Privacy Policy

Last modified: August 30, 2025

Introduction

Gaining Ground (together "we" or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website chattfoodcenter.org (our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

● On this Website;

● In email, text, contact form, chat features and other electronic messages between you and this Website; and

● Through third-party applications, such as our patient portal.

It does not apply to information collected by:

● Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party, including any of our affiliates; or

● Any third party, including any of our affiliates, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy and you also agree to our Website Terms of Use. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, use any of the interactive features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at hello@chattfoodcenter.org.

Residents of certain states under 13, 16, or 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. If you have questions about exercising any state rights that you believe may apply, please contact us at hello@chattfoodcenter.org.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

● By which you may be personally identified, such as name, date of birth, gender, postal address, email address, telephone number and certain payment information, if you provide such information to us using e-mail, text or other features on our Website ("personal information");

● That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as general comments or any other information that you provide to us; and/or

● About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

● Directly from you when you provide it to us.

● Automatically as you navigate through or interact with the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

● From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

● Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes

information provided through our Website, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.

● Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses and phone

numbers), if you contact us.

● Details of transactions you carry out through our Website. You may be required to

provide financial information before completing a transaction through our Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

● Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

● Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

● Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

● Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of ce1iain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications on the Website or connected to the Website are served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. 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 targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

The Website may include or provide links to other websites or mobile applications on the Internet that we do not control. Even if an affiliation exists between us and a third party website or mobile application-and even if they are linked to or from our Website-each of these linked websites or applications maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. While we expect our affiliates and vendors to respect the privacy of our users, we have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions and insurance or other personal information will be encrypted using SSL technology.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. If we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.

Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may revise and update this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice to you and will post the updated Privacy Policy to the Website.

ANY CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL APPLY IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING TO THE WEBSITE. BY USING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, POSTING OR DOWNLOADING CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE SITES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ANY CHANGES TO IT. YOU AGREE TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR SUCH CHANGES.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: hello@chattfoodcenter.org.