Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.paloaltopolicefoundation.org, and Palo Alto Police Foundation and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Palo Alto Police Foundation include www.paloaltopolicefoundation.org and PAPF. The PAPF website is a fundraising site. By using the PAPF website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses. These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Collection of your Personal Information
PAPF may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name

  • E-mail Address

  • If you donate to PAPF' we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the transaction.
     Use of your Personal Information

  • We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

  • PAPF does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties

  • PAPF may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on PAPF or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PAPF; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PAPF, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

  • Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by PAPF. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PAPF website.

Links

  • This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.