Privacy Policy
Bloom To Life (“Bloom To Life,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.bloomtolife.org (the “Website”), contact us, make a donation, volunteer, or otherwise interact with us.
Bloom To Life is a California nonprofit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Our Federal Employer Identification Number is 47-4496464.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- your first and last name;
- email address and mobile number;
- street address, city, state or province, and postal code;
- messages, comments, inquiries, and other information submitted through our contact forms;
- donation-related information, such as donation amount, date, transaction status, and information needed to issue an acknowledgment or receipt;
- communication preferences; and
- information you provide when volunteering, partnering with us, attending an event, or otherwise supporting our work.
Donation and payment information you provide
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Website, our hosting provider and any enabled analytics or security services may automatically receive information such as:
- IP address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- referring and exit pages;
- pages viewed and links clicked;
- approximate location derived from an IP address; and
- date, time, and duration of a visit.
The Website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for functionality, security, preferences, or analytics. You may restrict cookies through your browser settings, although parts of the Website may then function differently.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information to:
- process and acknowledge donations;
- provide donation receipts and maintain financial, tax, and audit records;
- respond to questions, requests, and messages;
- communicate about our mission, programs, campaigns, events, and opportunities to help;
- manage volunteers, supporters, partnerships, and fundraising activities;
- operate, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the Website;
- detect or prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, and unlawful activity;
- comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, and reporting obligations; and
- protect the rights, safety, and property of Bloom To Life, our beneficiaries, our supporters, and others.
Where required, we will obtain consent before sending promotional email or text messages. You may unsubscribe from promotional emails through the link in the message or by contacting us. Transactional or legally required messages may still be sent.
3. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information to:
- payment processors, including PayPal, to process donations;
- website hosting, form, email, analytics, security, accounting, and other service providers that support our operations;
- professional advisers, auditors, insurers, financial institutions, and government authorities when reasonably necessary;
- hospitals, medical partners, program partners, or other organizations when necessary to evaluate or administer assistance and where appropriate consent or authorization has been obtained;
- law-enforcement agencies, regulators, courts, or other parties when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, and security; and
- a successor organization in connection with a merger, reorganization, transfer, or dissolution, subject to applicable law.
We do not sell personal information for money. We do not disclose personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as that term is defined under California law. If our practices change, we will update this Policy and provide any legally required choices.
4. Information About Children and Beneficiaries
Our mission supports children, and the Website may share stories or photographs of children and families to explain our work. We seek appropriate permission from a parent, legal guardian, or authorized partner before intentionally publishing personally identifiable beneficiary information.
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13 without legally valid parental or guardian consent. If you believe a child has submitted personal information without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can review and delete it where required.
Medical or beneficiary information should not be submitted through a general Website form unless Bloom To Life specifically requests it and provides an appropriate secure method.
5. Data Retention
6. Data Security
7. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, or to receive information about how it has been used or disclosed. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy law. Certain nonprofit organizations may be exempt from some California consumer-privacy statutes, but Bloom To Life will consider reasonable privacy requests in good faith and will comply where legally required.
To submit a request, email info@bloomtolife.org with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. An authorized agent may make a request where permitted by law, subject to verification of the agent’s authority.
8. Third-Party Websites and Services
9. International Visitors
10. Do Not Track
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through another appropriate notice.
12. Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
Bloom To LifeEmail: info@bloomtolife.org
Mailing address: San Diego, CA