Privacy Policy

The Giving Genie (“The Giving Genie,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us by our donors, supporters, volunteers, program participants, website visitors, partners, and members of our community.

The Giving Genie is a Florida-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering underserved communities, with a particular focus on women, youth, education, resilience, and community development. Our programs include education, emergency preparedness, child protection, literacy, and women's entrepreneurship initiatives, including programs operated in Mozambique.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, protect, and otherwise process personal information when you visit www.thegivinggenie.org, make a donation, subscribe to our communications, contact us, volunteer, participate in our programs, or otherwise interact with us.

By using our website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with The Giving Genie.

Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Full name
Email address
Mailing address
Telephone number
Organization or company name
Donation information
Billing or payment-related information necessary to process a donation
Volunteer information
Information submitted through contact forms
Newsletter and mailing-list information
Communications you send to us
Information provided when you participate in events, campaigns, programs, surveys, or other activities
Any other information you voluntarily choose to provide

We do not need or intend to collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it is provided.

Donation Information

When you make a donation through our website or through a third-party donation or payment-processing service, we may receive information necessary to process, acknowledge, document, and administer your contribution.

Payment card information may be collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor. Unless otherwise stated at the time of payment, The Giving Genie does not intentionally retain complete credit or debit card numbers on its own systems.

Donation records may be retained as necessary for accounting, tax reporting, legal compliance, financial auditing, donor stewardship, and nonprofit recordkeeping purposes.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies.

This information may include:

IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Approximate geographic location
Pages visited
Links or buttons clicked
Date and time of visits
Referring website
General website activity and interaction information

This information generally does not identify you directly and may be used to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our online services.

2. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, understand website traffic, improve functionality, and evaluate the effectiveness of our communications and campaigns.

Cookies are small files placed on your device by a website. Some cookies are necessary for the website to function, while others help us understand how visitors interact with our website.

Depending on the technology used on our website, cookies may be provided by The Giving Genie or by third-party service providers.

You may be able to control or disable certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of portions of our website.

3. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Giving Genie may use personal information for legitimate nonprofit, operational, administrative, and legal purposes, including to:

Process and acknowledge donations
Issue donation receipts and records
Maintain appropriate donor and financial records
Respond to questions, requests, and inquiries
Communicate with donors, supporters, volunteers, partners, and community members
Send newsletters, organizational updates, program information, and other communications you have requested or may reasonably expect
Administer volunteer opportunities and activities
Administer events, programs, campaigns, and community initiatives
Provide information about our mission and charitable activities
Improve our website, programs, services, and communications
Understand website usage and engagement
Conduct internal reporting, analytics, and organizational planning
Prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents
Protect the rights, safety, property, and interests of The Giving Genie and others
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, tax requirements, accounting requirements, and legal processes
Fulfill other purposes disclosed at the time information is collected or otherwise permitted by law

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for research, reporting, impact measurement, program development, and organizational purposes. Aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual is not considered personal information under this Policy.

4. DONOR PRIVACY

We value the trust our donors place in The Giving Genie.

The Giving Genie does not sell, rent, or trade donor personal information to other organizations for their own fundraising or marketing purposes.

We may use donor information to:

Process donations
Provide donation acknowledgments and receipts
Maintain required financial records
Communicate with donors about their contributions
Provide updates about our programs and impact
Share information about opportunities to support our mission
Meet legal, accounting, tax, and regulatory requirements

Donors may request that their contact information not be used for future fundraising or non-essential communications by contacting us at info@thegivinggenie.org.

Certain information may nevertheless be retained when required for legal, accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, audit, or recordkeeping purposes.

5. COMMUNICATIONS AND NEWSLETTERS

If you subscribe to The Giving Genie mailing list, we may use the information you provide to send newsletters, program updates, organizational news, fundraising communications, volunteer opportunities, and other information relating to our mission.

You may unsubscribe from non-essential email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe instructions contained in the applicable communication or by contacting us directly.

Please understand that even after you unsubscribe from marketing or fundraising communications, we may continue to send administrative or transactional communications when reasonably necessary, such as donation acknowledgments, receipts, responses to inquiries, or information concerning an existing relationship with The Giving Genie.

6. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

The Giving Genie does not sell or rent your personal information. We may share personal information in limited circumstances, including with:

Service Providers

We may use trusted third-party companies and individuals to help us operate our organization and website. These may include providers that assist with:

Website hosting and management
Donation and payment processing
Email and newsletter distribution
Customer or donor communications
Website analytics
Information technology
Data storage
Cybersecurity
Accounting and financial administration
Event management
Other nonprofit operational functions

These service providers may have access to personal information only as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf and are expected to handle such information in accordance with applicable requirements.

