PRIVACY POLICY

Ukrainedefensesupport.org is a website run by Ukraine Defense Support (“UDS”, “we”, “us”, “our”), a registered US 501(c)3 nonprofit entity (EIN 92-2693929). This Privacy Policy for ukrainedefensesupport.org describes:

• The personal information we collect and how we use it

• With whom we share your information

• Your choices & rights

• How you can communicate with us about your rights and choices.

By submitting your personal information on our website, you agree to the terms in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our website.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

The purpose of the website ukrainedefensesupport.org is to share information about our organization and its work, to register interested parties for our mailing and contact lists at their request, and to accept donations.   

Sign Up Form

• When you sign up to our mailing and contact list using our sign-up form, your personal data is collected by Little Green Light, our donor and volunteer management database.  

• The personal data we collect when you sign up to our list includes:

• Your name

• Your email address

• Your phone number

• Your zip code

• Date and time when you submit the form

• How we use your email address:

• We use the email addresses of our list subscribers to send emails with news related to our work, event information, and to coordinate our work (should you choose to volunteer with us). 

• We use MailChimp to handle our email list and mailings. 

• Every automated email will include a link to manage your preferences or unsubscribe. You can also unsubscribe from our email list by sending email to [email protected]

• How we use your phone number:

• We use your phone number to coordinate our work if you volunteer with us.

• UDS sends once weekly texts with event reminders. By supplying your phone number, you agree to initial text message enrollment. Every text will include instructions for immediate opt-out (e.g. “Text STOP to opt-out”). You can also opt-out from SMS texts by sending email to [email protected]   

• We use MailChimp as our SMS marketing service provider.  

• How we use your zip code:

• We use your zip code to determine what state and congressional district you live in. We use this information to send geographically-specific event emails, to inform people in specific congressional districts about actions they can take to help Ukraine, and to understand the growth of our membership.     

• As necessary to perform UDS’s work, contact information may be shared with appropriate volunteer members via third-party services: Little Green Light, Google Sheet, Monday.com and Slack. Access to this data is permissioned and password-protected. 

Donations

• When you make donations to Ukraine Defense Support through our website, your personal information is transferred to, and processed by, DonorBox.

• DonorBox processes donation transactions using Stripe, and PayPal as payment processors. The credit card or bank account information you supply is transmitted securely to the relevant payment processors.

• The personal data we collect when you make an online donation includes:

• Your name

• Your email address

• Your phone number

• Date and time when you submit the form

• Donation payments are handled by DonorBox. UDS does not see or retain any of your personal financial information, including credit card number or PayPal account information.

Webpage Analytics & Tracking Cookies

• We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site and to gather aggregate performance metrics. We use this information to improve our webpages. 

• Google Analytics places a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user. This cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

• We don’t collect any personally identifiable information using Google Analytics, and we do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with any personally identifiable information.

• We also use cookies in our pop-up registration form, to prevent it from continuing to pop-up after it has been closed. 

• You can block cookies by activating a setting on your browser allowing you to refuse the setting of cookies. You can also delete cookies through your browser settings. If you use your browser settings to disable, reject, or block cookies (including essential cookies), certain parts of our website will not function fully. In some cases, our website may not be accessible at all. Please note that where third parties use cookies we have no control over how those third parties use those cookies

Children’s privacy

• We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is directed to children.

• If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at [email protected].

WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

• We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal information to other organizations, with the exception of third-party services detailed above, as required to manage your data and provide the services you request. 

• We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to:

• comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena;

• respond to your requests; or

• protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.

• We may also disclose information from you or about you or your devices with your permission.

YOUR CHOICES & RIGHTS

• You can choose not to provide us with personal information.

• If you choose not to provide personal information, you can use the website and browse the pages, but we can not process donations or register you on our contact list. 

• You can choose to turn off cookies in your browser by changing its settings.

• You can ask us not to use your personal information to receive emails and texts from UDS.  

• You have the right to be forgotten.

• You may request that we delete your personal data at any time. 

• You have the right to access the information we hold about you. 

• This includes your personal information, purposes for which it is collected, how it is stored and for how long, and who the data has been disclosed to. 

• You have the right to have your data corrected.

• You may request that incomplete data be completed or that incorrect data be corrected at any time.

• All requests can be submitted to [email protected]

Security

• We make reasonable efforts to protect your information by using physical and electronic safeguards designed to improve the security of the information we maintain. However, as our services are hosted electronically, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information.

• No system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have questions about the security of your personal information, or if you have reason to believe that the personal information that we hold about you is no longer secure, please contact us immediately at [email protected]

Changes

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently for updates as your continued use of this site after any changes in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.

Effective Date

This version of the policy is effective June 12, 2024.

Questions

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or complaints related to our websites, please contact us by email at [email protected], by phone at 503-308-9479, or by writing to us at:

Ukraine Defense Support

2050 112th Ave NE, Ste 115

Bellevue, WA 98004