PRIVACY POLICY This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group and HVNRG.org and governs data collection and usage. We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We control this site from offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group include HVNRG.org. The HVNRG.org website is a community site. By using the HVNRG.org website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Personalized & Behavioral Ads The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your age, gender and household income. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future. Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group website. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group website. Use of your Personal Information The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group and its affiliates. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may participate with marketing partners in behavioral advertising programs for purposes of serving personalized ads based on your interests. This activity is performed by collecting Usage Data and by using cookies and other tracking and data collection methodologies which manage personalized advertising activities. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may participate in Facebook.com’s Custom Audience and Retargeting programs which enables us to display personalized ads to persons on our email lists when they visit Facebook.com based on their interests. We provide Personal Information such as your email address and phone number to Facebook to enable Facebook to determine if you are a registered account holder with Facebook. You may opt-out of participation in our Facebook Custom Audience by sending an email, from the email address you are opting out of, to the email address provided in our contact information below with the following text in the subject line of the email – “Opting Out of Facebook.com Website Custom Audience Ads”, and we will forward your name and email address to Facebook.com with a request to delete you from all of our Facebook Custom Audience Ads. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group, in order to determine what Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group, or the public. Use of Cookies The Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group pages, or register with Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group site or services, a cookie helps Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group services or websites you visit. Security of your Personal Information Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Outside Sites (Their Privacy Policies May Be Different) The Site contains links to other websites, like our sponsor’s websites or links to booksellers, that may offer products or services that our customers might find useful. These sites may request information from you. In such instances, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. We do not control the privacy policies, contents or links that appear on these sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party sites or services before providing any of them with your personal information. Exceptions to Privacy Policy While we are committed to keeping your information secure and private, we have the following exceptions to our privacy policy: We will release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of the Sites, or a physical or property threat to you or others. We may also transfer user information, including personally identifiable information, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate change. Further, the information you enter when making a purchase or an online donation will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties solely for the purpose or carrying out the transactions. Please note that if you give out personal information online through a discussion board or posting site, that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users’ privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk. Miscellaneous These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be subject to mediation in Alameda County in the State of California. If any of these terms of use are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms of use, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. These terms may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms of use on our Sites. For more information, please contact us per the information below. Children Under Thirteen Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. Opt-Out & Unsubscribe We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group by contacting us here: – Email: info@hvnrg.org Changes to this Statement Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group is protecting your information. Contact Information Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group at: Hidden Valley Neighborhood Response Group Email Address: info@hvnrg.org Effective as of May 20, 2018 Limitation of Liability Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, will we or any of our licensors or suppliers be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials or information on the Sites, or any products or services provided pursuant to the Sites, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages (including but not limited to lost data), so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall the total liability to you by us or any of our licensors or suppliers for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you to us, if any, for accessing the Sites. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of any advice, goods or services you receive from a guest speaker on our Sites or at one of our events. We are also not responsible or liable for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to our guest speakers, advisors or independent contractors in connection with the display of their photo, name, or biography posted on our Sites or in our marketing materials. No Professional Advice The information contained in or made available through the Sites (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files, or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, psychological, or legal matters. In particular, you should regularly consult a doctor in all matters relating to physical or mental health, particularly concerning any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. Neither we nor our partners, or any of their affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death. You alone are responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions and results in life, and by your use of the Sites, you agree not to attempt to hold us liable for any such decisions, actions or results, at any time, under any circumstance. Earnings Disclaimer When addressing financial matters in any of our Sites, videos, newsletters or other content, we’ve taken every effort to ensure we accurately represent our programs and their ability to improve your life or grow your business. However, there is no guarantee that you will get any results or earn any money using any of our ideas, tools, strategies or recommendations, and we do not purport any “get rich schemes” on any of our Sites. Nothing on our Sites is a promise or guarantee of earnings. Your level of success in attaining similar results is dependent upon a number of factors including your skill, knowledge, ability, dedication, business savvy, network, and financial situation, etcetera. Because these factors differ according to individuals, we cannot and do not guarantee your success, income level, or ability to earn revenue. You alone are responsible for your actions and results in life and business. Any forward-looking statements outlined on our Sites are simply our opinion and thus are not guarantees or promises for actual performance. It should be clear to you that by law we make no guarantees that you will achieve any results from our ideas or models presented on our Sites, and we offer no professional legal, medical, psychological or financial advice.