Privacy & Legal
Privacy policy
This privacy statement applies to the Umbrella Project and its fundraising organization. We respect the privacy of our visitors and donors.
This site collects information such as the visitor’s domain identity, site traffic patterns and server usage statistics. This information is used to improve the performance and content of our web pages and may also be used to personalize content and layout of our pages for individual visitors.
We do not collect or store your email address unless you choose to communicate with us in one of several ways:
- You contact use directly via email
- You provide your email address to us via phone, mail, electronic form or paper sign-up sheet
- You opt out of future messaging after receiving a “Forward to a Friend” or “Share with Your Network” email message
We do not sell or rent our email lists to third-party organizations. We do share this information with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf, but we do not authorize these service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.
Third-party personally identifiable information you provide for donations or for merchandise shipping with not be shared.
We occasionally conduct voluntary surveys on this site. Personally identifiable information collected in these surveys will not be shared. Aggregate results may be shared for analysis by third parties. The aggregate data cannot be used to identify individuals.
We may ask you to provide information in a few circumstances. When you donate, register or purchase items from (www.umbrellaproject.org) we require personal information, such as name, address, telephone number, email address, and credit card number, so that we can process your donation or order, notify you or order status or provide a receipt.
We do not rent or sell customer information to outside marketers. We might use the information you provide to share information about services or products you have requested or to inform you of promotional offers that might be of interest.
We use shipping companies to ship merchandise and a credit card processor for merchandise orders and donations. These companies do not share or use personally identifiable information for secondary purposes.
We use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, alert visitors to new areas of the site, customize webpage content based on visitor interests and record past activity in order to provide better service. Cookies are small text files that do not damage a visitor’s system or files. Most browsers will allow a user to accept or deny cookies. If a visitor rejects our cookies, they may still use our site.
Revised November, 2016
Photo credits
All images owned and copyright The Umbrella Project with the exception of these images provided by Unsplash:
About Us page: photo by Matteo Catanese on Unsplash
Our Causes page: photo by guy stevens on Unsplash
Financial Accountability page: photo by Rajshri Bharath KS on Unsplash
Donate page: photo by Visual Stories || Micheile on Unsplash
Articles page: photo by Divya Agrawal on Unsplash
Press releases (all): photo by Kate Hliznitsova on Unsplash
Contact Us page: photo by Adam Solomon on Unsplash