Thank you for choosing to be a part of World Childrens Fund. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a donation from https://wcf-intl.org/site/donate-to-wcf (the “Site”).
If there are terms in our privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our website.

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

 

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • "Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Please be aware the disabling cookies impacts Site functionality.
  • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you make a donation through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, payment information (including credit card numbers) email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information."
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

 

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill and to process your payment information, and provide you with confirmation of donation. Additionally, we use this Order Information to: Communicate with you; Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how visitors to our Site browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

 

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers/donors use the Site-- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https:// www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights. As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding- online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

 

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

 

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
However, World Children's Fund is not targeting European residents in our USA fundraising efforts. If you are a European resident we note that we may process your information in order to fulfill requests from you, (for example if you sign up to receive updates about WCF humanitarian missions), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

 

DATA RETENTION

When you make a donation through the Site, we will maintain your donation Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

 

MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.

 

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

 

World Children’s Fund Use of funds and names Policy

In rare cases when a particular need is met or project is terminated, our board will apply donation funds where needed most. The names and circumstances related to children described herein, including fundraising campaigns, digital media, newsletters and websites have been changed to protect their identity.

 

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices and use policies, or if you have questions, or concerns, please contact us by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..