Privacy Policy
Our website address is: https://arkchicago.org.
The ARK Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to collection of information. By submitting your information to us or any of our staff, you consent to the terms and conditions of the policy and to our processing personal information for the purposes stated below.
Personal Information
“Personal Information” is information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, telephone number, and email address. We collect and store the personally identifiable information that you have provided us. Here are some examples of ways in which we may collect your information.
The above list provides a sample of personal information that may be collected by The ARK. From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
• We will not send you mailings on behalf of other organizations.
• We will collect payment information, billing address and other information necessary to process a donation.
• We will use your information to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of others.
Except as described in this Privacy Policy or at the time we request the information, we do not otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties. Further, The ARK will not sell or trade your personally identifiable information to any third parties.
In accordance with the regulations of our database, The ARK restricts access to personal information collected about you to our employees, our affiliates’ employees, and others who need to know that information to provide services to you. We maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information collected via our website, appeals, and other contacts. The ARK protects our donor database with various physical, technical and procedural measures and we restrict access to your information by unauthorized persons.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will note the last update at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. For changes to this policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information, we will obtain your consent before implementing the change by sending a notice to your primary email address and home address specified in our records and by placing a prominent notice on our website.
UPDATED 08/01/2020
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our financial and in-kind donors, whether the donation is made online, by mail, by phone, or by any other method. When you make a financial or in-kind donation, you provide your name, address, and other contact information, and in many cases, credit card data. We protect your information in a variety of ways, as described below.
UPDATED 01/01/2022