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Hackers for Change Privacy Policy 

Effective February 4, 2021. Last Revised February 2, 2021.

Revisions: Feb. 2, 2021

Hackers for Change ("Hackers for Change", "we", or "us") is transparent about sharing what information we collect from you; how and why we collect it, what its uses are, and how this information is shared when using either our sites, or services (collectively, the "Services").

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What We Collect

Information You Provide Us

This is information that you directly provide when you use our Services. This includes:

Contact Information

In order to submit any form on our site, we require you to provide an email address. In addition, for the charity registration form and the volunteer registration form we require you to provide your name.

Content You Submit

In order to submit any form our site, we may require you to provide additional information. All of the required information fields are indicated.

Information Collected from Other Sources

This is information that we may receive about you from other sources, including third parties. For example, we may receive log and usage data through Wix.com Ltd. Hackers for Change also uses Google Analytics to collect traffic information on our site. You can learn more about how to opt out of Google Analytics collection through their help page.

Usage Data

When you are using our site, usage data may be collected through the third-party website creation service owned by Wix.com Ltd. that hosts the site. You can find their terms of use here.

Location Information

When you are using our site, information data may be collected through the third-party website creation service such as Wix.com Ltd. or Google Analytics. This information may derive a general location based off of IP address.

How We Use Information

The information that we collect from you is used to:

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  • Help better understand your needs prior to returning communications.

  • Monitor and analyze trends regarding our Services.

  • Optimize our marketing to better reach individuals who can make use of our Service.

How We Protect Your Information

Hackers for Change takes measures to ensure that your information is protected from disclosure, loss, misuse, theft, and access that is unauthorized. This is done through measures such as enforcing internal administrative access control that limits employee access to any nonpublic personal information.

Your Choices

You can choose how to protect and limit the collection of information when you use our Services in several ways.

Accessing and Changing Your Information

You can personally request, through our provided contact information, to access and change the information that is maintained on you when you use our Services. This should be done through the email address used for form submission.

Deleting Your Information

You can additionally request, through our provided contact information, to have any information that we maintain on you to be deleted. This should be done through the email address used for form submission.

Your Rights

Data Subject and Consumer Information Requests

All requests for a copy of what information Hackers for Change may have on you can be submitted through our provided contact email address. This includes, but is not limited to, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data subject access requests and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) consumer information requests. Hackers for Change is a registered Canadian not-for-profit organization, and we abide with PIPEDA.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Hackers for Change may choose to change this Privacy Policy every so often. Upon a change, we will update the Last Revised date at the top of this page. We encourage users that use the Services offered by Hackers for Change to review our Privacy Policy when they use our Services to remain informed about our information practices.

Contact Us

Please follow the steps in the relevant sections above to send a GDPR data subject request or CCPA consumer request. For any other questions about the Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@hackerforchange.com

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