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Welcome to GoodCause Vending, the public-facing brand of the Healthy Access Vending Program, an initiative of GCV Foundation, Inc. ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at info@goodcausevending.org.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website (goodcausevending.org), as well as any related services, sales, marketing, or events.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Disclose to Us: We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products, specifically when filling out the "Host a Machine" or "Join the Network" forms. The personal information we collect may include your name, email address, phone number, organization or business name, and location details.

Information Automatically Collected: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, and information about how and when you use our Website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business and mission-driven purposes described below:

• To Facilitate Machine Placements: To contact you regarding your request to host a GoodCause Vending machine at your location.
• To Send Administrative Information: To send you product, service, and new feature information, and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• To Fulfill and Manage Requests: To save your preferences and manage the configurations you submit through our interactive site tools.
• To Protect Our Site: As part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

3. Will Your Information Be Shared?

We do not sell your personal data. We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations. We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

• Vendors and Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., website hosting, form processing).
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

4. Data Security

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security.

5. Physical Vending Machine Transactions

Please note that this Privacy Policy governs the use of the GoodCause Vending website. Purchases made physically at GoodCause Vending machines utilizing credit cards, NFC, or mobile payments are processed by secure, third-party payment gateways and hardware providers. GCV Foundation, Inc. does not directly collect or store your financial payment data from machine transactions.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at:
info@goodcausevending.org
GCV Foundation, Inc.

These Terms of Service constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and GCV Foundation, Inc., doing business as GoodCause Vending ("Company", “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the goodcausevending.org website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”).

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing the Site, you agree that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Service. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property. All source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site "AS IS" for your information and personal use only.

3. User Representations

By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:

• All registration or form information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete;
• You will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary;
• You have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Service;
• You are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside;
• You will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise.

4. Hosting a Machine (Disclaimers)

Submitting a "Host a Machine" or "Join the Network" form through the Site constitutes an expression of interest and does not create a binding contract for the placement of a GoodCause Vending machine. Machine placement is subject to location approval, site surveys, inventory availability, and the execution of a separate, physical Vending Placement Agreement between your organization and GCV Foundation, Inc.

5. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

6. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and defined following the laws of the operating jurisdiction of GCV Foundation, Inc. GCV Foundation, Inc. and yourself irrevocably consent that the courts of said jurisdiction shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute which may arise in connection with these terms.

7. Contact Us

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:
info@goodcausevending.org
GCV Foundation, Inc.