Shield Of David strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our supporters and others through all our communication channels and from visitors to our website. The protection of your privacy is of great importance to us.
We have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that is provided to us and that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, postal address, telephone number(s), email address, among other information (hereinafter “Personal Information”), as well as certain non-personally identifiable information collected when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer or Firefox), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the domain name of your internet service provider (e.g., AT&T or Verizon), aggregate data about the number of visits to the site and/or aggregate data about the pages visited (hereinafter “Aggregate Data”).
This policy also applies when you use social media that overlaps Shield Of David’s social media and/or website, as well as to personal information we collect offline. This policy does not apply to information or data Shield Of David purchases from other sources. Shield Of David uses its best efforts to not share information it collects from those persons it provides services to (commonly referred to as “clients”). See our supplemental donor privacy policy for how we use the information we collect through social media fundraising efforts.
This policy will be updated periodically, so please be sure to reread it from time to time. The most recent date the privacy policy was updated is provided at the top of the page. By submitting your personal information to us, you are agreeing that Shield Of David may use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Shield Of David collects Personal Information supplied to us voluntarily by individuals, supporters, volunteers, and visitors to this website. We may use such voluntarily provided information to improve our understanding of your interests, to improve our services, or to contact you for future support. In order to utilize certain features of our site or receive information from Shield Of David or make a donation, you may choose to provide Personal Information. If you do submit information to us, we will use that information for the purposes for which it was submitted. We may also use your information in other ways, such as to contact you about other Shield Of David activities and/or fundraising campaigns, to conduct matching on Facebook or other social media, or as otherwise disclosed to you at the point of collection. We may also use your name, postal address and telephone number(s) to contact you offline.
In the event an employer establishes a giving fund their employees can contribute to, Shield Of David will ask for the donor (employee’s) consent in sharing their personal information back with the employer, for the limited purposes of substantiating the donation and acknowledging the employee’s support.
If you do not wish us to contact you offline, receive such mailings or share your information with these organizations, you may opt-out by contacting us in accordance with the “Opt-Out” section of this policy.
Shield Of David uses third-party vendors to provide services on this website and in offline business operations. The information that you submit on this site may be provided to those vendors on a confidential basis so that those vendors can provide services (such as maintaining our database, sending email messages, facilitating fundraising activities, or processing credit card transactions) on our behalf.
Other than as described in this privacy policy, or as may be necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of our organization or others, or as may be necessary to comply with applicable law, Shield Of David will not give or sell the Personal Information you provide online.
Shield Of David uses the non-personally identifiable Aggregate Data information to improve the design and content of the site and to enable Shield Of David to personalize your Internet experience. Shield Of David may use the Aggregate Data to analyze Site usage as well as create services and/or products to fit your needs. Also, Shield Of David shares this Aggregate Data with Shield Of David’s related entities, advertisers, partners, and/or other third-party vendors. Shield Of David shall own such Aggregate Data and maintain copies of such as part of its records.
When you donate to Shield Of David or sign up on our website, take an advocacy action, share your story or complete some other data form, you will be asked to supply your email address. Shield Of David does not sell or rent your email address to any third party. Email addresses gathered from donors or subscribers to Shield Of David are only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information, and to contracted service providers and vendors for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.
Shield Of David will only use your email address to send information about Shield Of David and our network (such as news and events, special programs, and fundraising). From time to time, we may send out email messages that might include information about like-missioned organizations and companies, but we do not provide them with access to any Personal Information that you have provided.
Shield Of David complies with those provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act applicable to charitable organizations. All email messages contain a link to unsubscribe from Shield Of David email. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to Shield Of David at any time by contacting Shield Of David or sending a notice by United States mail to the following address at the end of this policy. Please see our Donor Privacy Policy for how we use other Personal Information collected from donors to Shield Of David.
Shield Of David welcomes your comments and participation on its site. However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, stories, photos, videos, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information, the information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Shield Of David. By submission of any information to us, you assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation.
As a user of this site, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not impersonate another person and not transmit material to us that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; do not send material that reveals trade secrets, unless you won them or have the permission of the owner; do not send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; do not send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; and do not send sexually explicit images, advertising or solicitations of business, or chain letters.
You represent and warrant that any information and/or material you post or provide to Shield Of David through any medium is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others, and not in violation of any other third party’s rights. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that all submissions will become the property of Shield Of David and that Shield Of David has the right to publish or republish the submission for any type of use including for promotional and advertising purposes without compensation to you of any kind. Should your submission include third-party materials, you grant, represent, and warrant that you, as well as the owner of such content, have expressly granted Shield Of David a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide exclusive license to use the submission in any manner, media or form now known or hereafter developed. Shield Of David shall have the right to sublicense its rights.
If you give us your number, we may call or text you regarding Shield Of David programs or seek donations. We will contact you through these methods only in accordance with applicable legal requirements, and you always have the ability to opt-out of further calls or texts.
We use cookies, small files that are sent to your Web browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive, to improve our site’s operation. The cookie is used to speed up your access to the site and the information you wish to see, as well as for website analytics, marketing efforts, and for functionality. We may also use other tools to collect data when you visit our website, including pixel tags and other tracking technologies.
The Shield Of David Website may use “cookies” and similar tools like pixel tags and similar tracking technologies, to collect aggregate statistical information and data. Aggregate information does not identify any individual person. We may use or disclose aggregate information for any purpose. The majority of browsers accept cookies, but your browser should also give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new cookies. Please be advised that if you block cookies, some site functionality may be lost.
Shield Of David also partners with digital platforms that utilize cookies for website retargeting. purpose of website retargeting is to find visitors of these partners advertising clients’ properties (websites, apps, and newsletters) and send them digital advertising based on their visit or interaction with the client’s owned properties or advertising. The digital platforms use cookies to identify users and then personalize ads based on their browsing experience.
