Tuesday’s Children Privacy Policy and Meaningful Access Statement
Last Updated: July 2023
Tuesday’s Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a charitable mission of caring for communities impacted by terrorism, military conflict or mass violence. Tuesday’s Children provides a lifetime of healing for families who have been forever changed by terrorism, military conflict or mass violence. We carry out our mission by providing events and programs, mentoring, and various other resources.
This Privacy Policy provides our general privacy terms and also specifically explains our information collection and use practices relating to the following: (i) the Website (ii) our Events and Programs, and (iii) any Donations you may make to us.
It is important to us that you know that in addition to the information you knowingly provide to us, we may collect certain information automatically from your use of the Website, including internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, de-identified web browser information, internet service provider (“ISP”) data, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, location, and click data, and a unique identifier associated with your browser or device. Some of this information that is automatically collected is later passed along to third parties like Google and Facebook.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Tuesday’s Children respects your privacy; we will not share your personal information except as disclosed in this policy. This Privacy Policy is subject to change, so you are encouraged to review it from time to time. We reserve the right to alter, modify, update, add to, subtract from, or otherwise change this Privacy Policy. Any changes will become effective upon being posted unless we tell you otherwise. We will post any changes on this page, and update the “Last Updated” date at the top, so be sure to check back periodically to stay aware of any changes.
By using the Website or our Events and Programs, or by making a Donation, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection, Use, and Disclosure
Tuesday’s Children’s Website
Information Collection
During your use of the Website, you may be prompted to provide personally identifiable information, including your name, location, and email address. You may also sign up on our website to become a member, and in the process, you may be prompted to provide personally identifiable information including name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and ethnicity. We also may collect certain information automatically from your use of the Website, such as IP addresses, de-identified web browser information, ISP data, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, location, and click data, and a unique identifier associated with your browser or device.
Volunteers and job applicants may also submit personally identifiable information to this Website or through other means when applying to work with Tuesday’s Children. Employee and volunteer applicants may also be prompted to enter certain additional information such as confirmation of ability to work in the U.S. and information related to personal references.
Information Use
We use the information we collect about you to provide our Services. We may also use your information to improve our Services, contact you when necessary, provide anonymous reporting internally, and fulfill your requests. For applicants, volunteers and employees, we use their personally identifiable information to make staffing decisions, as appropriate and as permitted by applicable laws.
We also provide certain information to third-party service providers to optimize the Website’s functionality and improve our Services. For example, we work with third-party service providers, such as Google and Facebook, to analyze your use of the Website. The analytics data we collect is used to help us improve the functionality of the Website, Events and Programs, and Donations. Tuesday’s Children may provide third parties with aggregate statistics about our customers, traffic patterns, and related site information. This data reflects site usage patterns gathered during thousands of customer visits to our website each month but does not contain behavioral or identifying information about any individual member. We may also provide log files and other databases of user information to third parties for analysis, so we can get a better understanding of traffic through our site and thus improve our content offerings and services to you.
You may receive an initial email after you sign up for emails on the Website. We may also communicate with you in response to your inquiries as necessary. You may unsubscribe from the mailing list in order to stop receiving communications from us.
Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
Users should be aware that certain information and data may be automatically collected through the use of “cookies” or other similar technologies. A cookie is a small text file sent by a web server to a user’s browser that is used for authentication, record-keeping, facilitating a user’s ongoing access to and use of the website, and tracking a user’s activity on a website. Although we may use cookies on this site, we do not link them to personally identifiable information. If you do not wish to have your information collected through the use of cookies, you can disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings.
Tuesday’s Children uses cookies to collect and use information to provide our Services, improve and facilitate users’ online experience of our Website, improve our Services, and optimize our Website’s functionality. We work with third-party service providers, including but not limited to Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, to help us better understand how you use our Website, to provide and improve advertising and marketing efforts on our behalf, and to improve the functionality of the Website, Events and Programs, and Donations.
