Escala Foundation (ESCALA) is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal information entrusted to us by current donors, potential donors, and by staff of not-for-profit agencies who approach us for funding, and the people that they serve.
COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Like all organizations with a web presence, ESCALA receives standard tracking data when you visit our site. Information from your browser, including your IP address, pages visited, the length of time you spend on our site and files you download is recorded in our website server logs. We use and analyze this data to develop site content and continue to provide you with a positive experience when you visit our website. However, no personal information is collected during the tracking process. Personal information is only collected at this site when it is provided voluntarily by an individual while participating in an activity asking for the information.
We will not sell, rent, loan or otherwise share any personally identifying information you provide with any individual or organization. While we strive to protect the personal information of our users, ESCALA will release personal information if required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary or appropriate.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
ESCALA uses some of the most advanced technology for Internet security available today. We have put into effect appropriate procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Once you provide us with personal, professional or financial information, that data remains confidential.
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
We may share information with service providers solely for the purpose of producing and disseminating ESCALA information to our constituents. You may remove yourself from our mailing list at any time. If you are receiving ESCALA’s electronic newsletter by mistake, or have any problems whatsoever unsubscribing, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps to remedy the situation.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
As a community service, ESCALA links to websites of various philanthropic and nonaffiliated not-for-profit organizations. Unless we expressly state otherwise, ESCALA makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites. A link to a website from www.Escala.org is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners or providers. When leaving www.Escala.org, we recommend you check the privacy policy of the site you are visiting before providing personal information.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE
Copyright of the text contained in this website is owned by ESCALA. All rights are reserved. All text, images, graphics, and other materials on this website are subject to the copyrights and other intellectual property rights of ESCALA and its affiliates and funds. These materials may not be copied, reproduced, or distributed for commercial purposes, nor may these materials be modified, or uploaded, downloaded or reposted, in whole or in part, to other websites. All graphic designs and visual/audio content included on this site, such as photographs, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, is the property of ESCALA and is protected by U.S. patent and copyright laws.
The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all software material on this site is the exclusive property of ESCALA or its software suppliers and is protected by U.S. copyright and patent laws. The content and software on this site may be used as a resource only. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the content on this site is strictly prohibited. The names, trademarks, logos, designs and trade dress shown on this site are owned by ESCALA and are protected by the trademark laws of the U.S. and other jurisdictions. Any use of “Escala Foundation ,” “ESCALA,” its logo, or text, or graphic materials contained in this website in any manner to express or imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or association of the user with or by ESCALA, is strictly prohibited unless permission has been granted. Nonprofit organizations that are the recipient of a grant should contact the Foundation for information about publicizing grants and use of the logo.
USE OF COOKIES
The ESCALA website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you fill out a form on the ESCALA site, a cookie helps ESCALA to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as name, email address, and so on. When you return to the same ESCALA website page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of websites you visit.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
Because of the number of possible sources of information available through this website, and the inherent hazards and uncertainties of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions and inaccuracies in such information. ESCALA cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, current-ness, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose of the information available through this website, nor do we guarantee that this website will be error-free and continuously available.
LINKS TO OUR SITE
You may establish a hypertext link to this site from your website, so long as the page containing the link properly attributes the linked site to ESCALA and does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by ESCALA. We may revoke this permission at any time. Without prior written consent of ESCALA, you may not create a link to this site that incorporates or relies upon, in whole or in part, any content from any page on this website, or that incorporates any copyrighted or otherwise intellectual property of ESCALA.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to update and change the Policy as needed. Such changes will be publicly posted in this area of our website. If you have any questions or concerns about ESCALA’s privacy policy, please contact us.