Privacy Policy

Effective Date: Aug 15, 2024
Unity Collective is committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and supporters. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website http://unity-collective.org, or any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site").

By accessing or using the Site, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Notice to All Non-US Residents 

Please note that our website is hosted in the United States and directed primarily to individuals located in the United States of America. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to visit our Site, or otherwise communicate or interest with us in person or electronically, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, processed maintained and used on computers, servers, and systems located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where privacy laws may not be as protective as those where you reside so you do so at your own risk and volition.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site, make a donation, sign up for our newsletter, or participate in activities on the Site.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you donate, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect.

2. Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for various purposes, including:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain our Site

  • To improve, personalize, and expand our Site

  • To understand and analyze how you use our Site

  • To develop new products, services, features, and functionality

  • To process your transactions and manage your donations

  • To send you emails

  • To find and prevent fraud

  • To comply with legal obligations

Unity Collective is committed to respecting the privacy of its financial and in-kind donors, whether the donation is made online, by mail, or any other method. When you make a financial or in-kind donation, you provide your name and contact information and in many instances, standard payment information such as credit card data is provided. We protect your information in a variety of ways, by utilizing industry standard safeguards to protect your information, such as encryption, access controls, network firewalls, and physical security. 

These measures make it extremely difficult for anyone to intercept the credit card information you send to us. When we work with other companies to process credit card transactions, those companies also utilize encryption and other appropriate security measures. We will not sell, share or trade our donors’ personally identifiable information with any other entity, except as described below. 

In addition, we will not send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations, unless a donor has given us specific permission to do so. We have vendors that assist with processing and managing donations and donor data. We give these vendors access to donor data. Our vendors are bound by strict confidentiality rules and are permitted to use donor data only to support Unity Collective operations.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share the information we have collected about you in certain situations with our trusted consultants but we NEVER SELL YOUR INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

  • By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. 

We protect the security of credit card transactions using a number of measures such as encryption, access controls, network firewalls, and physical security. These measures make it extremely difficult for anyone to intercept the credit card information you send to us. When we work with other companies to process credit card transactions, those companies also use encryption and other appropriate security measures.

5. Cookies

Our websites utilize cookies but they also offer you the opportunity to disable the cookie function. We use cookies to improve your experience and personalize our communications. You are free to accept or reject these cookies. Continued browsing is equivalent to acceptance according to the terms of our Privacy Policy. Cookies can help to display the information on a website in a way that matches your interests. Our sites use the following types of cookies: 

  1. Necessary (used to check if cookie storage is present and JavaScript is enabled) 

  2. Preferences (used to set user preferences, such as preferred language (e.g. Twitter)) 

  3. Statistics (used to record analytical data, such as pages visited, and to allow visitors to use their social network logins to share content from our website) 

  4. Marketing (used to track visitors across different websites to deliver relevant, targeted advertisements)

Some of the cookies are stored on your computer by third parties (like social media) when you use our website. We have no control over these cookies or how the third parties use them.   

When you first visited our Site you will have been shown a notice banner drawing your attention to the fact that we use cookies. 

You are free to accept or reject these cookies. Continued browsing is equivalent to acceptance of using cookies. If you accept the use of cookies, your consent will be recorded for 12 months. However, you can change this decision at any time by changing your browser settings. In order to manage your cookies preferences, you need to refer to your browser settings, as each browser has its own setup. Most browsers allow you to delete cookies from a given source but also to prevent all or some cookies being stored on your computer in the future or to program a message each time a cookie is placed on your computer.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as:

  • The right to access the personal information we hold about you

  • The right to request that we correct any inaccuracies

  • The right to request deletion of your personal information

  • The right to restrict the processing of your personal information

  • The right to data portability

  • The right to withdraw consent

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: hello@unity-collective.org

8. Your Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:

  • Right to Know: You can request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.

  • Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal data that we have collected.

  • Right to Opt-Out: You can request that we do not sell your personal data to third parties.

  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email address].

9. Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the United Kingdom or the European Union, you have the following rights:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.

  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data.

  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.

  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email address].

10. Your Rights Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

If you are a resident of Canada, you have the following rights under PIPEDA:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to know how it has been used and to whom it has been disclosed.

  • Right to Correction: You have the right to request correction of any inaccuracies in your personal information.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.

  • Right to Complain: You have the right to complain to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada about our handling of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at hello@unity-collective.org.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy 

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the “Last Updated” date stated at the top of the policy.  We may change this Privacy Policy (including the Notice for California Residents) from time to time with or without notice to you. By visiting the Site or by otherwise interacting with us in person or electronically after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes.  Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and without prejudice to the foregoing, our use of your personal information is governed by the Privacy Policy currently in effect.  Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. Thank you.