Terms of Use and Privacy Information

Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is vital to us. Our ongoing commitment to the protection of your privacy is essential to maintaining the relationship of trust that exists between Words That Shook The World/National High School Public Speaking Competition and all of our users, whether they be students, parents, schools, nonprofit organizations, volunteers, donors, readers of our newsletters or other visitors to the site. This notice of our privacy policy is intended to help you understand our online information security practices.

The Information We Collect
You may have accessed Words That Shook The World directly by visiting our Web site, the home page of which is located at wordsthatshooktheworld.com, or through the Web site of one of our third-party partners with whom we have teamed to provide volunteering services ("Partners"). This notice applies to all information you submit to Words That Shook The World, whether through the Words That Shook The World Web site or through the Web site of one of our Partners. Please note that we cannot be responsible for the information you submit directly to third parties, including our Partners, who may have their own posted policies regarding the collection and use of your information. We urge you to review the policies of our Partners through whom you may access our services.

The types of personal information ("Information") we collect
For Newsletter Subscribers
First and Last Name
Email address

For Volunteers signing up for Words That Shook The World program
First and Last Name
Email address
Phone number
ZIP code
Health History
Additional information based on volunteer position
Emergency Contact information

For Donors Making a Donation
Company Name
First and Last Name of contact
Email address
Phone number
ZIP code
Comments about donation (optional)
Matching gift (optional)
If applicable, Credit Card Number
Credit Card Expiration Date
Name on Credit Card

For Students signing up for a Words That Shook The World competition or program
First and Last Name
Address, city, state and zip code
Email address
Date of Birth (WILL THIS NE NEEDED?)
Social Security number (WILL THIS BE NEEDED?)
Parent's contact information (name, phone, email, employer and title)
School name, address
Current school grade level, i.e. 9th freshman, 10th sophomore, 11th junior, 12th senior

For Judges signing up for a Words That Shook The World competition
First and Last Name
Email address
Affiliation, i.e. parent, organization, company, school
ZIP Code

How We Use Information
The only time Words That Shook The World will ask for your personal information is when signing up for one of our mailing lists or enrolling you in one of our programs. We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Please be aware that, to the extent required to provide our services, we share your information with volunteers, nonprofit organizations, or our Partners, as applicable.

For Newsletter Subscribers
We may use our email lists for sending out our newsletter and other Words That Shook The World outbound communications. We do not, however, sell, rent or trade our general newsletter email addresses to outside parties.

For Volunteers
To the extent that you have provided any Information to us through our Web site or the Web site of one of our Partners regarding volunteer opportunities associated with one of our Partners, we may share your Information with the applicable Partner. Each of our Partners has its own policies regarding the collection and use of personal information, and Words That Shook The World is not responsible for their use of your Information.

For Donors
Donor information is kept completely confidential. We will not share any information on donations made through the Words That Shook The World website with any third parties or Partners.

Cookies
Cookies are tiny data files that Web sites commonly write to your hard drive when you visit them so that they can remember you when you visit. A cookie file contains information that can identify you anonymously and maintain your privacy. Cookies are used for the secure sections of our site including the volunteer section. Additionally, Cookies are used by some of our partners who provide services in connection with our site.

Third-party Access and Use
Occasionally, we hire third-party service providers to help us provide or improve the services we offer you. Sometimes it is necessary for these providers to have access to the Information we collect about you. In those cases, we take reasonable steps to ensure that these providers do not use or otherwise disclose any Information we collect about you except for the purpose of fulfilling their service obligations to us.

In addition, we share aggregate information about our users with certain third parties. This information shows user activity as a whole rather than on an individual basis and cannot be used to individually identify you. We use aggregated information we collect about users to continue to improve our service for you.

This site contains links to other sites. Words That Shook The World is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

In the unlikely event that Words That Shook The World undergoes a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, the acquiring entity will be subject to this Privacy Policy in its use of your personally identifiable Information. In addition, in the further unlikely event that Words That Shook The World is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent (a) there will be no further use or disclosure of your personally identifiable Information by Words That Shook The World and (b) your personally identifiable Information will be destroyed. In addition, there will be no use or disclosure of your personally identifiable Information by any entity that acquires assets of Words That Shook The World pursuant to such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.

If you are a volunteer, donor or partner and would like to have your Information deleted from the site, you may do so by contacting us at info@wordsthatshooktheworld.com.

Opting-Out of Communications
Individuals who receive Words That Shook The World communications do so on an opt-in basis. All communications are optional and allow the nonprofit organization, volunteer, subscriber or other user to unsubscribe from the newsletter. In every email we send, we provide instructions regarding how to opt-out of receiving future mailings. Users may remove their Information from our database so as not to receive our service or future communications by sending an email to our newsletter team at info@wordsthatshooktheworld.com.

Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of Information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the Information we collect online.

Changes to Policy
Words That Shook The World may change this privacy policy from time to time. Words That Shook The World will notify you of any such changes by posting notice of the changes on the Words That Shook The World start-up screen. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the Words That Shook The World Web site. Continued use of the Words That Shook The World Web site following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

Charitable Organization
The National High School Public Speaking Competition, Inc. is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has been designated as a "public charity" under section 170(b)(1)(A)(VI) and 509(a)(1) of the Code. The National High School Public Speaking Competition, Inc. is a California not-for-profit organization whose mission is to seek out, cultivate and recognize outstanding high school orators.

How to Contact Us
We appreciate your questions or comments about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with Words That Shook The World. Please send email to info@wordsthatshooktheworld.com or you can send snail mail to 149 South Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.