Privacy policy.
Climate Changemakers, Inc. is firmly committed to protecting the privacy and security of the data of its volunteers, donors, and website visitors. We want you to understand how we collect and use information from our website so you can interact with us with confidence as we take productive, political action to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
Our Privacy Policy details what information we collect, how it is used, and how your privacy rights protect you. By using our website at https://www.climatechangemakers.org/ (the “Website”) and our related applications (the “Apps” and together with the Website, the “Sites”), you accept and agree to the practices this Privacy Policy describes.
How We Collect Personal Information
We mostly collect Personal Data directly from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you:
submit a form on our Sites;
contact us with inquiries;
sign up to receive communications;
communicate in our organizing platform or event platform;
provide a testimonial;
register for any events, including our Hour of Action;
participate in a climate action event or otherwise use our resources or tools; or
make a donation.
We may collect:
Details of your visits to our Sites and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, including your IP address, browser type, the date and time you accessed or left the Sites, and which pages you viewed. Some parts of our Websites use cookies and other technologies to collect this information about your general internet usage. See the section below called “How We Use Cookies” to learn more.
We may aggregate your personal information with information about actions you took, including contacting members of Congress, events you attend, and survey responses to create a User Record.
Information We Do Not Collect
We will not ask for information about your race or ethnicity, partisan affiliation, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, trade union membership, health or genetic or biometric data, nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses, except where the processing is required or permitted by applicable law, or we have obtained your prior explicit consent.
How We Use Cookies and Pixel Tags
A “cookie” is a small computer file that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Keep in mind, however, that some website features or services may not function properly without cookies.
A pixel tag is a type of technology placed on a website or within the body of an email for the purpose of tracking activity on websites, or when emails are opened or accessed, and is often used in combination with cookies.
“Do Not Track” Requests
Our Sites currently do not respond to “do not track” or similar signals.
Why We Collect Personal Information
Climate Changemakers is all about collective climate action. Organizing effective collective action requires coordination and communication. We collect information about you that enables us to communicate effectively, cultivate an empowered and healthy community, promote our actions, optimize our campaigns, and maximize our collective impact and the impact of the broader climate movement. That’s it. We don’t collect or process any information that is not in pursuit of those goals.
We use the information we collect from you primarily to enable us to provide you with information about our work in the best possible manner. In addition, your information may be used to inform change-making strategies and to administer our Sites, including by monitoring and analyzing our Sites traffic and usage patterns.
Security
We use commercially suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our Site. These procedures include, but are not limited to, firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection, and Site monitoring. However, no data protection procedures are entirely infallible. As a result, while we strive to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that it will be 100% secure. Your transmission of your data to our Site thus is done entirely at your own risk.
Sharing Your Information
In support of the following objectives, we may share your personal information with trusted third parties, affiliates, or other organizations we partner with (collectively, “Partners”) to:
Send our calls to action and weekly newsletters;
Coordinate our meetings and collaborative efforts;
Assist us in graciously accepting any online donations that support our cause;
Allow you to reach out to your local elected representatives and rally more support for a stronger commitment to climate action; and
Compile data on action and attendance from the users of our Sites.
Partners have access to personal information as needed to perform their functions, but they are not allowed to use it for other purposes without our consent. When you provide us with personal information we also may use and share your personal information to contact you, including via email, to thank you for providing your information, to conduct questionnaires, or for other administrative purposes related to your visit. We may share your information with our Volunteer Leaders to allow them to communicate with you about our initiatives. Please see the section titled “Communications” below to learn more.
From time to time, we may share anonymized or aggregated data with third parties to further support our mission.
Other Circumstances: We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to:
comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process (such as a subpoena), or enforceable government request;
enforce Community Guidelines;
detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; and
protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of Climate Changemakers our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.
Third Party Websites and Social Media Features
Our Sites may contain links to other sites, including those of third parties or partners. While we seek to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices other websites use. By accessing other third party websites or applications through our Sites, you are consenting to the terms and privacy policies of those websites. It is possible that other parties may collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different web sites when you use our Sites.
Communications
From time to time, we may directly contact you to provide information about our organization, ask for your opinions on an issue, or engage you in other ways. If you wish to stop receiving these emails or if you have any questions or concerns, please contact Madeline Dyke at info@climatechangemakers.org.
Donations
We are extremely grateful for any donations. When you visit the “Donate” page on our Site, you will be taken to the website of one of our third-party service providers. The service provider will either collect or have access to your first and last name, zip code, postal address, email address, donation amount, billing information, and payment card information.
International Visitors
Our Sites are hosted and operated in the United States (“US”) and elsewhere in the world. By using these Sites, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to the US. If you are accessing our Sites from outside the US, please be advised that US law may not offer the same privacy protections as the law of your jurisdiction.
Review and Correction of Your Information
You may review and edit the information we collected about you at any time by emailing us at info@climatechangemakers.org. If your information has been shared with a third party, as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, then that third party has received its own copy of your data. If you have been contacted by one of these third parties and wish to correct or delete your information, please contact them directly.
California Privacy Rights
California law allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have an established business relationship to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We do not share any California consumer personal information with third parties for marketing purposes without consent.
California users who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices may email us at info@climatechangemakers.org.
Users Only of Legal Age of Majority
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years old. If you are under 13 years old, do not use or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
European Union Privacy Rights
For our European external contacts, we abide by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR provides a framework for organizations to ensure protection of the personal information of European citizens and gives European citizens certain rights.
Legal Basis for Processing
If you are an individual located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, our legal basis for processing your personal information will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which it is collected. However, we will normally collect or process personal information from you only where:
We have your consent to do so;
We need the personal information to perform a contract with you (e.g. to deliver services); or
The party is in our or a third party’s legitimate interests (and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms).
In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to process personal information from you, or may need the personal information to protect your vital interest or those of another person.
Where we rely on your consent to process the personal information, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time. Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as is needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Rights to Access and Control Your Personal Data
Individuals residing in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland have certain rights to access and control their personal data. These rights include:
the right to be informed;
the right of access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to object; and
rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
For a full list of rights, please visit https://www.eugdpr.org/
If you are in the EU, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to a supervisory authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you do so, so we ask that you email info@climatechangemakers.org.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy was last updated on June 24, 2024.
We update the Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it regularly. If we materially change our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by contacting you through your provided e-mail address or by posting a notice on our Sites. Your continued use of our Sites will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used in accordance with the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Sites and notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.
Contacting Us
We welcome any questions, comments, or complaints you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us by email at info@climatechangemakers.org.