Carina Initiatives, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," or “Carina”) values your privacy. This privacy policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, carina.fund ("Website"). Please read this privacy policy carefully before using the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you disagree with this Policy for any reason, please do not access the Website.
What Information We Collect
You can access our Website without being required to provide your name, email address, or similar personal information. However, we may collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, which may be personally identifiable or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly. This includes the following categories of information:
Identifies: information that is about you but individually does not identify you.
Internet Activities: about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, usage details, browsing history, search history, and interactions with our Website.
Geolocation Data: Location-based data.
Other Information may include: IP addresses, the browser and type of machine you are using, the websites that you visited immediately before and after the Website, search terms and search results, and information collected through browser cookies and other electronic tracking methods.
We do not collect sensitive personal information unless you explicitly provide it.
How We Collect Information
We collect personal information in the following ways:
Directly from You: When you voluntarily provide information by corresponding with us through the Website, by email, by subscribing to (or signing up for) our e-newsletter, or otherwise.
Automatically: We collect some data automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies when you interact with our Website.
From Third Parties: We may obtain information from third-party service providers, business partners, and publicly available sources.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze usage, and deliver personalized content. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. By using the Website with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies, you consent to our use of cookies on the Website.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various business purposes, including:
Communicating with you, including responding to your inquiries and providing information you request from us.
Providing, maintaining, and improving the Website, including research and analytics regarding users of the Website and usage patterns.
Sending marketing communications (with your consent).
Ensuring security and detecting fraudulent activities.
Complying with legal obligations or responding to lawful requests by public authorities.
Notifying you about changes to the Website or Policy.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal data, except as described below. We may share your information with:
Service Providers: Companies we partner with to provide services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, analytics, payment processing).
Legal Requirements: If required by law or in response to valid legal processes.
Data Security & Retention
We implement reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
We have procedures in place to address any personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for our legitimate interests, in accordance with our retention policies, and following applicable laws.
Third-Party Links
This Website may contain links to, or may be linked from, other websites, including sites of organizations funded by Carina and other third-party websites. This Policy does not apply to any website other than this Website. Carina does not control, review or monitor, and is not responsible for, any website of another organization or the content on such website.
Minors
This Website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under the age of sixteen (or if being a ‘minor’ is defined as a younger age in your relevant jurisdiction, that relevant age), please do not provide us with any of your data, including your email address. If we learn that we have collected information from an individual under 16, we will take steps to delete the data as soon as possible.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
Limitations of Liability
In no event shall Carina, its affiliates, or their respective officers, directors, employees, donors, grantees, representatives, or agents be liable to any party for any claims, liabilities, losses, costs, or damages under any theory, including but not limited to any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with any access, use (or inability to use), or distribution of the Website. Carina will not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from the use of information collected from visitors to the Website.
Governing Law
This Policy is governed by the laws of the State of California. Any dispute regarding your use of the Website shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles, California. You agree to waive trial by jury in any such action.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or would like to exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at:
Carina Initiatives, Inc.
990 W 190th St. STE 530
Torrance, CA 90502
partnership@carina.fund
California Residents
As a California resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”):
Right to Know: You can request details about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, the sources of the information, the purpose for collecting the information, and third parties with whom we share your personal information.
Right to Delete: You may request that we delete the personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do not sell personal information. However, you can opt-out of the sale of your personal information by notifying us if you believe otherwise.
Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To exercise your rights above, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section above.
Users from Outside the United States & the European Economic Area (“EEA”)
The Website is operated and controlled by Carina in the United States. By using the Website, you:
Acknowledge that your information will be processed as described in the Policy.
Consent to having your information transferred to Carina and/or our third-party service providers, in the United States or elsewhere, as described in the Policy.
Carina will not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from the use of information collected from visitors to the Website.
Users Resident in the EEA
As the United States has not been deemed by the Commission of the European Union (“EU”) to ensure an adequate level of data protection to comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (including the protection of data subject rights under GDPR), and Carina does not have ‘appropriate safeguards’ such as EU-approved standard contractual clauses in place to govern transfers of EU data subject personal data, any transfer of your personal data into the United States via the Website or other means to Carina is done on the basis of your explicit consent provided in the ‘click-through’ access to the Website; and/or the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between your and Carina as the Data Controller or the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at your request, such as an application for funding. If you reside in the EU, the “Data Controller” (as defined under EU data protection law) is Carina.
If you reside in the EU, you may have the following rights under data protection laws with respect to the personal data you provide to us:
To request access to or correct your personal data.
To request your personal data be erased if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was processed; you have withdrawn your consent to, or object to, its processing and there is no other legitimate grounds for processing it; or you consider it has been unlawfully processed.
To request that processing of your personal data be restricted if you contest the data’s accuracy, its processing is unlawful, or you have objected to its processing and await verification of our legitimate grounds for processing it.
To request transfer of your personal data to another company under certain circumstances.
To lodge a complaint with your national data protection regulator if you feel your personal data has been unlawfully processed.
To exercise your rights above, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section above.
