Legal

Privacy Policy

We take your privacy seriously. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Last updated: March 20, 2025

1. Overview

Good Green Foundation ("we," "us," or "our") operates a peer-to-peer fundraising platform available at goodgreenfoundation.org. Our mission is to connect people with causes that matter — helping individuals, families, and organizations raise funds for what they need most. This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we gather, why we gather it, and the steps we take to keep it safe.

Accessing or using the Good Green Foundation platform constitutes your acceptance of the practices described here. If any part of this policy is unacceptable to you, we ask that you refrain from using the platform until your concerns are resolved or you choose to discontinue use.

2. Information We Collect

We gather two broad categories of information: data you actively submit to us, and data generated passively as you navigate the platform.

Data you submit directly:

  • Full name, email address, phone number, and geographic location when you register or launch a campaign
  • Payment details for processing donations — card numbers are handled by our payment partners and never stored on our servers
  • Campaign materials such as titles, descriptions, images, and updates you publish
  • Correspondence with our support team, including inquiries and feedback

Data collected automatically:

  • Device and browser information (type, version, operating system)
  • IP address and approximate geographic region
  • Navigation activity including pages viewed, session duration, and feature interactions
  • Cookies and related tracking tools (detailed in Section 5 below)

3. How We Use Your Information

Every piece of data we collect serves a specific, legitimate purpose tied to running a transparent and trustworthy platform. We use your information to:

  • Set up and maintain your account and any campaigns you create
  • Securely process contributions and disbursements
  • Keep you informed about your campaigns, donations, and relevant platform changes
  • Send optional newsletters and impact stories (unsubscribe at any time from any email)
  • Identify, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
  • Analyze platform performance and continuously improve the user experience
  • Meet our obligations under applicable local, state, and federal laws

4. Sharing Your Data

Your personal data is not sold, rented, or traded to any third party — ever. We limit disclosure of your information to the following situations:

  • Operational partners: Vendors essential to platform operations (payment processors, cloud hosting, email delivery, and analytics) operate under binding data-protection agreements with us
  • Campaign organizers: When you contribute to a campaign, the organizer may see your name and donation amount unless you select the anonymous giving option at checkout
  • Legal obligations: We may disclose information when compelled by law, valid legal process, or to defend the safety and rights of our community
  • Organizational changes: Should Good Green Foundation undergo a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, user data may be part of the transferred assets, subject to the same privacy protections

5. Cookies

Good Green Foundation uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to make the platform work properly and to learn how it can be improved. Without cookies, features like staying logged in or remembering your cause preferences would not function.

The cookies we deploy fall into three categories:

  • Strictly necessary: These keep you authenticated and protect your session; the platform cannot operate without them
  • Performance and analytics: These track aggregate usage patterns so we can identify areas for improvement
  • Functionality: These store your personal preferences, such as display language or donation defaults

Your browser's settings let you view, limit, or delete cookies at any time. Be aware that blocking strictly necessary cookies will impair core platform functionality.

6. Security

Protecting your data is foundational to our mission of trustworthy giving. We safeguard your information through TLS/SSL encryption in transit, encrypted storage at rest, access controls limiting internal data exposure, and scheduled third-party security reviews.

While we apply rigorous protections, no system connected to the internet can be guaranteed completely impenetrable. Should you ever suspect that your Good Green Foundation account has been accessed without your permission, please reach out to us right away at contact@goodgreenfoundation.com.

7. Your Rights

We believe you should have meaningful control over your own data. Depending on where you live, you may be entitled to:

  • Access: Obtain a readable copy of the personal information we hold about you
  • Rectification: Ask us to correct information that is wrong or out of date
  • Erasure: Request that we delete your data, subject to any retention requirements imposed by law
  • Marketing opt-out: Stop receiving promotional messages at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email
  • Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format

Submit any of these requests through our Contact Us page and we will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

8. Children's Privacy

Good Green Foundation is designed for adults and is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit or store personal information from anyone in that age group. If a parent or guardian alerts us that their child has submitted personal data, we will remove that information from our records as quickly as possible.

9. Changes to This Policy

Our platform evolves, and our privacy practices may need to evolve alongside it. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify registered users by email. We recommend bookmarking this page and checking it periodically so you stay informed.

10. Contact Us

Questions about your privacy or how we handle personal data are always welcome. You can reach our privacy team through any of the following channels: