Who we are

Your privacy is very important to the GoHawkeye Foundation. We do not collect personal information from you unless you offer it. We understand that our visitors may be concerned about the information they provide to us and how we treat that information.

Effective date; September 15, 2025

Our website address is: https://www.gohawkeye.org

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, make a donation, subscribe to our newsletter or fill out a form.

What do we use your information for?

Any information we collect from you maybe used in one of the following ways. To process transactions, to process grant request, to send periodic emails and mailings and to improve our website.

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchange, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.

How do we protect your information?

We take reasonable security precautions to protect the personal information that we collect and you provide to us and we use industry  accepted tools to safeguard this. GoHawkeye Foundation helps protect your information by working with our vendors who provide a secure and safe environment for credit card donations.

Links to other websites 

Any links to outside websites are not protected under this policy. We recommend that you read each website’s privacy policy.

California online privacy protection act compliance

We have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California online privacy protection act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. At this time, we do not respond to Do Not Track signals from web browsers.

Children’s online privacy protection act compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (children’s online privacy protection act),  we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website and services are directed to people who are at least 18 years unless the form is submitted by a parent or guardian.

Terms and Conditions

Please read our terms and conditions when applying for a grant.