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Privacy Notice
Greenheart International
Effective Date: 1/9/2019
This privacy notice describes how Greenheart International collects, uses, and discloses Personally Identifying Information (also known as “PII”) or Personal Data (collectively “Personal Information”) from and about users of Greenheart International websites. This privacy notice also applies to any associated paper forms. Please read this privacy notice before using Greenheart International websites or submitting any personal information.
These practices may be changed at any time. Changes will be posted along with the date of the change. You should review this privacy notice when you visit Greenheart International websites to make sure that you understand how Personal Information is collected, used, and disclosed.
The Personal Information you provide to us is only used to:
We may use non-Personal Information for additional reasons described in the remainder of this privacy notice.
If you identify yourself to us by sending us an email with questions or comments, we may retain your comments for future reference.
Greenheart collects Personal Information, which is information that on its own or in combination with other information may be used to identify, contact, or locate an individual. Examples include:
Greenheart International collects other information that relates to you but does not identify you. Examples include clickstream data and web-browsing information (such as the date and time you visit a website, whether you click on various advertisements or links and the search terms you enter when using a website), and information about your computer, device and internet connection, and geographic location.
We collect Personal Information from you in the following ways:
We may share information gathered by us from Greenheart International websites with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in providing services to you. We may do so when:
Information provided under one of the four preceding bullet points will not be used by those receiving it for marketing purposes, unless specifically authorized by the user.
Third parties who provide webhosting services or other services that make possible the operation of Greenheart International websites and the services you request through the websites may have access to information that you provide us to the extent that those third parties require access to our databases to service the websites.
In connection with the sale or transfer of all or part of our assets, we reserve the right to transfer information we have obtained from or about you.
We are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive information from us.
Greenheart International websites are hosted and maintained in the United States of America. Your Personal Information may be transmitted to countries outside of the European Economic Area, including the United States of America. You can obtain details of the mechanism under which your personal data is transferred outside the EU by contacting us. If your Personal Information is transferred outside the European Economic Area to third party service providers, we will take steps to ensure that your Personal Information receives the same level of protection as if it remained within the European Economic Area, including by entering into data transfer agreements using the European Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses, or by relying on certification schemes such as the EU–US Privacy Shield.
Greenheart International websites use cookie and tracking technology to collect non-Personal Information. Our system also automatically gathers information about areas you visit on our websites, and about the links you select from within one of our websites to the other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online. We use such information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our websites. This way we know which areas of our websites are preferred by our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve our websites. Personal Information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided us with your Personal Information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties but that aggregate information does not identify individual website users. Our web servers do not record visitor email addresses unless that information is submitted by the visitor. We may determine what technology is available through your browser to provide you with the most appropriate version of a web page. Greenheart International uses Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Gravity Forms, Yoast, Formstack, Calendly, GoOverseas, and other web traffic tracking tools.
Greenheart International websites contain links to other websites. These links are for your convenience. We do not control, endorse or review the privacy notices of other websites, which may be different than this privacy notice. You should review the privacy notice of other websites before choosing to disclose Personal Information.
Greenheart takes steps to secure your Personal Information. We exercise care in providing secure transmissions when we need to transfer your Personal Information from our servers. Our websites use secure server software encryption, which is indicated by https in the url of the website. Encryption is a common method of ensuring that information remains private. Greenheart International cannot guarantee or warrant that the information that you transmit to us, or any communications is completely secure.
Greenheart International only retains data for as long as necessary for the purposes indicated in this privacy notice or for such other period as may be permitted or required by law.
For children age 14-16, Greenheart International takes additional steps to protect their Personal Information. We do not intend to collect Personal Information from children aged 13 or younger. These additional steps include:
The marks Greenheart, Greenheart Heart Logo, and Sobresmesa are either registered or unregistered trademarks of Greenheart International. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized use is prohibited.
Certain jurisdictions provide their residents or citizens with certain rights about their Personal Information. These may include the right to request access to the data we hold about you, to obtain a copy of your Personal Information, to request that your Personal Information be erased, to correct inaccurate information, to ask us to restrict how we process your Personal Information, or to withdraw your consent to our processing of your Personal Information. Your individual rights will depend on your residency and citizenship.
