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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 4, 2026

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how the Helena Foulkes Transition (the “Transition,” “us,” or “we”) collects, uses, and shares the information of individuals who visit our website located at Helenatransition.com and any other websites or online apps or services that link to this Policy (collectively, the “Site”).

By using the Site, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.

Information Collection

When using our Site, we may collect information directly from you, such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide. We collect this information when you contact us through the Site or interact with us for any other purpose.

We may also collect information about you from other individuals and organizations, and we may combine this information with any information that you provide to us.

We (or authorized third parties on the Site) may also collect information automatically when you visit the Site, such as the following:

  • Browser and Device Information. Certain information may be automatically collected by most browsers or devices, such as information about user devices (such as IP addresses), operating systems, and browsers.
  • Information Stored in Cookies. The Site may also use available web-based technologies to collect information, such as cookies, pixels, or web beacons. Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on users’ computers or devices. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on online services, pages visited, referring URL, and other traffic and usage data. We may also use cookies for purposes such as determining what features interest our users, revising our site features or operations, and as further described below. For more information, see the Managing and Blocking Cookies, and Your Choices sections below.
  • Pixel Tags and Log Files. The Site may also use other tracking systems such as log files and pixel tags. For example, pixel tags, sometimes called web beacons, are similar in function to a cookie and can tell us certain information like what content has been viewed.
  • Information Collected in Connection with Analytics Technology. We may use various technologies to learn more about how visitors use the Site, such as Google Analytics and Google Ads. Google Analytics and Google Ads use cookies to help us analyze how visitors use the Site and tailor ads provided to users based on their interests and websites they have visited. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the Site includes your IP address and device IDs. If you so choose, you may be able to opt out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser. For more information on Google Analytics, including how Google Analytics collects, uses, and discloses information, refer to the following page: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. We may also use similar technologies to for the purposes described in this Policy relative to your activities on our Site.

On our Site, we may use one or more of the following cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies. These are used to provide the Site and to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security, and for the administration of the Site.
  • Functional and Preference Cookies. These are used to remember choices you make regarding the Site and help remember you when you visit the Site to manage your access and privileges.
  • Performance Cookies. These are used to collect information about how you use our Site and improve the Site’s performance by showing us pages you visit, any difficulties experienced, and whether or not the content provided is effective.
  • Targeting Cookies. These cookies may be placed on our Site by us or our third-party partners and are used to show you advertisements for goods and services that are targeted to your interests based on your actions on our Site and information submitted by users of our Site. These personalized advertisements may appear on our Site or the websites of our third-party partners. We also use these to provide you with content that is tailored to your interests.

Managing and Blocking Cookies

Through browser settings, you can manage or block the use of cookies. In addition, you can use opt-out tools for ad networks and firms who participate in the Network Advertising Initiative at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ or the Digital Advertising Alliance as http://optout.aboutads.info/.

To effectively manage cookies via browser settings or through these ad industry opt-out tools, you must opt-out and set cookie preferences on all browsers and all devices that you use. If you clear the browser cache or cookies, be sure to reset your preferences.

Please note that blocking or disabling cookies may prevent or impair functionality and use of the Site.

Please see your browser’s help files for additional information about viewing and changing your browser settings to manage or block cookies.

Information Use

We may use your information for any lawful purpose, including the following:

  • To respond to your inquiries;
  • To operate, personalize, and improve the Site, including for analytics purposes;
  • To evaluate, debug, and repair errors on our Site;
  • To send Transition updates and other communications that may be of interest to you;
  • To comply with the law and to maintain the security of our Site; or
  • With your consent, or as otherwise disclosed at the time information is collected.

Information Sharing

We may share the information we collect with other parties, including the following:

  • The Governor-Elect and, following the inauguration, the Office of the Governor and other State of Rhode Island agencies, as needed to respond to your inquiry or to support the transition.
  • Service providers or agents that perform activities for us, such as those for statistical analysis, payment processing, or sending you email or postal mail;
  • Pursuant to a subpoena, court order, governmental inquiry, or other legal process or as otherwise required by law, or when needed in our judgment to protect our rights or the rights of third parties or for safety or security reasons;
  • If reasonably necessary to protect our operations, staff, or users or detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues;
  • With your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection or sharing.

