Privacy Policy

1. Who we are
   AL-WALIY CHARITY FOUNDATION is a registered charity organization located in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, under Tax ID # 923301987. We are a charity organization committed to advancing humanitarian relief to the needy. Any reference to ‘we’ or ‘us’ in this Policy means AL-WALIY CHARITY FOUNDATION. 
2. Data we hold about you?
   We normally require your full name, address, and contact information and will therefore hold data in respect of the following:
   • When you donate to us.
   • When you sign up to a campaign with us.
   • When you register for or attend one of our events.
   • When you contact us by email, telephone, letter.
   • When you visit and use our website (See ‘Use of cookies’ section).
   • When you interact with us on our social media platforms.
3. Data Security and your rights
   Data security is our top priority. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information, since no transaction over the Internet is 100% safe. We ensure that your personal information is only accessible by staff and volunteers who are appropriately trained and authorized to access such information. We will only send you marketing materials by email or SMS text if you have provided your consent and have the right to withdraw your consent to stop marketing materials at any time.
4. Collection and use of your personal data
   You are not required to provide any personal information when you visit our website unless you voluntarily choose to do so. In order to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, we need to collect and use your personal data as follows:
   • To process your donations and tax receipts
   • To keep you informed about our activities, campaigns, and ways to support us
   • To deal with your queries, requests and responses to our projects and campaigns
   • To send you a confirmation of your donation, tax receipts, and event registration
   • To personalize marketing materials that we think might be of most interest to you
   • To improve our services by asking for feedback or your suggestions
   Collecting personal data from other sources
   • When you agree to donate to us through a third-party fundraising site such as Creatorsfunds, Kickstarter or GoFundMe
   • If we are permitted to send you marketing materials, we may use sources in the public domain to check that your marketing preferences and contact details are accurate
   Sharing data with other organizations
   • If you require a tax receipt for your donation, we will be required to share your personal data with the tax authorities
   • With law enforcement authorities only if we receive a legal instruction to do so
   • If you register for one of our campaigns or events, we may be required to share your personal data with event organizers for health and safety purposes
   • If you use a debit or credit card to donate, we will share your personal data with a payment processing partner
   • If we are allowed to send you marketing materials, we may share your personal data with a marketing company to help us prepare and send out marketing materials on our behalf
   • We contract a limited amount of third parties to store data on our behalf
   This may include your personal data Types of third parties we use include cloud storage, website hosting and software providers
   • If we are required by law, we may share your personal data with data cleaning companies to ensure that the data we hold about you is accurate
   We will only share personal data with another organization if we have a legal basis to do so. We do not share personal data with other organizations for marketing purposes and we do not sell personal data to anyone. Collecting personal data from other sources  We may carry out background checks in accordance with our due diligence policies and procedures in order to protect our charitable interests such as the risk of fraud, corruption, bribery, terrorism, and money laundering in compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations.
5. How long we keep personal data
   AL-WALIY CHARITY FOUNDATION will keep personal data in line with our Confidentiality & Privacy Policy. The amount of time we retain each class of personal data will depend on the reason it was collected as well as our statutory and contractual obligations including our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. 
6. Use of cookies
   Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit certain websites. Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default although you can change preferences. We use cookies to provide you with a smooth and efficient experience while using our services. By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies. If you do not accept our use of cookies, please set your internet browser to change your preferences (this may impair your ability to use our website so that some features may not work).
7. Conditions of use, notices and revision
   We reserve the right to change or revise this policy whenever deemed necessary without prior notification. Should changes be made, they will be posted on this Privacy Notice with the date of revision. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting. Since this privacy policy may change from time to time, you should check back periodically so that you are always aware of which information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by us as outlined herein.

We are committed to ensuring that your data is kept safe and using it to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy. However, please notify us if you are unhappy about how we have processed your personal data or have a privacy concern