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Privacy Policy

 

We take your privacy seriously, and we want you to know how we collect, use, share, and protect your information. In addition to this Privacy Policy, users of SASA should consult the SASA Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy applies to all sites where it is posted. Other SASA online properties may have their own privacy policies that apply to those sites. You should review those privacy policies in connection with your use of those sites.

 

What information we collect
Information you give us

We respect the right to privacy of all visitors to the SASA site. We receive and store some information that you enter on our sites or that you provide to us through the sites in any other way.

The information we collect or that you provide on or through our sites or by using our services includes:

  • Data that may personally identify you, including your name, postal address, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address, home, work and mobile telephone numbers, age, date of birth, physical characteristics that may personally identify you, sexual orientation, IP address, bank account number, credit or debit card number (for payment purposes only), national origin, veteran or military status, medical conditions, race, or citizenship.

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our sites. It also includes information you provide when you register to use our sites or use services available through the sites or facilities. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our sites. 

  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

  • Details of transactions you carry out through our sites.

 

Information that You Provide to Us Voluntarily

If you choose to communicate with us through an online form, by sending us an email, by requesting additional information, by registering for one of our events, by contributing, or by otherwise contacting us, we will collect whatever information, including personal information, that you choose to provide us with. We will combine that information with other information that we collect from and about you as described in this Privacy Statement.

Information we collect automatically

We collect information about you automatically as you navigate through or use our sites. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels tags, and other tracking technologies. As you navigate through and interact with our sites, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, specifically:

  • Usage Details. Details of your visits to our sites, such as traffic data, location, logs, referring/exit pages, date and time of your visit to or use of our sites, error information, clickstream data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or in the sites.

  • Device Information. Information about your computer, mobile device, and Internet connection, specifically your IP address, operating system, browser type, and App version information.

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). We and our service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our sites through your computer or mobile device. A cookie is a small file or piece of data sent from a website and stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. On your computer, you may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser, and you may have similar capabilities on your mobile device in the preferences for your operating system or browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access or use certain parts of our sites. Unless you have adjusted your browser or operating system setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

  • Analytics. Our Website may use Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or other web analytics services to collect certain information relating to your use of our sites. These services use cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help our sites analyze how users use the sites. For more information regarding Google Analytics please visit Google's website, and pages that describe Google Analytics, such as https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/.

 

Security of your personal information

SASA is committed to securing your personal information. Some of the ways in which we encourage you to protect your personal information include:

  • We encourage you to create a username that does not reveal your identity

  • We encourage you to create and keep a strong password

  • We encourage you to be thoughtful about what you post and continue to learn about online safety

 

Email communications, newsletter, and related services

Email communications that you send to us via the email links on our site may be shared with an employee or agent that is most able to address your inquiry. We make every effort to respond in a timely fashion once communications are received. Once we have responded to your communication, it is discarded or archived, depending on the nature of the inquiry. Note, that email communications that you send us via the email links on our site are not automatically encrypted, and it is possible that unencrypted email communications with us may be accessed or viewed by another internet user while in transit to us.

 

Data retention

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. You may request that we delete your data by contacting us. 

 

Security

We use reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of personal information under our control, and we appropriately limit access to it. We use a variety of information security measures to protect your online visits and transactions with us. We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide. You should understand, however, that electronic transmissions via the internet are not necessarily secure from interception, and so we cannot absolutely guarantee the security or confidentiality of such transmissions.

 

Protecting children's privacy

Our sites are not intended for users under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or through the sites. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from users under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on or in our sites or on or through any of their features, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Data from a user under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from a user under 18, please contact us.

 

Donor information

If you donate to SASA and do not donate anonymously, we obtain information such as your name, email address, and mailing address. We may use donor information to communicate with you about your contribution and to send fundraising updates and information regarding the advancement of our mission. We do not share personally identifiable donor information except with your consent or as required by law.

 

International Data Transfer

Our Service is operated and managed on servers located within the United States. If you choose to use our service from Europe or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that differ from United States law, then you acknowledge that SASA will transfer, store, and process your personal information to the United States for the purpose of performing the service according to our contract (our Terms of Use) and for any other purpose for which you provide explicit, informed consent.

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