Privacy Policy
Covenant Cradle Foundation
Your Privacy. Our Commitment.
1. Our Commitment to Privacy
Covenant Cradle Foundation respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when individuals visit our website, submit inquiries, express interest in partnerships or volunteering, make donations, or communicate with our foundation.
Our website is located at www.covenantcradle.org.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:
Contact Information: Name, email address, telephone number, and information you voluntarily provide.
Partnership and Volunteer Information: Organization affiliation, areas of interest, and inquiry details.
Donation Information: Donor contact information, donation amounts, transaction dates, and acknowledgment preferences made available to the foundation through our donation platform.
Website Information: Browser type, device information, approximate location derived from internet activity, website usage data, and cookies or similar technologies.
Communications: Information provided through contact forms, partnership inquiries, and direct correspondence.
Please do not submit medical diagnoses, detailed health histories, Social Security numbers, financial account credentials, or other sensitive personal information through our general website forms.
3. How We Use Your Information
Covenant Cradle Foundation uses information for purposes related to our charitable mission and organizational operations, including:
Responding to questions and inquiries.
Reviewing partnership and volunteer interests.
Processing and acknowledging charitable contributions.
Maintaining financial and organizational records.
Planning community outreach and educational initiatives.
Providing communications that individuals have requested or agreed to receive.
Maintaining website security and functionality.
Complying with applicable legal obligations.
We strive to use only the information reasonably necessary for these purposes.
4. Donations and Givebutter
Covenant Cradle Foundation uses Givebutter to facilitate online donations.
Givebutter and its payment processing partners may collect information necessary to process contributions securely.
The foundation may receive donor names, contact information, contribution amounts, transaction details, and other information made available through the donation platform for acknowledgment, recordkeeping, and organizational administration.
Payment processing and certain related information practices are governed by Givebutter's and its service providers' policies.
For additional information, please review the Givebutter Privacy Policy.
5. Squarespace Website and Forms
Our website is hosted through Squarespace.
When visitors submit information through our Contact Us or Partners forms, that information may be processed through Squarespace and connected email or notification services.
We use this information to review inquiries, communicate with individuals, and carry out relevant organizational activities.
For information about Squarespace's data practices, review the Squarespace Privacy Policy.
6. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies that may support essential website functions, security, analytics, and visitor preferences.
Covenant Cradle Foundation provides a cookie banner that allows visitors to accept, decline, or manage non-essential cookies.
Our Squarespace settings restrict supported non-essential cookies until visitors provide the applicable consent.
Visitors can review or change their saved cookie preferences through the website's Cookie Preferences control, where available.
Some third-party services may use their own cookies or tracking technologies governed by their respective privacy practices.
7. Sharing and Disclosure of Information
Covenant Cradle Foundation may share information with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our website, manage communications, process donations, maintain organizational records, or fulfill legal obligations.
These providers may include website hosting services, donation platforms, payment processors, and email services.
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the security of our operations.
Covenant Cradle Foundation does not sell donor or website inquiry contact lists to third parties.
8. Information Security
We seek to protect personal information through reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical safeguards.
Access to organizational information should be limited to individuals who require it for authorized foundation activities.
However, no electronic transmission or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. Information Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, maintain appropriate organizational and financial records, and meet applicable legal requirements.
Information may be deleted or securely disposed of when it is no longer required, subject to applicable retention obligations and organizational policies.
10. Children's Privacy
Our website is primarily intended for adults, including parents, caregivers, volunteers, donors, and community partners.
We do not knowingly seek personal information directly from children under the age of 13 through our general website forms.
If we become aware that such information has been collected without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to address it in accordance with applicable law.
11. Your Privacy Choices
Individuals may contact Covenant Cradle Foundation to request information about personal data they have submitted, ask for corrections, or inquire about deletion.
We will review requests in accordance with applicable law and organizational recordkeeping obligations.
Visitors may also manage available cookie preferences through the website's privacy controls.
Individuals receiving optional foundation communications may request that those communications stop.
12. Contact Information
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, please contact:
Covenant Cradle Foundation
Email: essentials@covenantcradle.org
Mailing Address:
1034 Main Street #350
Gardendale, AL 35071
Website: www.covenantcradle.org
13. Updates to This Privacy Policy
Covenant Cradle Foundation may update this Privacy Policy as its activities, website features, technology providers, or legal obligations change.
Any updates will be posted on this webpage with a revised effective date.