Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 18, 2025

Accelerated Restoration Collaborative or ARC ("We" or "Our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our website users ("You"). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use and disclose personal information gathered through our website, arcrestoration.org (the "Site").

Questions and Contact Information

Reading this privacy policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not share your personal information. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@arcrestoration.org.

Information We Collect

Personal Information:

When you interact with our website, we may collect personal information like your name, email address, or other details you voluntarily provide through forms.

Usage Data:

We also collect non-personal information like your IP address, browser type, operating system and website navigation patterns to analyze website traffic and improve user experience.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to enhance your browsing experience. You can manage your cookie settings through your browser preferences. You can find more information about cookies and how to disable them here.

How We Use Your Information

Communication:

We use your contact information to send you updates about our programs, events, fundraising appeals and other relevant communications, only if you have opted-in to receive them.

Donation Processing:

We use Donorbox to process donations securely; it uses the secure token mechanism of its payment gateways, Stripe and PayPal, to process donations, ensuring that We do not have access to sensitive data such as credit card information.

Your personal information will be used to process your donation and send you donation receipts as required by law.

Donorbox adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our website and its service providers. For more insight, you may also want to read DonorBox’s Terms of Service.

Website Analytics:

We may share your information with Google Analytics to understand how users interact with the website, which helps us improve its functionality and content.

To stop Google Analytics from tracking you, use this tool: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or adjust your ad settings here: Ads Settings. 

Other opt-out means include http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ and https://thenai.org/opt-out/mobile-opt-out/.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

Sharing Your Information

Third-Party Service Providers:

We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, such as payment processors, email marketing platforms and website analytics tools. These providers are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and use it only for the purposes specified by us.

Legal Compliance:

We may share data if required by U.S. law, court orders, or to protect our rights, as applicable.

Your Privacy Controls

Opt-Out:

You can unsubscribe from our email list at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our emails.

Access and Correction:

You have the right to access and request corrections to your personal information by contacting us at info@arcrestoration.org.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. Our site uses SSL/TLS encryption to protect all data you send us, including payments.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using SSL/TLS encryption technology. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

Although we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards to protect your personal information, the transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the website within a secure environment.

Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. By using the website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the website. If we find data from under-18s, we’ll promptly delete it from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under the age of 18, please contact us at info@arcrestoration.org.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this privacy policy. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Check back periodically for updates, as minor changes may not trigger a notice.