Welcome to PHF’s website and thank you for reviewing our privacy statement. PHF is a non-profit organization that is building users’ trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.
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Effective Date: July 25, 2025
The Public Health Foundation (“PHF,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website, www.phf.org (the “Website”). This privacy policy (as posted on our Website www.phf.org and as amended from time to time and effective as of the date posted) (“Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit or use our Website or engage with any of our affiliated Websites that direct you to this Privacy Policy, or purchase our products or use our services , and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, disclosing, retaining, and transferring that information. This Privacy Policy applies to the data collected by us, or those working on our behalf.
Acknowledgement and Consent
By visiting our Website, or purchasing through our Website products or services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the terms, practices and policies described in this Privacy Policy (and as updated from time to time). If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. PHF does not routinely collect personal information through our Website. At times, visitors may choose to submit limited personal information through forms or comments to request products, services, newsletters, or other information, respond to surveys, or register for events. How we use this information depends upon the nature for which it is collected. However, we do not sell, rent or lease any personal information to anyone and only share it with third-party service providers for legitimate business purposes.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We are constantly working to improve our Website and services, and we may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time as well. Our current Privacy Policy will always be on our Website and any updates will be effective upon posting. You are responsible for periodically checking our Website for updates. Under certain circumstances, we also may elect to notify you of changes or updates to this Privacy Policy by additional means, such as posting a notice on the Website or by sending you an email, but you should not rely on receiving such additional notice.
Personal Information We Collect and How Personal Information is Collected
When requesting products, services, newsletters, or other information, registering for events, responding to surveys, or providing comments on our Website, we may request personal information from and about you. Providing this information is entirely voluntary. The types of personal information we may request may include but are not limited to first and last name, email address, phone number, employer, and type of employment.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
Cookie Notice and Policy. The technologies we use for automatic data collection may include cookies, IP address, and other technologies. Each of these is discussed below. Technologies include, but are not limited to Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
Browser Cookies
Browser cookies are small files placed on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. They may contain certain data, including, but not limited to: the name of the server that has placed it there, an identifier in the form of a unique number, and an expiration date (some cookies only). Browser cookies are managed by the web browser (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, etc.) on your computer or mobile device. Different types of cookies which have different purposes are used on our Website.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are essential to allow you to browse our Website and use its functions. Without them, services such as Website log in and course launching would not be able to work.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies collect information on the use of our Website, such as which pages are consulted most often. This information enables us to optimize our Website and simplify browsing. Performance cookies also enable our affiliates and partners to find out whether you have accessed one of our Website pages from their site and whether your visit has led to the use or purchase of a Product or Service from our Website, including the references for the Product or Service purchased or used. These cookies do not collect any information which could be used to identify you. All the information collected is aggregated, and therefore anonymous.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies enable our Website to remember the choices you have made when browsing. For example, we can store your general geographic area (but not precise geolocation) in a cookie so that the Website corresponding to your geographic area is shown. We can also remember your preferences, such as the text size, font, and other customizable aspects of the Website. Functionality cookies also may be able to keep track of the products, pages, or videos consulted to avoid repetition. The information collected by these cookies cannot be used to identify you and cannot monitor your browsing activity on sites which do not belong to us.
At any time, you can prevent the use of cookies in the future. You may activate the appropriate setting in your browser to refuse to accept browser cookies. However, if you do, your experience on our Website may be affected; e.g., you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
IP Address. Our servers (or those of our service providers) automatically record certain log file information reported from your browser when you access the Website. These server logs may include information such as which pages of the Website you visited, your internet protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, and other information on how you interact with the Website. These log files are generally deleted periodically.
How We Use Your Information
We use information, including any personal information, that we collect about you or that you provide to us for one or more of the following purposes:
- To present to you our Website and contents and provide information and notices (e.g., updates) related thereto.
- To provide you with products, services, and information related thereto that you request from us and your related questions.
- To provide customer service and support.
- To send you requested emails and newsletters with product, service, company, and other information.
- To ask for reviews and request your participation in surveys, polls, or other initiatives which help us to gather information used to develop and enhance our Website, products, and services.
- To enhance, improve, and personalize our products and services, for example, by performing internal research, analyzing user trends and measuring demographics and interests and for analyzing how the products and services are used, diagnosing service or technical problems, and maintaining security.
- To comply with applicable laws (e.g., to comply with a search warrant, subpoena or court order) or to carry out professional ethics/conduct investigations.
- In any other way we may describe and for which we obtain your consent when you provide the information.
- To manage transactions and communications.
We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collect for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice thereof.
No Sale or Sharing of Your Personal Information for Consideration. We do not disclose or share your personal information with any third parties for which we receive any monetary or other valuable consideration. In other words, we do not sell your Personal information, period.
Disclosure of De-Identified Personal information. We may share De-Identified Personal information with third parties for any purpose except as prohibited by applicable law, including, but not limited to, the following. De-Identified personal information or non-personal information may be aggregated for system administration and to monitor usage of the Website. It may be utilized to measure the number of visits to our Website, average time spent, number of pages viewed and to monitor various other Website statistics. This monitoring helps us evaluate how visitors use and navigate our Website so we can improve the content. We may share De-Identified personal information or anonymous information (including, but not limited to, anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, IP address, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third parties.
Security
Our agents, contractors, Service Providers, and partners who require access to your personal information in order to provide services to us or to you on our behalf are also required to keep the information confidential in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy and are not permitted to disclose the information to third parties or use the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for us, or as permitted pursuant to our agreement with them.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do use security measures designed to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to us or which we obtain. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. Unauthorized entry or use, or hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website or used with our Services.
Data Retention
In general, our retention of personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes for which the personal information was collected or processed, or for another disclosed purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected, and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes. The time period for which we retain your personal information depends on the purposes for which we use it. We will retain your personal information for as long as we have a business purpose to do so (such as, but not limited to, for business or legal purposes) and, thereafter, for no longer than is required or permitted by law, or our records retention policy, reasonably necessary for internal reporting and reconciliation purposes, or to provide you with feedback or information you might request. This period of retention is subject to our review and alteration. We will also retain Usage Data for analytics purposes. “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically generated by the use of the Website itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). 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.
We may retain De-Identified personal information for as long as we deem appropriate.
What Information Users Can Access, Change, or Delete
If you have any questions about viewing or updating information we have on file about you, please contact us at privacy@phf.org.
Contact Us
For PHF-related inquiries: Please email us at privacy@phf.org.
DISCLAIMER:
While PHF makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, PHF does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee its accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness. Reference herein to any commercial product, process, or service does not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by PHF unless expressly stated.
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