GNOME Foundation Legal Information

Part of the Foundation's purpose is to be a neutral, independent body which organizations can use as an initial touchpoint before becoming more deeply involved with The GNOME Project. Through this and other activities, the members of the Board and employees and agents of the Foundation shall, from time to time and in the regular course of business, be made aware of confidential and sensitive information.

Members of the board pledge upon their election and upon the publication of this addendum to keep this information confidential. Employees and agents pledge upon hiring or publication of this addendum to keep this information confidential, at risk of termination. Information that is public knowledge or that individuals came to know through other means is not covered by this provision. Confidential information must be marked confidential.

Unless you assent, GNOME Foundation will never share the personal information you provide to us except as described below.

GNOME Foundation may disclose your personal information to third parties under any of the following circumstances:

• As may be required to fulfill orders, to conduct billing/credit card processing, to provide service, and for e-mail housing (as a consequence of uses already described in this Privacy Statement).
• As required by law (such as responding to a valid subpoena, warrant, audit, or agency action, or to prevent fraud). Aggregated information may be distributed for the purposes of characterizing the GNOME community and planning future events. All personal details will be removed from such aggregated information (such aggregated information is used to describe our services to current and prospective partners and other third parties, and is not used to contact the subjects of the report.)

The Employer Identification Number (EIN) of the GNOME Foundation, also known as Federal Tax Identification Number, is 043572618.