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Privacy Policy - Unity Visions
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Privacy Policy

How we collect, use, and protect your personal information

1. Introduction

Unity Visions ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or interact with our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us, including:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number when you voluntarily provide it through contact forms, volunteer applications, or donation forms
  • Financial Information: Payment information when making donations (processed securely through third-party payment processors)
  • Communication Data: Correspondence when you contact us via email or contact forms
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and device information
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, click patterns, and navigation paths

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To process and acknowledge your donations
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • To process volunteer applications and partnership inquiries
  • To send you receipts and donation acknowledgments
  • To improve our Website and services
  • To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights
  • To send occasional updates about our programs (only with your consent)
Important: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: When you voluntarily provide information for specific purposes
  • Contractual Necessity: To fulfill our obligations when you make a donation or apply as a volunteer
  • Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations
  • Legitimate Interests: To operate and improve our services, prevent fraud, and ensure security

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Our security measures include:

  • Encryption of sensitive data during transmission
  • Regular security assessments and updates
  • Access controls and authentication procedures
  • Secure storage of physical and digital records
  • Employee training on data protection

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Typical retention periods include:

  • Donation records: 7 years for tax and accounting purposes
  • Volunteer applications: 2 years from last contact
  • General inquiries: 1 year from resolution
  • Website analytics data: 26 months

7. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to support our operations, including:

  • Payment Processors: To securely process donations
  • Email Service Providers: To communicate with you
  • Analytics Services: To understand website usage
  • Hosting Providers: To store and maintain our Website

These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal information
  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal information
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of how we use your information
  • Right to Object: Object to certain types of processing
  • Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in Section 11.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use information about you, including:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Website to function properly
  • Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Website
  • Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Website.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Current Version" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

3704 Campbellton Rd SW
Atlanta, GA 30331
Email: info@unityvisions.org

For Privacy-Specific Inquiries: Please include "Privacy Policy Inquiry" in the subject line of your email.