Overview

The Lowing Foundation ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, and password.
• Contact Information: When you contact us, we collect the information you provide in your message.
• Submissions: Historical documents, photographs, or stories you choose to submit.

Information Collected Automatically

• Usage Data: We may collect information about how you access and use our website.
• Cookies: We use essential cookies to maintain your session and preferences.

How We Use Your Information

• To provide and maintain our website
• To manage your account and membership
• To respond to your inquiries
• To preserve and share family history materials (with your permission)
• To send occasional updates about the Foundation (with your consent)

Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only:

• With your consent
• To comply with legal obligations
• To protect our rights and safety

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

Your Rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us.

Contact Us

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

Newsletter & email

If you subscribe to the Lowing Foundation newsletter, we store your email address, consent timestamp, and a unique unsubscribe token. We use this only to send occasional family-history updates you opted into. You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in every newsletter or at /newsletter/unsubscribe.

Commercial email from us includes our physical postal address as required by the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act:

Lowing Foundation
8401 Mayland Dr #7387
Richmond, VA 23294
(202) 750-1130 · info@lowing.org

We do not sell newsletter addresses. Transactional mail (sign-in codes, password resets, contact acknowledgements) is separate from marketing and may not include an unsubscribe link.