Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.grieffighters.com.

About us

“Grief Fighters Anonymous” is an “International Fellowship” of men and women who have had an encounter with “Grief” and have now dedicated his/her life to helping other grievers to not only deal with their grief, but to conquer it over and over again, until they in turn, become a “Grief Fighter” / “Travel Companion” (TC). This process will be repeated throughout the entire world.

It is a self-supporting, multiracial, non-professional, apolitical, and is available to every man, woman and child in every country of the world.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Use of Cookies

Like many Websites, GFA may use “cookies,” which are files stored on your computer’s hard drive that help GFA identify account holders and optimize their Website experience. Most browsers accept cookies automatically but allow you to disable them. GFA recommends that you leave cookies enabled so it can offer you a better Website experience. GFA will not drop cookies or other tracking devices that are persistent and/or cannot be erased on an end user’s hard drive.

You may occasionally receive cookies from Third-Party Applications. GFA does not control these cookies, and these cookies fall outside the scope of this Privacy.

Our Use of Information

We use the information we obtain from or about you to help us operate the Site and personalize and improve your experience with the Site and to make certain features, service, activities or functionalities available to you. For example, we may use information we collect (including Personal Information) to:

• Fulfill orders and complete transactions;
• Provide you with products and services that you request;
• Communicate with you about your account, respond to your inquiries and send you information about features and enhancements of the Site;
• Communicate with you about changes to our policies
• Send you newsletters and other communications;
• Optimize or improve our products, services and operations;
• Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal; and
• Perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of users of the Site and Site usage, including analysis of which content or images users click on or hover over and analysis of which email messages were opened or acted upon when GFA sends HTML-formatted email messages (messages resembling Web pages that include graphics).

We may use and store information about you that we receive from other sources to enable us to update and correct the information contained in our database and to better customize your experience with the Site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Personal Information

In connection with your use of the Site or particular features or components thereof, you may be required to provide, and we may collect, information that can identify you personally or that can be used with other sources of information to identify you (“Personal Information”). For example, if you create an account or purchase products on the Site, you will be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number, credit card information and billing address. You may also provide Personal Information when you request customer service or other assistance, sign up to receive emails or other communications for us, or otherwise communicate with us via the Site.

Access to software applications that are owned and operated by third parties (“Third-Party Applications”) may require you to provide access to your Personal Information to the providers of such Third-Party Applications. In such cases, you will be informed about this either during the registration process, in the terms of use of the Third-Party Application, or in a similar manner. The Third-Party Application provider’s use of your personal information is governed by that third party’s privacy policy. Please note that if you choose to remove a Third-Party Application from your account, this does not necessarily mean that the relevant third-party provider will delete Personal Information about you that they have previously received. Please visit the privacy policy of the relevant third party to make sure that you understand how they may use the Personal Information you provide to them. If you do not want such use of your Personal Information, you should not register for or use the applicable Third-Party Application.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your data

Disclosure of Information

We will only disclose your Personal Information collected via the Site to other companies and individuals as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may disclose Anonymous Information and any other information that is not Personal Information to other companies and individuals in any manner that GFA deems appropriate or necessary.

Service Providers

GFA occasionally has third-party contractors and agents that provide services to GFA, such as credit card processing, order fulfillment, marketing, database hosting, web analytics, and providing customer service. These entities may have access to Personal Information in order to perform their functions. We do not authorize them to use the information we share with them for any other purpose.

Legally Compelled Disclosures

GFA may disclose Personal Information to government authorities, and to other third parties when compelled to do so under law (including under a reasonable interpretation of the law), including, without limitation, in response to court orders and subpoenas.

Emergency Situations

GFA may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to applicable law; (b) protect and defend its rights or property, the Site or its Users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of GFA, its Users, and others.

Affiliated Entities

We may disclose Personal Information and other information collected from you to our parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and investors.

Change of Ownership or Corporate Organization

We may change our ownership or corporate organization. We may transfer Personal Information to another entity in connection with any change of ownership, change of corporate organization or similar transaction, such as, for example, a transfer an entity with which we have merged, that we have acquired or that has acquired GFA. Under such circumstances GFA would use reasonable efforts to require the transference to follow the practices described in this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time.

What data breach procedures we have in place

The information, products and services on all “grieffighters.com” websites are provided for sale, and for informational and educational purposes only. The information, products and services on all GFA websites are offered to help give support to grieving people and are not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided a doctor, lawyer, financial advisory or any other qualified professional. Always consult your own professional team or other qualified professionals for specific advice. Always consult your own lawyer for specific advice concerning the applicable laws in your jurisdiction, and how they pertain to your conduct and that of your loved ones.

What third parties we receive data from

Included in all GFA websites are live links to other website addresses. Such external website addresses contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of GFA. GFA does not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external websites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information located at such websites. Use of any information contained at such websites is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be made after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Reference therein to any specific commercial product or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement,   recommendation, or favoring by GFA.

GFA makes available its websites and the information, products, and services contained herein in furtherance of GFA’s for-profit mission. While GFA makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information, products, or services on its websites, GFA does not endorse, approve, or certify such information nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of such information. Use of such information, products and services are voluntary and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by GFA. GFA assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of information herein, or in any respect for the content of such information. GFA is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on such information.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

IN NO EVENT WILL “GRIEF FIGHTERS ANONYMOUS” BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF ANY GFA WEBSITE OR THE PROVISION OF THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS OR ANY “GFA” WEBSITE, EVEN IF GFA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. GFA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA ITS WEBSITES IS CURRENT, COMPLETE, OR ERROR-FREE.