Privacy Policy

Introduction

1. Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation, including its websites https://www.DriveWithCare.org/ and https://www.SaferRoadsNow.org/ (“Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information in a responsible, transparent, and lawful manner.
2. This Privacy Policy and Donor Privacy Policy describes how we may collect, use, maintain, protect, disclose, and otherwise process information provided by website visitors, users, donors, supporters, volunteers, event participants, program participants, and other individuals who interact with us online or offline.
3. This Policy applies to information collected through our websites, donation pages, online forms, email communications, electronic messages, written communications, telephone communications, events, programs, and other interactions with the Foundation.
4. By accessing our websites, submitting information to us, making a donation, participating in our programs, or otherwise interacting with the Foundation, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy.

Scope of This Policy

5. This Policy applies to personal information and donation-related information that we receive online or offline, including through our websites, electronic communications, written correspondence, telephone communications, donation platforms, events, programs, and other Foundation activities.
6. This Policy does not apply to information collected by third-party websites, applications, platforms, payment processors, or services that may link to or be accessible from our websites, except to the extent such information is provided to us by those third parties in connection with our operations.
7. Third-party websites and service providers are governed by their own privacy policies, terms, and practices. We encourage you to review those policies before providing personal information to any third party.

Information We May Collect

8. We may collect personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be associated with an individual, including name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, donation details, payment-related information, communication preferences, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
9. We may collect donor-related information, including donation amount, donation date, method of donation, donor preferences, acknowledgment history, tax receipt information, campaign participation, sponsorship information, tribute or memorial gift information, and requests for anonymity or confidentiality.
10. We may collect technical and usage information when you access or use our websites, including IP address, device identifiers, browser type, operating system, referring pages, pages viewed, access times, and other information relating to website usage, security, and performance.
11. We may collect information contained in communications you send to us, including inquiries, comments, testimonials, stories, feedback, requests, and other content submitted through forms, email, mail, telephone, or other communication channels.
12. We do not intentionally request or collect sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for a specific Foundation purpose and is provided voluntarily.

How We Collect Information

13. We collect information directly from you when you provide it to us, including when you complete a form, make a donation, request information, subscribe to communications, attend an event, contact us, participate in a program, volunteer, or otherwise communicate with the Foundation.
14. We may collect information automatically when you use our websites, including through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies.
15. We may collect information from third-party service providers, including payment processors, donation platforms, website hosting providers, email service providers, analytics providers, and other vendors that support our operations.
16. We may collect information from publicly available sources or partner organizations where permitted by law and consistent with our nonprofit mission.

Use of Information

17. We may use personal information to operate, maintain, improve, and present our websites and their contents.
18. We may use personal information to respond to inquiries, provide requested information, process forms, communicate with users, and provide programs, resources, or services requested from the Foundation.
19. We may use donor information to process donations, issue acknowledgments, provide tax receipts, maintain donation records, confirm donor preferences, and comply with applicable legal, accounting, tax, and recordkeeping obligations.
20. We may use personal information to inform users, donors, and supporters about our programs, initiatives, events, activities, campaigns, updates, impact, and opportunities to support the Foundation.
21. We may use information for internal administration, analysis, reporting, auditing, compliance, fraud prevention, security, research, and organizational planning.
22. We may use information to notify users about changes to our websites, this Policy, legal notices, programs, or services.
23. We may use information to protect the rights, safety, property, mission, and operations of the Foundation, our users, donors, volunteers, partners, and the public.

Donor Privacy

24. The Foundation is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of its donors.
25. We collect donor personal information only as reasonably necessary to process donations, provide acknowledgments, issue tax receipts, maintain accurate records, communicate with donors, administer fundraising activities, and comply with legal obligations.
26. We will not sell, rent, trade, or exchange donor names, contact information, donation history, or other donor personal information with third parties for their marketing or fundraising purposes.
27. We may share donor information with trusted service providers who assist us with donation processing, payment processing, donor communications, database management, mailing services, accounting, legal compliance, or other operational functions, provided such service providers are expected to protect the information and use it only for authorized purposes.
28. We may disclose donor information when required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, governmental request, audit, tax requirement, or other legal process.
29. Donor information may be used for internal analysis, donor stewardship, reporting, financial reconciliation, fraud prevention, and recordkeeping.

Anonymous Donations

30. Donors may request that their donations be treated as anonymous in public-facing materials, donor lists, reports, publications, websites, event materials, and other external communications.
31. Where a donor provides identifying information but requests anonymity, the Foundation will make reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the donor’s identity in public disclosures.
32. A request for public anonymity does not prevent the Foundation from maintaining internal records necessary for donation processing, tax receipts, accounting, auditing, compliance, legal obligations, fraud prevention, or donor communication.
33. Where a donation is made without any identifying information, the Foundation may be unable to identify the donor, issue a tax receipt, provide acknowledgment, process refund requests, or respond to donor-specific inquiries.
34. Donors should communicate anonymity preferences at the time of donation or by contacting the Foundation using the contact information provided in this Policy.

