Privacy Policy
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!) respect and are committed to protecting the privacy of users of our websites, and other online and electronic services (collectively, the “Online Services”). We want our Online Services to be safe and helpful and to help make you aware of the data practices we drafted this Privacy Policy, which describes the ways in which GRR! uses, discloses, and collects information from or about you through grrnow.org and all other Online Services that link to this policy. Please be aware that your use of the Online Services is not guaranteed to be anonymous (unless specifically stated), and Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights may collect, use, and disclose information about your use of the Online Services as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
For your convenience, we present below important highlights of the Privacy Policy, which briefly summarize: (1) how we use your information, (2) to whom we disclose your information, (3) how we collect information from or about you through the Online Services, (4) the choices you have with regard to the information we collect, and (5) how you may contact us. The full Privacy Policy governing our data practices follows the highlights section. We encourage you to read the full privacy policy carefully to understand how we will treat your information.
PRIVACY POLICY HIGHLIGHTS
We collect from or about you through the Online Services for a number of purposes, including, but not limited to:
- providing you with products, services, or information you request;
- processing any transactions you have authorized;
- following up on services or information we provided to you;
- contacting you about fundraising campaigns or advocacy efforts;
- delivering advertisements targeted to your interests;
- conducting research;
- promoting GRR! programs, services, or products.
- processing an employment, internship, or volunteer application;
- providing you with information about the Online Services or required notices;
- allowing us to improve the Online Services and the services we provide;
- generating and analyzing statistics about your use of the Online Services; and
- detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our Terms of Use, violations of law, or other misuses of the Online Services.
We also may combine or aggregate any of the information we collect through the Online Services or elsewhere for any of these purposes, including for the delivery of Targeted Advertisements.
To further demonstrate how we may use the information we collect from or about you through Online Services, we provide the following examples:
- If you make a donation via the Online Services, your information will be added to one or more of our supporter lists and databases, and you may be contacted about other GRR! activities, news, and/or fundraising campaigns.
- If you join or opt-in to our activist network, you will receive informational updates and action alerts about reproductive health and rights issues. In addition, your information will be added to one or more of our supporter lists and databases, and you may be contacted about other GRR! activities, news, and/or fundraising campaigns.
We may disclose the information we collect from or about you through the Online Services:
to other organizations that work with us for the provision of co-branded communications about GRR! and those organizations’ products or services;
as required by law;
when required to protect our rights or your safety or the safety of others, or to detect, prevent, or respond to misuse of the Online Services; and
to the extent reasonably necessary to proceed with the negotiation or completion of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets.
In addition, we may share de-identified information, such as reports on user demographics and traffic patterns, with third parties, including researchers.
We and our service providers collect information that you provide when you use the Online Services, including, but not limited to when you:
create an account;
make a donation;
contribute content to the Online Services;
use interactive features on the Online Services (e.g., tools, apps, or the chat feature);
make a purchase;
sign an online petition;
apply for a job or for a volunteer or internship opportunity;
sign up to receive updates and other communications from GRR!;
enter a contest, sweepstakes, or promotion;
participate in polls or surveys; or
otherwise contact us with a question, comment, or request.
The information that you provide us can include, but is not limited to:
your name;
your photograph;
your contact information;
your account information;
demographic information such as your age, gender, and ethnicity;
transaction-related information, such as credit card information;
information you provide when submitting an employment/volunteer application; and
information you provide when you request information or contact us.
We and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer or mobile device over time and across different websites when you use the Online Services using cookies or similar technologies, such as your Internet Protocol address, your browser type, your operating system, the pages you view on the Online Services, etc. This information allows us and our service providers to recognize you and personalize your experience if you return to the Online Services, to improve the Online Services and the services we provide, and to provide you with advertisements targeted to your interests.
You have control over your own privacy. Think carefully before providing any personal or financial information online.
Information Automatically Collected From You – We and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer or mobile device over time and across different websites when you use the Online Services, such as your Internet Protocol address, your geographic location, your browser type, your operating system, the pages you view on the Online Services, the pages you view immediately before and after you access the Online Services, and the search terms you enter on the Online Services. This information allows us and our service providers to recognize you and personalize your experience if you return to the Online Services, to improve the Online Services and the services we provide, and to provide you with Targeted Advertisements. We and our service providers may collect this information using “cookies,” which are small text files that many websites save on your computer when you visit and access when you return, or similar technologies. We also collect this information by setting a unique anonymous identifier called User ID, set by Universal Google Analytics. User ID helps identify unique users across multiple devices and browsers. Clearing your cookies does not ensure that you will not be recognized as the same unique visitor even after you cleared them. Website visitors who do not want their data collected with Google Analytics in this way can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
If you are accessing this website from a country in the European Union, please note that this website and the information contained in it are not provided for or directed to you.
Online advertisements
Our third-party advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies on the Online Services and on third-party websites on which our ads appear, which allow the advertising partners to track certain information about user behavior, such as “click-stream data.” The information practices of these advertising partners are governed by their own privacy policies and are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
How is your information secured?
We strive to maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to safeguard the information collected through the Online Services. However, no information system can be 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to the Online Services over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks. If you have concerns about the security of sensitive information, do not send it electronically.
Your choices
If you do not want the Online Services to collect information through the use of cookies, you can set your web browser to reject cookies from the Online Services. Each browser is different, so you should check your browser’s “Help” menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you reject or block cookies from the Online Services, however, the Online Services may not function as intended.
In addition to the records left on your computer by cookies, your browser and operating system contain other records of your web browsing and other actions (e.g., browser history). As with cookies, you can find information about how to clear these history trails in your browser’s “Help” menu.
We do not currently respond to web browser “do not track” signals. If we do so in the future, we will describe how we do so in this Privacy Policy. For more information about do not track, visit www.allaboutdnt.org.
If you wish to review the contact information we have on file for you, correct your contact information, or inform us how you wish your contact information to be used, please contact our staff using the contact information below.
To opt-out of Google Analytics for the web, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page and install the add-on for your browser.
GDPR Compliance
Facebook Comments
We embed the Facebook Comments plugin to allow you to leave a comment on our website using your Facebook account. This plugin may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the commenting interface, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the interface (such as “liking” someone’s comment, replying to other comments) if you are logged into Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update
Changes to this Privacy Policy
If we update this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting a new Privacy Policy on this page. If we make any revisions that materially change the ways in which we use or disclose the information previously collected from you through the Online Services, we will give you the opportunity to consent to such changes before applying them to that information.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about our data practices regarding the information we collect through the Online Services, please contact us at:
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!)
Po Box 950
Bath, ME 04530
info@grrnow.org
This privacy policy was last updated on October 23, 2020.