Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 07, 2025

The Foundation for Powering Public Service (FPPS) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by FPPS.  This Privacy Policy applies to information collected when you use this website (“Service”) or when you otherwise interact with FPPS. Third party services offered by FPPS have their own privacy policies that you should review. 

Your personal data is used by FPPS to provide and improve our website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change periodically.  If changes are made, we will revise the date at the top of this policy.  We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the website or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

Use of Personal Data 

Personal Data means information that identifies a specific individual (e.g., a name, address, telephone number etc.) and information about that individual or their activities directly linked to personally identifiable information. When you register, sign up, or take any other action on our site, we may ask you to give us contact information, including your name, address, telephone number and/or e-mail address. We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this site.  We use this information to operate this site, send you news and information to you about FPPS, as well as to share programs, events and activities, and obtain and confirm RSVP’s to events and programs. We use your e-mail address to send such information by e-mail, where available.

We may use Personal Information and other information about you to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, information about the device from which you access the website, or other analyses we create.

Usage Data

Usage Data may include information, including but not limited to your device's internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Industry Standard

FPPS uses industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control.  Permission to access your information is granted only to you and FPPS employees or contractors who need to know that information to provide services to you.  Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by this website in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.

Links to Other Websites

This privacy policy covers this website and its subdomains. These sites may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and review the practices of all websites you visit.

Other Disclosure of Your Information

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief release is appropriate to comply with the law (for example, a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay. 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct yourYour browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be persistent or session Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies
    Type: Session Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Information

We do not sell your data. We use personal information collected through our site for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or described elsewhere on the site. For example, we may use personal information we collect to:

  • Monitor and analyze site usage and trends and to personalize and improve the Site and our users’ experiences on the Site, such as providing content or features that match your interests, and to increase the Site’s functionality and user friendliness;
  • Provide you use of the services;
  • Provide and deliver the information you request, process contributions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests, and provide customer service;
  • Send you newsletters and otherwise communicate with you about jobs, issues, resources, products, services, and events offered by FPPS, and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
  • Connect you with other supporters and solicit donations and support for FPPS issues and organizations that we support;
  • Respond to your emails, submissions, questions, comments, and requests and to provide customer service;
  • Assess and pursue potential business opportunities;
  • Assess your qualifications if you reply to any job postings or other opportunities on the Sites;
  • Request feedback and otherwise contact you about your use of the Services;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
  • Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property FPPS, and others;
  • Personalize and improve the Services and your experience using the Services and provide content or features that match user profiles or interests;
  • Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
  • Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.

We also use your information for various administrative purposes, such as:

  • Pursuing our legitimate interests such as direct marketing, research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention;
  • Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
  • Measuring interest and engagement in our Sites;
  • Improving, upgrading or enhancing the Site or our internal business purposes;
  • Ensuring internal quality control and safety;
  • Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests under this policy;
  • Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Sites;
  • Auditing relating to interactions, transactions, and other compliance activities;
  • Enforcing our agreements and policies; and
  • Complying with our legal obligations.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided FPPS with their Personal Data, please contact FPPS. If we become aware that FPPS has collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Deleting Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that FPPS assist in deleting your Personal Data that we have collected. You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact FPPS to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: [email protected]