Data Privacy Policy | Rachel's Network

Updated July 21, 2025

This privacy notice for Rachel’s Network (“we,” “us,” or “our“) describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process“) your information when you use our services (“services“), such as when you:

Visit our website at rachelsnetwork.org, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice, or
Engage with us in other related ways―including any donations, events, or marketing.

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@rachelsnetwork.org.

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Rachel’s Network and our services, the choices you make, and the features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Do you receive any information from third parties? We may receive information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

How do you process my information? We may process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We intend to process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties.

How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place intended to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology is 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

What are your rights? Depending on your jurisdiction, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do I exercise my rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us at info@rachelsnetwork.org. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities involving our services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we may collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and our services, the information you share with us, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include your name and contact information, for example. Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as a credit card numbers and the security codes.

Information collected from other sources

In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

To enhance our ability to provide relevant services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, and other third parties. This information may include mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, internet data or user behavior data, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles. If you interact with us on a social media platform using your social media account (e.g., LinkedIn or Instagram), we may receive personal information about you such as your name, email address, and gender. Any personal information that we may collect from your social media account depends on your social media account’s privacy settings.

HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We may process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We may process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our services, including:

To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services. We may process your information to provide you with requested services.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with requested services.
To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
To fulfill and manage event registrations and donations. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your donations and event registrations made through our services.
To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our services.
To send you promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time by emailing info@rachelsnetwork.org.
To deliver targeted opportunites to you. We may process your information to send you opportunities tailored to your interests, location, and more.
To protect our services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
To determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
To save or protect an individual’s vital interests. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.

WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Our arrangements with third parties are generally designed to help safeguard your personal information. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

Ad Networks
Affiliate Marketing Programs
Cloud Computing Services
Communication & Collaboration Tools
Data Analytics Services
Data Storage Service Providers
Finance & Accounting Tools
Government Entities
Order Fulfillment Service Providers
Payment Processors
Performance Monitoring Tools
Product Engineering & Design Tools
Retargeting Platforms
Sales & Marketing Tools
Social Networks
Testing Tools
User Account Registration & Authentication Services
Website Hosting Service Providers

We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Other Users. When you share personal information or otherwise interact with public areas of our services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside our services in perpetuity. If you interact with other users of our services and register for our services through a social network (such as our member directory or listserv), your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our services, and view your profile.

WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?

In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties.

Our services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that may link to other websites, services, or applications. We do not make any guarantees regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from our services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We intend to keep your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We intend to keep your personal information only for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we intend to delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we intend to securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our services is at your own risk. You should only access our services within a secure environment.

DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using our services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of our services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at info@rachelsnetwork.org.

OPTING OUT OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS:

You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” to the SMS messages that we send, or by emailing us at info@rachelsnetwork.org. You will then be removed from the marketing lists—however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

Upon your request to terminate your account, we intend to deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our services.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@rachelsnetwork.org.

DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date, and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, email info@rachelsnetwork.org.

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