The Gussie Wortham Foundation was founded in 2004 by Kenneth Thompson in honor of his sister, the late Gussie Wortham, who was brutally murdered by her estranged husband in 1981. She was the proud and loving mother of three daughters and a son, who was in the process of changing her life for the betterment of she and her children.  The foundation was started to promote awareness, education, and support for individuals affected by domestic violence. 

This privacy policy sets out how The Gussie Wortham Foundation Inc. uses and protects any information that you give The Gussie Wortham Foundation Inc. when you use this website.

The Gussie Wortham Foundation, Inc. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The Gussie Wortham Foundation Inc. may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective beginning January 1, 2017.

What we collect 

We may collect the following information:

• name
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as location, age, etc.
• other information relevant to tournaments

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to provide you the best services, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping
• We may use the information to improve our website
• We may periodically send a fundraising email 
• We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
• We will never sell your information

Security 

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies 

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. 

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. 

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. 

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.