Our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the ways in which Reproductive Equity Now and Reproductive Equity Now Foundation (together, “REN”) collects, uses, and shares information collected about you, including through our website at https://reproequitynow.org/ (the “Site”) or from other sources such as through your attendance or interest in an event sponsored or attended by us (“Event”).
This Privacy Policy is provided subject to our Terms & Conditions. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites to which we link or other entities sponsoring or involved with any Event.
The Site is operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, you should be aware that we will collect, process, and maintain your information in the United States. By using the Site, accessing the Site, or providing any information to us or through the Site, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States, which may not offer the same level of privacy protection that would be required in your home country, and to the processing and maintaining of that information as described in this Privacy Policy. You understand and expressly consent that data stored in the United States may be subject to lawful requests by the courts or law enforcement authorities in the United States. If you do not consent to the storage of your Personal Information (see definition under Information Collection below) in the United States, and that your information is subject to the laws of the United States, do not provide us with any of your Personal Information.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
We collect personal information when you wish to use certain features of the Site, such as signing up to receive information from us, accessing resources, or through Event attendance. When you choose to use these features, we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, and mailing address, and ask you to provide your phone number, which is voluntary, (“Personal Information”). To make a donation through the Site, you will be required to provide Personal Information necessary to confirm your identity and fulfill the payment transaction.
REN may also acquire lists of email addresses from third party providers, and as a result, we may contact you via email with information relating to us and our mission.
In addition, through the Site, we may automatically gather certain information about the use of the Site, such as how frequently certain areas of the Site are visited, including through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies. See our Cookies section.
COOKIES
We employ first party cookies that are essential, functional, and analytics. These include session cookies and may include permanent cookies. We use essential and functional cookies to perform essential functions such as remembering your navigation preferences relating to the Site.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (such as Safari, Chrome, or Firefox) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookie settings. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services may not function properly. For more information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org/.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In addition to fulfilling your donation requests and responding when you contact us, we may use Personal Information for the following general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain information and services offered through the Site, to send users updates or other general information about REN and REN’s activities, to respond to any questions, comments, or feedback you submit; for internal record keeping and records retention requirements; where necessary as part of any restructuring of our organization; to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements; to address legal claims and related administrative activities; to enforce our rights; and as required or permitted by law enforcement, other government agency requests or court orders.
We use third party service providers to process donations made through our Site. When you make a donation or use any resources provided through our Site, our service providers, including payment service providers, will receive Personal Information that you provide. We do not receive any credit card or payment information that you provide in connection with your donations. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of our third party service providers when indicated so you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by these providers. We will use your Personal Information only as provided in this Privacy Policy.
We may use non-personally identifiable information in the aggregate so that we can improve the Site and the resources that we offer. We may use or share such aggregated de-identified data with third parties for any purpose. We do not sell your Personal Information.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
REN takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, REN cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use commercially reasonable efforts to be sure that our service providers agree to protect Personal Information that they must access in order to provide us with services. Internally, we limit access to Personal Information to only those employees who need that information to do their jobs.
DISCLOSURE
Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information to others. We may permit certain trusted partners to access your information in connection with their performance of services to us, to maintain and operate the Site, or to process your requests to us. We may also share your Personal Information with co-sponsors of Events and with providers of resources made available through our Site. We do not otherwise disclose any Personal Information or any information about your individual visits to our Site except when we believe in good faith (i) that the law, a court order, or a subpoena requires such disclosure or (ii) that such disclosure is necessary to protect the security of the Site; to enforce or apply our online Terms of Use or other agreements; to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of REN or others.
We may use or share aggregated de-identified data with third parties for any purpose.
We may decide, for strategic or other reasons, to sell, merge, or otherwise transfer our business or the assets thereof. A transaction of this type may involve the disclosure of Personal Information to prospective purchasers, successors, or other transferees. In such cases, we will take reasonable measures to protect the Personal Information we disclose, for example, by requiring the prospective purchaser, successor, or other transferee to sign a non-disclosure agreement limiting the use and protecting the confidentiality of the Personal Information.
Your Personal Information may be transferred to a successor organization if, for example, we transfer the ownership or operation of this Site to another organization or if we merge with another organization or if we sell or otherwise transfer our assets to another organization, whether voluntarily or through insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings. If such a transfer occurs, the successor organization will acquire our rights to use your Personal Information, but the successor organization’s use of your Personal Information will still be subject to this Privacy Policy and the privacy preferences you have expressed to us.
Except as otherwise stated above, we will not publish or provide your e-mail address or other Personal Information to third parties without your consent.
RETENTION
We may retain your Personal Information and any anonymized information, as well as any other information, in our databases and systems, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Even so, we have no obligation to you to retain any information about you.
You agree that we are not liable to you in any way for removing, retaining, or failing to remove or retain any of your information or content and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive all claims against us and release us from all liability in connection with any of our acts or omissions in regard to your information and content.
We will retain your Personal Information for a period of time reasonably related to the purpose for which it was collected.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
The Site may provide links to other sites or resources we think may be of interest to you. A link to another site or a reference to any resource or event does not imply an endorsement of the site's, resource’s, or event’s content or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of sites not owned by REN or by any third party. We encourage you to be aware of that when you leave the Site and to read privacy statements at any sites that collect personally identifiable data.
UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PREFERENCES; OPTING OUT
If you have provided us with Personal Information and would like to change, correct, request access to or delete your Personal Information or update or cancel your registration, you may do so by emailing us at info@reproequitynow.org. In addition, you may opt out of receiving any or all communications from us by emailing us at info@reproequitynow.org or by using the “unsubscribe” link that appears in e-mails received from us.
Some states have adopted laws granting you specific rights to change, correct, request access to or delete your Personal Information. We will grant your request and comply with your rights as required by law, but you should note that in many situations we must keep your Personal Information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another one of our legitimate business purposes.
We will retain your Personal Information in accordance with applicable law for a reasonable period of time related the reason for which we collected it and in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
You will not be subject to discrimination as a result of exercising your rights described in this Privacy Policy. In some cases, when you exercise one of your rights, we will be unable to comply with the request due to our legal obligations or otherwise, or we will be unable to provide you certain products or services. These responses are not discrimination and our reasons for declining your request or ceasing services will be provided at that time.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a legally allowable request on your behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must mail to us a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government issued identification, and the authorized agent’s valid government issued identification. We have the right to assess the validity of the authorization and to request any reasonable further assurances.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy for the Site at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site and use reasonable efforts to notify you so that you will know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. Please check periodically to keep informed of any changes. If we materially change this Privacy Policy, the new terms will apply only to (i) Personal Information and other information provided under a prior version of the Privacy Policy by users who affirmatively consent to the new terms and (ii) Personal Information and other information provided after this Privacy Policy has been amended. In other words, your continued use of this Site after we have posted the revised Privacy Policy constitutes your agreement to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy on a prospective basis, but we will honor the terms that were in effect when we gathered data from you.
CHILDREN
The Site is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not solicit or knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 16. We encourage families to obtain additional information about safe use of the Internet at http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/kids-online-safety.
CONTACT INFORMATION
In addition to any of the contact instructions provided in this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the information provided below. We may ask you for additional information to verify your identity.
Reproductive Equity Now
70 Franklin Street
5th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
email: info@reproequitynow.org