Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

This Website Privacy Policy explains how The Advocates for Human Rights ("The Advocates," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected on our website (http://www.TheAdvocatesForHumanRights.org) and personal information you provide to us through our website. 

Where applicable, you consent to the use of your information as described in this Website Privacy Policy each time you visit our website. 

Collection of Personal Information 

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. 

We may collect different kinds of personal information from or about you: 

Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide-such as your name, address, and email address-when you use our website, make a donation, register for our events, subscribe to our online newsletter, apply for employment, apply as a volunteer or intern, or otherwise interact with us through our website. 

Donations: If you make a donation, we collect personal information in connection with the donation. This information includes payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and other card information, and billing and contact details,required to process your donation with our payment processor(s). We keep donor information confidential and respect donor communication preferences, per our Donor Privacy Policy - The Advocates for Human Rights. 

Client Services: If you use our website to request legal representation, you provide us with personal information, including your name, telephone number, address, and email address. That information, provided by you for the purpose of seeking legal representation, is confidential and privileged. It will not be disclosed to any party without your express consent or a valid judicial warrant ordering its disclosure. 

Information about use of our website: When you visit our website we may collect information about your use of our website, which may include information about your device's unique identifier, the IP address of your device, usage information, diagnostic information, location information, or browsing information, from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. 

Information from third parties: We use third parties, including analytics providers, hosting providers and search information providers from whom we may also receive information as described below. 

Use of Personal Information 

Generally speaking, we use the information we collect through our website to provide, improve, and develop our website, programs, and services, to communicate with you, and to protect us and our website visitors. We collect, process, and determine how to process your information for the following purposes: 

Communicating with you: We use your information to process and respond to your requests when you contact us; to communicate with you about requests for assistance, donations, subscriptions, events and issues, or volunteer, internship, or employment applications; and to inform you about our policies and terms. If you wish to unsubscribe, you can do so at any time by following the "unsubscribe" link included in each such communication. We may use your information to process and respond to your requests when you contact us. 

Providing, improving, and developing our website, programs, and services: We use personal information to help us provide, improve, and develop our website, programs, and services. 

Promoting safety and security: We may use personal information to help verify payment transactions, as well as to promote safety and security, such as by monitoring fraud and investigating suspicious or potentially illegal activity or violations of our terms or policies. 

Cookies and Similar Technologies 

We use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our website and services, such as by understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. 

You can remove or reject cookies using your browser or device settings, but in some cases doing so may affect your ability to use our website. 

Please read our Cookie Policy below to learn more about how we use cookies and the choices you have. 

Disclosure of Personal Information 

We do not share personal information with other organizations or entities for marketing or any other purposes. On some occasions, we co-sponsor events with other organizations and you consent to sharing information with those organizations when you register for those co-sponsored events. We may also share personal information for purposes of legal compliance and security. 

Service Providers 

We may share personal information with companies that provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting; email services; donation management; payment processing; data analytics; and other services that assist in providing our programs and services. These companies are obligated to protect your information. 

Legal Compliance and Security 

We may disclose personal information, as necessary by law, or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from public or governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence. We may also disclose personal information if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate. We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, or protect our operations. 

Your Access and Control Over Information 

Depending on where you live, you may have the rights described below. You may have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal information that we collect. You may be entitled to object, at any time, to the further processing of your personal information. You may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured and standard format. You may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority regarding the processing of your personal information. 

To protect the privacy and the security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain. There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide or delete some or all of the personal information that we maintain. 

You may contact us to exercise your rights. We will respond to your request in a reasonable timeframe, and in any event in less than 30 days. 

Third-Party Websites and Services 

Our websites and services may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, products, and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through our website and services. 

Information Security, Integrity, and Retention 

We take reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your information. 

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your information and computers or other devices. If you feel that the security of your personal information has been compromised in connection with our website, please immediately contact us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts, no security system is impenetrable.In the event of a security breach, we will notify you and the proper authorities if required by law. 

We will retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this PrivacyPolicy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. 

Children 

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately contact us if you become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information. 

