Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to dmrestore.org, and Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity ReStore and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity ReStore include dmrestore.org and GDM Habitat ReStore. The GDM Habitat ReStore website is an ecommerce site. By using the GDM Habitat ReStore website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, GDM Habitat ReStore may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name
  • E-mail Address
  • Phone Number

If you purchase GDM Habitat ReStore’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

GDM Habitat ReStore may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Location

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us; (c) signing up for special offers; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

GDM Habitat ReStore collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

GDM Habitat ReStore may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from GDM Habitat ReStore and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

GDM Habitat ReStore does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

GDM Habitat ReStore may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for pick-up. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to GDM Habitat ReStore, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

GDM Habitat ReStore may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal processes served on GDM Habitat ReStore or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of GDM Habitat ReStore; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of GDM Habitat ReStore, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

GDM Habitat ReStore may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within GDM Habitat ReStore, in order to determine what GDM Habitat ReStore services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within GDM Habitat ReStore to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by GDM Habitat ReStore. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the GDM Habitat ReStore website.

Use of Cookies

The GDM Habitat ReStore website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize GDM Habitat ReStore pages, or register with GDM Habitat ReStore site or services, a cookie helps GDM Habitat ReStore to recall your specific information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same GDM Habitat ReStore website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the GDM Habitat ReStore features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the GDM Habitat ReStore services or websites you visit.

Analytics

We collect anonymous user analytics through Google Analytics.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.dmrestore.org and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – <ahref="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads</a>

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

GDM Habitat ReStore secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. GDM Habitat ReStore uses the following methods for this purpose:

  • SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exerciser free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exerciser his or her right to free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen

GDM Habitat ReStore does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Email Communication

From time to time, GDM Habitat ReStore may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from GDM Habitat ReStore or click on a link therin.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from GDM Habitat ReStore, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button at the bottom of a marketing or promotional email from us.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Changes to this Statement

GDM Habitat ReStore reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

GDM Habitat ReStore welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that GDM Habitat ReStore has not adhered to this Statement, please contact GDM Habitat ReStore at:

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
PO Box 706
Des Moines, Iowa 50303

Email Address:
restore@gdmhabitat.org

Telephone number:
515-309-0224

Effective as of July 25, 2023