SMS Privacy Policy

LAFHBuilds, Inc. (LAFHBuilds) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) governs how we treat the Personal Information that we collect and receive from you in connection with your use of the SMS Service (“Service”), which we make available to you through a third-party service provider. This Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Service.

 By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Policy. LAFHBuilds reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or change this Policy at any time with or without prior notice to you. The date of the last update will be posted at the top of this Policy for your convenience. This Policy, and any changes, are effective as soon as posted. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes your full acceptance of those changes.

 “Personal Information” is information that individually identifies you, such as your mobile phone number or user/screen name, as well as the any Personal Information that you choose to include in messages you send through the Service.

What Personal Information is collected about you

Through the use of the Service, LAFHBuilds  will receive the following information from our third party service provider: your mobile phone number when you send a text message to us, the text of messages that you send to other users of the Service, any user or screen name that you select in connection with the Service, as well as any comments or feedback regarding the Service that you send to us.

How LAFHBuilds uses Personal Information about you

We use Personal Information to process and respond to inquiries and, if necessary, contact you with important announcements or messages.

LAFHBuilds, Inc. does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent or lease any of its customer lists and/or names to any third parties.

Disclosure of your information

We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may use or disclose such information in any of the following limited circumstances:

• As necessary to provide services or products you have ordered;

• In other ways described in this Policy or to which you have otherwise consented;

• In the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined. An example of this would be the number of people who used the Service in a given month or the total number of texts sent in a given week;

• As required by law, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant;

• To outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential;

• As necessary to enforce the Terms of Service;

• As necessary to maintain, safeguard and preserve all the rights and property of LAFHBuilds, Inc.

Security

LAFHBuilds takes precautions to ensure the security of your Personal Information, including ensuring that our third party service providers protect the security of your Personal Information. However, we cannot guarantee that hackers or unauthorized personnel will not gain access to your Personal Information despite our efforts. You should note that in using the Service, your information will travel through third party infrastructures which are not under our control (such as a third party SMS delivery platform or your carrier network).

We cannot protect, nor does this Policy apply to, any information that you transmit to other users. You should never transmit personal or identifying information to other users.

Opting in

A mobile user might opt-in by:

• Entering a phone number online,

• Sending a Mobile Originating (MO) message to an LAFHBuilds staff member, or

• Downloading and completing form (found at https://www.lafhbuilds.org/s/LAFHBuilds_Informed-Consent-for-Text.pdf) that includes their phone number, and emailing completed form to info@lafhbuilds.org.

Opting out

LAFHBuilds’ third-party service provider gives you the ability to opt out of the Service for any reason. You can opt out by calling 818-732-4681.

We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Service, such as announcements and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.

Children

The Service is not intended for children under thirteen (13), and LAFHBuilds does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of thirteen (13). If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database.

Children aged thirteen (13) or older should not submit any Personal Information without the permission of their parents or guardians. By using the Service, you are representing that you are at least eighteen (18) years old, or that you are at least thirteen (13) years old and have your parents’ permission to use this website.

Intended audience

LAFHBuilds requires that users of this service be limited to US residents only.

Questions or concerns?

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time at info@lafhbuilds.org or by calling 818-732-4681.