Privacy Policy

Last Updated : April 2, 2024

Democracy and Education (“Democracy & Education” or “we”) values your support and is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth our policies and practices for handling the information we collect from or about you when you visit our website, assistdemocracy.org, or other online services that link to this Privacy Policy (“Services”).

      I.         Information We Collect

For certain activities, such as when you register for programming, make a donation, or contact us directly, we may ask you to provide some or all of the following types of information:

·       Contact information, such as full name, mailing address, email address, and mobile phone number;

·       Financial information, such as credit card number, expiration data, and credit card security code, where needed to complete a transaction;

·       Information about your interests and preferences; and

·       Information you provide us, such as information in correspondence you send to us.

   II.         How We Use Your Information

We may use and otherwise process the personal information identified above for the following business purposes:

·       to provide and maintain our Services;

·       to improve and expand our services and to ensure that content is presented in the most relevant and effective manner for you and your device;

·       to connect individuals with resources;

·       to communicate with you, either directly or on a third party’s behalf, including to respond to your inquiries, for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes;

·       to keep our Services and users safe and secure, to comply with applicable laws and regulations, and to protect or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; and for any other purpose that we may notify to you from time to time.

 III.         Disclosure of Information

We are committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may disclose each of the categories of information we collect.  We may disclose the information you provide, information we collect automatically, and information from other sources to:

·       Authorized third-party vendors and service providers. We share this information with third-party vendors and service providers that provide services to us for a variety of business purposes, such as hosting meetings or processing transactions. These third parties collect, use and access your data to perform their functions, and we may allow them to use information about you for their own purposes in accordance with applicable law.

·       Business transfers. We may disclose this information in connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as in the unlikely event of a merger with another organization.

·       Legal purposes. We may disclose information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims or government inquiries (including those by the Internal Revenue Service and other appropriate taxing authorities), and to protect and defend the rights, interests, safety, and security of Democracy and Education, or the public.

·       With your consent. We may disclose information for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or pursuant your consent or discretion.

 IV.         Your Rights and Choices

Access, Deletion, and Similar Rights.  You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to object to or request restriction of processing of your information, and to request access to, rectification, deletion, and portability of your information or more information about our information practices.  Requests should be submitted through the form below.  If you become aware of changes or inaccuracies in your information, you should inform us of such changes so that the information may be updated or corrected.  We may verify your request, such as by requesting additional information from you.  You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to submit a request through an authorized agent.

E-mail Marketing Communications.  We may use your information to send you emails and other materials relating to our organization.  For example, we might send you information about upcoming community events.  If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please let us know using the contact information below.

    V.         Security

We use reasonable measures to help protect information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.  You should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure, accurate, complete, or current.  Please note that information collected by third parties may not have the same security protections as information you submit to us, and we are not responsible for protecting the security of such information.

 VI.         Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a request or suggestion, please reach out to our team by filling out the form below.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. When we update the Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above and post the new policy. We encourage you to visit our website periodically to keep abreast of any changes.