Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

The Cottonwood Environmental Law Center ("us", "we", or "our") operates the www.cottonwoodlaw.org website (the "Website").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use the Website and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. 

Analytics

The Website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about our site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit the cookies Squarespace uses.

Fonts

The Website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts, To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Your IP address

For Website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit the Website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs this data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Website, your information is protected both online and offline. 

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

All online donations are processed securely through Donorbox and PayPal. 

Payments

We may collect donations within the Website. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

  • PayPal 

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Donation Management

We may use a donation management company to present you with a form with which to process your donation. This company stores your name, email, donation amount, and any other information you input into it. It also integrates with PayPal to keep track of your donation amount.

The donation management companies we work with are:

  • DonorBox

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://donorbox.org/privacy

Mailing List

We may use a third party mailing list service. These services store your name, email address, and any other information you put into them. You may opt out of our mailing list at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. 

The mailing list companies we work with are:

  • Constant Contact

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.endurance.com/privacy/privacy

 Links to Other Sites

The Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Communications

The only time we will use your Personal Information from the Webite to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials is when you actively choose to receive these materials. You may unsubscribe from emails (use unsubscribe link in email) or mailed materials (email us at info@cottonwoodlaw.org) at any time, and re-subscribe at any time.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of December 20, 2020, and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@cottonwoodlaw.org.