Our staff, volunteers, and agents may view your information to perform their jobs and address your needs. We authorize their access to your information on a need-to-know basis to provide you with information or services, or for one of the other reasons listed in this Policy.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties, except with our third-party service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (and who will not use such information for their own purposes); or as required by law.

We may share information that has been anonymized or aggregated, without limitation.

Please be aware that any information you submit to the Transition may be shared with the incoming administration and may become subject to Rhode Island Access to Public Records laws once it is received by a public body.

Digital Advertising & Analytics

We may partner with ad networks and other ad serving providers (“Advertising Providers”) that serve ads on behalf of us and others on non-affiliated platforms. Some of those ads may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information Advertising Providers collect about your use of the Site and other sites or apps over time, including information about relationships among different browsers and devices. This type of advertising is known as interest-based advertising or third-party behavioral tracking.

You may visit the DAA Webchoices tool at www.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) at the NAI’s Site to learn more about this type of advertising and how to opt out of this advertising on websites by companies participating in the DAA and NAI self-regulatory program. If you delete your cookies or use a different browser or mobile device, you will need to renew your opt-out choices exercised through the DAA Webchoices tool. Note that electing to opt out will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications. It may make the ads you see less relevant to your interests. Additionally, your browser may offer tools to limit the use of cookies or to delete cookies; however, if you use these tools, our Site may not function as intended. If you agreed to receive future marketing communications directly from a third party through our Site, you will need to contact that party to opt-out of such communications.

Third-Party Links and Tools

The Site may provide links to third-party websites or apps, including our social media pages. We do not control the privacy practices of those websites or apps, and they are not covered by this Policy. You should review the privacy notices of other websites or apps that you use to learn about their data practices.

The Site may also include integrated social media tools or “plug-ins,” such as social networking tools offered by third parties. If you use these tools to share personal information or you otherwise interact with these features on the Site, those companies may collect information about you and may use and share such information in accordance with your account settings, including by sharing such information with the general public. Your interactions with third-party companies and your use of their features are governed by the privacy notices of the companies that provide those features. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy notices of any accounts you create and use.

Your Choices

You may choose not to provide the information we request through the Site. However, not providing information we request may restrict your ability to use certain features of the Site. For example, you may be able to restrict the collection of information or functionality through your device’s operating system or by disabling cookies but doing so may prevent you from using the functionality of the Site.

To opt out of our email updates, you can use the link provided at the bottom of each message.

Personal Information of Children

We do not direct our Site to children under the age of 13 and do not knowingly collect the personal information from children under the age of 13 through our Site. If you are the parent of a child under 13, and you believe that your child has provided us with information about him or herself, please contact us using the contact information in the Contact section below. To learn more about how to protect your child online, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) website at https://consumer.ftc.gov.

How We Protect Your Information

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect. However, no website or method of transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, to complete the transition, or as required by law, including applicable public records and records retention requirements.

Disclaimer

Information on the Site is for general informational purposes, and may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice.

The Site is operated by the Transition, and is not an official website of the State of Rhode Island or the Office of the Governor.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If our information practices change, we will post an updated version of this Policy and revise the Effective Date above. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to learn of any updates.

Contact

If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Policy, please contact us at: info@helenatransition.com

Terms and Conditions of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the websites, mobile sites and other online offerings (collectively, the “Site”) provided by the Helena Foulkes Transition (the “Transition,” “we,” or “us”) that link to these Terms. By accessing or by using our Site, you agree to these Terms, and any terms incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use our Site.

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes, such as by sending an email, providing a notice through our Site or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Site after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using our Site.

If you have any questions about these Terms or our Site, please contact us at info@helenatransition.com.

Privacy

For information about how we collect, use, share and otherwise process information about you, please see our Privacy Policy above.

