Privacy Policy

World Aid Council understands your concerns about privacy and your interest in knowing how your information is used and safeguarded, and we have provided this Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to provide you with more information on these topics.

This Privacy Policy describes the practices, policies and procedures for the collection and use of personal information through all of our communication channels as well as visitors to our Website located at www.AidCouncil.org (the “Website”) and it includes the types of information we collect when you make a donation either online or offline, and includes how we may use that information and with whom we may share it.

IMPORTANT

By visiting this Website, you are accepting the practices, policies and procedures described herein, and you are further indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not visit or use the Website. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. The date this Privacy Policy was last updated is stated at the end of this document. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide and How It Is Used: You may freely visit our Website anonymously and without being required to provide us with any personal information. However, certain services, requests and features do require that you provide us with some personally identifying information (including, but not limited to, name, address, email) as more particularly described below; availing yourself of any of these services, requests and features is voluntary. Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact you. Please note that we may use the personal information we collect through any of the services, requests and features listed below for fundraising and business purposes, and we may also collect and record any other relevant information you share with us about yourself.

Quick Registration and Full Registration:

Donate:

If you make a donation, we will ask you to provide certain personally identifying information, such as your name and home address, as well as your credit card billing information, in order to process the donation. The credit card information that you provide at the time of donation is used only to process your donation and will not be stored (unless you opt to make a recurring donation) or used for any other purpose.

Texting:

If you have provided us with your name and phone number, we may periodically send you text messages/alerts. You can end these messages, by replying « STOP » to a text message, by emailing us at info@AidCouncil.org.

Email Subscription:

If you opt to receive our email newsletter, we will ask you to provide us with your first and last name, and your email address. If you would like to discontinue receiving emails, you may update your email preferences by using the “Unsubscribe” link found in emails we send you, updating at your member profile on our website, or by emailing us at info@AidCouncil.org.

If you contact us through the contact form options on the Website, we will ask that you provide certain personally identifying information, including your first and last name, and email address, and you will have the option to provide additional personally identifying information. We will use the information you provide to contact you back and to respond to any requests.

Opt-Out Preferences

If you would like to discontinue receiving emails or text messages you may do so by using the “Unsubscribe” link found in emails we send you; by replying “STOP” to a text message; by updating your member profile on our website; by emailing us at info@AidCouncil.org.

We do not sell or rent our mailing list to other organizations that solicit donations or sell any products.

You can also tell us how often you would like us to contact you by postal mail or you can email us at any time with your change at info@AidCouncil.org. Please note it may take 5-8 weeks for the change to go into effect due to the production lead times for postal mailings.

Cookies:

We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. A cookie is a piece of information that a web server may place on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used for a variety of reasons, including to improve a user’s website experience. Many cookies last only through a single website session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date, or may remain on your computer until you delete them. There are a variety of types of cookies. World Aid Council uses “performance cookies” in order to enhance the user experience and for other website related purposes. These cookies collect information about how our Website is used, including which pages are most viewed, how long someone stays on a webpage, and whether any error messages were received. “Functionality cookies” may also be utilized; these cookies allow the Website to remember information you have provided in order to provide a more customized experience. Neither session cookies nor functionality cookies are linked to personally identifiable information. We may also use “required cookies,” which provides us the ability to store a user name or related login credentials so that you do not have to provide this information every time you return to our Website. Please note that these required cookies will be associated with the personal information that you provide. Although you are always free to opt out from providing such information to us, the result is that you may not be able to avail yourself of some features of our Website.

Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. However, as mentioned elsewhere, without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features, functionality and resources available on our Website. Please note, that in some cases, World Aid Council may also use another company to operate web servers for our Website. World Aid Council uses the cookie information gathered by these companies in the same manner as stated in this Privacy Policy.

Web Beacons:

Certain pages on the Website contain “web beacons” (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party. Web beacons also may be used to track whether you have opened an HTML email. When the email is opened, a part of the code that makes up the HTML page calls a web server to load the web beacon that then generates a record showing that the email has been viewed. Web beacons may also recognize when the email was opened, how many times it was forwarded and which URLs (links within the email) were clicked. We use Web Beacons to better understand your behavior, tell us which part of the Website you have visited and to save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are instructed not to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our activities on behalf of hunger and children.

Do Not Track:

Every time your computer sends or receives information over the Web, the request begins with some short pieces of information called “headers.” These headers include information like what browser you are using, what language your computer is set to, and other details. The Do Not Track technology provides individual users with the ability to include a simple, machine-readable header indicating that they don’t want to be tracked and sends a signal to Web sites’ visited requesting that the website disable either its tracking or cross-site user tracking of an individual user. Currently, various browsers including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari offer a “do not track” option. Presently, no standard exists for Do Not Track implementation or compliance. Consequently, World Aid Council does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.

Information Possible Risks

World Aid Council uses security technologies to help protect the Personal Information we collect from you through our Website. Our policies restrict access to Personal Information to those employees and service providers who need to know the information in order to provide you the services that you use. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Personal Information. However, no website, application or transmission can guarantee security. Thus, while we have established and maintain what we believe to be reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personally identifying information obtained through the Website and we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Therefore, you hereby understand, acknowledge, and agree that you transmit certain personal information over this Website at your own risk.