Tribute and Memorial Donations

35. If you make a tribute or memorial donation, we may collect information about you, the honoree, the memorialized individual, and any person designated to receive notice of the donation.
36. We may use tribute or memorial donation information to process the donation, send acknowledgments, issue receipts, notify designated recipients, and maintain accurate donation records.
37. You should not provide personal information about another individual unless you have the authority or appropriate consent to do so.

Disclosure of Information

38. We do not sell personal information.
39. We may disclose personal information to contractors, vendors, service providers, consultants, professional advisors, and other third parties who perform services on behalf of the Foundation.
40. We may disclose information to payment processors, donation platforms, banks, and financial institutions as necessary to process donations, payments, refunds, chargebacks, receipts, and related transactions.
41. We may disclose information to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, governmental request, tax obligation, audit requirement, or court order.
42. We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, safety, operations, or mission of the Foundation, our users, donors, volunteers, partners, or others.
43. We may disclose information in connection with a merger, restructuring, reorganization, transfer of assets, change in control, dissolution, or similar organizational transaction, provided appropriate privacy protections are maintained.

Payment Information

44. Donations and payments may be processed through third-party payment processors or donation platforms.
45. We do not intentionally store complete credit card numbers or full payment card details on our own systems unless expressly stated and protected in accordance with applicable security standards.
46. Payment processors may collect and process payment information in accordance with their own privacy policies, terms, and security practices.
47. We encourage donors and users to review the privacy policies and terms of any third-party payment processor or donation platform used to complete a transaction.

Cookies and Website Technologies

48. Our websites may use cookies, analytics tools, pixels, server logs, and similar technologies to operate the websites, improve functionality, understand usage, evaluate performance, and enhance user experience.
49. Cookies may allow us or our service providers to collect technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, referring website, and time spent on the website.
50. You may be able to adjust your browser settings to refuse or disable cookies. However, some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
51. If we use analytics, advertising, embedded media, or tracking technologies provided by third parties, those third parties may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies and practices.

Email Communications and Opt-Out Rights

52. We may use your email address to respond to your inquiries, provide requested information, send donation acknowledgments, issue receipts, and communicate with you about Foundation programs, events, campaigns, and updates.
53. You may opt out of receiving non-transactional email communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the email or by contacting us directly.
54. Even if you opt out of promotional, fundraising, or informational communications, we may still send transactional, administrative, legal, donation-related, or account-related communications where appropriate.

Accessing, Correcting, or Deleting Information

55. You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that you have provided to us.
56. We will make reasonable efforts to respond to such requests in accordance with applicable law and our recordkeeping obligations.
57. We may decline or limit a request where retaining information is necessary for legal compliance, tax records, donation records, accounting, audits, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, security, or legitimate Foundation operations.
58. Donors may also contact us to update contact information, correct donation records, revise communication preferences, or request anonymity in future public disclosures.

Data Security

59. We use reasonable physical, administrative, technical, and procedural safeguards designed to protect personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
60. These safeguards may include secure servers, restricted access, firewalls, encryption, vendor controls, internal procedures, and other security measures appropriate to the nature of the information.
61. Payment transactions may be encrypted or processed through secure third-party payment systems.
62. No method of transmission over the internet, electronic storage, or digital communication is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of any information transmitted to or maintained by us.

Data Retention

63. We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, comply with legal, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain accurate records, and support Foundation operations.
64. Donation records may be retained for the period required or permitted by applicable law, accounting standards, tax requirements, audit obligations, and nonprofit recordkeeping practices.
65. When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, aggregate, or securely retain it in accordance with our internal procedures and applicable law.

Children’s Privacy

66. Our websites and services are not intended to collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen.
67. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen without appropriate parental or guardian consent.
68. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under thirteen without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information.
69. Minors should use our websites only with the involvement and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

