Privacy Policy
Greenbelt respects your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it. The following policy presents an overview of how we collect, store and manage your private information.
Collection and Storage of Personal Information
Greenbelt collects information that is necessary for becoming an active member, including full name, address, phone number and email address. Donor information is stored in a password-protected database.
Use of Personal Information
Personal information is used primarily for purposes related to membership. We use mailing addresses to send information related to Greenbelt events or your membership status.
Greenbelt never rents or sells member information. Occasionally Greenbelt will participate in a list exchange program with other nonprofit organizations. Only name and address information is exchanged. If you do not wish to be included in a list exchange, please notify us and we will honor your request.
If you provide an email address it will be added to our listserv. The listserv is managed in-house and we never exchange, rent or sell email addresses. If you do not wish to be on the listserv, please notify us and we will honor your request.
Greenbelt publishes the names and membership levels of donors in our Annual Report. The Annual Report is distributed to all members of the organization. If you wish to be anonymous in the listing, please notify us and we will honor your request.
Profile Updates
If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally indentifiable information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings.
Credit Card Security
We use outside credit card processing companies to process online credit card transactions for goods and donations. These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.Online transactions made via credit card are encrypted via SSL (secure socket layer) technology.
Cookies and Aggregate Information
Our website uses a technology called a "cookie". The cookie is a small piece of information that is temporarily stored on your computer. When you return to our site, your web browser passes the cookie from your computer back to our website. Cookies recall information you entered before so you don't have to reenter it again, keep track of items you put into your shopping cart, tell us what pages on the site you previously visited, and help us determine whether you came to the site from a particular internet link.At no time will the cookie reveal to others any personal information about you, including your name, address, or e-mail addresseven if you have submitted this information to other areas of the site.
Our website automatically logs information such as IP address and browser type of all visitors in order to measure the usage of our website. We use this information to analyze how visitors use our site, which helps us improve our visitors’ experience.
Service Providers
Service providers have access to your personal data only to perform their tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Visitors may block Google Analytics entirely using browser features or privacy software.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.
Stripe
We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects transaction and personally identifying information, which it analyzes and uses to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. Learn more about Stripe’s privacy policies.
Mailchimp
Mailchimp is the email delivery provider we use to send you notifications and email marketing that you have subscribed to receive. Mailchimp is a service of Intuit. For more information on the privacy practices of Intuit, please visit the Intuit Global Privacy Statement.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Questions and Comments
Greenbelt is committed to keeping your information private. If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy please contact us at 978-768-7241 or email ecga@ecga.org.