Your Information And Your Choices

To the extent required by law, we provide you with (i) reasonable access to the personally identifiable information you provide to us, and (ii) the ability to review, correct and delete such personally identifiable information. If you believe that any of the personally identifiable information that you have submitted through our Website is no longer accurate, or you wish to make any updates or changes, you may do so by logging into your account. If you do not have an account with us, you can request that we make the changes by emailing us at info@AidCouncil.org Upon appropriate request we will update or amend your information, but we reserve the right to use any information previously obtained to verify your identity or take other actions that we believe are appropriate and lawful. We will endeavor to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, are impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. Please note we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes, and there may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed from such locations. Finally, we are not responsible for removing or deleting information from the databases of third parties (such as service providers) with whom we have shared information about you.

Use of The Website from Outside the United States

We do not represent or warrant that the Website, or any part thereof, are appropriate or available for use in any particular geographic location. If you choose to access our Website, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction. Please note that the Website is hosted in the United States and is governed by United States law. If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Questions and Contacting Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or any other questions, please contact us at 4216 S Mooney Blvd #319 Visalia, California 93277 USA or email info@AidCouncil.org.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back regularly to see if there have been any changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Website after those changes become effective, you consent and agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

Website Use

As noted in our Privacy Policy, you may visit our Website without being required to provide us with any Personal Data. However, should you decide to provide such information, the information we collect will be used to meet your requests, or to provide you with the applicable information or service requested, and as further described herein.

Purpose and legal bases for our use of your Personal Data

Justification for Use of Personal Data

Our processing of Personal Data is justified by a “legal basis”, that is, a specific condition. We may use Personal Data for the following purposes, in each case as justified by a legal basis:

Website Administration

We use may use your Personal Data for the effective administration of the Website, to fulfill and/or address your requests (such a processing a donation), or to provide the functionalities and features as further described herein.

Additional Use: Business administration and legal compliance

We use Personal Data for the following business administration and legal compliance purposes:

To enforce our legal rights. To investigate and/or settle inquiries or disputes.
To comply with any applicable law, court order, other judicial process, law enforcement requests or the requirements of a regulator.
To maintain our records and to fulfil transactions.
To process business transaction data, such as in connection with a merger, or a restructuring, or sale.
To use as otherwise required or permitted by law, consistent with these purposes.

Marketing and promotions

We may use Personal Data for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send you news and newsletters, or to otherwise contact you about you, by email, text, and direct (postal) mail. We may also use it to develop new services and determine how to market our services.

Donor insight and analytics

We use Personal Data to better understand how you and others use our Website, so that we can improve our Website and services, develop new features, tools, offerings, services and the like, and for other research and analytical purposes. We also use the information we collect to measure the effectiveness of our online content and how visitors use our Website and our services. We may use this information and the insights we have derived for marketing purposes or to make decisions about events, news and information that may be of interest to clients, prospective clients, Website users and others.

Prevent misconduct, abuse and misuse

Subject to our professional and ethical duties, we use Personal Data where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Use. We also use Personal Data to protect and secure the Website and our information systems and networks.

THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS AND OTHER DATA PROCESSORS

We may appoint subcontractor data processors as required to deliver the services, such as, without limitation, donation and payment processors, IT systems or software providers, IT Support service providers, and document and information storage providers, who will process Personal Data on our behalf.

WHERE WE TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

World Aid Council is located in the United States; when you submit personal information to us, or when others provide personal information to us, we will receive it and process it in the United States.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY / NOTE TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE EEA, SWITZERLAND AND UK

Except as may be provided by a parent or guardian, we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personally identifiable information about visitors to our Website that are less than 16 years of age; please note that if you are a parent or guardian, we ask that you do not provide confidential or sensitive information including any medical or health related information – to us directly through this Website, or by email to any of the contact email addresses listed on this Website. If a child under the age of 16 submits information to us through any part of the Website and we become aware that the user submitting the information is under the age of 16, the information provided will be deleted as soon as it is discovered and not used for any purpose. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us at the contact information stated below and be sure to include in your message the same user name and password and/or email address that you believe your child submitted, if applicable.

WARRANTIES

World Aid Council makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy, suitability, or safety of the information contained on this website or any linked site for any purpose. All such information is provided “as is” and with specific disclaimer of any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement. World Aid Council makes no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by the website or any linked site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that the site or the server that hosts the site are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event shall World Aid Council, its employees, agents or any other person who has been involved in the creation, production or delivery of this website, be liable for any direct, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of this site or any linked site.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, World Aid Council expressly disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, availability of information, products, services or merchandise found on third party sites that link to or from the World Aid Council site. World Aid Council disclaims any responsibility for product or service ordering functions, order fulfillment or compliance of products or services with any manufacturer’s warranties or specifications. World Aid Council cannot be held responsible for the material contained on third party sites and/or related services nor does World Aid Council make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information you might be requested to give to third party sites.

The Right to Lodge a Complaint

Please note that you have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your information/data with your local supervisory authority.

How to Contact Us:

World Aid Council, Inc., is the owner and operator of the Website. If you need to contact us for any reason related to this Privacy Policy or your use of the Website, please contact us at info@AidCouncil.org, or write to us at:

World Aid Council, Inc.
4216 S Mooney Blvd #319 Visalia, California 93277 USA

This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2023.

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