Overview

Givalike, LLC values our visitors and respects their privacy. We collect information to support our relationships with our visitors, communicate promotions and additional services, and improve our user experience. Givalike acknowledges that we must maintain and use the information we accumulate responsibly. In this way, we have developed this privacy statement in order to protect your personal information.

The privacy statement discloses the information we gather through our website, Givalike.org ("Website"), as well as ways in which we process and share such information. Except where otherwise expressly indicated herein, this privacy statement applies only to information collected on this Website and does not apply to information collected outside of this Website.

The Givalike privacy statement addresses our privacy practices relating to the general use of this Website by anyone who visits, browses or otherwise uses this Website ("User"). Before submitting information to this Website, please read this privacy statement. When submitting information to this Website or using any of this Website’s services User acknowledges and accepts the policies and practices outlined in this privacy statement and consents to having the User’s information transferred to and/or processed within the United States. If the User does not agree to this privacy statement, the User should not use this Website.

Collected Information

Givalike provides an easy and social giving experience. This Website is intended to provide this experience without requiring the User to submit any more personal information than is necessary to use the Website effectively. Givalike does not require User to register or submit personal information in order to visit the Website. Some activities on the Website can be performed without providing personal information. Givalike will not request, nor require more personal information than is deemed necessary to participate on this Website. We collect the following categories of information:

1) Personal information

Any information provided through or via this Website may be stored. We will only use the personal information the user provides to Givalike in accordance with this privacy statement. Examples of personal information include:

a. Personal information provided when setting up a personal account including, the User’s name, email address, and birthdate. Other information, including the User’s gender, photos, and mailing address is optional.

b. Personal information provided when the User sends an email or utilizes the Contact Us feature.

c. Personal information provided on the User’s account page or other locations within this Website. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of third-party platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter, to share information on this Website.

User may choose not to provide specific personal information to Givalike; however, this option may limit the access and the functionality of specific services on this Website.

2) E-mail communications

When the User sends an email to Givalike, we may retain your email address and the contents of the email you send.

3) Traffic Data

Typical of most websites, Givalike uses cookies to collect traffic data related to this Website. We use another company to place cookies on the User’s computer to compile this non-personal information so we can aggregate statistical information about Website usage. The User is able to decline cookies within browser settings.

The Website also contain web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that can be used to compile data to asses Website usage. E-mails may also contain web beacons for the purposes of tracking opened messages or click through. The information Givalike collects through our analysis will help us to improve future communication.

Givalike uses a third party to gather information on how Users interact with this Website.

Use of Information

When the User provides Givalike with personal information, Givalike may use such information for purposes, including:

1) To facilitate communications between Givalike, Users, and active nonprofits.

2) To administer User accounts, process donations, offer additional services, and marketing activities.

3) To provide reports to nonprofits to whom the User has made a donation.

4) To provide the User with important Website functionality changes, new services, and special offers from Givalike.

5) To customize, analyze, adjust and improve this Website to meet the needs of Users, nonprofits, business partners and Givalike.

6) To send emails and other social messages to the User’s friends/social networks based on User approval.

7) To prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities and to ensure that Givalike complies with applicable laws.

If you use our referral service to tell another person about a donation you have made, we will ask you for that person's name and email address. We will send that person a one-time email but shall not use that information for additional communication.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

Givalike may share personal information with third parties under the following circumstances:

1) Nonprofits

When the user gives to or registers to volunteer for a nonprofit, Givalike may share the User’s name, email address, address, region, donation amount, and date of transaction with the nonprofit.

If a User makes a donation on a customized page designed for a Givalike nonprofit client, or on a website using the Givalike Donation API, Givalike may share information entered within the donation page. Givalike WILL NOT share or distribute User's credit card information.

2) Custom Fundraising Pages

When the user gives via a custom fundraising page, such as for an event or memorial donation, Givalike may share the name, email, and address of the user with the creator of the page, organizer of the event, or family of the deceased. Givalike shall not share donation amounts without specific permission from the user.

3) Compliance with Law and Fraud Protection

Givalike shall disclose any personal information with sole discretion and without the prior consent of our Users, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. We shall also exchange information with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection, risk reduction, and related activities or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Givalike, its agents, employees, affiliates or others. Givalike reserves the right to disclose personal information for a User who Givalike believes is in violation of our privacy statement or other terms of service as posted on Givalike.org, even without a subpoena, warrant, court order or other governmental request.

4) Sale or Transfer of Information

In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, sale or transfer of substantially all of Givalike’s website or assets, personal information and/or other information collected about our Users from this Website may be sold, assigned or transferred to the party acquiring all or substantially all of this Website or Givalike assets in order to permit the party to continue the operation of Givalike and/or the Website or any alternative version of the Website. By using the Website and providing personal information to Givalike, the User consents to the sale and transfer of information as described in this paragraph.

Privacy

Givalike takes reasonable steps to maintain appropriate physical, technical such as encrypting transmission of information using SSL and administrative security to help prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure and modification of personal information. While we take great strides to safeguard User’s personal information, no system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Important Disclosures and Practices

1) Data Security

Givalike strictly follows industry-accepted standards to protect our Users’ personal information to protect against unauthorized access to our systems.

Givalike has no control over the security of other websites on the Internet, even those that Givalike links to through Givalike.org. To maintain the highest level of security, the User should sign off and close the browser window when finished with User’s session.

No system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take commercially reasonable steps to secure personal information, we do not promise, nor should the User expect the continued security of User’s personal information. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of the User’s personal information, we will notify the user if reasonably possible and as reasonably necessary so that User can take appropriate protective steps.

2) Third Party Links

This Website contains links to third-party websites. Givalike cannot control and is not responsible for the information collection practices of such websites, which may differ from those of Givalike.

3) Children

The Website is intended to be used by adults. It is not intended for children, and Givalike does not want to collect any personal information for persons who are under the age of 13. Givalike encourages parents to neither post, nor permit others to post, any personally identifiable information with respect to persons under the age of 13. If you have reason to believe that we have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us at . Furthermore, by accessing this Website, the User hereby represent that she/he is at least 13 years of age.

4) Changes to this Privacy statement

This privacy statement may be altered to reflect changes in our practices. When changes are made to this privacy statement, the date will be updated at the top of this privacy statement to reflect these changes.

No Rights to Third Parties

This privacy statement does not create rights enforceable by third parties.

Modifications

Givalike may update or modify this privacy statement from time to time. If any changes are made, Givalike will reflect the date on which any such changes are made and posted by updating the "last updated" date at the top of the page. If we make any material changes we will notify Users by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in User&rquo;s account) or by means of a notice on this Website prior to the change becoming effective. Please be sure to check this page periodically for changes.

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