Privacy policy.
UPDATED 4.15.24
You Make the Sun is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy refers to You Make the Sun or This is Natalie Kuhn as “YMTS,” “we,” “our,” or “us,” and does not refer to other activities by or on behalf of its creators.
This Privacy Policy describes YMTS’s privacy practices in user-friendly terms, including the types of personal information we may collect from visitors to our website www.youmakethesun.com and all related websites (collectively, our “Sites”). This Privacy Policy also describes how we may use and disclose personal information.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, products, or services -- even if they may link to our Sites, be embedded in pages on our Sites, or be linked to by our Sites. We strongly recommend you review the privacy practices of those third parties before accessing third party websites and sharing any personal information.
We also encourage you to review our Terms of Us to understand how we treat your personal information as you make full use of our Sites. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use.
This Privacy Policy includes:
What Information We May Collect. We may collect your personal information when you interact with us through our Sites or by other means. We may also automatically collect information regarding your use of our Sites as you use them.
How We Use Your Information. We may use your personal information for various purposes connected with your interest in our Sites and services, and to allow us to maintain and improve them.
How We May Disclose Your Information. We may share your personal information with certain third parties, such as with our service providers or as directed by you.
Links To Other Websites. Our Sites may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us and that are subject to third party privacy policies and other terms.
Cookie policy. When you visit our Sites, we may collect certain information from you automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies.
Data Security. The security of your personal information is of utmost importance to us and we maintain appropriate safeguards to protect it.
Your Rights And Choices. You may have certain rights and choices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.
Children's Privacy. You must be at least 13 years old or older to use our Sites.
International Data Transfers. Our Sites are operated exclusively in the United States.
Changes To This Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect new services or changes in our data practices or relevant laws.
Contact Us. You may contact us for comments or questions in various ways.
1. WHAT INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual, and does not include protected health information (“PHI”). The personal information we collect through our Sites may include the following types of information.
Personal information you provide to us
We may collect the following personal information about you that you choose to provide us when you use our Sites:
Communications information. When you communicate with us through our Sites, we may collect your first and last name, phone number, email address, zip code, education information, employment information, gender, birthday, and any personal information that you choose to provide in the content of your message.
Payment information. If you make a tax-deductible donation, you may be required to provide your payment card or bank account information.
Registration information. When you register for our Newsletter, we may collect your first name, last name, email address, city, and state.
Information that is automatically collected
Our Sites may use cookies and other tracking technologies such as web beacons, embedded scripts, and tags (“Cookies”), which collect information from you automatically as you use our Sites, including:
Browser and device data, such as device identifier, device type, operating system, Internet browser type, screen resolution, location information, and the language version of the Sites you are visiting; and
Usage data for the Sites, such as browsing history, time spent on the Sites, pages visited, links clicked, language preferences, patterns of use, and the pages that led or referred you to our Sites.
Aggregated, anonymized, and de-identified information
We may create aggregated, anonymous, or de-identified data from personal information by removing data components that make the data personally identifiable to you or through obfuscation or other means. Our use of aggregated, anonymized, and de-identified data is not subject to this Privacy Policy. We may use aggregate information for any purpose, including for marketing purposes.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the personal information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Sites, and to provide information you may request about YMTS. This may include, but is not limited to:
Providing you with requested information about what services we offer;
Providing you with our newsletter and updates about our work;
Providing you with customer service and support, and to facilitate other communications that you request.
Performing analytics for our Sites.
Maintaining and improving the quality of our Sites.
Accepting payments;
Growing our network, such as by performing research and development, understanding our user trends, and understanding the effectiveness of our marketing.
Protecting ourselves, you, and others; preventing fraud; and creating and maintaining a trusted, secure, and reliable online environment.
3. HOW WE MAY DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:
Our affiliates.
We may share personal information with our affiliates, in which case, we will require such affiliates to comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Service providers.
We share personal information with our service providers to provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, hosting, customer and technical support, and other services.
Affiliate and business transfer.
If YMTS is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal information may be shared or transferred in connection therewith.
Compliance and harm prevention.
We may share personal information as we believe necessary to comply with applicable law, rules and regulations; to enforce our contractual rights; to investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Sites; and to respond to requests.
We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes, unless we have your permission. Some pages on our Sites contain elements loaded from other websites, and those websites may collect some of your personal information to use for advertising or marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising. For more information, please see links to other sites and the privacy policies for those other websites to understand how your personal information is used and stored by those websites.
5. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY
When you visit our Sites, we and our third-party service providers receive and record information from you automatically through Cookies. We may use cookies for the following purposes:
Preferences
To allow us to remember your preferences and identify you when you return to our Sites.
Analytics
To allow us to understand how our Sites are being used, track site performance and content views, and make improvements to the content, products, or services.
6. DATA SECURITY
The security of your personal information 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 information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We maintain appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to help protect the security of your personal information against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or misuse.
7. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
You may have rights and choices regarding our use and disclosure of your personal information. Unless instructed otherwise, you can exercise these rights and choices using the information on the Contact Us page.
If you no longer wish to receive promotional email communications from us, you may opt out via the unsubscribe link included in such emails or by contacting us. We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages that are required in order to provide you with our Sites or for other reasons disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of the Site is directed to children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that a child under age 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under age 13 without verification of parental consent, you may alert us at you may alert us and we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect new services or changes in our data practices or relevant laws. The “effective date” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes are effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Sites. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise one of your privacy rights, please contact us by hello at you make the sun dot com, or via the Contact page.