Last update: 1/4/2024

Who we are

Our website address is: www.charities2love.org

Disclaimer

By using our website (http://www.charities2love.org), you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy.  You are also agreeing to this Privacy Policy when you use any other website that links to this Privacy Policy and when you interact with us in any other manner, including but not limited to marketing and advertising activities, and signing up and attending our volunteer events. This Privacy Policy does not apply to data collected through other online or offline sites that do not display or link to this Privacy Policy or that have their own privacy statements. 

Information we collect

We collect personal information like names, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, and job titles.  We do not collect sensitive information.  We collect personal information for the following purposes:

(1) To deliver services to you

(2) To respond to your inquiries

(3) To send information to you

(4) To enable communication with other users

(5) To request feedback

(6) To send you marketing emails (which you can opt out of at any time)

(7) To deliver targeted advertising to you

(8) To identify usage trends

(9) To determine the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns

(10) To protect your vital interest and to fulfill our legal obligations

We also automatically collect things like your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, information about how and when you use our services, and other technical information.  We collect and use this information to maintain the security and operation of our services and for internal analytics and reporting.  

We may also collect your device’s location data, but you can opt out of allowing us to collect this information by refusing access to this information or by disabling your location setting on your device.  If you do opt out, you may not be able to use all of our services.

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

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.

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.

If you contact us using our Contact Form, we may use your information in all the ways described above.

We use social media features, such as a “Like” button, and widgets, such as a “Share” button.  If you are logged into your Social Media profile and interact with these features and widgets, this information may be recorded in your Social Media profile.  If you do not want this to occur, you can logout of your Social Media Platform before accessing our services.  Additionally, Social Media features may be hosted by third parties, and your interactions with them may be governed by their Privacy Policies.  By clicking on these features, you agree to the use of these plugins and the subsequent transfer of your personal information to the corresponding Social Media Companies.

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.  We may also use third party provided analytics cookies, such as from Google Analytics, to monitor individual activity in aggregate to improve the Site and provide features that are tailored to your needs, including delivery of customized content.  We may also use session cookies, which are usually active only during the period you access our website and which are usually removed when you leave. These help us track the sections of the website you use to allow us to make improvements. If you do not consent to our use of these or any of our cookies, you should disable them or not access or use our website.  

If you edit or publish an article on our website, a cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie should not include any personal data and should simply indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. It should expire after 1 day.  If you do not consent to these cookies, then you should not edit or publish articles on our website.

We only keep the information described above for as long as necessary to conduct the activities described above, or as long as it is legally required for us to retain it.  As soon as we no longer have a legitimate business or legal need to keep this information, we will delete it.

Sharing Data

We may share your personal information with third parties who perform services for us.  These third parties may include companies in the following business categories:  Communication and Collaboration Tools, Data Storage Service Providers, Performance Monitoring Tools, Social Networks, Sales and Marketing Tools, and Retargeting Platforms.

We may share your personal information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs.  Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information.  We obtain and store your location on your device (“Cache”).  You can revoke consent for this at any time by contacting us.

When you share personal information on our site (by posting comments, sharing articles and media, etc.), such information may be viewed by all users of the site and may be publicly available outside of our website forever.  Similarly, other users may use this information to communicate with you.

If you would like more details about what personal information we have shared with third parties, please contact us.

Location of Data

Our servers are in the United States.  If you access our services from outside the United States, your information may be processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties we may share your information with in or outside the United States.  We have implemented measures to protect this and all personal information we and our third parties receive.  Please contact us for more details about this if needed.  However, even with this, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that is disclosed online, and your use of our website means that you are aware of and accept this risk.

Your Rights to the Data

If you have left comments or any other information on our site, 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.

You can unsubscribe to any marketing emails we send you by contacting us.  However, we still may contact you for administrative or other non-marketing related purposes.

Most web browsers are set to collect cookies by default.  If desired, you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies.  Please be aware that by doing so, certain services we provide may be impacted.

Use of Photographic Images

By using our services and attending our volunteer events and programs, the attendee grants permission for Charities2Love to use pictures of you on their website, social media sites, and any other marketing and promotional materials. The photos shall be limited to these uses, and will not include other personal details. Contact us to opt out.

Linked Sites

We may provide links to other third party websites, but this does not mean we endorse, make representations about, or are affiliated with such third party websites. We neither review, nor control, nor are responsible for these third party sites or any content therein. We shall not be liable for any consequences arising from use of the third-party sites referenced above or any other third party websites to which our website links.

Contact Us

Please contact us at info@charities2love.org if you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or if you need specific information as outlined in this Privacy Policy.