Privacy Policy

Simply the Basics believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our supporters, volunteers, partners, and others through all our communication channels and from visitors to our website. 

We have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that is provided to us and that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, postal address, telephone number(s), email address, among other information (hereinafter “Personal Information”). This policy also applies as well as to personal information we collect offline.  

Simply the Basics’ Collection and Use of Personal Information:

Simply the Basics collects Personal Information supplied to us voluntarily by individuals, supporters, and volunteers.  We may use such voluntarily provided information to contact you for future support, provide you with updates on our programs, and communicate opportunities that you will have signed up for. 

We will never share your Personal Information with other organizations, corporations, services, entities, or otherwise. We will never sell or rent your email address to any third party. 

Use of Email Address:

When you donate to Simply the Basics or sign up on our website, take an advocacy action, share your story or complete some other data form, you will be asked to supply your email address.   Email addresses gathered from donors or subscribers are only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information relating to our communications with you.

User Submissions:

Simply the Basics welcomes your comments and participation on its site through our blog, email, or social media.  However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, stories, photos, videos, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information, the information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Simply the Basics.  By submission of any information to us, you assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation.

As a user of this site, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.  Therefore, do not impersonate another person and not transmit material to us that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; do not send material that reveals trade secrets, unless you won them or have the permission of the owner; do not send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; do not send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; and do not send sexually explicit images, advertising or solicitations of business, or chain letters.

You represent and warrant that any information and/or material you post or provide through any medium is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others, and not in violation of any other third party’s rights.  Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that all submissions will become the property of Simply the Basics and that Simply the Basics has the right to publish or republish the submission for any type of use including for promotional and advertising purposes without compensation to you of any kind.  Should your submission include third party materials, you grant, represent, and warrant that you, as well as the owner of such content, have expressly granted Simply the Basics a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide exclusive license to use the submission in any manner, media or form now known or hereafter developed.   

External Links

Links to other Websites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those Websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site. Links to other Websites are provided by Simply the Basics as a convenience to its users. Simply the Basics is not responsible for the materials contained at any Website linked to this site. If you visit the Websites of any of our partners, please consult their privacy policy.  Our privacy policies and terms of use apply only to your use of the Simply the Basics site and direct interactions with Simply the Basics. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Binding Effect/Modification of Policy and Terms

By accessing the Simply the Basics Website, you agree that the terms, combined with your act of using the website and/or services offered on or through the website have the same legal force and effect as a written contract with your written signature and satisfy any laws that require a writing or signature, including any applicable statute of frauds.  You further agree that you shall not challenge the validity, enforceability or admissibility of the terms on the grounds that it was electronically transmitted or authorized.  In addition, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to print the terms.

Simply the Basics may change this Privacy Policy and Terms of use at any time by posting the changed or amended Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on the Website.  Your continued viewing of or use of this website following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will signify your assent to any such changes or amendments.

Opt-out/Deletion/Contact Simply the Basics:

If you wish to have your data deleted, opt-out of receiving future communications, or exercise any other privacy right you may have by law, please contact Simply the Basics at admin@simplythebasics.org.

All deletion and opt-out requests will be honored, but please be patient with us as it may take six (6) to eight (8) weeks for opt-out changes to be fully implemented.