Introduction 

Your privacy is a priority for the Ahmad Butler Foundation (sometimes referred to as “us” or “we”) and we want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information. In this Policy, “Personal Information” means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity. Personal information does not include aggregate information or de-identified information, meaning that the information can no longer be attributed to an identifiable natural person without the use of additional information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices with information that we (or our service providers) collect from a user (sometimes referred to as “you” or “your”) through our website and application (collectively, the “Site”), and by other means.

Collection of Personal Information from Users 

Information You Provide 

Some elements of the Site may ask you to submit Personal Information in order for you to benefit from the specified features or participate in a certain activity, such as newsletter subscriptions or donation processing. For example, if you make a donation using the Site, we may collect your credit or debit card or other financial account information. When you perform a search within the Site, we may record information identifying you or linking you to the search performed and recording information related to the search request.

You may also provide us with Personal Information through means other than the Site, such as sign-up sheets, requests for information, communications with us, attendance at events we organize, and similar situations. We will treat that Personal Information in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

We may combine information you submit through the Site with other information we have collected from you, whether online or off-line. We will treat the combined information in accordance with this Policy.

Passive Information Collection, Use, and Choices 

As you use the Site, certain Personal Information may be passively collected, meaning it is gathered automatically without your actively providing it. This is done using the following techniques in the following ways:

IP Addresses: An IP address is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our Site, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what geographic regions our website visitors come. We also may use this information to enhance the operation of our Site.
Through your browser: Certain information is collected by most browsers, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type and operating system type and version screen resolution, and Internet browser type and version.

Social Media Widgets: Our Site may include social media tools, including social media widgets or plug-ins, to connect you to your social media accounts. These features may set a cookie or use other automatic collection and tracking technologies to collect information about you and your use of the social media features through and in connection with our Site. These social media tools may be hosted by a third party. Your interactions with these tools and the corresponding social media platforms are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide such platforms.

Cookies: Like many organizations, our Site uses “cookies” to help make sure the Site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your device when you visit certain websites. We may use cookies set by us on the Site to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor. We use third-party cookies set by our service provider, Google Analytics, to collect information about how visitors use the Site, including how long you spend on each page, and how you got to the Site. We do not use data collected by cookies to identify who you are.
You can refuse our use of some or all cookies by turning off the use of cookies in your web browser. If you use your browser settings to block all types of cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site or functionality may be limited. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies.

Changing your internet browser settings can prevent the use of cookies. Each browser has a different procedure for disabling the use of cookies. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may visit http://www.aboutcookies.org where you can review information on how to control cookies on a variety of browsers. You will also find details of how to delete cookies from your computer and other general information about cookies. You can visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for information on how to opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, which is provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics leverages cookies and other technologies that are stored in a website visitor’s browser, app or device to do things such as allow visitors to access features that are fundamental to a service, to help sites and apps understand how their visitors engage with their service, to enhance a return visitor’s experience by providing personalized content and features, etc. For example, Google Analytics’ cookies collect information about the operating system and the browser that you use, your IP address, the website you previously accessed (referrer URL) and the date and time of your visit to our Site. On subsequent repeated visits to our Site, frequently used information is automatically displayed for you. We are able to track your usage patterns with the help of the cookies. The information generated by cookies and other technologies about the use of our Site is transmitted to a Google server, which may be https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US to learn more about Google Analytics’ use of cookies.
Our Site currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals and operates as described in this Policy whether or not a DNT signal is received, as there is no consistent industry standard for compliance.

Sensitive Information

Unless we specifically request or invite it, we ask that you not send or otherwise disclose to us sensitive Personal Information, such as your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, or criminal background. In those cases where we may request or invite you to provide the foregoing information, we will only do so with your express consent, in accordance with applicable data protection law requirements. Where you provide us with such information without request from us, we reserve the right (but do not have any obligation) to erase any such information at our discretion.

Information about Minors

The Site is not intended for persons under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information online from persons in this age group. We reserve the right to delete any information identified as having been provided by such persons at our discretion.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use Personal Information submitted by you or otherwise collected through the Site and through other sources for the purposes described in this Policy and as otherwise described to you at the point of collection. Generally, we use the information you provide to us for the reason for which it was provided. For example, if you sign up to receive email notifications, we will contact you by email. If you provide us with information to make a donation, we will use the information to process your donation. Specifically, we may use Personal Information from or about you:

i. to respond to your inquiries and to send you information that you request and to process your donations;
ii. to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding the Site, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies, and other administrative information;
iii. to notify you about upcoming events and donations;
iv. to promote our mission and initiatives, and the missions and initiatives of our affiliates;
v. for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, recordkeeping, developing new offerings or services, enhancing the Site, improving our services, identifying Site usage trends, optimizing your experience on the Site, and determining the effectiveness of our charitable campaigns;
vi. if you choose to complete a survey or communicate with us, we may use the information for purposes of evaluating your feedback from the survey; and
vii. if we intend to collect and use Personal Information for another purpose, we may seek your permission at the time the information is collected.

We may use any information that does not personally identify you, your computer, or your device for any purpose.

Disclosure and Sharing of Your Personal Information

We do not sell your Personal Information. We may share your Personal Information with third parties only as described in this Policy or as otherwise described at the point where we collect the information from you, including:
i. to affiliated or like-minded organizations, for the purposes described in this Policy;
ii. to companies or individuals that we engage to provide services to us, such as website hosting services, relationship management services, marketing, or payment processing; and
iii. to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, or assets.
In addition, we may use and disclose Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: i. under applicable law, potentially including laws outside your country of residence; ii. to comply with legal process;
iii. to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence;
iv. to enforce our terms and conditions;
v. to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates;
vi. to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; and vii. to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit damages that we may sustain.

The Security of Your Personal Information

We will take reasonable steps to protect the information collected and provided via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use a variety of security measures to protect your data, including physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards. We incorporate industry standard security controls (like firewalls) and protocols (like SSL/TLS) to create a site that is resistant to standard internet-based threats. We protect the security of payment card transactions by using only large-scale third-party PCI-Compliant credit card processors for the storage and encryption of all credit card data, in addition to encryption of websites directly maintained by us.

No website or electronic data can ever be completely secure, but we are always working to maintain up-to-date and appropriate security mechanisms. You agree that we shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.

Third-Party Sites and Applications

Our Site may contain links to other websites that do not operate under this Policy. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect Personal Information from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit to understand their information practices.

Retention of Your Personal Information

We generally retain Personal Information for so long as it may be relevant for the purposes identified in this Policy, unless a longer period of time is required by law.

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right at any time to modify, alter, or update this Policy. Your use of the Site following any changes means that you agree to follow and be bound by the Policy as changed, subject to limitations under applicable law. Any change to this Policy shall be effective as to any user who has visited the Site before the change was made. Please review this Policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Information to us. The Policy was last updated on September 11, 2023.

Contacting Us
For questions about privacy or handling of your Personal Information, please contact us at abf@ahmadbutler.org.