Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 5, 2018

1. Introduction.

This Website Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) shall govern Las Madrinas’s online information practices on the website located at https://lasmadrinas.org/, including all pages within this website (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”) owned by Las Madrinas.

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, TO OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND TO ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTION, USE AND SHARING PRACTICES DESCRIBED BELOW. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you many not access or otherwise use this Website.

You are encouraged to review the Website Terms of Conditions located at https://lasmadrinas.org/terms-and-conditions/ to fully understand the rules for using this Website.

2. Information Collected.

When you use this Website, contact us through the Website, or make a donation through the Website, we may collect personal information that you provide to us, such as your name, e-mail address, phone number, zip code, credit card or billing information (“Personal Information”).

3. Information Use.

Your Personal Information is used for the following uses:

Everyday business purposes of Las Madrinas;

To communicate with you about Las Madrinas events and fundraising, to provide you with updates about our work, for other informational purposes, and to solicit donations; and

To provide feedback to any information you have requested from Las Madrinas.

You may opt-out of receiving most email communications from us by contacting us through our “Contact Us” page.  However, we may continue to contact you via email for administrative or informational purposes, including regarding the administration of your account, and/or in relation to donations you have made or other transactions you have undertaken.

You may opt-out of receiving future solicitations from us by contacting us through our “Contact Us” page.

4. Information Sharing.

Las Madrinas will not share your Personal Information collected from you on the Website with third parties, except as described as below:

  • Third-Party Service Providers: Your Personal Information will not be shared with third parties unaffiliated with Las Madrinas, other than its services providers and professional advisors who are bound by privacy obligations, or used for any purpose other than as stated in this Privacy Policy.
  • Legal Obligations: Las Madrinas may share your Personal Information if it has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Las Madrinas; (iii) enforce this Privacy Policy or the Website Terms and Conditions; (iv) protect the interests of other users of the Website or any other person; or (v) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of the Website or equipment.
  • Other Members:  If you choose to become a Member of Las Madrinas, we may share information about you and your family with other Members.  We may share this information through our newsletter, event announcements or other communications sent to Members, and through the Members section of our Website.  Information we share with other Members may include:
    • Member contact information (name, address, telephone number and email address);
    • photos of Members and their families;
    • biographical and other information about Members, new Members, and their families.
  • You may opt out of having certain information shared with other Members.  To do so, please contact us through our “Contact Us” page.

Debutantes and Stags/Escorts.  If you choose to become a Las Madrinas Debutante, we may share information about you, including contact information, biographical information and pictures, with our Members and other Debutantes through the Members and Debutantes sections of our website.  If you choose to become a Las Madrinas Stag/Escort, we may share information about you, including contact information, biographical information and pictures, with our Members and other Stags/Escorts through the Members and Stag/Escort sections of our website.  You may opt out of having certain information shared with other Members, Debutantes and/or Stags/Escorts.  To do so, please contact us through our “Contact Us” page [link].

5. Online Donations.

When you make a donation by credit card, Las Madrinas processes credit card information through Banc of California that partners with a trusted third party services provider, Authorize.Net to process your online credit card payment information. Please review the privacy policies at the links below, as these terms govern personal information you provide in connection with a credit card donation, and may vary from that of this Privacy Policy.

Authorize.net: https://www.authorize.net/company/privacy/
Banc of California: https://bancofcal.com/privacy-policy/

Las Madrinas makes no representations or warranties concerning Banc of California’s and Authorize.Net’s privacy and security practices. The Las Madrinas Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of Banc of California and Authorize.Net and Las Madrinas does not have control over information submitted to them.

6. Security.

Las Madrinas strives to protect the Personal Information collected directly by the Website. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and thus Las Madrinas cannot ensure or warrant the absolute security of the information.

7. Cookies, Tracking and Response to Do-Not-Track Signals.

We use Google Analytics on the Website to collect usage data, to analyze how users use the Website and to improve the performance of the Website.  Google Analytics collects your IP address, and uses cookies (small text files placed on your computer to identify your computer and web browser) to track your usage of this site.

Google may track your online activities over time and across different web sites.  To learn more about the information Google collects through this Website, and how Google may use that information, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.  For

more information about how to opt out of having your information used by Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

In addition, you can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies, to indicate when a cookie is being sent, or to delete cookies.  The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies and how to disable existing cookies.  However, certain features of the Website may not work if you delete or disable cookies entirely.

This Website does not respond to web browser “do not track” signals.

8. Modification of the Privacy Policy.

Las Madrinas is permitted to revise this Privacy Policy at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Privacy Policy on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing use of this Website. Your continued use of the Website after any changes to this Privacy Policy are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.

9. Governing Law & Jurisdiction.

This Privacy Policy will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the  State

of California, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California for the resolution of any  disputes.

10. Questions.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact Las Madrinas through our “Contact Us” page.