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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how youthaerofoundation,org (the “Site” or “we”) collect, use, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or complete information on our Site or complete our sign up or opt in forms.

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Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect information through various form fills.   In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

  • Device information

    • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

    • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

    • Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or pages you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

    • Purpose of collection: to provide offered services or to process donations.  

    • Source of collection: collected from you.

    • Personal Information collected: first and last name, billing address if applicable for donations, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and landline and/or mobile phone number.

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Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with third party service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill communication obligations via SMS. We use PayPal for our donation site. We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

 

Behavioral Advertising

As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

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Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering our educational programs and classes,  processing payments for donations, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers via SMS and email.

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Retention

When you donate through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.

 

Text Marketing and Notifications

By subscribing to Gateway Youth Aeronautical Foundation, you consent to receive recurring automated marketing messages and class reminder messages at the phone number provided. The frequency of messages varies. Standard message and data rates may apply. You can unsubscribe from receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to our messages, or by following the instructions provided in the message. For more information on our messaging terms and conditions, text “HELP” to the number you received messages from, or contact Gateway Youth Aeronautical foundation. Contact information can be found on our contact page. 

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Personal Information Used for Text Marketing & SMS Communication

To deliver text messages, we collect:

  • Your Phone Number: So we can send text message notifications regarding your interest in our services and classes.

  • Appointment Information: To send reminders about events, class times and volunteer support.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personal information.

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SMS Opt In/Out

We request SMS opt ins prior to any SMS communication with our class attendees or those wishing to receive any type of SMS communication to Opt IN.  Two forms of Opt In methods are offered.  Signed form signature opt in and also keyword opt ins from a users mobile phone number.  Users can text the keyword GYAF to 314-900-2090 to opt in Customers may opt out at anytime by texting STOP to our SMS line. Message frequency fluctuates seasonally.  

 

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your phone number and other relevant information with third-party text messaging platforms that facilitate the delivery and management of our text marketing campaign. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any purposes other than enabling Gateway Youth Aero Foundations’ text messaging service.

 

Policy Changes

Gateway Youth Aeronautical Foundation may update this text marketing policy periodically. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this page with an updated “last modified” date at the document’s beginning. If we make any significant changes to how we treat our customer’s personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the website or through other appropriate communication channels.

If you have any questions about this Text Marketing and Notification section or other aspects of our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@gyaf.com

 

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

 

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

 

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Last updated: 10/27/24

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