The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon, Inc. respects the privacy of our donors and is committed to protecting the personal information that we gather and maintain regarding those donors. This policy applies to the collection of donor information from any source: physical pledge cards, on line pledges, our website, electronic communications, registration for an event or fundraiser or by any other means.

The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon collects, retains and uses donors' information such as name, address, telephone numbers, email address, spouse's name, donation amount, designations, donor history, contributions and limited demographic information.

The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon website uses a third party online payment processing service with high levels of security. The Club does not store, nor does it have access to, credit card information, bank account numbers, or other account data sent to the payment processing service as part of an online donation, purchase or registration.

Credit card numbers provided by donors through any physical forms or via telephone to authorized Club employees are securely processed and are then destroyed.

The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon uses donor information for the following purposes:

To administer and maintain records relating to donations.

To facilitate fundraising.

To communicate with donors about the Boys & Girls Club.

To distribute receipts to donors.

To bill donors for unpaid pledges.

To thank donors for their support.

To provide information used in internal analysis.

To comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon:

Will not sell or trade donors' information with anyone else.

Will not send mailings to donors on behalf of other organizations.

Will not share donors' personal information with any third parties unless given specific permission to do so by the donors.

To make our website more useful to donors and the general community, the Club's web server automatically collects information when someone visits the website. This information includes, but is not limited to IP addresses, date and time of the visits, pages visited and click streams.

The Boys & Girls Club of Massillon reserves the right to change the Policy at any time and the updated policy will be posted on the website.

Data on donors and donation amounts may be aggregated and stripped of all identifying information for reporting purposes including grant applications, trend analysis, reporting requirements and any applicable government filings without explicit consent of the donors. Various safeguards protect donors' information.

These include, but are not limited to:

Physical measures such as locked filing cabinets and restricted access to offices.

Controlled access to data.

The use of passwords and encryption.

Questions regarding the Policy or any other aspects of the use of donors' information should be directed to Vincent Pedro, Executive Director at 330-833-4395 or by email vpedro@massillonkids.org.