Privacy Policy

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Ashvattha Charity Group, a Illinois nonprofit corporation, and its affiliates provide this website and the services on this site (collectively, the “Services”) subject to our Terms of Service; this Privacy Policy; and our Copyright Policy (the “Policies”).

By using the Services you and your business entity, if applicable, are agreeing to the Policies and the terms for amending the same (see our Terms of Service for additional information on your contract with us).

When you use the website and the Services you are voluntarily providing us with certain information about you. Certain portions of the website and Services will require you to provide us with additional information, which may allow us to identify you as a specific user and/or an individual. If you do not want to provide such information to us, then do not use the website or the Services. To stop receiving our emails, please click the link found at the bottom of each email.

This Privacy Policy includes 4 parts:

Information we collect
How your information is used
Your choices regarding your information
Security

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

User information and content

Like most websites, when you visit the site or use the Services, we collect information about your use such as clicking on links and buttons, your submission of content, your searches, etc. If you create a user account, then we will collect additional information about you, including, without limitation, your name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, language preferences, other demographic information, credit card or other payment information, and your password. If you activate your Social Center, then we may require or request that you provide additional information to us about you. Users may also use the Services to submit additional content as described in our Terms of Service and we may save and retain the same.

Cookies

Also, like most websites, we may make use of and/or collect cookies, IP addresses and other types of data files (such as web beacons and cookie-equivalent technology), some of which may be stored on your computer for use when you visit our website or use the Services. Such data allows us to identify your computer or other electronic device, your location, the type of device you are using and other information about your visit and use of the Services. You may restrict our ability to use cookies and certain other types of data files by adjusting your browser’s settings.

Advertising

We do not allow third-party advertisers to advertise on our website but we may post our own ads regarding our operations on our website. We may also use the information we collect from you to provide you more relevant ads.

2. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

By using the Services, you consent to the following described uses of your information.

User information and content

By providing your information to us, you acknowledge that your information may be used by us to identify you and to send you the Tax excemption certificate and yearly donation summary.

We take the privacy of our users very seriously, and we do not sell, rent or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties, except as described in the Policies. We also will not share your personally identifiable information that you share with us without your express consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may share said information, and your consent to the same, when disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion to comply with legal process or to enforce the Policies.

Communications

We may use your information to communicate with you using various means, including email, notices on the website, messages to you through other services, and through other means. If you provide us with information to allow us to connect with you using your mobile device, then you will be responsible for any charges that your carrier may bill to you as a result of such communications.

If you provide us with your telephone number, then you consent and agree to: our calling you about your support, your account, your donations.

Compliance with legal process

We may need to disclose your information, including personally identifiable information and information about your use of the Services, when required by subpoena or other legal process, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to enforce the Policies or to investigate or prevent illegal or immoral actions.

Data retention

We will use reasonable efforts to maintain your information while your account is active, but we do not guarantee that we will retain everything or anything. We may also retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We do not have any obligation to maintain your information after your account is terminated, but we may, at our election, do so.

3. YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

If you terminate your account in accordance with the Policies, then we will use reasonable efforts to remove your information and content from our database and contact you.

4. SECURITY

We take the security of the website, the Services and your information seriously. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your information, especially your personally identifiable information and payment information, including the use of SSL encryption. We also regularly audit our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, because the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Further, it is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information and credentials.

Ashvattha Charity Group donor privacy policy

Ashvattha Charity Group is committed to protecting our donors’ privacy. Our donors expect that we will use their support wisely. They also place their trust in us concerning the personal information that they may share with their gifts. We value our donors’ trust and we recognize that maintaining this trust requires us to be transparent and accountable to our supporters and the public. An organization that deals with individuals and information about individuals in its daily operations and fundraising activities must secure that information.

We maintain all records of donations to Ashvattha Charity Group according to the applicable standards for record retention in effect at the time of the donation. All records are maintained in a secure location.

Ashvattha Charity Group uses the information it collects for its own purposes and does not share or sell a donor’s personal information with anyone else for any other purpose. We will not send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations. In exceptional circumstances, we may be required to disclose information due to a legal requirement, for grant applications and to prevent unauthorized bank credit or debit card transactions.

Ashvattha Charity Group does on occasion acknowledge donors by name and/or description of donation, after the donors have given permission for such use. From time to time, it may be necessary for Ashvattha Charity Group to change its privacy policy. A copy of Ashvattha Charity Group’s Donor Privacy Policy will be available on our website, www.ashvattha.org.

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