Privacy Policy

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine is dedicated to supporting excellence in healthcare by raising funds to reduce unnecessary blindness, research and education. We can successfully fund-raise only with the support of our friends and community.

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Guiding Principle

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine is committed to protecting the privacy and the personal information of its constituents (employees, donors and other stakeholders). The nonprofit has taken the necessary actions to ensure that information in any format (paper or electronic) is protected so that the relationship of trust between the constituent and the nonprofit is upheld. The nonprofit recognizes and adheres to this Nonprofit Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy of We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine serves to outline the rules for the collection, use, disclosure and retention of personal information. The Policy is based on ten (10) internationally recognized privacy principles.

1. Accountability for Personal Information.
2. Identifying Purposes for the Collection of Personal Information.
3. Obtaining Consent for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Information.
4. Limiting Collection of Personal Information.
5. Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention of Personal Information.
6. Ensuring Accuracy of Personal Information.
7. Ensuring Safeguards for Personal Information.
8. Openness Concerning Policies and Practices.
9. Access to Personal Information.
10. Challenging Compliance.

1. Accountability for Personal Information.

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine has a Privacy Officer who is accountable for the nonprofit’s overall compliance with its Privacy Policy and acts as the primary contact person on information privacy and security matters. The Privacy Officer reports directly to the President and Board of Directors of the nonprofit and can be reached at: 810-624-1881 or email: office@eyecareforukraine.org.

How Your Information May Be Used

We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service, to send e- mail alerts to you, to answer your requests, to process your database file, etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitors of our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users’ needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties

Email Privacy

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine does not provide, sell or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

2. Identifying Purposes for the Collection of Personal Information.

When the nonprofit collects personal information directly from its constituents, the nonprofit will identify the purposes for which personal information is collected at or before the time of collection. These purposes include: donor recruitment, that which is necessary for the administration of a donor’s interests, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

3. Obtaining Consent for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Information.

The knowledge and consent of a person is required for the direct collection, use or disclosure of personal information except where mandated by law.

4. Limiting Collection of Personal Information.

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine will limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary for the purposes identified. Information will be collected by fair and lawful means. The nonprofit does not collect any personal health information, other than that which is volunteered directly by the constituent.

5. Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention of Personal Information.

Personal information will not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the person or as required by law.
Personal information will be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes. The nonprofit does not trade, rent or sell any personal information to third parties. The nonprofit’s web page contains online forms that allow visitors to make a donation. The personal and credit card information provided on these forms is used only to process these donations. Online donations to the nonprofit are processed through a third party. The security and privacy policies of this third party are available by clicking on the “Security and Privacy Policy” icon on the online donation form.

6. Ensuring Accuracy of Personal Information.

We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine ensures personal information is accurate, complete and as up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used. To change or modify any personal information previously provided to the nonprofit, write to the Privacy Officer at: We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine, PO Box 161, Corunna, Michigan, 48817, or send an email to office@eyecareforukraine.org.

7. Ensuring Safeguards for Personal Information.

Personal information is protected with security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. All We Care for Ukraine d/b/a Eye Care for Ukraine employees and directors must sign a Confidentiality Agreement. In addition, all independent contractors or vendors that have a working relationship with the nonprofit’s proprietary database must sign a Confidentiality Agreement.

8. Openness Concerning Policies and Practices.

A print version of the nonprofit’s Privacy Policy can be requested from the Privacy Officer at 810-624-1881 or by email at office@eyecareforukraine.org.

9. Access to Personal Information.

Upon request, a person will be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of personal information of that person and shall be given access to that information. A person can challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.

10. Challenging Compliance.

A challenge concerning compliance with the above principles should be made to the Director at 810-624-1881, or by email at office@eyecareforukraine.org.