This Privacy Policy determines how Kids’ Chance of America (“KCOA”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses and protects any information that you provide to us when you use this website.
KCOA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
KCOA understands that your privacy is important. We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information that you provide or as you access and use materials on
https://www.kidschance.org/ (the “Site”). In addition, information that you submit to us in response to an email request for information or other outreach from KCOA will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
KCOA may change this Policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are comfortable with any changes. This Policy is effective from
Dec. 13, 2022.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By browsing our Site and expressly consenting where required, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
What we collect. We may collect the following information:
Name and job title
IP address
Contact information including phone number and email address
Geographic location
Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
Donation information, including amounts donated, date(s) of donation(s), method and premium
Other information relevant to surveys and/or offers
Payment information, including credit card or debit card number, expiration date, security code
Donor requests, comments and suggestions
How we use the information we collect. We collect this information to understand your needs and provide you with better service with these elements in mind:
To maintain accurate records
To provide and managing your access to our Site
To improve our services
To periodically send promotional emails about new services, special offers or other information we believe you may find interesting
To respond to communications from you
From time to time, to contact you for market research purposes
To maintain records of donations
To respond to donor inquiries, requests, comments or suggestions
To issue donation acknowledgements
To understand donors’ interests in our mission and to update them on KCOA’s plans and activities
In addition, we process your information:
For the purposes of safeguarding our legitimate business interests
On the basis of your consent – when you provide us with personal information, you have granted us consent to the processing of your personal information. You may withdraw your consent at any time
For compliance with legal obligations – including anti-fraud and anti-money laundering measures
We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the Site according to your interests.
How We Might Share Your Information
The third parties with whom we may need to share personal information to help us provide services to you and to run our Site include:
Our affiliates
Our third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations
Our third-party service providers to the extent necessary to process donations
Law enforcement bodies in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order
Retention of Your Personal Information
KCOA retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. We may also retain your personal information for longer if there may be a legal claim or if there may otherwise be future litigation.
Marketing and Other Communications
If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further communications from us in any or all forms, you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every email that is sent to you by us.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Turning on Location Services on Your Mobile Device
When you download or use our mobile application, or access one of our mobile optimized sites, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use this information to provide you with location-based services such as advertising, search results and other personalized content.
Most mobile devices allow you to control or disable location services on the device’s setting menu. If you have questions about how to disable your device’s location services, we recommend that you contact your mobile service carrier or the manufacturer of your device.
How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our Site in order to tailor it to our user’s needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Site, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Site. Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit
https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our Site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Policy applicable to the website in question. We cannot control the content or security of such websites. No links are intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website.
Compliance with Law
KCOA complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. KCOA may be compelled to surrender personal user information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.
Access Rights
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have a right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and details of how we use that information. If any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date, you have the right to amend or rectify it. Please follow the process outlined below and we will amend our records where appropriate. You also have the right to require us to erase your personal data, stop processing your personal data, restricting the processing of your personal information, right of portability of your personal information and/or to withdraw your consent to processing. This may not apply if there are other legal justifications to continue processing. If you think we may have incorrect personal information, or would like a copy of the personal information we hold on you, or to exercise any other data protection right, please [
Contact Us]. Please note that we need you to prove who you are before we can provide you with any information.
You also have a right to lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority.
California residents may exercise their privacy rights by calling us at
401-405-4028.
Contact UsIf you are a Nevada resident, under the Privacy and Security of Personal Information Chapter of the Nevada Revised Statutes Section 603A (“603A”), we are required to provide notice that KCOA does not sell personally identifiable information and does not have plans to start.
Controlling your Personal Information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
We will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may share information to specific third parties which we utilize to implement our services. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of your information please request it in writing to 800 Boylston Street, Lobby, #990251 Boston, MA 02199.
If you believe that any of your information held on our Site is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
International Users
We maintain information in the United States of America and in accordance with the laws of the United States, which may not provide the same level of protection as the laws in your jurisdiction. By using the Site and providing us with information, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction and, to the extent you are a resident of a country other than the United States, that you consent to the transfer of such data to the United States for processing by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Children
We do not want to collect information from children. Do not provide any personal information unless you are at least 13 years of age, and please caution your children not to provide any. If a child under 13 has provided personal information, a parentor guardian may alert us at
admin@kidschance.org and we will, subject to applicable law and other provisions of this policy, use commercially reasonable efforts to delete it from our database.
Contact Us
For further questions, please contact us: