Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to CliftonDeer.org (“CDO”, “we”, “us” or “our”). To better protect your privacy, we provide this Privacy Policy explaining how we handle personal information that we collect online, including through our website, as well as through social media, phone calls, non-electronic mail and other activities described in this Privacy Policy, and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

We collect the following information about you:

Information you provide to us. Personal information you may provide to us through the website or otherwise includes:

• Contact data, such as your first and last name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.

• Communications data based on our exchanges with you, including when you contact us through our website, social media or otherwise. 

• Transactional data, such as information to complete a donation through the website, including limited payment card information and donation history. 

• Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
  
  

Information we collect from third-party data. In the event that we wish to conduct market research, we may collect personal information from third-party public data sources, such as government agencies, public records, social media platforms and other publicly available sources. 

Automatic data collection. We and our service providers may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with our website, our communications and other online services, including:

• Device data  (e.g., device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers, language settings, and general location information such as city, state or general geographic area).

• Online activity data, (e.g., pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, and access times and duration of access).
  
  

Cookies and similar technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:

• Cookies, which are small text files that websites store on user devices and that allow web servers to record users’ web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, and login status as they navigate a site. Cookies used may include both “session cookies” that are deleted when a session ends, “persistent cookies” that remain longer, “first party” cookies that we place and “third party” cookies that our third-party service providers place. 

• Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications. 

• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

We may use your personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time of collection:

Organizational operations. We may use your personal information to further our mission and to:

• provide, operate and improve the website and our organization; 

• establish and manage our relationship with volunteers and donors;
• communicate with you about the website and our organization, including by sending announcements, updates, and support and administrative messages;

• communicate with you about events in which you participate;

• understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the website and our communications; and

• provide support for the website, and respond to your requests, questions and feedback.
  
  

Research and development. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. This means removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous or de-identified data and share it with third parties for any lawful purpose, including to analyze and improve the website and promote our work.

Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

• comply with applicable laws, lawful requests and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;

• protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); 

• audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies; 

• enforce the terms and conditions that govern the website; and 

• prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.  
  
  

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law to obtain consent.  

Cookies and similar technologies. In addition to the other uses included in this section, we may use the Cookies and similar technologies described above for the following purposes:

• Technical operation. To allow the technical operation of the website.

• Functionality. To enhance the performance and functionality of our website and services.

• Analytics. To help us understand user activity on the Website, including which pages are most and least visited and how visitors move around the Website, as well as user interactions with our emails. For example, we use Google Analytics for this purpose. To provide this service, Google Analytics may collect certain information about you from your computer using cookies. You can learn more about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data here. You can opt-out of the use of Google Analytics here.

In limited instances we may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection.  

• Service providers. Third parties that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the website or our organization (such as hosting, information technology, email delivery, and website analytics). 

• Payment processors. Any payment card information you use to donate via the Website is collected and processed directly by our payment processors, such as PayPal. PayPal may use your payment data in accordance with its privacy policy. We do not have access to your full payment details on our website. 

• Third parties designated by you. We may share your personal data with third parties where you have instructed us or provided your consent to do so.

• Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

• Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the Compliance and protection purposes described above. 

This website may contain links to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

We employ technical, organizational and physical safeguards that are designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all Internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting it on the website or by other appropriate means. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your use of the website (or other means for providing information to us), after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at info@cliftondeer.org.