Broken Marketplace Privacy Policy‍

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Last Updated: July 14, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how the Schultz Family Foundation (“Schultz Family Foundation,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes information about you. This Privacy Policy applies when you use our website, currently located at www.brokenmarketplace.com, when you engage with our other programs and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”) or when you otherwise interact with us, such as on social media. We may provide different or additional notices of our privacy practices for certain programs, websites, or initiatives, in which case those notices will supplement or replace the disclosures in this Privacy Policy.

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We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy. If we make material changes, we will provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

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COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

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The information we collect about you depends on how you interact with us. In this section, we describe the categories of information we collect and the sources of this information.
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information directly from you when you participate in one of the programs we directly facilitate, send us questions or comments through our Services, sign up to receive updates from us, communicate with us via third-party platforms (including LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) or otherwise communicate with us. The types of personal information we may collect include your name, email address, zip code, and any other information you choose to provide.

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Information We Collect Automatically
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We automatically collect information about your interactions with us or other Services, including:
Device, Usage, and Activity Information: We collect information about how you access our Services, including data about the device and network you use (such as your hardware model, operating system version, IP address, unique device identifiers, and browser type). We also collect information about your activity on our Services, including the route by which you access our Services, access dates and times and browsing behavior (such as pages viewed and links clicked).

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• We automatically collect information about your interactions with us or other Services, including:
  Device, Usage, and Activity Information: We collect information about how you access our Services, including data about the device and network you use (such as your hardware model, operating system version, IP address, unique device identifiers, and browser type). We also collect information about your activity on our Services, including the route by which you access our Services, access dates and times and browsing behavior (such as pages viewed and links clicked).
• Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information about your interactions with the Services and our outreach communications. These technologies help us improve our Services and outreach communications, personalize your experience on our websites, and analyze your interactions with us, including to see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. For more information about cookies and the choices available to you, see the Your Choices section below.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies:

We use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information about your interactions with the Services and our outreach communications. These technologies help us improve our Services and outreach communications, personalize your experience on our websites, and analyze your interactions with us, including to see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits.

For more information about cookies and the choices available to you, see the Your Choices section below.

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Information We Collect from Other Sources
We obtain information from other sources. For example, we may collect information about you from data analytics providers, including the “Device, Usage, and Activity Information” described above.
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Information We Derive
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your location based on your IP address.
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USE OF INFORMATION

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We use the information we collect to provide, maintain and improve our Services. We also use the information we collect to:

• Facilitate participation in events and programs that we and organizations we partner with host or provide and interaction with other participants in such events and programs;
• Solicit volunteers and support for the Schultz Family Foundation and its partners;
• Include information about you, with your consent, in a directory of all of our partners;
• Personalize and improve your experience on our Services;
• Send you technical notices, security alerts, and support and administrative or transactional messages;
• Respond to your comments and questions;
• Provide news and information that we think will interest you (see the Your Choices section below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services;
• Detect, investigate, respond to, prosecute and help protect against security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and Protect the rights and property of the Schultz Family Foundation and others;
• Debug to identify and repair errors on our Services;
• Comply with our legal and financial obligations; and
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

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We disclose personal information as described in this Privacy Policy in the following scenarios:

• Vendors and Service Providers. We make personal information available to our vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, fraud prevention, customer service, and marketing.
• Law Enforcement Authorities and Individuals Involved in Legal Proceedings. We may disclose personal information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
• To Protect the Rights of the Schultz Family Foundation and Others. We may disclose personal information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of the Schultz Family Foundation, our users, the public, or others.
• Professional Advisors. We disclose personal information to our legal, financial, insurance, and  other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
• Transactions. We disclose personal information in connection with, or during negotiations concerning certain transactions, such as a merger or acquisition.
• Affiliated Entities. We may disclose personal information between and among the Schultz Family Foundation and any current or future affiliates.
• Consent. We make personal information available to third parties, when we have your consent or you intentionally direct us to do so.
  We also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you. We maintain and use this information only in a de-identified fashion and we will not attempt to re-identify such information, except as permitted by law.
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ANALYTICS

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We engage others to provide analytics services on our behalf. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect aggregated information about the way people use  our Services, including IP address, web browser, and average time spent on pages. This information may be used by the Schultz Family Foundation to, among other things, analyze website usage patterns and pitfalls, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand the way visitors to the Services use our websites.

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

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We host the Services in the United States, and we have operations and service providers in the United States. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your personal information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide levels of data protection that are equivalent to those of your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

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YOUR CHOICES

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Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies
The Schultz Family Foundation uses cookies and similar tracking technologies as described in the Collection of Information section above. You can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

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Communications Preferences
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from the Schultz Family Foundation by following the instructions in those communications. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about our ongoing business relations.

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CONTACT US

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@schultzfamilyfoundation.org

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