Privacy Policy

The Harp Guitar Foundation is committed to keeping your information private.  Your personal information is confidential and we do not share your information with third parties, except as required by law.

In order to process payments for your purchases, we utilize PayPal, the most popular and one of the most secure shopping cart services available on the internet.  PayPal accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express - or you can sign up and have funds taken directly from your bank.  When you check out, you will be taken off the Harpguitars.net website to the PayPal website which has its own security and privacy policies.  We recommend that you review these before making a donation. 

In order to process donations, a functional email address and, of course, a valid street address for credit card validation will be collected.  A phone number is optional.  This data is collected by PayPal and may be used by The Harp Guitar Foundation for the purpose of records-keeping and may be used on occasion to inform you of new features, services and special offers we think you will find valuable.  Your personal and financial information will never be rented, bartered or sold to other users or third-party companies.

Please be aware that The Harp Guitar Foundation will never ask you for a social security number, driver's license number, or other sensitive personal information via email.  If you receive an email purported to be from The Harp Guitar Foundation, Harpguitars.net, Gregg Miner, or any other representative asking for any of this sensitive data, do not reply.  Please notify us immediately.  If you suspect that you may have been a victim of fraud, we highly recommend you immediately take the appropriate steps to ensure your security.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Harpguitars.net and/or third-party service providers collect non-personally identifiable information, such as IP addresses, browser type, browser language, operating system, and other aggregate information, when you interact with the Website.  This information is collected in our logs for traffic analysis and website optimization purposes (i.e. which pages are most viewed, high traffic times, page load times, etc).  The data is then used to improve the functionality and content of the Website.  This information will never be rented, bartered or sold to other users or third-party companies.

Legal Requests

Harpguitars.net and The Harp Guitar Foundation may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or to protect the rights and property of Harpguitars.net, The Harp Guitar Foundation, its affiliates, or the public.

The Harp Guitar Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).

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