U.S. Website; Consent to Transfer 

This website is operated in and targeted to individuals in the United States. If you are outside of the United States, any information you provide will be transferred to the United States, and by using this website and/or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy 

We may periodically change this Privacy Policy and expect most changes to be minor. Any non-material changes will take effectimmediately upon posting of an updated Privacy Policy. 

Your continued use of our website after the effective date of this Privacy Policy means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the revised Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our website. 

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Terms of Use

These are the Terms of Use of The Advocates for Human Rights ("The Advocates," "we," "our" or "us"), which applies to the www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org and www.stopvaw.org websites (individually and collectively, the "Website"). By visiting the Website, you are agreeing to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy (above), which form a part of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use the Website. We may modify, alter or update these Terms of Use at any time, so please review these Terms of Use frequently. We will not provide individual notice to you of changes to these Terms of Use, but when we make changes to these Terms of Use, we will update the date at the top of this document. Your continued use of the Website after changes have been posted will constitute your acceptance of the updated Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy(above), and all other terms, conditions and notices on the Website, each of which forms a part of these Terms of Use. 

Restrictions on Use of Website. Except as expressly permitted under these Terms of Use or the written permission of The Advocates, no trademark or copyright protected material or other Content from or on the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, framed, uploaded, posted, performed, displayed, transmitted, distributed, licensed, transferred, sold, or used to create derivative works, in any way. You may view and download, e-mail, or print small portions of one copy of the Content for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Use of the Content for any other purpose is a violation of these Terms of Use and The Advocates' copyright and other proprietary rights. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of any Content on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited. The use of web crawlers, web robots, web scutters, ants, automatic indexers, bots, worms, and other such devices in connection with the Website is prohibited. Attempting to access the account of any user other than your own is prohibited. In your use of the Website and contact with The Advocates, you shall not post or transmit, or facilitate or allow others to post or transmit: (i) any unlawful, threatening, harassing, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, discriminatory, pornographic or profane material; (ii) anything that interferes with or disrupts the Website, user-generated content or the operation thereof; (iii) unauthorized copyrighted materials or any other material that infringes on the intellectual property rights, trade secrets or privacy rights of another; (iv) anything that violates the privacy or publicity rights of any other person; (v) files that contain malicious code, viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer, network or the Website; or (vi) any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, would give rise to civil liability, or would otherwise violate the law. The Advocates reserves the right to block any user from using the Website for any reason without notice. 

Use of The Advocates Materials. The Advocates grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to reprint and distribute the printed materials posted at the following URLs (collectively, "Advocates Resources"), provided that you materially comply with all of the conditions below. 

https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Educators 
https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Defenders 
https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Resources_Publications 

As a condition for the license granted above, you must: (i) give clear attribution to The Advocates for Human Rights as the source for The Advocates Materials; (ii) reproduce and distribute The Advocates Materials without modification; (iii) keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact; and (iv) make use of The Advocates Materials for non-commercial purposes only. Any other use of The Advocates Materials is prohibited without the prior written consent of The Advocates. 

User Submissions. Except for any personal information The Advocates may collect from you pursuant to the Privacy Policy above, any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, or other communication you transmit to The Advocates by any means ("User Submissions") will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. The Advocates will have no obligations with respect to User Submissions. The Advocates and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use User Submissions and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial and noncommercial purposes.  By making any User Submissions, you grant The Advocates a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to reproduce, use, adapt, modify, publish, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute and create derivative works from such User Submissions in any form, and The Advocates may sublicense all or part of its rights under this license or assign them to third parties. By making any User Submissions, you represent and warrant that (i) you own the User Submissions or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of the User Submissions on or through the Website does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or organization. The Advocates reserves the right to decline to post or to delete any User Submissions for any reason. The Advocates has the right to, but does not assume the responsibility to, monitor the Website for inappropriate content. You are solely responsible for the content of User Submissions that you post on or submit to the Website. 

