Privacy Policy

Information You Provide Directly
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our website. This may include your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when submitted through our contact form; donation and payment information when you make a gift through our website; your name and email address when you sign up for our newsletter; and any other information you choose to share when reaching out to us.

Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited and time spent on each page, and general geographic location (city or region, not precise location).

We use this information to understand how visitors interact with our site, improve the user experience, and measure the effectiveness of our communications.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes: to process and acknowledge donations, to respond to inquiries submitted through our contact form, to send newsletters and updates you have opted into, to improve our website and the content we provide, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, and to further the charitable mission of the Piper G. Amundson Foundation.

We will never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us recognize returning visitors, remember preferences, and analyze website traffic.

Types of cookies we use:

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to functionproperly. Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our site (e.g., Google Analytics). Preference cookies remember your settings and choices.

You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. Disabling cookies may affect certain features of the website.

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the personal information we collect from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to access the personal data we hold about you, the right to request correction of inaccurate information, the right to request deletion of your data, and the right to opt out of marketing communications.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@piperfound.org. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

We may use third-party services to support the operation of our website and our mission. These may include payment processors for donation handling, email marketing platforms for newsletter distribution, website analytics tools, and social media platforms.

These third-party providers have their own privacy policies governing how they handle your data. We encourage you to review their policies. We only work with providers who maintain appropriate data protection practices.

If you subscribe to our newsletter or provide your email address through a contact form, we may send you periodic updates about Piper's Place, the Piper G. Amundson Foundation, events, and ways to support our mission.

Every email will include an option to unsubscribe. You may also contact us directly at hello@piperfound.org to request removal from our mailing list. We will honor all opt-out requests promptly.

When you make a donation through our website, your payment is processed by a third-party payment processor ([Insert processor name, e.g., Stripe, PayPal, or the platform used]). We do not store your credit card number or bank account details on our servers. Our payment processor handles your financial data in accordance with industry-standard security practices, including PCI-DSS compliance.

We do retain your name, email address, mailing address, and donation amount for the purposes of issuing tax receipts, donor acknowledgment, and internal record-keeping.

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at hello@piperfound.org.

Our website may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you visit through a link on our site.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. When we make changes, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us:
Piper G. Amundson Foundation
201 N McDowell St
PO Box #31661
Charlotte NC 28231
info@piperfound.org
piperfound.org