enCourage Kids Foundation Donor Privacy Policy

This Donor Privacy Policy applies to the collection of information, including information collected on our website. By submitting your information to us or any of our staff, you consent to the terms and conditions of the policy and to our processing personal information for the purposes stated below.

The information provided in this Donor Privacy Policy relates specifically to donors. For information about our general Privacy Policy applicable to all users of our website, please visit our website Privacy Policy here. Note that to the extent an item is not specifically addressed in this Donor Privacy Policy, the information provided in our general Privacy Policy will apply.

Collection of Personal Information

“Personal Information” is information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, telephone number, and email address. We collect and store the personal information that donors have provided us. Here are some examples of ways in which we may collect donor information.

  • When you request information via one of the email addresses identified on our website or otherwise contact us in person, by phone or email, with a question. We may then collect your name, address and email in order to respond to that inquiry.
  • We may collect your name, email address and other contact information if you register for an event.
  • We may collect your name, email address, telephone number and payment information when you make a contribution, either on our website, over the phone or by mailing in a check.

The above list provides a sample of personal information that may be collected by enCourage Kids Foundation. From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above. For additional personal information that may be collected while using our website, please visit our website Privacy Policy here.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

  • We will not sell, trade, or share your personal information, collected on the website or through any other business activities with anyone else, but we may share it under circumstances specified herein.
  • We will not send you mailings on behalf of other organizations.
  • We will only share your personal information if you give us specific permission to do so or under circumstances specified herein or in our website Privacy Policy.
  • We will collect and use payment information, billing address and other information necessary to process a donation or event registration.
  • We may use and disclose your information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary or appropriate to conform to the requirements of law, to comply with legal process, to protect and defend our rights, to act to protect the personal safety of others, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.
  • We may use the personal information to protect against potential fraud. We may verify with third parties the information collected in the course of processing a gift, event registration or other donation. If you use a credit or debit card on the website, we may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that your card information and address matches the information that you supplied to us and that the card being used has not been reported lost or stolen.

Except as described in this Donor Privacy Policy, our general Privacy Policy, or at the time we request the information, we do not otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties. Further, enCourage Kids Foundation will not sell or trade your personally identifiable information to any third parties.

Changes to the Donor Privacy Policy

This Donor Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a prominent notice on our websites to notify you of any significant changes to our Donor Privacy Policy and indicate at the bottom of the notice when it was most recently updated.

For changes to this policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information, we will obtain your consent before implementing the change by sending a notice to your primary email address and home address specified in our records and by placing a prominent notice on our website.

How to Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about our Donor Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us at:
enCourage Kids Foundation
1560 Broadway – Suite 600
New York, NY 10036
212.354.2878
info@encourage-kids.org

Last Updated: March 18, 2016