Privacy Notice
Effective Date: July 1, 2025
The Wildlife Heritage Foundation ("WHF," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website (the "Site") and interact with our services.
Information We Collect
We collect information from you in several ways:
- Information You Provide Directly:
- When you donate, volunteer, sign up for our newsletter, or contact us, we collect information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and payment information.
- If you apply for a job or internship, we collect information you provide in your application materials.
- Information Collected Automatically:
- When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
- Information Collected by Third-Party Vendors:
- Our third-party payment processors collect payment information when you make a donation.
- We may use third-party analytics tools that collect information about your interactions with our Site.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To process donations and provide donation receipts.
- To communicate with you about our programs, events, and fundraising efforts.
- To process volunteer applications and coordinate volunteer activities.
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- To improve our Site and services.
- To comply with legal obligations.
Information Sharing
We may share your information with:
- Third-Party Service Providers: We share information with vendors who provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, email marketing, and website analytics.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights.
- With your consent: We may share your data with other third parties when we have your permission.
Your Choices
- Email Communications: You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in the email.
- Access and Correction: You may request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission is completely secure.
Children's Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete it.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Wildlife Heritage Foundation
563 2nd Street, Suite 120
Lincoln, CA 95648
(916) 434-2759
Privacy Rights
WHF is committed to your privacy, and we acknowledge individual privacy rights, including the rights to:
- Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
- Request deletion of their personal information.
- Opt-out of the sale of their personal information (we do not sell personal information).
- Non-discrimination.
WHF endeavors to honor your privacy rights. To request WHF’s assistance to exercise these rights please contact us using the contact information above.
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name | Yes |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | Yes |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | Gender and date of birth | No |
| D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | Yes |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | No |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements | Yes |
| G. Geolocation data | Device location | Yes |
| H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities | No |
| I. Professional or employment-related information | Business contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us | No |
| J. Education Information | Student records and directory information | No |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information | Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics | No |
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
- Receiving help through our customer support channels;
- Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
How do we use and share your personal information?
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at info@wildlifeheritage.org, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
Wildlife Heritage Foundation has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. Wildlife Heritage Foundation will not sell personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
- whether we collect and use your personal information;
- the categories of personal information that we collect;
- the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
- whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
- the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
- the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
- the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
- You may object to the processing of your personal information.
- You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information.
- You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
- You may request to opt out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at info@wildlifeheritage.org, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@wildlifeheritage.org or by post to:
Wildlife Heritage Foundation
563 Second Street Suite 120
Lincoln, CA 95648
United States
13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking here.
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