Healthier Colorado is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy sets out how Healthier Colorado uses and protects any information that you provide when using the Healthier Colorado website at https://healthiercolorado.org. Healthier Colorado will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources.
Healthier Colorado may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.
INFORMATION HEALTHIER COLORADO COLLECTS
When you complete a registration form on the main page of the site, Healthier Colorado and its umbrella organization, Healthier United, collect your name, email address, and zip code. On the “Take Action” page of the website, we collect that information, plus home address and phone information. If you correspond with us via email, we may retain your email address, the content of your email message(s), and our responses. We may also gather data you provide to us via third parties, such as Facebook or X (formerly Twitter).
COOKIES
Healthier Colorado may use cookies on this website. A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer that allows us to identify repeat visitors to the site, identify which content is being used, and to improve your access to the site. Cookies also allow Healthier Colorado to track and target the interests of our members to enhance their experience on the site. Cookies are not linked to any personally identifiable information and do not give us access to your computer or any information about you other than what you provide. Healthier Colorado only uses the cookie data in aggregate for statistical analyses, after which the data is removed from our systems.
HOW HEALTHIER COLORADO USES YOUR INFORMATION
Healthier Colorado uses your information to operate and maintain Healthier Colorado and Healthier United programs and affiliated campaigns in support of our members and our mission. By providing Healthier Colorado your email address and phone number, you consent to Healthier Colorado, Healthier United, and our affiliated campaigns using the email address and phone number to send you Healthier Colorado and Healthier United-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of postal communication. We may also use your email and phone number to send you member communications, newsletters, event announcements, or other Healthier Colorado and Healthier United-related information.
HOW HEALTHIER COLORADO SHARES YOUR INFORMATION
Healthier Colorado may share your information with campaigns supported by Healthier Colorado and Healthier United, but will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to any other third party. This does not include trusted third parties who assist Healthier Colorado or Healthier United in operating our website or providing services you request, as long as those third parties agree to comply with this privacy policy. Healthier Colorado may share limited personally identifiable information with allied organizations to provide you with information and opportunities related to Healthier Colorado and Healthier United’s mission. If we do this, such third parties’ use of your information will be bound by this Privacy Policy.
We may store personal information in locations outside the direct control of Healthier Colorado and Healthier United (for example, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, Healthier Colorado and Healthier United will not disclose personal information to any third party unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; (b) to enforce this policy, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Healthier Colorado members, website users, or others.
Healthier Colorado and Healthier United reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the content you post on the website. We reserve the right to remove any such information or material for any reason or no reason, including, without limitation, if in our sole opinion such information or material violates, or may violate, any applicable law, or to protect or defend our rights or property or those of any third party. Healthier Colorado and Healthier United also reserve the right to remove information upon the request of any third party.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
Healthier Colorado and Healthier United may use third-party service providers for network, security, email, hosting, plug-ins, and other services. Suppliers and service providers are required by contract to keep the information received on Healthier Colorado and Healthier United’s behalf confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for us.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
Healthier Colorado cares about the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Healthier Colorado or Healthier United or guarantee that your information on the service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the functionality of third-party providers, such as social networks. Healthier Colorado and Healthier United are not responsible for the functionality or security measures of any third party.
COMPROMISE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Healthier Colorado and Healthier United will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures outlined in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you have previously agreed to Healthier Colorado or Healthier United using your personal information for general communication purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected].
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important. For that reason, Healthier Colorado and Healthier United do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for Healthier Colorado and Healthier United activities. If you are under 13, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information to or on the Healthier Colorado website. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Healthier Colorado’s website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest. Healthier Colorado is not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from Healthier Colorado’s website, nor the information or content contained on those sites. When you use a link to go to another website, Healthier Colorado’s Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
It is Healthier Colorado’s policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business-related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on the Healthier Colorado website, as determined by Healthier Colorado and Healthier United in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
MOBILE MESSAGING PROGRAM (SMS/TEXT MESSAGING)
This section applies specifically to our SMS/text messaging program (the “Program”) and supplements the rest of this Privacy Policy. It describes how we collect, use, and protect information in connection with text messages sent to and from your mobile device.
Consent to Receive Messages
By providing your mobile phone number and opting in through one of our forms, you consent to receive recurring text messages from Healthier Colorado, The Fund for a Healthier Colorado, and Healthier United at the mobile number provided, including messages sent using automated technology.
Message Frequency
Message frequency varies and solely depends on your interactions with us and the programs you have joined.
Message and Data Rates
Message and data rates may apply. Your mobile carrier may charge you fees for texts you receive from us. We are not responsible for any charges imposed by your carrier.
Opt-Out
You can cancel text messages at any time by texting “STOP” to the short code or number from which you receive messages. After you send “STOP,” we will send a one-time confirmation text acknowledging your opt-out. You will no longer receive text messages from that program. If you would like to join again, sign up as you did the first time, or text a keyword such as “START” to opt back in.
Help
For help, text “HELP” to the relevant number, or contact us at [email protected]. We will respond with instructions on how to unsubscribe.
Supported Carriers
Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Not all mobile devices or carriers may support this Program.
No Sharing of Mobile Opt-In Data for Third-Party Marketing
We will not share or sell mobile phone numbers or opt-in consent data collected through the Program with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile information may be shared only with:
- Service providers who help us operate the Program (e.g., SMS platform/gateway providers), solely to deliver the Program
- Parties as necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process
All other categories of Personal Information collected through the Program may be shared with third parties in accordance with the general Privacy Policy, subject to the mobile opt-in restriction described above.
Data Retention for Messaging Records
We retain records of your consent and opt-out status for as long as necessary to comply with legal obligations and industry requirements (such as those established by mobile carriers and the CTIA).
Age Requirement
The Program is available only to individuals who are 18 years of age or older, or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, unless otherwise stated.
QUESTIONS REGARDING HEALTHIER COLORADO’S PRIVACY POLICY
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at [email protected].