Effective Date: 10/25/2025
This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information we receive from users of our website, https://projectleighthouse.org. By visiting our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Direct Personal Information and Your Privacy
This website provides information about our mission and accepts donations via a third-party service.
While we do not have user accounts or a general mailing list, we do offer two ways for you to submit personal information directly to us: a Contact Form and a Volunteer Form.
- If you use these forms, you provide us with information like your name, email address, and/or phone number so that we can contact you back regarding your inquiry or interest in volunteering.
Our Commitment to Your Data:
We will never sell or rent any personal information you provide to us through these forms or any other means.
Upon request, we will promptly remove your information from our records. To request removal, please use the contact information provided on our website.
- No Personal Financial Information: We do not collect or store any of your financial information, such as credit card numbers or bank account details. All donations are processed through our payment partner, Givebutter.
Third-party information collection via Givebutter
To make a donation, you will be redirected to the Givebutter platform. Please note the following regarding your interaction with Givebutter:
- Information Collected by Givebutter: When you donate, you provide your information directly to Givebutter. This typically includes your name, email address, payment information, and possibly your billing and mailing addresses, as well as any messages you choose to include with your donation.
- Givebutter’s Privacy Policy: We encourage you to review Givebutter’s own privacy policy to understand how they collect, store, and protect your data. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Givebutter or any other third-party websites.
- Disclosure of Donor Information: Givebutter may provide your donor information to our organization to allow us to process and acknowledge your donation and for our internal record-keeping. We will handle this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy and for the sole purpose of managing and acknowledging your donation.
Automatically collected non-personal information
When you visit our website, certain non-personal information is automatically logged by our servers. This information helps us understand how visitors use our site and improve its functionality. This data is aggregated and does not personally identify you.
- Usage Data: Our web server may automatically record non-personal information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website. This data may include information such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages.
- Cookies: Like many sites, we may use “cookies,” or small data files, to collect general, non-personal information. These are used to help us analyze website traffic and remember user preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of our site may not function properly.
- Third-Party Analytics: We may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help analyze how users interact with our site. These services may collect non-personal information like your IP address. We use this information in an aggregated, non-personally identifiable form. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is governed by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.
Data Security
We are committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. We implement reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. Specifically:
- All data submitted through our forms (Contact and Volunteer) uses Jotform services and is transmitted using 256 Bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption using a SHA256 Certificate. Please see Jotform’s security policy page for more detailed information.
- All information is stored on secure servers with access limited to authorized personnel.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers promptly.
Links to other sites
Our website contains links to other sites, most notably Givebutter. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that we do not operate these external sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
Changes to this privacy policy
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
- privacy@syzygos.org