Website Privacy Policy for the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village
Last updated: February 3, 2025
The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate you trusting that we will do so carefully and sensibly.
The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Inc. (ASYV, we, or us) is providing this privacy policy (the Website Privacy Policy) to describe how we collect, use, and disclose personal information obtained through our website at www.asyv.org and any other websites operated by us that link to this Website Privacy Policy (collectively, Website).
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information from visitors to our Website, including personal information. We may collect personal information from you when you visit our Website, make a donation, register for our events or programs, submit inquiries or request information from us, apply for job openings or volunteering positions, or otherwise contact or communicate with us. We also may receive information from other sources, such as publicly available databases and third- party service providers.
Personal Information:
“Personal information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. When you use our Website, we may collect personal information, such as:
Your name;
Your contact details, such as your email address, mailing address, and/or telephone number;
Records of communications with you, such as receiving and responding to your online questions or feedback;
Demographic characteristics, such as age and/or gender;
Donation information, such as donation history, frequency, and amount of donations;
Registration information, such as for events and trips organized by ASYV, which may include travel and passport details, immunization/vaccination data, and relevant health- related details (such as allergies, dietary restrictions, or medical conditions); and
Transaction information associated with donations.
Usage and Device Data:
As you use our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about the device you are using, such as your device’s IP address, browser type, operating system, language settings, and the name of your internet service provider. We also may collect information about your use of our Website, such as the website from which you navigated to our Website, the date and time you use our Website, the pages you view, clickstream data, usage data, and any resources you access, download, and use on our Website. This information helps us measure traffic to our Website, analyze usage patterns, improve our Website, and deliver a more personalized experience on our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers allow you to decline cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. If you disable or refuse cookies, some features of our Website may not be accessible or may not function properly. As there is no uniform industry standard for responding to do-not-track signals, we do not currently respond to browser do-not-track signals.
Pixel tags. Portions of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as pixel tags (also referred to as web beacons clear gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Analytics. Our Website may use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics, which use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of our Website and report on activities and trends. These analytics tools may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google Analytics by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can exercise the opt-out provided by Google by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. When this information constitutes personal information, or if we combine it with personal information, we may use and disclose it for the purposes for which we use and disclose personal information as detailed in this Website Privacy Policy. When this information does not constitute personal information, we may use and disclose it for any purpose, in accordance with applicable law.
How We Use Personal Information
We use personal information we collect about you for a number of purposes, such as:
Providing our Website and its contents to you, such as to maintain and operate our Website, track service and quality issues, communicate with you, and authenticate users of our Website;
Fulfilling your requests, such as when you submit a request or inquiry to us through our Website;
Sending you administrative information, such as updates to our terms or policies;
Sending you emails or other promotional materials about our events, programs, or services consistent with your choices;
Enabling you to participate in our events, programs, or services;
Providing you with a personalized experience, such as to understand your interests and preferences in order to personalize our interactions with you, or to provide you with content tailored to your interests;
For our own purposes, such as maintaining and improving our Website, improving our events, programs, and services, developing new events, programs, and services, analyzing usage trends, and assessing the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns; and
For legal, safety, or security reasons, such as to comply with legal requirements, prevent and detect fraud or misuse of our Website, or to protect the safety, property, or rights of the ASYV, donors, or others.
We also may generate de-identified or aggregated data, which we may use and disclose for any purpose.
How We Disclose Personal Information
We may disclose the information we collect about you:
To our subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities for the purposes described in this Website Privacy Policy;
To vendors, contractors, or service providers, to facilitate the services they provide to us.
These can include providers of services such as website hosting, data analysis, fraud prevention, information technology, marketing delivery, and other services;
To government authorities, law enforcement, or other third parties for legal, security, or safety purposes, such as to comply with legal requirements, to enforce or apply our terms of service and other agreements, and to protect our rights and the property or safety of our users or third parties;
With your consent, where applicable; and
With a third party in connection with a sale of business or assets, in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our organization, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
Your Privacy Rights and Choices
If you would like to update the personal information you have provided to us, please send us your request using the contact details in the Contact Information section below.
If you would like to opt out of receiving marketing emails from us, you may opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in each of our marketing emails. Opting out of marketing emails will not affect our ability to send you administrative or transactional messages.
Retention
We retain personal information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
Security
We have implemented measures designed to protect personal information within our organization.
Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately using the contact details in the Contact Information section below.
Third Party Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies to deliver advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to visitors to our Website. These advertising companies may deliver advertisements to you based on information relating to your access to and use of our Website and other websites or online services on any of your devices, as well as on information received from third parties. These advertising companies place or recognize a unique cookie, pixel tag, or similar tracking technology on your browser. They also use these technologies, along with information they collect about your online use, to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile phone and a laptop. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control how these third parties collect or use your information. However, these third parties may provide you with choices over this type of collection or use of your information. If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn about your choices in connection with it, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.aspOpen and http://www.aboutads.info/Open.
Third-Party Services
This Website Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Website links. The inclusion of a link on our Website does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates. When you make a donation through our Website, we utilize third-party payment processors to manage and administer the payment process. When you make donations to us, the processing of payment information is governed by the respective payment processor’s privacy policy.
Minors
Our Website is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13) and we do not knowingly collect personal information through our Website from individuals under that age.
Jurisdictional Issues
Your personal information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that differ from those of your country.
Changes to This Website Privacy Policy
This Website Privacy Policy is effective as of the date it was last updated, which is identified at the top of this page.
From time to time, we may make changes to this Website Privacy Policy. When we do so, we will post those changes to our Website. We encourage you to periodically check our Website to learn about the information we collect, use, and disclose.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Website Privacy Policy, please contact us using the information here:
631-317-1763
234 5th Avenue
5th Floor, Suite 508
New York, NY 10001