We only share the information obtained through the use of Google Analytics with Google. For more information on Google’s use of your information, please see Types of Cookies Used by Google. The cookies we use for these purposes do not track your Internet usage after leaving our website and do not store your personal information. They will not be used in connection with any other information to identify you in any way. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. However, outside of the Google Analytics platform, Shield Of David may use unique IDs to link Personal Information to Google Analytics data. You can opt-out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this [Google page](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
More broadly, we may work with data providers to target advertising to you personally, through online and offline methods including email, display media and direct mail. This advertising may be directed to you because you visited or logged in to our website. When we generate this advertising, data we collect from you through online cookies and other technologies may be combined with other de-identified data (such as a hashed, non-readable email or postal address) in order to tailor ads to you based on your preferences and other information about you. To learn more about targeted advertising, these providers, or how you may opt-out, please visit the DAA’s consumer choice page at [http://www.aboutads.info/choices](http://www.aboutads.info/choices).
Technologies other than HTTP cookies may be used by third parties in a similar way, to recognize the email recipients’ computer or device and to keep track of which user identities match to which devices or browsers, and those technologies may not respond to browser settings that block conventional cookies. You may opt of many of these types of technologies by visiting the [Network Advertising Opt Out page](http://optout.networkadvertising.org/). You can also opt-out of display remarketing ads directly by clicking on the blue triangle called ‘AdChoices’ in the right-hand corner of the ad and follow the instructions. Please note if you delete your cookies or switch devices this exclusion won’t carry over. We are not responsible for third parties’ use of cookies.
If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not accept cookies:
Alternatively, you can adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. How you adjust your browser to stop it accepting cookies or to notify you of them will depend on the type of internet browser program your computer uses. You can follow the appropriate instructions for your specific browser type at https://www.aboutcookies.org. (Again, we are not responsible for external websites).
Cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number, or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third-party websites or external data suppliers. If you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections of our site do not work properly.
If you use social media logins (like Google and Facebook) to log into our website, we may access your public social media profile information. You can always limit this sharing using your social media service settings.
These additions come with a disclaimer in the policy that the CCPA is not intended to apply to nonprofits, but that it could have application in some circumstances. Shield Of David’s changes to its privacy policy, which accommodate CCPA, are done voluntarily exclusively as an accommodation to our supporters and constituents in California and are not intended to apply to individuals who are not California residents.
The following are legally required disclosures under state privacy laws, as well as additional information for California residents in terms of the categories and sources of information we collect, how we use that information, and how we may share that information. Although many other provisions of this privacy policy also address these matters, we include them again here for specific compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to the extent that such law has application to Shield Of David. The inclusion of this information addresses our collection and use of California-resident personal information however is not included as an admission of the ongoing application of the CCPA to our organization.
Under the CCPA, California residents have certain rights regarding their personal information, including:
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our users, donors, and any business partners. We also generate identifiers internally.
How We Use It
To enable the use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who donate to us; use our sites or mobile applications; create a user account; volunteer with us; or obtain a service from us.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those to whom you instruct us to send this information.
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our users, donors, and business partners.
How We Use It
To enable the use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who donate to us; use our sites or mobile applications; create a user account; volunteer with us; or obtain a service from us.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those to whom you instruct us to send this information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our donors; and generate it internally during transactions with our donors.
How We Use It
To transact with you if you use our service or make a donation, and to enable transactions you have requested.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who make a donation to us.
How We Share It
We do not share this information except with third party processors for purposes of completing their services to us. All such data is sent protected and encrypted.
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our website visitors and social media visitors.
How We Use It
To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who use our sites or mobile applications.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those to whom you instruct us to send this information.
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our users and donors.
How We Use It
To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who use our sites or mobile applications and allow us to collect their location data.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers.
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of your right to request we not sell your personal information. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by Shield Of David.
We provide these options for your benefit, and we will never discriminate against you for using them. But if you choose to delete your data, we won’t be able to offer you any information, services, or other support that require us to use your data.
“Deleting” Personal information is defined by:
Storing Personal Information - If personal information is stored, archived, or listed in a backup system, we reserve the right to delay compliance with the consumer’s request to delete, with respect to data stored on the archived or backup system, until the archived or backup system is next accessed or used. We will inform the person(s) of this in the event it is applicable to their request.
Record Keeping – We must maintain a record of the individual requesting deletion pursuant to the Civil Code section 1798. 105(d)
Shield Of David is not required to comply with a consumer’s request to delete the consumer’s personal information if it is necessary for us or a service provider to maintain the consumer’s personal information for the following reasons:
Managing cookie preferences is addressed in the general portions of this policy which address cookies and third-party cookies.
We understand the responsibility to protect your information. Security measures include SSL technology, firewalls, and internal policies. While we strive for security, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Shield Of David makes no warranties concerning the accuracy, suitability, or safety of the information on this website. The site and services are provided "as is" with no warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement.
Links to other websites do not imply endorsement. Shield Of David is not responsible for materials on linked sites and does not disclose personally identifiable information to those sites.
Shield Of David does not knowingly gather personally identifiable information from children under 13. Users must be 13 or older to access the site.
By accessing the Shield Of David Website, you agree that the terms have the same legal force and effect as a written contract. Shield Of David may change this Privacy Policy and Terms of use at any time by posting the changed or amended Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on the Website.
If you wish to have your data deleted or opt-out, contact Shield Of David at the provided address or phone number. All deletion and opt-out requests will be honored, but it may take six (6) to eight (8) weeks for opt-out changes to be fully implemented.
If you have questions, contact Shield Of David at: support@Shield-Of-David.org