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected, but you still need your personal information to establish or defend a legal claim; or (iv) you object to the processing, and we are verifying whether our legitimate grounds to process your personal information override your own rights.
Object: You have the right to object to processing, including: (i) for direct marketing; (ii) for research or statistical purposes; or (iii) where processing is based on legitimate interests, unless we reasonably demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.
Portability: If you wish to transfer your personal information to another organisation (and certain conditions are satisfied), you may ask us to do so, and we will send it directly if we have the technical means.
Withdrawal of consent: If you previously gave us your consent (by a clear affirmative action) to allow us to process your personal information for a particular purpose, but you no longer wish to consent to us doing so, you can contact us to let us know that you withdraw that consent. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
These rights are not absolute and in certain circumstances their exercise may not be possible including when personal information must be maintained to comply with applicable laws.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
To exercise these rights and controls, please contact admin@dignityindex.us.
Complaints
Should you wish to lodge a complaint with regards to how your personal information has been processed by us under:
the UK GDPR and/or Data Protection Act 2018, please contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us; or
the EU GDPR, please contact your local supervisory authority in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the infringement, concern or complaint.
We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you approach the relevant supervisory authority, so please contact us in the first instance at admin@dignityindex.us.
Cookies
| Cookie | Necessary? | Type/Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _dd_cookie_test | Yes | Tests if cookies are supported | Expires instantly |
| _dd_s | Yes | Tracks browser errors | Four hours |
| _dd_site_test | Yes | Tests if cookies are supported | Expires instantly |
| _ssid | Yes | Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes | Four years |
| Crumb | Yes | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) | Session |
| Locked | Yes | Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. | Session |
| RecentRedirect | Yes | Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO | 30 minutes |
| siteUserCrumb | Yes | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users | Three years |
| squarespace-announcement-bar | Yes | Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it | Persistent |
| squarespace-likes | Yes | Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post | Persistent |
| squarespace-popup-overlay | Yes | Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it | Persistent |
| squarespace-video-player-options | Yes | Remembers video player selected preferences (volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace | Persistent |
| ss_performancecookiesAll owed | Yes | Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies | 30 days |
| ss_marketingcookiesAllowed | Yes | Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Marketing cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies | 30 days |
| Test | Yes | Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors | Session |
| ss_cid | No | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | Two years |
| ss_cpvisit | No | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | Two years |
| ss_cvisit | No | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | 30 minutes |
| ss_cvr | No | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | Two years |
| ss_cvt | No | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | 30 minutes |
| CART | Yes | Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart | Two weeks |
| CHECKOUT_WEBSITE | Yes | Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled | Session |
| Commerce-checkout-state | Yes | Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal | Session |
| hasCart | Yes | Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart | Two weeks |
| orderStatusSessionToken | Yes | Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page. | One year |
| SiteUserInfo | Yes | Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account | Three years |
| SiteUserSecureAuthToken | Yes | Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account | Three years |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | No | Used by Youtube to track what Youtube videos user has seen | 180 days |
| _clck | No | Used by Microsoft Clarity to store a unique user ID for marketing | 1 year |
| _clsk | No | Used by Microsoft Clarity to store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording for statistics | 1 day |
| _fbp | No | Used by facebook to store and track visits across websites for marketing | 90 days |
| _ga | No | Used by Google Analytics, "enables the service to distinguish one visitor from another" | 2 years |
| _ga_87LHGBL9H9 | No | Used by Google Analytics to store and count page views | 1 year |
| _ga_FX0EJM7JPF | No | Used by Google Analytics to store and count page views | 1 year |
| _gcl_au | No | Used by Google Adsense to store and track conversions | 90 days |
| _sn_a | No | Used by Sleeknote for visitor analytics tracking | 1 year |
| _sn_m | No | Used by Sleeknote for marketing related targeting options | 1 year |
| _sn_n | No | Used by Sleeknote for session tracking | 1 year |
| _uetsid | No | Used by Bing Ads to store and track visits across websites | 1 day |
| _uetvid | No | Used by Bing Ads to store and track visits across websites | 13 months |
| AEC | No | Used by Google to detect spam, fraud, and abuse | 6 months |
| ANONCHK | No | Placed by Microsoft Clarity and "indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising" | 10 minutes |
| ar_debug | No | Used by Google services to debug ads | 90 days |
| bcookie | No | Used by LinkedIn to store browser details | 1 year |
| bscookie | No | Used by LinkedIn to store logged in users | 1 year |
| CLID | No | Used by Microsoft Clarity to identify the first time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity | 1 year |
| DV | No | Used by Google Ads Optimization to provide ad delivery or retargeting | 1 day |
| lidc | No | Used by LinkedIn to provide load balancing functionality | 1 day |
| MR | No | Used by Microsoft Clarity to indicate whether to refresh MUID | 1 week |
| MUID | No | Used by Microsoft Clarity to store and track visits across websites | 1 year |
| NID | No | Used by Google Ads Optimization to provide ad delivery or retargeting, store user preferences | 6 months |
| SM | No | Use by Microsoft Clarity to synchronize the MUID across Microsoft domains | Session |
| SNS | No | Used by Sleeknote to ensure one-time operations only run once | Session |
| SRM_B | No | Used by Microsoft Ads to identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites | 1 year |
| test_cookie | No | Used by Google Services to determine if a browser supports cookies | 15 minutes |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | No | Used by Youtube to track user privacy settings on Youtube | 90 days |
| YSC | No | Used by Youtube to store and track interaction | Session |