We use Google services, such as Google Analytics, to collect and analyze information about the use of our Website, including but not limited to information regarding your use of our Website (i.e. the pages you visit and the length of your use) and about your device (i.e. IP address and operating system) to improve our Website and marketing/advertising efforts. The information collected does not personally identify nor do we try to personally identify our users. For more information on Google Analytics and/or the types of cookies utilized by Google, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US and https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en-US. You can opt out of our use of certain Google Analytics features by enabling the Opt-out Browser Add-on in your browser by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We use Facebook Business Tools to measure and improve our marketing and advertising efforts. In connection with our use of these services, Facebook may use cookies and other similar technologies to collect or receive information from our Website, and use that information to provide measurement services and target advertisements to you and others. To opt out of Facebook’s collection and use of information for potential ad targeting or adjust Facebook ad settings, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.
Our Website may include links to other third-party websites that are not operated by us. These websites are governed by their own privacy policies and terms of use and not this Privacy Policy. You should carefully review any terms, conditions, and policies of such websites before visiting or supplying them with any personal information. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, practices, or privacy policies of any third-party websites and services.
Events and Programs
Information Collection
During your participation in our events and programs, the information we collect will depend on your membership status and event or program registration. Please review your event invitation closely to assess how Tuesday’s Children will maintain your Privacy during the course of the event or program for which you have registered.
Information Use
We use the information we collect about you to provide events and programs to you. We may also use your information to improve our Services, contact you when necessary.
Information Disclosure
We value transparency and would like our users to understand how, when, and why their information may be shared. Please refer to the particular event or program invitation to assess how your information may be disclosed in connection with an event or program.
If information is shared with Tuesday’s Children in the course of an event or program that requires disclosure under applicable law, Tuesday’s Children is committed to compliance with the law to promote safety of all of our members and participants. Unless required by applicable law (including in response to a subpoena that we reasonably believe is valid), we will not disclose personal or sensitive information to parents, legal guardians, or other individuals.
Our mentors and volunteers are located in multiple states in the United States. Depending upon the particular program or event, we provide training, where feasible, by professional staff for individuals who wish to participate. Please note that these individuals are not working as licensed mental health workers and may not be trained pursuant to counseling certification or licensure requirements in your state. Additionally, state privilege laws may apply to your communications with our mentors and/or participants, while other state laws may not protect your communications to the same degree or in the same way.
Additional Disclosures
We may also disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties if we believe disclosure is necessary: (i) to comply with the law, including in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (ii) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Tuesday’s Children, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, other related parties, or the individuals we serve; (iii) to enforce our Terms (including this Privacy Policy); (iv) in connection with a sale, merger, or corporate reorganization of Tuesday’s Children, or the transfer of any of our operations, or (v) to address fraud, security (physical or cybersecurity), technical issues, or to operate or improve our Services or infrastructure systems.
To the extent that you use our Website, please see our information collection and use practices disclosed above.
Donations
Electronic Personal Records
Donor information is maintained in a secured database, and only authorized personnel have access to this information and only for appropriate business purposes.
Information Collection
When we collect donations, we collect personal information that will help us dedicate your donation and use your donation as you request. We may collect information including but not limited to name, email address, birth date, phone number, and any other information that you provide to us while making a donation or is necessary to complete the donation. We may also use third-party sources to collect additional information about donors.
Information Use
We may use service providers to verify and process your payment. Except as may be required by law, we will not otherwise share your personal information without your permission. We will not send you charitable solicitations from outside entities on their behalf.
To the extent that any donations are processed by means of a third-party service provider for initiatives benefiting Tuesday’s Children, we will only engage with providers who confirm they will not share your contact information with other nonprofit organizations, marketers, or any other third party. We may also verify your personal information with third parties in the course of processing a gift, event registration, or other related donor activity. By making a donation, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Disclosure
Tuesday’s Children respects the privacy of all donors. We believe in safeguarding personal information and ensuring that donor privacy is protected. Your name, address and any other personal data you provide will be used only to keep you informed of our activities including our events and programs and funding needs. If, at any time, you choose not to receive these communications, you may contact Tuesday’s Children and we will gladly remove your name from our mailing list.
We may also disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties if we believe disclosure is necessary: (i) to comply with the law, including in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (ii) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Tuesday’s Children, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, other related parties, or the individuals we serve; (iii) to enforce our Terms (including this Privacy Policy); (iv) in connection with a sale, merger, or corporate reorganization of Tuesday’s Children, or the transfer of any of our operations, or (v) to address fraud, security (physical or cybersecurity), technical issues, or to operate or improve our Services or infrastructure systems.
You may voluntarily remove your name and/or contact information from our internal marketing and communication lists (i.e., “opt out”) by contacting us in writing at info@tuesdayschildren.org.
Tuesday’s Children publishes an Honor Roll of donors in various affinity groups that will be available on our website. We respect all donor requests to remain anonymous. You may choose to have gifts listed in public as “anonymous” by contacting us in writing at info@tuesdayschildren.org or by marking “anonymous” at the time of your donation. You must request removal if you do not want your name to potentially appear in public as a supporter, and in limited circumstances we may need to disclose your name if required by law. Please note that Tuesday’s Children reserves the right to contact you regarding gifts even after you have removed yourself from marketing and communications lists.
To the extent that you use our Website, please see our information collection and use practices disclosed above.
Children Under 13 Years of Age
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Tuesday’s Children is not subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). However, we take children’s privacy seriously, and we encourage users and their parents to review this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service to understand our information collection practices.
Your Choices Regarding Personal Information
You have certain choices concerning our collection, use, and sharing of personal information about you. For example, if you have requested marketing email communications from us (e.g., newsletters and communications regarding our events and programs) but do not wish to receive further information, you may “opt out” of receiving these by following the instructions contained in those email messages. If any of your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire to receive email communications from us, you may edit or delete your information by unsubscribing from the mailing list. At any time, you may also change your browser cookie settings.
Certain laws enable individuals to request information concerning whether their data has been disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes. We do not share your data with third parties for their own marketing purposes, but the information we share with Facebook may be used to deliver you certain advertisements.
International Transfers
We are based in the United States. Use of our events and programs or services from outside the United States is not permitted. While we do not actively service or target international users, if you are an international user, the information you submit to us and that we automatically collect as a result of your using the Website or our Events and Programs will be transferred to the United States, where the privacy and data protection rules may differ from those in your country.
Information Security
We are committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and we take security measures to protect your information. However, no transmission or electronic storage of information is guaranteed to be secure. We therefore urge you to always use caution when transmitting information over the internet. Despite all of Tuesday’s Children’s security procedures, the internet is not a perfectly secure environment, and Tuesday’s Children cannot guarantee protection from intruders or interceptors. You further agree to use our Website and Events and Programs and submit information at your own risk. You agree that Tuesday’s Children has no liability regarding unauthorized access to our Website or Crisis Services.
Mailing Lists
Tuesday’s Children does not rent, sell, give away, or trade its donor lists or any information contained on those lists. Donor information is used by Tuesday’s Children for charitable purposes only as described above and will not be used by any entity outside of Tuesday’s Children. To review personal information collected and/or request changes, please contact us at info@tuesdayschildren.org.
Authorized Release of Information
Tuesday’s Children may be legally required to disclose information on occasion. Tuesday’s Children complies with all applicable legal requirements and standards.
Transparency of Tuesday’s Children Resource Allocation and Fiduciaries
Tuesday’s Children recognizes that donors must be assured that their contributions will be used prudently and in accordance with the intent for which they were given. Information regarding the manner and purposes in which Tuesday’s Children’s resources are allocated shall be made readily available to donors through disclosure of most recent financial statements and IRS Form 990. In addition, the identity of our fiduciaries, governing board and senior management, shall also be disclosed to donors. The Annual Report, IRS Form 990, as well as a list of our staff and Board of Directors can be found on our website.
Interpretation of Privacy Policy
The terms “or” and “including” and similar terms will be interpreted non-exclusively to mean “and/or” or “including, but not limited to” or the equivalent, respectively.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Tuesday’s Children
390 Plandome Road, Suite 215
Manhasset, NY 11030
Email: info@tuesdayschildren.org
