Privacy Notice

Kiwanis Club of Somerville, Kiwanis International Privacy Notice

October 30, 2024

1. Protection of Personal Information

Kiwanis Club of Somerville is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to serving the children of the world.   Our Club raises funds and collects donations to benefit local children in need.  We are committed to protecting children’s and adults’ personal information and images.

2. Who Collects and Uses Your Personal Information and Why?

Kiwanis International Kiwanis Club of Somerville K01305, P.O. BOX 45303 Somerville MA 02145 is data controller of the data processing activities in the performance of our club activities.

In the framework of our club activities personal information is processed in order to communicate with club members and members of the public to receive email, text messages, and postal mail from our club.  Personal information may be processed as part of a club fundraising and program activities.  Personal information may be processed as part of a club program to coordinate volunteers, invite guests, and communicate with sponsors.

3. What personal information we process

When you ‘contact us’ on our website, we process the following information:

– your contact details, including name, email address, and information you provide to us in the comments.

When you ‘call to action’ and request text messages to your mobile device, we process the following information:

– your mobile phone number and other optional information you provide, such as your name.

We get your personal information directly from you. We might get your contact from another individual if this individual has invited you.

4. Who we share personal information with

Information you provide is only used for contacting you.  We do not provide or sell your information to anyone outside of our club who has a need-to-know justification to perform the task of communicating with you.

5. How long we keep personal information

Information you provide to our club is retained for two (2) years or until you contact us to delete your data , this includes sending ‘STOP’ to any email or text message we have sent to you..

6. How do we secure information

We limit access to information submitted to us to only the Club Officers, Board Members, and Club Members who have a justified need-to-know.   Information is maintained in access-controlled storage systems.  We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect information against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss and unauthorized alteration.

Please note that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Questions

Questions or comments about the Club’s privacy practices or this Privacy Notice can be addressed to the Club at KiwanisSomerville at gmail.com, Kiwanis Club of Somerville, P.O. BOX 45303 Somerville, MA 02145

9.  Our website, email, text messages, etc. may contain links to other sites that are not operated by our Club. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We advise you to review their Privacy Policy. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Changes to the Data Privacy and Cookie Policy

We may update our Data Privacy Policy from time to time in order to improve it, to keep it aligned with how we use personal information, and with applicable laws and regulations. We will let you know that the Data Privacy Policy has been updated via email and/or a prominent notice. You are advised to review this Data Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes will be effective when they are posted