Privacy Policy

Vegan Community of Eastern Iowa is committed to the privacy and security of the users of this website.  This privacy policy describes the type of information we may collect from you and governs data collection and usage.

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Use of Cookies

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This website was created and is controlled at Wix, which uses cookies for important reasons.  They are used to provide a better experience for visitors and to identify registered users. They are also used to monitor and analyze the performance, operation, and effectiveness of the Wix platform and to ensure that the platform is secure and safe to use.    For general information about cookies and how they work, we recommend you visit a good source of information, such as https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.  For more specific information on the types of cookies used on this website, we recommend that you visit here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/cookies-and-your-wix-site#informing-your-visitors-about-cookies.

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Personally Identifiable Information 

 

We collect personally identifiable only when you provide it to us.  This may occur if you are signing up for an email list, membership or newsletter, registering for an account or event, donating through this website or corresponding with us.  This may include your name, address, email address, and phone number.   

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We use third parties for secure ACH and credit card transactions.  Most transactions will employ the Aplos platform for information collection.  Aplos is our non-profit software provider. Their privacy policy can be seen here:  https://www.aplos.com/privacy.  Aplos uses WePay to process online payments.  Their privacy policy can be seen here: https://go.wepay.com/privacy-policy/.

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We may also use other payment systems such as PayPal and Square.  Vegan Community of Eastern Iowa will not store any credit card or bank information.  Under no circumstances will we sell, lease, or rent your personal information.

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Disclosure and Use of Personal information

 

We may disclose or use your personal information for the following reasons:

• To provide support to users of our website.

• To communicate with you about a donation or event related transaction.   

• To administrate participation in or communicate about events or programs. 

• To comply with any legal requirement.

• To reply to an inquiry made by you.

• We will not share your personal information with any third party other than described above.

• We may disclose aggregated information and information that does not identify an individual.

 

Consent

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If you do not consent to the terms of our personally identifiable information collection, use, and disclosure as outlined above, please do not disclose any such information to Vegan Community of Eastern Iowa.  If you choose to no longer consent to these terms, or choose to opt out of receiving communications, please notify us at veganeasterniowa@gmail.com.

 

Changes to this Privacy Statement

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We reserve the right to modify these terms from time to time at our sole discretion.  We will notify you about significant changes to our privacy policy by placing a prominent notice on this website. Your continued use of this website after a change constitutes your acceptance of the revised privacy policy.  

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Policy creation date:  February 23, 2020