Copyright or Other Intellectual Property Infringement.The Advocates respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. The Advocates may, inappropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been made available on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated in connection with the Website, please provide The Advocates' Agent for Notice of Claims the following information: 

1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;  

2. identification of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works on the Website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on the Website;  

3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including the relevant URL;  

4. information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, including an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address;  

5. a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright or other intellectual property right owner, its agent, or the law; and  

6. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.  

The Advocates' Agent for Notice of Claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows: 

Agent for Notice of Claims 
330 2nd Ave. S., Suite 800 
Minneapolis, MN 55401 
Phone: (612) 341-3302 
E-mail: hrights@advrights.org 

Links to the Website. Unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and The Advocates, you must adhere to The Advocates' linking policy as follows: (i) the appearance, position and other aspects of any links you make to the Website may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with The Advocates' names and trademarks, (ii) the appearance, position and other attributes of any links you make to the Website may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, endorsed by, or otherwise associated with The Advocates, (iii) when selected by a user, any links you make to the Website must display the Website on full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linking website, and (iv) The Advocates reserves the right to revoke its consent to any links you make to the Website at any time and in its sole discretion. You may not use or misrepresent any of The Advocates' logos, designs, images, photographs, slogans, trademarks or service marks in conjunction with any external links you make to the Website. 

Links From the Website to Third-Party Websites. We may include links to other websites on the Website. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the terms of use of websites operated by others that may be linked to or from the Website. If you decide to access a third party's website that may be linked to or from the Website, you should consult with that website's privacy policy and terms of use prior to use. 

Disclaimer. The Website contains information and links regarding human rights and opportunities to advocate for human rights. The Advocates makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. The Advocates assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Website. However, if you are aware of an error on the Website, please contact the Website administrator at hrights@advrights.org.   

THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IN THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE ADVOCATES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM A COMPUTER VIRUS, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE ADVOCATES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR CODE. THE ADVOCATES DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

Limitation of Liability. The Advocates provides the Content of the Website for informational purposes and for your general interest only. By accessing or using the Website, you hereby agree not to rely on any of the information contained herein.   

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE ADVOCATES BE LIABLE FOR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT NOR SHALL THE ADVOCATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, LOST PROFIT, OR OTHER DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE, THE INABILITY TO USE, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS ON THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS ON ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF THE ADVOCATES OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADVOCATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  THESE LIMITATIONS COVER CLAIMS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. 

Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Advocates, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against any losses, expenses, damages, costs and attorney's fees resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use by you. 

Other. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute related to the Website or these Terms of Use shall be litigated in the courts of Hennepin County, Minnesota. You agree to the venue and jurisdiction of these courts. If any provision of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy (above), and all other terms, conditions and notices on the Website, are the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter herein.  

Contact Us. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use or the Website or want to request information about The Advocates, please contact us via postal mail at 330 2nd Ave. S, Suite 800, Minneapolis, MN 55401 or via email at hrights@advrights.org. 

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Cookie Policy

This Cookie Statement explains how The Advocates for Human Rights ("The Advocates," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies on our website, and the choices you have for those cookies. 

Definition of "Cookies" 

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are widely used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. We also use other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, including web beacons and pixel tags, for similar purposes. In this Cookie Statement, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies." 

Cookies Placed by Third Parties 

You may also encounter cookies on our website and services that are placed by third parties. We may also allow third parties to place cookies on our websites to track information about your online activities and/or across third-party sites or online services. 

This Cookie Statement does not apply to the cookies, applications, technologies, or websites that are owned and/or operated by third parties, or such third parties' practices, even if they use or access our technology to store or collect information. To understand how third parties use cookies, please review their privacy and cookie policies. 

Controlling and Opting Out of Cookies 

Your browser or device may offer settings that allow you to choose whether browser cookies are set and to delete them. For more information about these controls and to exercise your cookie preferences, visit your browser or device's help material. If you choose to reject cookies, as noted above, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services. 

Do Not Track 

Some browsers include the ability to transmit "Do Not Track" signals. We do not process or respond to "Do Not Track" signals. Instead, we adhere to the standards described in our Privacy Policy and this Cookie Statement.