Privacy Policy

Pinky Swear Foundation (PSF) respects the privacy of our website users and their personal information. Our Privacy Policy ensures users of PSF’s commitment to maintaining the privacy, security, and confidentiality of any and all personal information.

Your use of this website constitutes acceptance of the terms contained within this Privacy Policy, as well as any changes that may be made to it in the future. If any portion of this Privacy Policy is unacceptable to you, do not use this website.

Collection of Information

This website collects various types of information, such as:

Personal Information: Voluntarily shared by you, including your name, telephone number, postal address, email address, and payment/billing information.

Non-Personal Information: Does not identify any specific individual in any way. This includes information related to general patterns on the website or the number of times a specific page was viewed in a particular month. We may use and share this form of information for analysis purposes.

Anonymous Information: Information received through the website that is delivered anonymously. You may be prompted to provide certain personal information (e.g., name, address, billing information) to facilitate the operation of a website feature. You have the authority to enter or refuse to provide such personal information.

Financial Gift Information: Information about financial gifts made to PSF (including date of gift, gift total, billing address, and payment method).

Use of Information Collected

Your privacy is important. Pinky Swear Foundation does not rent or sell its donor list.

Your personal information may be used by PSF in certain situations. PSF may collect and use your personal information to fulfill a request from you or ensure proper delivery of services you may have requested. In the process, we may share your information with internal staff needed to complete such requests. Additionally, we may share any non-identifying information for statistical or analytic purposes. All personal information can be shared within the organization.

Donor information is kept on file for IRS purposes. It is also used to analyze overall giving patterns to make more accurate budget projections, understand donors’ interests in our mission, and update them on the organization’s plans and activities. This information is shared with staff, board members, and consultants only on a confidential and need-to-know basis.

Security

While PSF cannot control all possible breaches, we endeavor to take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural, and technical security with respect to our office and information storage facilities to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of the user’s personal information under PSF’s control.

Social Media

This website may offer the ability to participate in third-party social media sites, such as Facebook and Instagram. Any information you post to such social media platforms is outside the scope of PSF’s website and is not covered by this Privacy Policy. Therefore, your choice to share personal information on such social media sites through PSF’s website is done voluntarily and at your own risk. PSF is not responsible for any act or omission of any social media site, nor are we responsible for the consequences of your decision to share your personal information on such sites.

Links to Other Websites

PSF’s website may contain links to other websites, and those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as PSF. Since those sites are outside of our control, PSF is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third-party websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to this website and not to any other third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website that collects personal information from you.

Discontinuing Contact Upon Request

PSF's policy is to communicate with donors according to their expressed preferences whenever possible. PSF will discontinue or change the method used to contact any person upon that person’s written request.

PSF shall maintain a record of persons who indicate to PSF that they do not wish to be contacted by PSF. This policy does not prohibit contact by an individual or group voluntarily soliciting on behalf of PSF, even if the person being contacted has requested to be placed on the "do not contact list."

Upon a person’s (or a person’s authorized representative’s) request that Pinky Swear Foundation discontinue further contacts, the person’s name and address will be promptly modified in PSF’s donor database to ensure that no further contact is made with the person.

Donor Bill of Rights

Pinky Swear Foundation subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights, which was created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits.

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

• To be informed of the organization's mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
• To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization's governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
• To have access to the organization's most recent financial statements.
• To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
• To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.
• To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
• To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
• To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization, or hired solicitors.
• To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
• To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful, and forthright answers.

Contacting This Website

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or PSF’s website, please contact us at info@pinkyswear.org.