Legal and Regulatory Requirements

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with applicable law or regulation
Respond to a valid legal request, subpoena, court order, or governmental inquiry
Meet tax, accounting, reporting, or regulatory obligations
Protect the rights, property, or safety of The Giving Genie, our donors, beneficiaries, employees, volunteers, partners, or others
Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity

Organizational Transactions

If The Giving Genie undergoes a restructuring, merger, transfer of assets, dissolution, or other organizational transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements and appropriate protections.

7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, payment processors, social media services, partner organizations, or other external resources.

Once you leave our website or interact directly with a third-party service, that organization's privacy practices and terms may apply. The Giving Genie does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website or service before providing personal information.

8. SOCIAL MEDIA

The Giving Genie may maintain or link to social media accounts and may use social media platforms to communicate with supporters and promote our mission.

Interactions with our social media pages may be subject to the privacy policies and terms of the applicable social media platform.

Information you voluntarily post publicly on social media may be visible to others. We encourage you to consider carefully what personal information you choose to share publicly.

9. DATA SECURITY

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.

However, no website, electronic transmission, database, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, while we work to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee that information transmitted to or through our website will be completely secure.

If you believe your interaction with us or our website may have resulted in unauthorized access to your personal information, please contact us promptly.

10. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:

Fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected
Maintain donor and financial records
Meet tax and accounting requirements
Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Resolve disputes
Enforce agreements
Prevent fraud or abuse
Maintain appropriate nonprofit organizational records

Certain donation and financial information may need to be retained for longer periods because of legal, tax, accounting, audit, or regulatory requirements.

11. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Depending on applicable law and your relationship with The Giving Genie, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These may include the ability to:

Request access to certain personal information we maintain about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Opt out of certain communications
Request information about how your personal information is used or disclosed

Some requests may be subject to legal or regulatory limitations. For example, we may need to retain certain donor, financial, tax, accounting, or transaction records even if you request deletion.

To submit a privacy-related request, contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests to help protect personal information from unauthorized access.

12. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

The Giving Genie is committed to protecting the privacy and safety of children.

Our programs may serve children and young people in connection with our charitable mission. Information concerning program beneficiaries may be collected or maintained by The Giving Genie or its program partners when reasonably necessary to administer programs, provide services, document impact, maintain appropriate records, or fulfill legal and safeguarding obligations.

The Giving Genie does not knowingly use its public website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate authorization where such authorization is required by law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us through our website without appropriate authorization, please contact us at info@thegivinggenie.org.

Where appropriate, we will take reasonable steps to review and address the situation.

13. INFORMATION RELATING TO PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES

Because The Giving Genie operates programs supporting women, children, youth, families, and underserved communities, we may encounter information relating to program participants and beneficiaries.

We are committed to treating such information responsibly and respectfully.

Where personal information about program beneficiaries is collected, we seek to limit collection and use to information reasonably necessary for program administration, safeguarding, reporting, impact measurement, communications, or other legitimate organizational purposes.

We may publish stories, photographs, testimonials, or other information about our programs and beneficiaries when appropriate and when we have obtained the necessary permission or authorization, where required.

We take particular care with information relating to children and vulnerable individuals.

14. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION

The Giving Genie is headquartered in the United States and conducts charitable activities internationally, including in Mozambique.

As part of administering international programs, we may work with local partners, schools, community organizations, volunteers, service providers, and other organizations located outside the United States.

Where personal information is transferred, accessed, or processed across national borders, the information may be subject to the laws of the country in which it is processed.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information when working with international partners and service providers and seek to limit information sharing to what is reasonably necessary for legitimate organizational purposes.

15. CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Certain U.S. states provide residents with additional privacy rights.

The Giving Genie seeks to comply with applicable state privacy laws to the extent those laws apply to our organization and activities.

Depending on the applicable law and circumstances, residents may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, portability, or opting out of certain uses or disclosures of personal information.

Because nonprofit organizations may be treated differently under certain state privacy laws, the availability of particular rights may depend on whether a specific law applies to The Giving Genie and to your information.

If you believe you have a privacy right under applicable state law, you may contact us using the information below.

16. DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

Some web browsers and devices offer “Do Not Track” or similar settings.

Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to such signals, our website may not respond to all browser-based Do Not Track signals.

17. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, services, or organizational operations.

When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date or Last Updated date at the top of this Policy.

We encourage you to review this page periodically to remain informed about how The Giving Genie handles personal information.

18. CONTACT US

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or The Giving Genie's handling of personal information, please contact us:

The Giving Genie
PO Box 3506
Tequesta, FL 33469
United States

Phone: 239-595-1297
Email: info@thegivinggenie.org
Website: www.thegivinggenie.org

The Giving Genie is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization.
EIN: 87-4590633

All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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