Privacy Policy

FORGE Foundation

Brief Summary:

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not share, sell or rent this information to anyone other than individuals within the FORGE foundation, FORGE partners, or whoever may be a successor of the FORGE Foundation.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

This website could contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Information Collected:

We collect different types of information throughout the website, including personal information like name and your email address. We only collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us.

  • We collect this information through our “Sign In” options in various locations on our website. The only other location in which we ask information from you is our “Contact Us” page. We may request more information from you in the case of you reporting an issue with our website.
  • We will have records and copies of correspondence (involving whatever information you share) through the website if you utilize the “Contact Us” portion of our website.
Third Party Automated Collection Technologies:

We do not collect your information automatically when you visit and use the Website. However, some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. Subject to applicable law, these third parties may use cookies, web beacons, or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website, and the information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information (including personal information) about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

How we use your information:

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

We will also use the information you provide us to improve and enhance the website and the content we offer. Our goal is to provide you with relative, accurate and helpful information about our different FORGE partners, scholarship and job opportunities. Lastly, with your permission, we will provide you with notices through email regarding any information we find align with our message. This could be scholarship opportunities, job opportunities, career spotlights, interesting research regarding career tech programs or trade industries and more. You will be able to opt out of receiving these notices at any time.

Disclosure of your information:

We may disclose personal information that you have provided us to individuals within the FORGE Foundation including FORGE partners and their respective companies. In the event of needing a successor, we may disclose your information to whoever fills that role.

We may also disclose your information, only when necessary, to third party contractors and service providers who we use to support our organization and website.

We may disclose your information for the purpose you provided such information, such as shipping an order, or for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provided the information. We may also disclose your information, with your consent, to third parties whom you ask us to share your information.

The FORGE Foundation reserves the right to access, preserve and disclose any information, including personal information, as we reasonably believe is necessary, in our sole and absolute discretion to meet any legal requirements, enforce our policies and agreements, to detect and address fraud or technical issues, and to protect the rights of the FORGE Foundation, our users, or any third party affiliates.

The FORGE Foundation reserves the right to change and update this policy as deemed necessary.