Donor Privacy Policy

Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors (“ECO” or “we”) respects the privacy of all individuals and is committed to protecting donor (“you” or “your”) information. We understand your interest in being informed on how we use and safeguard your data when you donate. We have established this Donor Privacy Policy outlining our practices and procedures for handling your information. This policy applies to all data collected from you, irrespective of whether you donate online or offline.
 

Information we collect

The only personal data we collect is the information you voluntarily provide. For example, if you opt to donate using the “donate” button on ECO’s website, we will collect information such as your name, postal address, and email address.

We will never share or sell your information

ECO will not sell, trade, or share your name or personal information with any other entity or send mailings on behalf of other organizations.

Our third-party donation service provider

Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors uses DonorPerfect as our online donation platform. The information collected is subject to the protections of the General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and any other applicable privacy law. All Non-Personal Information collected will remain anonymous or non-personally identifiable. All Personally Identifiable Information is encrypted. Financial information, such as your bank account or credit card number, name, CVV code, or expiration date, is collected and stored by DonorPerfect.  

DonorPerfect only stores information for as long as needed to fulfill contractual or legal obligations or any other permissible purpose for which DonorPerfect has collected it, including to prevent fraud or security incidents. When the applicable retention period has expired, DonorPerfect reserves the right to take measures to permanently delete the information, aggregate it, or anonymize it. 

When donating, information collected may include:

  • Contact information such as your name, email address, postal address, geolocation data, and phone number.

  • Technical information. This information may include standard web log entries associated with cookies and your IP address, page URL, and timestamp.


For more information, please see DonorPerfect’s privacy policy.

Our tax-exempt status

Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Federal ID #20-3710367). Donations to ECO are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.