The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund is committed to respecting the privacy of all visitors to our website. The following information describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of visitor information when they use this website, as well as tells users about their privacy rights and how the law protects them.

By using this Website, visitors agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • 100K (referred to as either “the  Innovation Fund”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, based in the District of Colombia, United States.
  • Account/Profile means a unique account You create or created for You to access the Application Portal of our Website or parts of our Website.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to the United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Website, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Innovation Fund. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Innovation Fund to facilitate the Website, to provide the Website on behalf of the Innovation Fund, to perform services related to the Website or to assist the Innovation Fund in analyzing how the Website is used.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can access the Website.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Website or from the Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to 100,00 Strong in the Americas, accessible from https://www.100kstrongamericas.org
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data
You can visit this Website without revealing any personally identifiable information if you choose not to create an Account or log in. We do use third-party software to help us track Website hits and other such statistics so that we can continue to improve our Website, but this software only identifies users in aggregate, never as individuals.  

While using our Website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email Address
  • First Name and Last Name
  • Phone Number
  • Address, City, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, Country
  • Usage Data

Note that the data requested above is that which relates to the visitor’s professional information. In other words, we prefer that visitors provide their work email address, office phone number, and workplace address, among others.

Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Website.

Usage Data may include information such as your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website or when you access the Website by or through a mobile device.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Innovation Fund may ask you to share your profile from the following Third-party Social Media Services

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

If you decide to grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, we may collect Personal data that is already associated with your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as your name, your email address, your activities or your contact list associated with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Innovation Fund through your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If you choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, you are giving the Innovation Fund permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser. Learn more about cookies: All About Cookies.

We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

  • Type: Session Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.

Tracking and Performance Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Third-Parties
  • Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

When you create an Account on our Application Portal, none of your personal profile information will be available to other users. Rather, any data collected by the Innovation Fund is used to better serve our network and services. We will collect and store only personal information that our visitors knowingly provide for the purpose of responding to your questions, including you in email communications about the Innovation Fund and related opportunities or services, and for other internal purposes. We never sell your personal information with other organizations.

The Innovation Fund collects financial information from organizations and/or individuals for the purpose of granting award funds or collecting registration fees for events. We do not store credit card account information or disclose this information to third parties or any of the other users of the Website. When you make a credit card transaction, or fill out any of our online forms, your information is submitted through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which is considered to be industry standard for security.

We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Website, including to monitor the usage of our Website.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the Website. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Website that are available to you as a registered user.
  • For the performance of an Innovation Fund award contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the contract for the Innovation Fund grant which you have been awarded or of any other contract with us through the Website.
  • To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other grant opportunities, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you may have already been awarded or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Website, to contact you.
  • For Business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include sponsors of Innovation Fund grant competitions, collaborating partners, and organizations and/or individuals that we contract to conduct regular assessments of the impact of Innovation Fund grants, services, and opportunities on recipients and beneficiaries.
  • With Business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see your name, profile, pictures and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you and view your profile.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Innovation Fund will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Innovation Fund will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Innovation Fund’s operating offices in Washington, D.C. and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Innovation Fund will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions
If the Innovation Fund is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Innovation Fund may be required to disclose tour Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other Legal Requirements
The Innovation Fund may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Innovation Fund
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Website or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If at any time you wish to modify your Account or remove your profile from the system, you may do so by logging into the Application Portal, or you may contact Admin Support at 100kstrongamericas@partners.net for assistance.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Website.

  • Google Analytics
    Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

    For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Email Marketing

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send such emails to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us using the contact information provided below.

Links to Other Websites

As the Innovation Fund works with other organizations, our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. As such, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page, or we will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: