Purpose

Maintenance of the trust and confidence of donors and prospective donors is of paramount importance to Operation Food Search (OFS). The purpose of this Donor Privacy Policy is to provide transparency as to OFS’s practices, policies and procedures for the collection, use and protection of information relating to donors and prospective donors.

Consent

This Donor Privacy Policy applies to the collection, use and protection of information, including information collected on our website. By submitting your information to us or any of our staff, you consent to the terms and conditions of the Policy and to our processing personal information for the purposes stated below.

Personal Information

Personal Information is information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, telephone number and email address. We collect and store the personally identifiable information that you provide us. Here are some examples of ways in which we may collect your information:

  • When you request information via one of the email addresses identified on our website or otherwise contact us in person, by phone or email, with a question, we may then collect your name, address and email in order to respond to that inquiry.
  • We may collect your name, email address and other contact information if you register for an event.
  • We may collect your name, email address, telephone number and payment information when you make a contribution, either on our website, over the phone or by mailing us a check. The above list provides a sample of personal information that may be collected. From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

  • We will not sell or trade your personal information, collected on the website or through any other business activities with anyone else.
  • We will not send you mailings on behalf of other organizations.
  • We will collect payment information, billing address and other information necessary to process a donation or event registration.
  • We will use your personal information to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of others.
  • We may use your personal information to protect against potential fraud. We may verify with third parties the information collected in the course of processing a gift, event registration or other donation. If you use a credit or debit card on the website, we may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that your card information and address matches the information that you supplied to us and that the card being used has not been reported lost or stolen. Except as described in this Donor Privacy Policy or at the time we request the information, we do not otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties. Further, OFS will not sell or trade your personally identifiable information to any third parties.

Donor Recognition

Donor contributions may be publicized in OFS publications or materials, including print, spoken and/or web-based media. If you would like for your contribution to be anonymous, please contact Erin Wright at 314.451-1952 or erin.wright@operationfoodsearch.org.

Access to Records

You have the right to review personal information that we have collected about you. To review that information please contact us in writing: Development Department, Operation Food Search, 1644 Lotsie Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132.