Privacy Policy
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We, Us, Our |
The nonprofit entity Diaspora Impact, Inc. |
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the Site |
www.diasporaimpact.org (including mobile app when available) |
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the Services |
The services offered through the Site |
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Diaspora Impact, Inc |
To clarify: when we are talking about the nonprofit entity called Diaspora Impact, Inc., we say “we,” “us,” “our,” or just “Diaspora Impact, Inc.” However, when we are discussing our website (www.diasporaimpact.org) or one of our mobile apps, we say the “Site” |
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Support |
To Donate (to Diaspora Impact, Inc.), usually by making a gift in support of a Nonprofit |
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Follow |
A connection you can make with a with a nonprofit, cause, or other Person on the Site |
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Nonprofit |
The catch-all term we use for the various forms of charitable entities such as and other Donation-recipients listed on our Site |
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International Nonprofit |
A Nonprofit that typically has not received a determination of its charitable status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and is based outside the US. |
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People/Person |
Anyone that uses the Site |
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Giver/Supporter |
Anyone who uses the Site to Donate |
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Cause |
This is how we categorize nonprofits focusing on different issue areas, such as “Education” |
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Terms |
This binding agreement, the Diaspora Impact, Inc. Terms of Use |
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UGC |
User-Generated Content, any content created by you that you publicly post on the Site, including, for example, comments. |
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Donate |
To send money to Diaspora Impact, Inc. through the Site |
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Donation |
The actual money Donated |
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Join |
Feature to signal that your donation was motivated by another donation |
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One-Time Donation |
A Donation that occurs only once (obviously) |
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Recurring Donation |
A donation you set up to repeat on a regular basis |
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Distribution |
Payments made from Diaspora Impact, Inc. to a Nonprofit, either through a third-party nonprofit partner or directly, as a result of Donations. |
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Direct Distribution |
Distributions made directly from Diaspora Impact, Inc. to a Nonprofit, without the use of a third-party nonprofit partner. |
Collection of Data
We may collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you:
- Visit our Site
- Create an account on the Site
- Donate
- Subscribe to a newsletter
- Fill out a form
- Contact us by email, traditional mail, chat, or other form of correspondence
- In connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on the Site, including but not limited to comments and reviews.
As appropriate, you may be asked for your full name, email address, billing address, profile image, telephone number, unique individual username and password, and/or social media handles. You may visit our Site anonymously, but functionality may be limited, as some areas can only be accessed while logged into an account.
When you first log onto our Site, you will have the opportunity to create an account. You do not need an account or to provide any information to us if you are browsing the publicly accessible portion of the Site, but if you want to make a Donation, Follow other People, comment, and/or view content that other People have chosen to restrict, then you must create an account, which entails providing us with your first and last name, your email address, and month and day of birth. If you Donate, you must also provide your payment information through our secure payment processors. Diaspora Impact, Inc. only records your transaction—our third-party payment processor holds credit card and bank account details, not by Diaspora Impact, Inc.
When you create an account with us, you can do so directly through the Site by providing us a username and password or through a third-party sign-in, such as Facebook Connect. If you choose to use any third-party sign-up/sign-in processes, you are giving us permission to see information in your public profile on those sites. If you do not want us to have access to such information, please sign up with Diaspora Impact, Inc. directly rather than using a third-party sign-in.
When you interact with our Site, we also collect limited non-personally identifying information that the browser you used makes available automatically. This information includes the internet address of the computer or network you used to access our Site, the date, time, and page(s) you visited on our Site, the browser and operating system you used, and the referring page (the webpage that contained the link to our Site that you clicked on to get there). We also use data files to help you navigate the Site. Please see our section on Cookies below to learn more about managing your experience.
We also collect data from public sources, such as social media, government databases, and other websites, though we do not associate such data with individual site users. However, if you sign in with Facebook Connect or another third-party login provider, we may link any data we receive through that connection with your account.
