Privacy Policy
It is Ride For Hope’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Ride For Hope collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Ride For Hope’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Ride For Hope’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Ride For Hope may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Ride For Hope also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Ride For Hope does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Ride For Hope’s websites choose to interact with Ride For Hope in ways that require Ride For Hope to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Ride For Hope gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who participate at rideforhopebahamas.com to provide details that allow us to manage the event. Those who engage in transactions with Ride For Hope – by sponsoring or donating, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Ride For Hope collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Ride For Hope after which point it is discarded permanently. Ride For Hope does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Security
any transactions performed on the Ride For Hope website are done so over a 128bit encrypted SSL connection, ensuring your sensitive financial details are protected at all times.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Ride For Hope discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Ride For Hope’s behalf or to provide services available at Ride For Hope’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ride For Hope’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ride For Hope will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ride For Hope discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Ride For Hope believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ride For Hope, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Ride For Hope website and have supplied your email address, Ride For Hope may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Ride For Hope and our products. We primarily use our [OTHER METHODS, SUCH AS WEB SITE OR BLOGS] to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Ride For Hope takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Ride For Hope uses cookies to help Ride For Hope identify and track visitors, their usage of Ride For Hope website, and their website access preferences. Ride For Hope visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Ride For Hope’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Ride For Hope’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Ride For Hope may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Ride For Hope’s sole discretion. Ride For Hope encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.