Opt-out Preferences
This page was last changed on 3 December 2025, last checked on 3 December 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://findhomelesspeople.org/ hereinafter: the “Website”), uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies may also be placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website and how you can exercise your opt-out rights.
We do not sell or share personal information to third parties for monetary consideration; however, we may disclose certain personal information to third parties under circumstances that might be deemed a “sale” or “sharing” for residents of California under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
We understand that you may wish to ensure that your personal information is not being sold or shared. You may request that we exclude your personal information from such arrangements or direct us to limit the use and disclosure of possible sensitive personal information, by entering your
name and email address in our opt-out form. You may be asked to provide additional identifying information before we can process your request.
Opt-out request fields may include:
- Name – your first and last name
- Email – your email address
Opt-out options may include:
- Global opt-out from selling and sharing my personal information and limiting the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information
- Do not sell my personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
- Limit the use of my sensitive personal information
- Request for access
- Right to be forgotten (deletion request)
- Right to data portability
2. Cookies
When you visit our website, it can be necessary to store and/or read certain data from your device by using technologies such as cookies.
2.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the Website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we will make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, items remain in your shopping cart until you have completed a transaction (where applicable). We may place these cookies without your consent.
2.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the Website experience for our users. With these cookies, we gain insights into how our website is used.
2.3 Advertising cookies
On this Website, we may use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into campaign results. This happens based on a profile that we create using your behavior on https://findhomelesspeople.org/ With these cookies, you as a website visitor are linked to a unique ID, but these cookies do not profile your behavior and interests to serve personalized ads.
You can object to tracking by these cookies by clicking the “Manage Consent” button (where available).
2.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage used to create user profiles, display advertising, or track the user on this Website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
2.5 Social media
On our website, we may include content from social media platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g., “like”, “share”) or allow you to share content on those social networks. This content is embedded with code derived from those platforms and can place cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statements of these social networks (which can change regularly) to understand what they do with your (personal) data that they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and Instagram are located in the United States.
3. Placed cookies
Most of these technologies have a function, a purpose, and an expiration period.
- A function is a particular task technology has. For example, a function can be to “store certain data.”
- Purpose is the “why” behind the function. For example, the data may be stored because it is needed for statistics.
- The expiration period shows the length of time technology can store or read certain data.
Below is an overview of cookies and similar technologies that may be used on our website.
Google AdSense
Category: Marketing/Tracking
Consent to service google-AdSense
Usage
We use Google AdSense for showing advertisements. Read more about Google AdSense.
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Google AdSense Privacy Statement.
Marketing/Tracking
- Name: google_adsense_settings
- Expiration: persistent
- Function: Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Google Analytics
Category: Statistics
Consent to service google-analytics
Usage
We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more about Google Analytics.
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
Statistics
- Name: _ga
- Expiration: 2 years
- Function: Store and count pageviews
- Name: _gid
- Expiration: 1 day
- Function: Store and count pageviews
WordPress
Category: Functional
Consent to service WordPress
Usage
We use WordPress for website development. Read more about WordPress.
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
- Name: wordpress_test_cookie
- Expiration: session
- Function: Read if cookies can be placed
- Name: wordpress_logged_in_*
- Expiration: persistent
- Function: Store logged in users
- Name: wp_lang
- Expiration: session
- Function: Store language settings
Category: Marketing/Tracking
Consent to service Facebook
Usage
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Marketing/Tracking
- Name: _fb_chat_plugin
- Expiration: persistent
- Function: Store and track interaction
Plugin Organizer
Category: Purpose pending investigation
Consent to service plugin-organizer
Usage
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Purpose pending investigation
- Name: po_assigned_roles
- Expiration:
- Function:
Miscellaneous
Category: Purpose pending investigation
Consent to service miscellaneous
Usage
Sharing data
Sharing of data is pending investigation.
4. Browser and device-based consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we may show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You have the right to opt out and to object to the further use of non-functional
cookies.
4.1 Manage your opt-out preferences
If we receive a privacy signal from your browser (such as Global Privacy Control), we will treat this as a request to opt out of certain data practices where required by applicable law. In such cases we may automatically set your privacy settings on this Website to “strictly necessary.”
If you want to have full functionality, please consider excluding https://findhomelesspeople.org/ from such privacy settings in your browser or
privacy tools.
5. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a notification each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies from your browser, they may be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
6. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data, subject to applicable law:
- You may submit a request for access to the data
- You may object to the processing of your personal data
- You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you (data portability)
- You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect, not relevant, or no longer relevant, or ask us to restrict the processing of the data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details below. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns.
For more information about your rights with respect to personal data, please refer to our Privacy Statement available on the Website.
7. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about this Opt-Out Notice, our Cookie Policy, or this statement, please contact us at:
Find Homeless People
Website: https://findhomelesspeople.org/
Email: support@findhomelesspeople.org
Mailing Address: 111 West Ocean Boulevard
Suite 400
Long Beach, CA 90802 USA
You may use these contact details to submit privacy-related requests, including opt-out, access, correction, or deletion requests.