California Privacy Notice

70. This California Privacy Notice applies to California residents and supplements the other provisions of this Policy.
71. California privacy law may provide certain rights to California residents, including rights to know what personal information is collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared; rights to request correction or deletion of certain personal information; rights to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information; and rights not to be discriminated against for exercising applicable privacy rights. The California Consumer Privacy Act was amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, which added additional privacy protections effective January 1, 2023.
72. Many nonprofit organizations may not be directly subject to all requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act or California Privacy Rights Act; however, the Foundation endeavors to respect California privacy principles and respond to reasonable privacy requests consistent with applicable law, operational needs, donor privacy commitments, and nonprofit recordkeeping obligations. Nonprofit applicability can depend on structure, activities, data practices, and statutory thresholds, so counsel should confirm the Foundation’s exact obligations.
73. In the preceding twelve months, the Foundation may have collected the following categories of personal information: identifiers, contact information, donation records, payment-related information, internet or electronic network activity information, communication records, event or program participation information, and any other information voluntarily provided by users, donors, or supporters.
74. The Foundation may collect such information from you directly, automatically through website technologies, from service providers, from donation platforms, from payment processors, from event or program partners, or from publicly available sources.
75. The Foundation may use such information for the purposes described in this Policy, including website operation, donation processing, donor communication, tax receipts, program administration, legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, recordkeeping, reporting, and mission-related communications.
76. The Foundation does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
77. The Foundation does not knowingly sell or share personal information of individuals under sixteen years of age.
78. The Foundation may disclose personal information to service providers, contractors, payment processors, donation platforms, professional advisors, government authorities, and other parties as described in this Policy.
79. Subject to applicable law and verification, California residents may request access to personal information, correction of inaccurate personal information, deletion of personal information, information about certain disclosures, or limitation of certain uses of sensitive personal information.
80. The Foundation will not discriminate against individuals for exercising privacy rights available under applicable California law.
81. To submit a California privacy request, you may contact the Foundation using the contact information provided in this Policy.
82. The Foundation may need to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request and may deny or limit requests where permitted by law, including where retention is necessary for tax, accounting, legal, security, donation, audit, or nonprofit recordkeeping purposes.

GDPR-Style Privacy Notice for Individuals Outside the United States

83. This section applies to individuals located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or other jurisdictions with similar data protection principles, to the extent applicable.
84. The Foundation is located in the United States. If you provide personal information to us from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
85. The General Data Protection Regulation is the European Union’s legal framework governing the protection of personal data and the processing of personal data of individuals in the European Union.
86. Where GDPR-style principles apply, the Foundation’s legal bases for processing personal information may include consent, performance of a requested transaction or service, compliance with legal obligations, protection of vital interests, performance of a task carried out in the public interest where applicable, and legitimate interests such as operating the Foundation, processing donations, maintaining records, communicating with supporters, protecting security, and advancing the Foundation’s nonprofit mission.
87. Individuals covered by GDPR-style laws may have rights to request access to personal information, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of information, restriction of processing, objection to certain processing, data portability, and withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent. GDPR rights are commonly addressed under Articles 15 through 22 of the GDPR.
88. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal, nor does it prevent the Foundation from retaining or processing information where another lawful basis applies.
89. The Foundation may retain personal information where necessary for legal compliance, tax and accounting obligations, donation records, audit purposes, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, security, or legitimate nonprofit operations.
90. If you are located in a jurisdiction with GDPR-style rights and wish to exercise a privacy right, you may contact the Foundation using the contact information provided in this Policy.
91. The Foundation may need to verify your identity before responding to a request and may deny or limit requests where permitted by applicable law.
92. Individuals in certain jurisdictions may have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority or supervisory authority if they believe their privacy rights have been violated.

Nonprofit Compliance and Public Reporting

93. As a nonprofit organization, the Foundation may be required to maintain certain records and make certain filings, reports, or disclosures as required by law.
94. Such disclosures may include information required by tax authorities, regulators, auditors, grantors, governmental agencies, or other legally authorized entities.
95. We will seek to protect donor privacy to the extent permitted by law while complying with applicable legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations.

Third-Party Links

96. Our websites may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, applications, resources, or services.
97. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, policies, or actions of third parties.
98. The inclusion of a third-party link does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, approval, or responsibility by the Foundation.

Data Breach and Security Incident Notice

99. In the event of a data breach or security incident involving personal information, the Foundation will take reasonable steps to investigate, respond to, and mitigate the incident.
100. Where required by applicable law, the Foundation will provide notice to affected individuals, regulators, or other required parties.

Changes to This Policy

101. We may amend, update, or revise this Policy from time to time.
102. Any revised version will be posted on our website and will be effective when posted unless otherwise stated.
103. Your continued use of our websites or continued interaction with the Foundation after changes are posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised Policy.

Contact Information

104. Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation may be contacted regarding this Policy, donor privacy, privacy requests, donor anonymity requests, communication preferences, or questions concerning how personal information is handled.
105. Email: contact@DriveWithCare.org
106. Telephone: +1 (302) 579-6191
107. Website: https://www.DriveWithCare.org/
108. Privacy-related requests should clearly describe the nature of the request and provide sufficient information for the Foundation to verify and respond to the request.

109. Nothing in this Policy shall be construed as a waiver of any rights, remedies, or defenses, all of which are expressly reserved.