Privacy Policy

Effective as of May 25, 2018

WHAT THIS POLICY COVERS

Your privacy concerns are important to the Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc., sometimes referred to in this Privacy Policy as “The Reproductive Health Access Project.” This Policy is designed to provide you with the information you need to understand

What information we collect about you;
How we use the information that we collect;
How we share that information with third parties;
How we store and secure the information that we collect; and
How to control your information.

This Privacy Policy covers information that we collect about you when you access or use the Reproductive Health Access Project’s Website (https://network.reproductiveaccess.org/) (“the Website”), purchase products from the Reproductive Health Access Project, donate to the Reproductive Health Access Project, access resources available on the Website, or otherwise interact with the Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc. (collectively referred to herein as the “Services.”).

This Privacy Policy also explains how we use the information and how that information is shared with third parties. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not access or use our Services or otherwise interact with the Reproductive Health Access Project.

Please note, that if you visit a website that is linked to the Reproductive Health Access Project Website, you should consult that website’s privacy policy before providing Personally Identifying Information.

This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with the Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc. Website Terms of Use.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

The Reproductive Health Access Project collects information from you when (1) you voluntarily provide such information; and (2) when you use our Services, as further described below.

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

You are not required to provide information that identifies you, including e.g. your name, address, telephone number, etc. We will only collect such information when it is voluntarily provided to us on the website, by email or through some other format.

For example, when you make an online donation to the Reproductive Health Access Project, we collect information including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and payment details including credit card and similar information. We refer to these types of information as “Personally Identifying Information.”

When you email us or sign-up to join our mailing list, we collect Personally Identifying Information such as name and e-mail address.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU USE THE SERVICES

Your use of the Website: We also keep track of certain information about you when you visit and interact with our Services. We monitor traffic to the Website and to each of the pages of the Website. We keep track of which online clinical tools, resources or blog you use, where you are generally located, how you reached our Website, including the search terms that you may have used to reach the Website, and how you interact with our Services.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and other tracking technologies to provide functionality and assist in tracking the information automatically when you use the Services. Such information can include information about the Internet Protocol address assigned to your computer (“IP Address”), browser type, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), platform type, referral source, regional or location information about the visitor, the number and frequency of visitors to the Website, time spent on the Website, and the pages within the Website that are visited. You can choose not to accept the cookie by adjusting your Internet browser settings but, if you choose to do so, certain parts of this Site may not function properly.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

TO MAINTAIN OUR WEBSITE AND RESOURCES

We use information gathered through your use of the Website to optimize our Services. For example, we may market clinical resources on our “Key Area” pages in order to gather more views to those clinical resources. We may also use the information to guide our programmatic work, develop appropriate tags for our web content, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our campaigns.

TO PROCESS A PAYMENT

When you provide information in connection with a purchase or a donation, we use the personal information you provide in order to complete the transaction, including sharing information with third parties as described, below.

TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ABOUT THE SERVICES:

When you provide you contact information to us, we use that information to communicate with you, including for example, sending confirmatory emails for any purchases you may have made, or any donations that you may have made and information regarding the use of your donation, or sending you a copy of the communications distributed on our mailing list.

FOR PUBLICATION (WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION):

We may use any questions, comments or other information submitted by you on this Website, in books, articles, commentaries, research or in other similar ways, but we will not use any Personally Identifying Information in connection thereto.

How we share information we collect

We respect and protect your privacy and will never sell, trade, or rent your Personally Identifying Information.

We only share information with those companies who process donations or purchases (e.g. Network for Good, EveryAction, and Paypal). Any processing of such donations or purchase through those companies are governed by the terms of those companies’ websites.

HOW WE STORE AND SECURE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

INFORMATION STORAGE AND SECURITY

We take commercially reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect Personally Identifying Information and/or security measures required by applicable United States laws, regulations and rules. We are not liable for disclosure of Personally Identifying Information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

In making your decision whether to provide Personally Identifying Information, you should be aware of the general risks of transmitting information over the Internet. This Website is not encrypted, with the exception of processing of credit card information. In your use of the internet, including copying or downloading of materials from this Website (to the extent permitted), you are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your requirements for accuracy of data input and output, backing up of data, and protection from “viruses,” “worms,” “trojan horses” or other malicious or damaging computer programs, code or software. While we attempt to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing our files or tampering with our site, we cannot guarantee that these efforts always will be successful.

HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION

We keep information in our database permanently, unless you request that it is removed. However, we delete any accounts that have been inactive for more than three years. We store information relating to donations permanently.

HOW TO CONTROL YOUR INFORMATION

In some cases, you may ask us to stop storing, using or otherwise processing your information. You can contact us at info@reproductiveaccess.org to make your request.

You may opt-out of receiving promotional email from us, by contacting us at the email address provided above, or by using the unsubscribe link within each email.

OUR POLICY TOWARDS CHILDREN

The Website is not directed to individuals under 16. We urge parents to supervise their children’s use of the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and that information will be deleted.

LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING (FOR EEA USERS):

If you are an individual in the European Economic Area (EEA), we collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so under applicable EU laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The legal bases depend on the Services you use and how you use them. This means we collect and use your information only where:

We need it to provide you the Services, including to operate the Services, provide customer support and personalized features and to protect the safety and security of the Services;
It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote the Services and to protect our legal rights and interests;
You give us consent to do so for a specific purpose; or
We need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

If you have consented to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time, but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place. Where we are using your information because we have a legitimate interest to do so, you have the right to object to that use though, in some cases, this may mean no longer using the Services.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@reproductiveaccess.org.

OUR DO NOT TRACK POLICY

Some browsers have a ”do not track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we do not respond to browser “do not track” signals, but we do provide you the option to opt out of interest-based advertising. To learn more about IBA or to opt-out of this type of advertising, visit the Network Advertising Initiative website http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices and the Digital Advertising Alliance website http://www.aboutads.info/choices. Options you select are browser- and device-specific.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice by adding a notice on the Website homepages or by sending you an email notification. We encourage you to review our privacy policy whenever you use the Website to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

If you disagree with any changes to this Privacy Policy, you will need to stop using the Website, as outlined above.

If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@reproductiveaccess.org