Privacy Policy

We value your privacy.

This privacy policy explains how PathLight International collects and uses the personal information you provide on our website: www.pathlight.org. It also explains the choices you can make about the way your personal information is collected and how you can access and update this information.

Collection of Personal Information

We may collect personal information such as name, mailing address, email address, phone number and credit/debit card information. Providing data is necessary in order for us to process your donations, requests, or respond to inquiries.

Use of Personal Information

We collect information primarily to accept donations, complete our charitable projects, send marketing communications, and provide you with information concerning our programs and activities. We may also use information for analytical purposes, to improve our website, our outreach, or to respond to requests for information.

Choice

You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails or you can contact us at [email protected].

Information Sharing

We do not trade, share, rent, or sell information that you provide to us with other organizations who intend to use it only to market their products or services to you.

There may be instances in which we share your information with others. We may share your information, for example, as required by law, with law enforcement, to comply with legal process, to protect our legal rights, to protect the safety or security of a person, or to protect against fraud, criminal acts, or misconduct. We may also share your information with companies that provide services to help us with our business activities. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

Analytics and Log Files

As is true of most websites, our web servers may collect certain information such as IP address, pages visited, time of visits, and referring website. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among donors and visitors to the website. We use cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on our website. Cookies are also used to collect general usage and volume statistical information that does not include personal information.

Links to Other Websites

Our site includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of PathLight International. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

Transaction Security

The personal information collected when you make a contribution by credit card is kept for the purposes of tracking your order and to provide a receipt of the transaction. This information is stored on an encrypted, secure server managed by a third-party commercial credit card processing institution.

Updating or Deleting Your Personal Information

To review and update or delete your personal information, contact us at [email protected].

Notification of Privacy Policy Changes

We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any changes we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or comments about privacy, you can contact us by telephone or email at:

(925) 426-7284
[email protected]

Effective: April 26, 2018


Effective: December 10, 2024

1. ABOUT US

“We”, “us” or “our” means PathLight International, with its principal place of business located at 3037-T Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA, 94588.

2. ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us, so we’ve developed this Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information. We collect personal information when you use our website(s), mobile apps, and other online and offline products, services and experiences (collectively, the “Services”). Please take a moment to read through this Policy in its entirety.

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information please contact us via e-mail at [email protected].

3. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW DO WE COLLECT IT?

We collect personal information that you provide directly to us:
Contact information. If you sign up to receive our newsletter, emails or text messages from us, we will collect your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and any other information needed to contact you about the Services.

Payment information. To order products or services through the Services, you will need to provide us with payment information (like your bank account or credit card information). Please note that your financial information is collected and stored by a third party payment processing company. Use and storage of that information is governed by the third party payment processor’s applicable privacy policy.

Survey information. You may provide us with other personal information when you fill in a form, respond to our surveys or questionnaires, provide us with feedback, participate in promotions, or use other features of the Services.

4. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the personal information we collect for the following reasons:
To send you our newsletter, or other information or marketing about our Services that you think may be of interest to you.

To reply to your questions, inquiries, or customer service requests or to send you notices, updates, security alerts, or support and administrative messages.

To provide you with information about the Services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.

To monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services and to improve the Services.

To facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions, and to process entries and provide prizes and rewards.
To detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities on the Services and to protect the rights and property of us and our customers.

To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

We may also use your personal information to fulfill our obligations as set out by the applicable law, or to carry out any other purpose as described to you at the time your personal information was collected.

5. HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may share your personal information in the following ways:
With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who process your personal information on our behalf when they provide services to us, for example data analytics, research, marketing and financial services.
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

We may be legally required to disclose or share your personal information without your consent in some circumstances, for example to comply with a court order or law enforcement. In such circumstances, we will only disclose your personal data if we have a good-faith belief that such sharing is required under applicable legal obligations.

6. YOUR MARKETING CHOICES

When you sign up for a promotion like a sweepstakes, or subscribe to our newsletter or marketing/promotional messages, we use your personal information to help us decide which products, services and offers may be of interest to you.

We will send marketing messages to you if you have asked us to send you information, bought goods or services from us, or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion. If you opt out of receiving marketing messages, we may still send you non-promotional emails. We will ask for your consent before we share your personal information with any third party for their direct marketing purposes.

You may unsubscribe from marketing messages through a link we include on messages we send you. You can also ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at: [email protected].

SMS Related

Message and Data Rates may apply.
Message Frequency Disclosure
Custom Care Contact Information: [email protected]
Opt-Out Instructions: Reply STOP to opt out at any time.

Mobile opt-in data will not be shared with third parties.

7. RETENTION OF YOUR DATA AND DELETION

Your personal information will not be kept longer than is necessary for the specific purpose for which it was collected.

When we decide how long we will keep your information we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, why we need it, and any relevant legal requirements (such as legal retention and destruction periods).

The foregoing will, however, not prevent us from retaining any personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, in order to file a legal claim or defend ourselves against a legal claim, or for evidential purposes.

8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

We will ensure that any transfer of personal information to countries outside of the United States will take place pursuant to the appropriate safeguards.

9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we have the right to modify this Privacy Policy. We’re likely to update this Privacy Policy in the future and when we make changes. Please come back and check this page from time to time for the latest information on our privacy practices.

10. CONTACT US

If you have questions or concerns about the information in this Privacy Policy, our handling of your personal information, or your choices and rights regarding such use, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
PathLight International
3037-T Hopyard Road
Pleasanton, CA, 94588
[email protected]