This privacy policy for Open Plans describes:
The personal information we collect and how we use it,
With whom we share your information,
The measures we take to protect the security of your personal information, and
How you can communicate with us about your rights and choices.
INFORMATION OPEN PLANS COLLECTS AND HOW WE USE IT
Your Contact Information is used to provide information to you about Open Plans, educational programs, networking and job opportunities, public affairs issues, industry news, and other similar information that you subscribe to. Contact Information may include your name, address, phone number, and email address.
Your Payment History is used for accounting and invoicing; tracking donations, registration, and other fee payments; and thanking you for your contributions and payments. We do not store your credit card information, and credit card payments are routed through payment card industry compliant third-party payment services.
In addition, we may also collect other technical information such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Google Chrome, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows or Mac OS), CPU type (e.g., Pentium Intel Core), your manner of connecting to the internet (e.g., connection speed through narrowband or broadband access); internet protocol address; other information about your geographic location; and/or the domain name of your internet service provider.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit the cookies Squarespace uses.
These necessary and required cookies allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
WE DO NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
Our website is intended for a general audience of professionals. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent by the holder of parental responsibility. If you are under 13, you are prohibited from providing information to Open Plans through this website without verifiable parental consent. In the event we learn that we collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, we will delete that information and only recollect the information after receiving parental consent. If you believe that we might have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, please contact us using the contact information below.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE
We do not disclose your personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy or as we disclose to you at the time the data is collected. Open Plans will share your personal information in certain situations:
Payment Processing. Open Plans uses third parties to provide credit card, bank, payment and information processing services. If you choose to make a payment online, by phone, through the mail, or by other means, we will share your personal information with our processing service providers. We authorize these service providers to use your personal information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. We require these service providers by contract to safeguard the privacy and security of personal information they process on our behalf.
Contractors. Open Plans may use agents and contractors in order to help with our operations. These contractors are required by contract to protect your information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and by not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Open Plans.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
You have rights regarding the personal information we maintain about you. We also offer you choices about what personal information we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you.
You have the right to:
Limit the sharing of your information with third parties for direct marketing purposes;
Obtain confirmation that we hold personal information about you;
Request access to and receive information about the personal information we maintain about you;
Receive copies of the personal information we maintain about you;
Update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information;
Have the processing of your personal information restricted or object to the processing of your personal information; and
Have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the methods listed below. You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us. We will apply your choices going forward.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information and have established safeguards to help protect such information. For example, to protect your privacy, Open Plans uses passwords to help verify authorized user identity before granting access anywhere your personal information is stored. All online monetary transactions are done on a secure server. This means that information entered on the transaction page is encrypted before transmission. Though we strive to ensure the security of your information on our systems, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
WEBSITE LINKS
In order to provide certain services and goods at our website, we contract with other companies and individuals. These additional services and goods may include links to other websites from our website. Open Plans privacy practices may not be applicable at any third-party sites. When you leave the TNPA website, we have no control regarding what information may be collected about you, nor do we control what third parties might do with the information. It is important that you review any privacy policies on third-party sites carefully before you use any services or programs offered.
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS / YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California residents are entitled to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties. As set forth in this Privacy Policy, we offer our visitors the ability to tell us not to share their personal information with third parties for direct marketing or other purposes. To receive the information described above or to request that we stop sharing your information, please contact us using the information provided below.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
From time to time, Open Plans may revise its Privacy Policy to address changing technology, security measures and website functionality. We will send all email subscribers an alert and/or post a prominent notice on relevant websites to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate when it was updated.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or if you would like us to update information or preferences you provided to us, please contact us at info@openplans.org, or by postal mail at:
Open Plans
377 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Updated June 2025