Donor Privacy Policy
We understand your concerns about safety and security and want to assure you that we make every effort to safeguard your privacy when you make donations through our giving system.
The information below spells out the privacy and security practices of Cat Tales Wildlife Center (“Cat Tales”, “us”, “our” or “we”). This Privacy Policy describes the types of information Cat Tales may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website or mobile site at www.cattales.org (including sub-domains, web pages within this site or any equivalent mirror, replacement, substitute, or backup website), or any website, mobile site or application that links to this Privacy Policy, accessed via any device, or access any of the services we provide (collectively, the “Websites”). If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy is organized into two sections: (1) “General Provisions,” which apply to everyone using or visiting the Websites; (2) “Special Privacy & Security Provisions for Donors,” which apply only to users who make donations through our Websites
General Provisions
Security
Cat Tales uses industry-leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect against the loss, misuse and unauthorized alteration of the information under our control. Cat Tales helps to protect your information by working with partners that provide a secure and safe environment for credit card donations. All information is stored in a secure database. Please remember that the safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or you have chosen) a logon ID or password to access certain services or areas of the Websites, you are responsible for keeping this ID and/or password confidential. We ask that you not share such information with anyone or allow anyone to sign-in using your credentials.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal or sensitive information transmitted to us. Any transmission of personal or sensitive information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we put in place for your protection.
What information do we collect?
As discussed in greater detail below, we collect two types of information: personal information you submit to us voluntarily and information we collect automatically when you use our Websites or services. “Personal information” is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a single person. Personal information we collect may include your name, phone number, mailing address, e-mail address and payment information, such as credit card number and expiration date. When you submit payment information to us via the Website, you consent to providing your payment information to us and to our service provider processing the donation to the extent required to provide our services to you. When we collect payment information directly from you, we transmit this payment information directly to our service provider. For one-time donations, we store the final four digits of the card number and the expiration date. For recurring donations, we do not store the card number or expiration date. Like most website administrators, we use log files that record information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and page navigation. We gather this information to track website visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how our customers and the public are using our service. IP addresses that are recorded by our log files are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links and Third Party Websites
The Websites contain links to other sites and in certain circumstances, we use third parties to provide you with certain services as discussed in greater detail in our Services Agreement (which governs use by nonprofits who subscribe to our services) and Terms of Use (which govern use by donors, visitors of the Websites, and nonprofit organizations who may receive donations through our services but do not subscribe). Please be aware that Cat Tales is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites or companies. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our Websites.
Cookies
Please see the Special Provisions below for more information on the cookies we use if you are a donor or a nonprofit customer or potential customer.
For all Website users, as you navigate through and interact with our Websites, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including details of your visits to our Websites, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Websites; information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type; and other information obtained through third party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics.
● Cat Tales uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer, to analyze your use of the Websites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Websites (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Websites, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other services related to the Websites and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law, or where third parties process these data on behalf of Google. For more information about Google Analytics, or to opt out of Google Analytics, please go to the Google Analytics Opt Out Settings page.
● We use cookies in order to bring you more relevant messaging with Google Display and Search Advertising (e.g., Remarketing or Google Display Network Impression Reporting).
● We use third-party vendors, including Google, in order to show ads on sites across the Internet.
● Cat Tales along with third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on past visits to our Websites and to report how ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to the Websites.
● We use data from Google Analytics Demographics, Interest Reporting, and third-party audience data to help us understand how people find and use our Websites.
● Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising, customize Google Display Network ads using Google’s Ads Settings page.
● Cookies do not allow the Websites to access personal information that you haven’t already provided.
Do Not Track Requests; Third Party Tracking
Cat Tales does not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals sent by your web browser because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created. Third parties, other than our vendors (such as our website analytics provider), do not have authorization from us to track which websites you visited prior to and after visiting the Websites. That said, we cannot control third party tracking and there may be some third party tracking that occurs without our knowledge or consent.
How We Use Your Information
If you make donations through Cat Tales or are a nonprofit, customer, or potential customer, our use of your data will be described in the Special Provisions below. In addition to such uses, we may use the information we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the following purposes:
● To provide the services that you request and to communicate with you regarding such services;
● To respond to your inquiries and to contact you about changes to the Websites;
● To send you notices or our e-Newsletter (if you have signed up to receive it);
● To provide and maintain the Websites, help diagnose problems with the Websites, and to administer and audit usage of the Websites;
● For statistical analysis and internal business purposes such as identifying fundraising trends.
● For any other purposes disclosed at the time the information is collected or to which you consent; and
● As otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.
Complying With the Legal System
Though Cat Tales makes every effort to preserve donor and customer privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our organization.
Profiles or Accounts
When you, if a donor, submit your contact information to sign up for a Cat Tales Profile, you agree and consent that Network for Good may send you communication relating to our products, events, or recommended charities. When you, if a nonprofit, submit your organization’s contact information to sign up for an account with Cat Tales, you agree and consent that Cat Tales may send your organization communication relating to our products, events, or other business information. Please contact us to opt out of receiving such communication.
Disclosure or Transfer of Data in Connection with Organization Change
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to any buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about users of our Websites is among the assets transferred.
In the event that Cat Tales is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. Our obligations in this Privacy Policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity.
Disclosure or Transfer of Data to Third Party Vendors
We may use third parties to help operate and improve our Websites, assist us in providing services to you, or provide tools we embed into our Websites, products, and services. We may share information we have about you with such third parties, solely for their use to provide services to us. Please be aware that such third parties have their own privacy policies, which govern their use of your information. For a full list of such third parties and their privacy policies, please contact us.
Transfer of Information
We are based in the United States of America. Any personal information you provide may be stored and maintained in a secure database in the United States or transferred to a secure database outside the United States. By providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
Children Under the Age of 13
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or knowingly allow such persons to log in to the Websites. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on these Websites or on or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as soon as practicable. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.
Accessing, Correcting and Deleting Your Information
If you would like to access, modify, correct, or delete your personal information, please contact us. When you contact us, you may be required to provide us some details to verify your identity in this case. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement, cause the information to be incorrect, or we are unable to verify your identity. In addition, if you have provided your information to the charity or charities you supported through Network for Good in accordance with this Privacy Policy, you may need to contact that charity instead, if the relevant personal information is only accessible by that charity.
Changes to the Policy
Cat Tales periodically reviews and updates this Privacy Policy. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to our Websites so our donors and customers are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We may also, in our sole discretion, notify you of such changes via our e-Newsletter or email to your email address that we have in our records. By continuing to access or use any of our Websites after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
Special Privacy & Security Provisions for Donors
Cat Tales respects and protects your privacy and will never sell or rent your personal information to other individuals or companies. The information that you provide is used only to complete your donation. With your permission, your name and contact information will be provided to the charity or charities you supported through Network for Good. If you do not wish share your name and contact information with the charity or charities you supported through Cat Tales or you choose to make your donation anonymously, Cat Tales will not share your name or contact information. Cat Tales provides a field to include an optional dedication with the donation. Cat Tales reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove text from this field before it is provided to the designated charity, for example, if Cat Tales deems it inappropriate, offensive, or misrepresentative.
● Add This Social Sharing: If you use the social sharing features on the Websites to inform a friend about our Websites or services, you will be asked for the friend’s name and email address. Cat Tales stores this information for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email and will not add your friend to our mailing list.