Native Daughters ot the Golden West values protecting our Members’ information. As such, this Privacy Policy exists to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read the policies below carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information. This Privacy Policy applies when you use a website, mobile or tablet application, or other online service (collectively, the “Services”) that links or refers to it.

Information We Collect

We collect information from you when you fill out an application for membership, subscribe to a newsletter, or fill out a form such as Contact Us.

We may collect personal information about our users in various ways. For example, we may collect information that you provide to us, information that we collect through your membership, and information that we collect from publicly available sources or third parties.

Information You Provide

When completing an application or being a member, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or other details to help you with your experience.

Information About Your Membership

In addition to the information you provide to us directly, we may collect information about your Membership. For example, we may collect:

  • Device information— such as your hardware model, IP address, other unique device identifiers, operating system version, browser type and settings, such as language and available font settings, and settings of the device you use to access the Services.
  • Usage information— such as Membership information, the time and duration of your Membership and other information about your interaction with content offered through a donation, and any information stored using cookies, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technologies that we have set on your device.
  • Location information— such as your computer’s IP address, your mobile device’s GPS signal or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted to us when you use certain Services.

For detailed information about our use of cookies, see the relevant section below.

How We Use Your Information

The information we collect from you when you apply for membership, provide a donation, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or email communication, surf the website, or use certain other Service features may be used in the following ways:

To Provide and Manage the Membership You Request

This includes, for example, processing your application, sending you electronic newsletters, or enabling you to make a donation. It may also include providing personalized content and recommendations to you, including by email.

To Contact You

We may periodically contact you with notices and information about your membership, including in connection with your annual dues, official publication, online surveys, legal notices, and other important information. You may opt out of receiving membership email messages from us by following the instructions contained in those email messages.

To Better Understand Our Members

The Services conduct depersonalized research on our members’ demographics, interests and behavior based on the information we collect. We do this to better understand and serve our users, and to improve our member services, advertising, and donation process.

To That Which You Consent

We may otherwise use your information with your consent or at your direction.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

Depersonalized visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets to a third party, such as in the event of a merger, acquisition, or in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization.

How We Protect Your Information

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We regularly scan for Malware and block IPs caught attempting malicious activity. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.

External PCI compliant payment gateways (such as PayPal) handle all financial transactions that originate from our Services.

How We Use Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data saved to your computer as .txt files by a browser. They help a site remember information, such as log-in names or data entered into a form field. There are a few different kinds of cookies, but most common are persistent cookies and session cookies. Session cookies are not saved to the hard drive; they’re stored in the computer’s memory and are deleted when the browser closes. Persistent cookies are stored on the hard drive and remain from session to session until the user manually clears their browser cookies.

We may use cookies to help our organization remember and process information. For example, they may remember the amount of a donation or that you’ve already seen a notification from our organization (such as a mailing list prompt). They may also be used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.

We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We use Google Analytics, which helps us analyze site traffic such as how users found us. You can read about Google Analytics here and how to opt-out here.

For more information on cookies, including how to manage them, we recommend learning more.

Turning Cookies Off

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your experience with our Services more efficient may not function properly.

Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to the websites with which the user communicates. Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. Because there currently is no industry standard concerning what, if anything, websites should do when they receive such signals, the Services currently do not take action in response to these signals. If and when a final standard is established and accepted, we will reassess how to respond to these signals.

It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking.

Notice of Third-Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. More information can be found here.

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously.
  • Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
  • You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes via our Privacy Policy Page.
  • You can change your personal information by emailing or calling us.

Children Online Privacy Protection Act

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces COPPA Rules, which spell out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not knowingly market nor collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If we learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We may collect your email address in order to:

  • Respond to inquiries and/or other requests.
  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
  • Send you additional information related to your membership and/or service.
  • Market to our mailing list.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

  • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly. Users are able to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to discuss our communications with you, please feel free to contact us.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us electronically or through any means listed on our Contact page. Our Contact page will always contain the most up to date information.

 Last Updated: September 22, 2022