Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 19, 2024

INTRODUCTION

Your privacy is important to us at Catholics For the Future (“CFF,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and we are committed to respecting your privacy rights. This online privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you interact with our website, www.catholicsforthefuture.org, as well as the services available via our website (“Site”).

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

We collect information in several ways:

  1. a) Information You Provide to Us

    1. Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and other information required to process your payment.  We use third party payment processors to process your payment in some instances.

    2. Donation Information: Payment details, donation history, preferred causes

    3. Volunteer Information: Skills, availability, areas of interest, background check results (if applicable)

    4. Event Participation: Registration details, dietary requirements, accessibility needs

    5. Survey Responses: Feedback on our programs, demographic information

    6. Political Preferences: Information related to political views and voting history

  2. b) Information We Collect Automatically

    1. Usage Data: Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website

    2. Device Information: Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type

    3. Data collected from cookies, pixel tags, or other similar technologies

  3.  Information We Receive from Third Parties

    1. Social media platforms, if you interact with us through those platforms

    2. Partners with whom we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities

    3. Publicly available sources

We may collect information related to political preferences and voting history to support our social welfare objectives and political activities.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • Providing and improving our services

  • Processing donations

  • Communicating about our mission, activities, and impact

  • Managing volunteer opportunities and assignments

  • Personalizing your experience on our Site

  • Analyzing website usage to improve our Site experience

  • Developing new programs, products, services, or content

  • Responding to your comments or questions and providing customer service

  • Sending you communications about our work and opportunities to support our mission

  • Protecting, investigating, and deterring against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity

  • Advancing our social welfare purposes

  • Engaging in political activities and lobbying efforts

  • Supporting or opposing candidates for public office

INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

We may share your information with:

  • Service providers who assist in our operations (e.g., payment processors, email services, database management)

  • Partner organizations for collaborative programs (only with your explicit consent)

  • Legal authorities when required by law or to protect our rights

  • Professional advisors, such as lawyers, insurers and auditors

  • Board members and auditors as required for organizational oversight (in anonymized or aggregated form)

We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

We are committed to protecting donor anonymity and do not disclose donor information to the IRS or publicly. We may share donor information for political activities or lobbying efforts, unless you opt out of such uses.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Depending on the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which you reside, you may have the right to:

  • Access your personal information

  • Request correction or deletion of your data

  • Opt-out of marketing communications

  • When we previously obtained your consent, to withdraw your consent to certain uses or disclosures of your personal data 

  • Opt-out of having your personal information used for political activities or lobbying efforts

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Policy. We will make reasonable efforts to respond promptly to your requests in accordance with applicable laws. We may, after receiving your request, require additional information from you to honor your request and verify your identity. Please be aware that we may have valid legal reasons to refuse your request (fully or partially) and we will inform you if that is the case.

 SECURITY MEASURES

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information, including:

  • Use of encryption for data transmission

  • Regular security assessments and updates

  • Limited access to personal information by staff on a need-to-know basis

  • Employee training on data protection and privacy practices

  • Use of firewalls and intrusion detection systems

Although we do our best to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of your personal information is at your own risk.

HOW WE USE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES 

Cookies are small pieces of data that may be stored in and retrieved from your web browser while you browse a website. Our Site uses cookies and similar storage technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our Site. This allows us to understand and improve the functionality of our Site. We use the following cookies: 

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to make our Site available to you; for example, for security or network management, or to remember your language preferences. We cannot provide you with the Website without this type of cookies.

  • Analytical or performance cookies. We also use cookies for analytics purposes, such as to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. We use third party analytics providers, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how users engage with the Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track user interactions which helps show how users use our Site. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve our Site. The reports disclose website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our Site by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Some of these cookies have a duration of up to two years.

You can block cookies by setting your internet browser to block some or all cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting placed cookies and disabling cookies in your browser, or as explained below. You can change your browser settings to block or notify you when you receive a cookie, delete cookies or browse our Site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting a prominent notice on our Site, sending you an email, or both.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: info@catholicsforthefuture.org

Postal Address: 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Unit 1249, Washington, DC 20013, Attn: Privacy Officer