Privacy Policy

Lien Doan Truong Giang ("LDTG" or "we") is committed to respecting your privacy.  This Privacy Policy describes how LDTG collects, stores, uses and shares information about users of our Services (as defined in our Terms of Use). This Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is incorporated into and is subject to our Terms of Use. By using the Services, you agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with anything in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services.

1. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information so that we can provide the best possible experience when you use our Services. You provide some of this data directly when your interaction with us, and we obtain some of it by collecting data when you use our services. We also obtain data about you from third parties.  Much of what you likely consider personal data is collected directly from you when you:

• register for, or participate in, events;

• register for surveys, forums, content submissions, chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups, requests for suggestions or other services or activities offered on our website;

• provide payments and donations;

• communicate with LDTG via phone, online chats, e-mails, web forms, social media and other methods of communication;

By providing information about you to LDTG in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you agree that you are authorized to provide that information and are accepting this Privacy Policy and any supplementary privacy statement that may be relevant to you. If you do not agree to our practices, please do not register, subscribe, create an account or otherwise interact with our Services, LDTG’s websites or mobile-device applications.

We may also collect and store information that is related to you but that does not personally identify you (“Non-personal Information”) using various technologies, including cookies, pixel tags, local storage, such as browser web storage or application data caches, databases, and server logs.

These methods of collection may not be as obvious to you, and so we highlight and explain below a bit more about what these might be (as they vary from time to time) and how they work.

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

We strongly believe in both minimizing the data we collect and limiting its use and purpose to only (1) that for which we have been given permission, (2) as necessary to deliver the Services or (3) as we might be required or permitted for legal compliance or other lawful purposes. Our uses include:

PROVIDE, UPDATE, AND IMPROVE OUR SERVICES

We collect various information to provide you with activities and services or to help us enhance our services to you. We also use your Personal Information to support our operational functions, such as data protection, marketing and legal functions. To do this, we combine Personal and Non-personal Information, collected online and offline, including information from third-party sources.  We utilize this information to:

• Create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our Services;

• Diagnose problems and identify any security risks, errors, or needed enhancements to our Services;

• Detect and prevent fraud and abuse of our Services and systems;

• Generate aggregated statistics about use of our Services; and

• Understand and analyze how you use our Services and what products and Services are most relevant to you.

• Often, much of the data collected is aggregated or statistical data about how individuals use our Services, and is not linked to any personal data. However, to the extent it is personal data, or is linked or linkable to personal data, we treat it accordingly.

COMMUNICATING WITH YOU

We may contact you directly or through a third party service provider regarding our Services, such as to deliver transactional or service related communications. We may also contact you with offers for additional Services we think you'll find valuable if you give us consent, or where allowed based upon legitimate interests. You don't need to provide consent as a condition to use our Services. These contacts may include, but are not limited to:

• Email;

• Text (SMS) messages; and

• Telephone calls.

3. WHEN WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We do not license, sell, or share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of LDTG except in the following cases:

WITH YOUR CONSENT

We'll share personal information outside of LDTG when we have your consent. We'll ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information.

FOR EXTERNAL PROCESSING WITH TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES

We may share your personal data with third parties, including Boy Scouts of America (BSA), Girl Scouts of America (GSA), and trusted third-party service providers as necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, such as:

• Registering for membership;

• Processing credit card payments;

• Communicating with you, such as by way of email;

• Conducting contests or surveys; and

• Providing customer support.

We only share your personal data as necessary for any third party to provide the Services as requested or as needed on our behalf. These third parties (and any subcontractors) are subject to strict data processing terms and conditions and are prohibited from utilizing, sharing or retaining your personal data for any purpose other than as they have been specifically contracted for (or without your consent).

FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL, REGULATORY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS

From time to time, it may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from governmental and law enforcement authorities − for us to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that it is necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal processes (such as subpoena requests), to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop any illegal activity.

To the extent we are legally permitted to do so, we will take reasonable steps to notify you in the event that we are required to provide your personal information to third parties as part of a legal process.

ANALYZE AND MEASURE PERFORMANCE

We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our Services are used. For example, we analyze data about your visits to our sites to do things like optimize product design. We use a variety of tools to do this, including Google Analytics and Facebook Analytics. These tools use techniques such as browser cookies to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our website. Each cookie cannot be used by anyone other than the service provider (e.g. Google for Google Analytics). Though information collected does not include personal data such as name, address, billing information, etc., the information collected is used and shared by these service providers in accordance with their individual privacy policies.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our website and our mobile applications may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third-party sites. Please read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

4. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

Securing the information entrusted to us is of the utmost importance for LDTG. LDTG uses administrative and technical safeguards to protect the security of your Personal Information from unauthorized disclosure. We use applicable industry standard encryption protocols to keep information secure. LDTG reviews its security procedures periodically to consider appropriate new technology and updated methods. We also make all attempts to ensure that only necessary people and third parties have access to Personal Information. Nevertheless, such security measures cannot prevent all loss, misuse or alteration of Personal Information and we cannot guarantee the security of our websites or any other site on the Internet. Where required under law, we will notify you of any loss, misuse or alteration of Personal Information that may affect you.

5. CHILDREN

LDTG recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy and safety of children. To provide the services we offer, we may need to collect Personal Information about children under the age of 13 in both online and offline contexts. However, we do not knowingly collect information about children under the age of 13 or minors otherwise defined in local law or regulation without verifiable parental consent. LDTG may collect Personal Information about a child under the age of 13 if the child’s parent or legal guardian registers their child for a LDTG event or activity. If we learn that someone under 13 has provided Personal Information through one of our websites, we will use reasonable efforts to remove that information from our databases.

Our Services are available only for those of the age of 18 or over. Our Services are not intended to be used by or designed to entice individuals under the age of 18. If you know of or have reason to believe anyone under the age of 18 has provided us with any personal data, please contact us.

6. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and any other places we deem appropriate, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If changes are significant, we'll provide a more prominent notice by email, or by means of a notice on our website or mobile app.

7. HOW TO CONTACT US

Please contact us with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, information we have collected or otherwise obtained about you, our use and disclosure practices, or your consent choices by email to ldtg@liendoantruonggiang.org.