Welcome to In the Know. In the Know is managed by YTH.

Your privacy is important to us. We will never sell your name or information. At times we might share collated information of users with our partners if they’re providing a service to you and/or to improve our services.

Information we collect:

Personal Information: We may collect and store any information that you choose to enter through In the Know. This includes personal information, such as your name, e-mail address, telephone number, zip code, and date of birth, and other information (personal and non-personal) about you that you may submit through this website, including through any content that you provide. We may require that you provide some personal information in order to participate in the program.

Automatic Information: We may automatically collect some information about your computer when you visit the website and/or app. For example, we may collect your IP address, web browser software (such as Internet Explorer), and referring web site. We also may collect information about your activity on the website and/or app. We may combine this automatically-gathered information with other information, including personal information that you may have provided.

Cookies: When you visit In the Know, we may assign your computer or phone a “cookie” (a small, unique identifier text file) to remember who you are. In addition, we collect gender, age, and interest information from 3rd parties using Google Analytics. We may combine the information we collect through cookies with other information, including personal information we have gathered about your visit in aggregate to improve our services.

How we use this information:

We may use the information we collect about you in certain ways in connection with our programs. These uses include:

1. Providing you with the products and services you request;
2. Responding to your questions and comments;
3. Providing you with information, about selected products and services offered by In the Know or others that may be of interest to you;
4. Soliciting information and feedback from you, including through surveys and/or questionnaires;
5. Performing program analyses or for other purposes to improve the quality of our programs, and the services we offer; and
6. As otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.

With whom we share this information:

We may share the information we collect about you in limited circumstances, including:

1. With our authorized service providers that perform certain functions or services on our behalf (such as to transmit communications), although we require that these third parties limit their use of your personal information to providing the service for which the information was shared;
2. To affiliates within the In the Know partnership including YTH, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Fresno Economics Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC);
3. To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, in response to a request for cooperation from law enforcement or another government agency, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
4. When we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or as otherwise required by law;
5. To enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements, or otherwise protect or defend the rights or property of In the Know partners, its affiliates, or others, or the safety of the public;
6. As otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.
7. We do not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.

How you can delete or update your information:

You can delete or update the personal information you have provided on In the Know by contacting us at yth@etr.org.

If you want to opt-out of Analytics for the web, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page and install the add-on for your browser. For more details on installing and uninstalling the add-on, please see the relevant help resources for your specific browser.

The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on does not prevent data from being sent to the website itself or in other ways to web analytics services.

How we protect your information:

We have implemented procedures to help protect the personal information that you provide to us. However, no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure, and we cannot guarantee that such information will never be accessed, used, or released in a manner that is inconsistent with this policy.

A special word about public forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online in public forums, that information can be collected and used by others. This includes any information that you choose to make publicly available. For this reason, we encourage users not to post any sensitive information, including personal information, in any public forums.

External links
If any part of In the Know links you to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other sites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy in the future. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on intheknowinfo.org.

Disclaimer:

This website is intended to be used as a guide to information, resources and service providers. However, the information, resources and providers are not necessarily endorsed by In the Know or our affiliates. We encourage you to do your own research and evaluation to decide if the service or resources are right for you. In the Know and its affiliates assume no responsibility for monitoring the services and website for inappropriate, false, incorrect information, material or conduct. In the Know also assumes no responsibility for user generated content or postings, assumes no responsibility to modify or remove user postings and no responsibility for the conduct of any user.

How you can contact us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
yth@etr.org