You may also post, submit, or otherwise share only User Content that is nonconfidential and that you have all necessary rights to disclose. You may not create, post, submit, store or share any User Content that:

  • Is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent;
  • Would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
  • May infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
  • Contains or depicts any statements, remarks or claims that do not reflect your honest views and experiences;
  • Impersonates, or misrepresents your affiliation with any person or entity;
  • Contains any unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations;
  • Contains any private or personal information of a third party without such third party’s consent;
  • Contains any viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files or content; or
  • In our sole judgment, is objectionable, restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying our Site, or may expose the Transition or others to any harm or liability of any type.

Enforcement is solely at the Transition’s discretion, and failure to enforce this section in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it in other instances.  In addition, this section does not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Site will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

Ownership; Limited License

The Site, including the text, graphics, images, photographs, videos, illustrations and other content contained therein, are owned by the Transition or our licensors and are protected under both United States and foreign laws. Except as explicitly stated in these Terms, all rights in and to the Site are reserved by us or our licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you are hereby granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use our Site for your own personal, noncommercial use. Any use of the Site other than as specifically authorized herein, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited, will terminate the license granted herein and violate our intellectual property rights.

Trademarks

Helena Foulkes Transition and our logos, our product or service names, our slogans and the look and feel of the Site are trademarks of the Transition and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and Transition names or logos mentioned on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us. 

Feedback

You may voluntarily post, submit or otherwise communicate to us any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about the Transition or our Site (collectively, “Feedback”). You understand that we may use such Feedback for any purpose, without acknowledgment or compensation to you, including, without limitation, to develop, copy, publish, or improve the Feedback in Transition’s sole discretion. You understand that the Transition may treat Feedback as nonconfidential. 

Repeat Infringer Policy; Copyright Complaints

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the access of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that anything on our Site infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may notify the Transition’s designated agent as follows:

Designated Agent: Copyright Agent

Address: Helena Foulkes Transition

PO Box 6191

 Providence, RI 02940

E-Mail Address: info@helenatransition.com

Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notification. Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Site is infringing, you may be liable to the Transition for certain costs and damages.

Third-Party Content, Products, and Sites.

We may provide information about third-party organizations, events, products, services, or activities, or we may allow third parties to make their content and information available on or through the Site (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We provide Third-Party Content as a service to those interested in such content. Your dealings or correspondence with third parties and your use of or interaction with any Third-Party Content are solely between you and the third party. The Transition does not control or endorse, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, any Third-Party Content, and your access to and use of such Third-Party Content is at your own risk.

Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Transition and its volunteers, independent contractors, service providers, and consultants, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses or costs (“Claims”) arising out of or related to (a) your User Content or Feedback; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights); or (d) your misconduct in connection with the Site. You agree to promptly notify Indemnified Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Indemnified Parties in defending such Claims and pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees). You also agree that the Indemnified Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at the Indemnified Party’s sole option, of any third-party Claims. 

Disclaimers

Your use of our Site is at your sole risk. Except as otherwise provided in a writing by us, our Site and any content therein are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In addition, the Transition does not represent or warrant that our Site is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. While the Transition attempts to make your use of our Site safe, we cannot and do not represent or warrant that our Site or servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Site.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TRANSITION, OR OUR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR VOLUNTEERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE SITE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM TRANSITION, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO TRANSITION’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF TRANSITION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR THE SITE MATERIALS EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO TRANSITION FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.

Governing Law and Venue

Any dispute arising from these Terms and your use of the Site will be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of Rhode Island, except to the extent preempted by U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict of law rules or principles (whether of Rhode Island or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Subject to the Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration section, the state courts located in Rhode Island and the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the parties.

Modifying and Terminating our Site

We reserve the right to modify our Site or to suspend or stop providing all or portions of our Site at any time. You also have the right to stop using our Site at any time. We are not responsible for any loss or harm related to your inability to access or use our Site.

Severability

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Miscellaneous

The failure of the Transition to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity. You agree that the communications and transactions between us may be conducted electronically.