1. What constitutes personal information?

“Donor personal information” is any information that identifies donors—such as their names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses.

2. WSF collects donor information in the following ways:

• WSF may collect donors’ names, mailing addresses and email addresses in response to inquiries from donors submitted on the website, in person, by phone or email.
• WSF may collect donors’ names, mailing addresses, email addresses and other contact information if they register for an event WSF organizes.
• WSF may collect donors’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, information, and billing addresses when donors contribute on the WSF website, over the phone or by mailing in a check.

3. WSF uses donor information in the following ways:

• WSF may use donor personal information to analyze overall giving patterns, make more accurate budget projections, understand donors’ interests in our mission, and update donors on the organization’s plans and activities. This information is shared on a confidential and need-to-know basis with staff, board members, volunteers, and consultants of WSF.
• WSF will use donor personal information, when necessary, to comply with the law (such as Internal Revenue Service requirements), when acting in good-faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of the law or to comply with legal processes required of WSF. WSF may also use donor personal information to protect and defend WSF’s rights.
• WSF may use donor personal information to act in urgent circumstances such as a security or medical emergency during donors’ international travel with WSF—to protect the personal safety of the donors and others.
• WSF will use donor personal information to protect against potential fraud. For example, WSF may verify with third parties the information collected while processing a gift, event registration or other donation. If a donor uses a credit or debit card on the WSF website, WSF may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that the card information and address matches the information that was supplied to WSF and that the card being used has not been reported lost or stolen.

4. Sharing of Your Personal Information and Protecting Your Privacy

WSF will never rent, trade, or sell donors’ e-mail addresses.

WSF will not send mailings to WSF donors on behalf of other organizations.

Donors have the right to remain anonymous. All requests for anonymity will be strictly honored.

Donors have the right, upon request, to promptly review any donor personal information that WSF has collected about them.

5. For Individuals Within the European Economic Area Only

WSF is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in and operated from Naperville, IL. While WSF has no presence in the European Economic Area (“EAA”), WSF may, from time to time, collect personal information from European individuals (“Data Subjects”).  That personal information will be maintained by WSF in the United States. WSF complies with all applicable data-protection laws, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Personal information that may be collected by us from a Data Subject in the EEA may include:

• Name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Contribution history

5.1. Lawful Grounds to Process and Obtain Consent. Data Subjects whose personal information is collected in the EEA may withdraw consent at any time where consent is the lawful basis for processing his/her information.  Should a data subject withdraw consent for processing or otherwise object to processing that impedes WSF’ ability to comply with applicable regulations, a Data Subject may be unable to make contributions to and engage in other interactions with WSF.

5.2. Data Subject’s Rights. All individuals whose personal information is held by WSF have the right to:

• Ask what information WSF holds about them and why.
• Ask for a copy of such information or access to such information.
• Be informed how to correct or keep that information up to date.
• Be informed on how WSF is meeting its data protection obligations.

• Furthermore, for data collected in the EEA, Data Subjects have the right to:
  • Ask for a copy of such information to be sent to a third party.
  • Ask for data to be erased if possible and when required under the GDPR.
  • Ask for processing of personal information to be restricted if possible and when required under GDPR.
  • Object to processing of personal information if possible and when required under GDPR; and
  • Contact a supervisory authority in the EEA to lodge a complaint regarding WSF’ processing of your personal data.

5.3. Automated Decision-Making. WSF does not engage in automated decision-making concerning Data Subjects.

5.4. Non-Disclosure of Information. WSF does not share any nonpublic personal information of Data Subjects with any third-party organizations for commercial purposes except as noted in this policy.

5.5. Security and Disposal of Information. WSF restricts access to nonpublic personal information to those employees who need to know such information. All electronic or computer files containing such information shall be secured and protected from access by unauthorized persons.  Electronic and paper records used for business purposes are not left in places where they are visible to unauthorized persons.  Data printouts and files are disposed of securely when no longer needed.

6. Revision of This Policy

WSF reserves the right to change this Donor Privacy Policy from time to time, without advance notice. Accordingly, we recommend that you check for updates to this Privacy Policy on an on-going basis. If we make any significant changes in the way we use your personal information, we will alert you by posting a prominent notice on our site.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Donor Privacy Policy, please contact:

Weiss Scholarship Foundation
415 W. Jackson Ave.

Naperville, IL  60540
Mobile: 1-630-248-5405
Phone: 212-792-2900
e-mail: brett@weissscholarshipfoundation.org