Please contact us using the following information for more information about this privacy notice, to notify us of a concern or complaint, or to exercise any of the individual rights you may have.
Data Protection Officer
By mail: 742 N LaSalle Dr. Chicago, IL 60654 Suite 300, USA
By email: click here
By phone: +1 312-944-2544
Additionally, all marketing emails and newsletters from Greenheart International allow you to opt out of further correspondence. You can do so by clicking the link within the emails, which will guide you on how to opt-out.
Greenheart believes in connecting people and planet through fair trade, personal development, environmentalism, and volunteerism. Our cultural exchange programs help create global leaders by building mutual understanding and fostering diplomacy. And Greenheart encourages our alumni to give back to their communities through our Global Impact Grant.
A Greenheart Global Impact Grant is a financial award of up to $1,000 given to exemplary members of the Greenheart community. It provides current participants and alumni with the opportunity to create, improve, or maintain a community-focused project abroad or at home. As the Greenheart alumni network continues to expand, more and more of our participants are working towards an environmentally sustainable, socially just, and peaceful world.
From General Santos City, Philippines, Kimbian Lim attended a Michigan high school with Greenheart on the YES program back in 2017-18 and was a participant at the 2019 Greenheart Global Leaders Conference in Washington DC. Today, he is an advocate for active citizenship, media and information literacy, and youth participation in governance. Kimbian is an electronics engineering student, and also currently the Volunteer Head of Yabong Philippines Inc., a non-stock, non-profit youth-led organization that promotes youth participation in governance, Vice-President of the United States Government Alumni Association – SOX Chapter, and a Core Member of the Sangguniang Kabataan – Fatima Task Force, a local government council representing the youth in each locality. He is thrilled as he ventures into a new realm of advocacy on environmental sustainability and marine mammal conservation through his Project Lumba.
His Project: The United Nations released a report in 2019 detailing how biodiversity loss is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Despite being identified as one of the mega-diverse countries in the world, conservation for marine mammals in the southern seaboard of Mindanao has not been given the attention it deserves. Project Lumba (which is a Filipino word for “Dolphin” and a Cebuano term for “Race”), is born out of concerns to protect wildlife in a race against time. It will provide a 3-day awareness campaign and capacity-building training about marine mammals inhabiting the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape. This project will target youth who are local residents of the nearby seascape, have a wealth of great ideas, and have unparalleled enthusiasm for community activities. Participants will gain an in-depth knowledge of the marine mammals of the Philippines, discussing their importance, conservation status, and research opportunities. They will also be trained on proper stranding response, medical management, and local structured assessment of dead or alive marine mammals. At the end of the training, the youth participants will be skilled responders for stranded marine mammals. They will also become adept at collecting stranding data and other valuable ecological information–and will become future environmental stewards.
Kimbian has completed his project. To learn more about its success, check out his summary post here.
Albert Fiifil Haizel of Ghana wins for his “Second Chance Project”, an initiative to equip High School and University leavers with technology skills.
Albert “Fiifil” Haizel is a 24-year-old former Greenheart Work and Travel participant. He is from Agona Kwaynako in the Central Region of Ghana and holds a BSc. in Chemical Engineering. Fiifil is a lover of arts in any form and one day wants to travel the world–seeing as many places as possible while positively impacting the lives of the people in the places he visits. Fiifil’s project is called “The Second Chance Project” and will increase computer literacy skills.
His Project: The Second Chance Project partners with the National Institute of Information Technology of Ghana to equip High School and University “leavers” with technological skills to enable them to gain employment. Experts already in the industry will be sharing their knowledge and technology skill sets like C++ or Java computer programming and program tools like Word over a period of 3 months. This is designed to equip participants to acquire and increase computer literacy skills, and ultimately to mitigate the unemployment rate and the vices associated with it.
Congratulations to Kimbian and Fiifil! We can’t wait to see how your projects progress.
Got a project in mind? Earn up to $1,000 for an opportunity to create, improve, or maintain a community-focused project abroad or at home. Follow Greenheart on Facebook and Instagram to see when the next application window opens.
Click here if you’d like to donate to help Greenheart fund the Global Impact Grant program.
Thank you!