Use of Data
We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our Site operates correctly and efficiently. Toward that goal, we use the aggregated nonpersonal data and information from all users of our Site to measure server performance, analyze user traffic patterns, and improve the content of our Site and portions of our Site. We may also use this anonymized data for research purposes, including sharing it with academic researchers. We sometimes track the keywords entered into our search engines or through our Sites to measure interest in specific topics and improve the visitor experience on the Site.
We have a legitimate interest in communicating with you about your account. We will use your personal information to send you important non-commercial emails, including administrative notices related to our Site, your Donations, and customer service inquiries. For instance, you may receive an email receipt for any Donations you make on the Site. This information, along with other non-commercial details, is essential for maintaining our records. Please note that even if you opt out of receiving marketing messages (see below for details), we will still send you these administrative messages (unless you delete your account).
With your consent, as noted above, we will use your e-mail address and/or other personal information to provide you with information we think you will be interested in, including, but not limited to, news, updates, information about nonprofits you may be interested in, and updates on People and nonprofits that you follow. Even after you have agreed to receive such messages, you can let us know at any time if you would prefer not to receive any or all of this information by following the unsubscribe instructions in any email you receive from us or by sending an e-mail to contact@diasporaimpact.org that contains the email address you wish us to unsubscribe from our lists. Please note that we cannot unsubscribe you if you do not supply the email address used to subscribe to your request.
As noted above, even if you opt out of receiving marketing messages, we will still send you important non-commercial messages so long as you maintain your account. Please see below for instructions on how to permanently delete your account.
If Diaspora Impact, Inc. undergoes a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, liquidation, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your data will, in most instances, be part of the transferred assets. You may be notified of any such business transition via email and/or notice on the Site.
We have a legitimate interest in complying with our legal obligations. Accordingly, we may release personal information if we believe in good faith that the law or legal process requires it, if we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency, or if such release is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers, or others.
Diaspora Impact, Inc. may use third parties to process your data when it fulfills a legitimate business purpose, such as technical support, customer service, and dealings with financial institutions. Our agreements with these third-party processors require them to adhere to the terms and intent of this privacy policy and to make commercially reasonable efforts to protect your information.
Donation Process
You may donate by providing payment information directly on the Diaspora Impact, Inc. site, which is powered by third-party vendors with whom we have an agreement. When you enter your credit card or bank account information on the site, it goes directly to our vendors for processing. We only keep a record of the transaction, not your credit card or bank account details.
Links
Our Site may contain links to other websites, including those of nonprofit organizations or various philanthropic initiatives. These sites may have their own privacy policies, or they may not have any privacy policies at all. Diaspora Impact, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites, and they have not agreed to our privacy policy. Furthermore, Diaspora Impact, Inc. has no control over or responsibility for any unrelated third-party websites or the content they contain. We provide these links solely for the convenience of our visitors. We do not sponsor, endorse, or recommend these sites or any products or services they may offer. In summary, once you leave our Site, we are no longer responsible for the data collection practices of the companies operating those websites. This isn’t to say we have any reason not to trust them; we just can’t vouch for them, as we are sure you can understand.
Cookies
To help us serve you better, we gather information that identifies the computer or browser used to access the Site, along with the user account linked to that computer or browser if you are logged in. Cookies (and other similar technologies) are pieces of information stored in your web browser settings by a website server to recognize your computer when you return to a site. Whenever a site welcomes you and customizes information to your preferences, it reads a cookie left in your browser and identifies details that you may have registered during previous visits, such as your viewing preferences.
One category of cookies used by our Site includes cookies that do not collect any personal information and are essential for providing a functional website and/or app. Therefore, we have a legitimate interest in placing these cookies (referred to as “Necessary Cookies”), which facilitate your navigation on our Site. Please note that you are not obligated to accept other types of cookies that collect personal information to use our Site (such as some of the cookies mentioned earlier in the Collection section). If you prefer not to accept certain cookies, you can do so at any time by adjusting your settings through the tools in your specific web browser, which will allow you to exclude our Site. You can also manage your cookies here. Also, please note that some features of our website may not function properly if all cookies (including Necessary Cookies) are blocked.
Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize your Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page. Additionally, you can prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by opting out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. If the Digital Properties utilize the Google Analytics for Display Advertising Remarketing feature, Diaspora Impact, Inc will use this Remarketing feature to advertise online, and third-party vendors, including Google, may display Diaspora Impact, Inc ads on various websites across the Internet.
The Site may utilize other third-party services similar to Google Analytics that employ cookies or other comparable tools.
Diaspora Impact, Inc. and third-party vendors, including Google, may use first-party cookies (like Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to (a) inform, optimize, and serve ads based on a user’s past visits to the Site, and/or (b) report how your ad impressions, usage of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and services are related to visits to the Site.
As with all information we collect, we may use the data described above to help recognize and understand user preferences, improve the Site, choose content to display to you, and for other business purposes that will allow us to better serve you.
Do-Not-Track Signal
Children's Access
In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its amendments in 2013, our website is designed for a general audience and is intended solely for adult use. Diaspora Impact, Inc. does not market to children under the age of thirteen and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children in this age group. You may only use our site if you are above the age at which you can provide consent to data processing under the laws of your country (the “Age of Consent”).
Site Security
We take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of data collected by our Site. Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its users occurs over a SSL-secured communication channel that is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. We exercise reasonable care to safeguard your non-public personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your non-public personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us during transit. Once we receive your personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect it. In the event of a data breach, we will notify you and the appropriate EEA authority (if required) within 72 hours (if reasonably feasible). If we are unable to inform the appropriate EEA authority within 72 hours, our notice will include reasons for the delay.
Dispute Resolution
If you have any inquiries or complaints about whether Diaspora Impact, Inc. has violated its obligations under this Privacy Policy concerning you (your “Complaint”), please first reach out to us at: contact@diasporaimpact.org
We will acknowledge your Complaint within 24 hours and respond to your complaint within 45 days. We may ask that you provide additional information and/or request a one-on-one discussion or conference.
Right of Access & Updating your Information
You are entitled to access your personal information and to have it amended, updated, or deleted.
You may exercise your right to access your information and obtain:
- a description of the categories of personal information and sources of such personal information we have collected within the past year;
- a description of the business purpose for which we have collected such personal information;
- a description of the specific types of personal information collected in the past year; and
- information on each third-party company to whom we have disclosed personal information about you for our direct marketing purposes in the past year
To obtain this information, please email us at: contact@diasporaimpact.org
Please ensure you provide your name and the email address for which you are requesting information. To verify your identity, we may need email verification from the address we have on record for you. You might be asked to provide additional information if necessary to confirm that you are the authorized account holder. We take this step to protect your data. Diaspora Impact, Inc. will respond to your request within 45 days of receipt, provided that the request is complete and accurate.
If you would like to update your information, you can do so through the Site by revising your account details or by contacting us with a written request at: contact@diasporaimpact.org
When requesting to update your information, please provide the name and email address associated with the account. As with access requests, the email address you provide must match the one we have on record for you. We may require further information to verify your identity. If your request is complete and accurate, we will respond within a reasonable business period of receipt.
You may object to the processing of your personal information on legitimate grounds. However, such an objection may prevent us from providing the requested service.
Deleting Your Account
You can delete your account at any time by contacting us at contact@diasporaimpact.org.
To delete your account, you must provide the name associated with it and the email address you used to create it (names may be similar, so we require your email address to permanently delete your account). We may also need email verification from the address in our records to confirm your identity.
We retain personal information as long as we have an ongoing relationship with you (in particular, if you have an account with us) or as needed to provide you with services. If you delete your account, we will retain your data only for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations (such as certain records for tax purposes).
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please reach out to us at: contact@diasporaimpact.org