Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 01/01/2025 1. Introduction
Appalachian Mountain Advocates is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience when visiting our website www.appalmad.org, interacting with us, making donations, signing up for our communications, or otherwise engaging with our services. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, with whom we may share it, how we protect it, your rights in connection with your information, and how you can contact us about our practices. By using the Website or engaging with us, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. 2. Information We Collect
We collect information about you in the following ways: a) Information you provide to us
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We will not sell your personal information. We may share your information as follows:
You have certain rights and choices regarding your personal information:
We use cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts and similar technologies to collect usage information, manage your sessions, remember your preferences, improve the Website experience, and understand how you interact with our content.
You may decline or disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings; however, some features or pages of the Website may not function properly without cookies. We also may use third-party analytics providers (such as Google Analytics) to assist us in understanding Website usage. 7. Data Security and Retention
We implement reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and for legitimate business purposes. After that, we either delete or anonymize your information. 8. Children’s Privacy
Our Website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or such higher age as may apply under relevant laws). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If you believe we have collected personal information of a child under 13, please contact us and we will take steps to delete the information. 9. International Users
If you are accessing our Website from outside the United States, please note that your information may be transferred, stored and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. By using the Website and providing your information, you consent to such transfer, storage and processing. 10. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised policy on the Website and update the “Effective Date” above. If the changes are material, we may provide additional notice (for example via email). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. 11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us at:
Appalachian Mountain Advocates
P.O. Box 507
Lewisburg, WV 24901
Phone: (304) 645-9006
Fax: (304) 645-9008
Email: info@appalmad.org
Effective Date: 01/01/2025 1. Introduction
Appalachian Mountain Advocates is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience when visiting our website www.appalmad.org, interacting with us, making donations, signing up for our communications, or otherwise engaging with our services. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, with whom we may share it, how we protect it, your rights in connection with your information, and how you can contact us about our practices. By using the Website or engaging with us, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. 2. Information We Collect
We collect information about you in the following ways: a) Information you provide to us
- When you donate, sign up for our newsletters, volunteer, attend an event, or otherwise engage with our programs, we may collect your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, payment information (handled securely via our payment processor), and any other information you choose to provide.
- When you contact us via email, form, phone or otherwise, we may collect the content of your message and your contact information.
- If you register for an event or sign up as a volunteer, we may collect additional information such as emergency contact, affiliation, or other details necessary for the engagement.
- When you access our Website, we and our service providers may collect device and usage information such as your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, and click streams.
- We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect this information and to track your activity on the Website.
- We may receive information about you from other sources such as social media platforms, marketing partners, or public records, and we may combine that with information we already have about you.
- For example, if you log in via a social network, we may receive basic profile information (according to the social network’s permissions and your consent).
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To process donations, volunteer sign-ups, event registrations, and other services you request.
- To send you confirmations, receipts, newsletters, event invitations, updates about our work, and respond to your inquiries.
- To provide you information about our mission, activities, campaigns and opportunities to support or engage further, unless you opt out.
- To improve our Website, our programs, our messaging and user experience through analytics and internal business operations.
- To detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorized use of the Website or our services, security or technical issues, and to protect our rights and property.
- To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information.
We will not sell your personal information. We may share your information as follows:
- Service providers and partners: We may share information with third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, email service providers, database management, event management, analytics).
- Legal and regulatory disclosures: We may disclose your information if required by law or legal process, or to investigate or prevent suspected wrongdoing or to protect our rights, property or safety.
- Business transfers: If we merge with or are acquired by another organization, or sell assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction – and will be subject to confidentiality and permitted usages consistent with this policy.
- With your consent: We may share your information for other purposes if you consent.
You have certain rights and choices regarding your personal information:
- You can opt out of receiving marketing or other non-transactional communications from us by following the “unsubscribe” link in any such email or by contacting us directly.
- You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, request correction or deletion of your data, or request restriction of processing.
- Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have additional rights (for example rights under certain U.S. state laws).
- You can disable cookies via your browser settings, although this may affect your experience on our Website.
We use cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts and similar technologies to collect usage information, manage your sessions, remember your preferences, improve the Website experience, and understand how you interact with our content.
You may decline or disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings; however, some features or pages of the Website may not function properly without cookies. We also may use third-party analytics providers (such as Google Analytics) to assist us in understanding Website usage. 7. Data Security and Retention
We implement reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and for legitimate business purposes. After that, we either delete or anonymize your information. 8. Children’s Privacy
Our Website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or such higher age as may apply under relevant laws). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If you believe we have collected personal information of a child under 13, please contact us and we will take steps to delete the information. 9. International Users
If you are accessing our Website from outside the United States, please note that your information may be transferred, stored and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. By using the Website and providing your information, you consent to such transfer, storage and processing. 10. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised policy on the Website and update the “Effective Date” above. If the changes are material, we may provide additional notice (for example via email). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. 11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us at:
Appalachian Mountain Advocates
P.O. Box 507
Lewisburg, WV 24901
Phone: (304) 645-9006
Fax: (304) 645-9008
Email: info@appalmad.org