Privacy Policy

This policy governs all pages hosted at www.direchange.org as well as my.directchange.org and directchange.net. It does not apply to pages hosted by other organizations to which we may link and whose privacy policies may differ. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

E-mail addresses

We request your e-mail address when you donate so that we can e-mail you a receipt. You may choose to receive our monthly newsletter of other updates from Direct Change. You can unsubscribe or edit your email preferences at any time by visiting http://directchange.net/directchange/smp.tcl

Credit Card Information

We securely transmit your credit card information to the payment processor, and do not store this information unless you have specifically requested a recurring contribution. We also request your phone number when you contribute so that we can reach you should further verification of your credit card information be required.

Reports to fundraising page authors

Authors of fundraising pages receive reports about donations made through the web pages they create. These reports include the dates, amounts, and recipients of these contributions. When you contribute to a user-created fundraising page, you may choose to share your name and contact information with the page author. If you choose not to do so, the author's report will list the donation as anonymous.

Use of third party vendors

Credit card transaction processing on directchange.com is provided by Chase Paymentech which is provided by Aubrun Quad. Direct Change may share your personal data to these and other third parties in connection with the processing of your contributions or other services we offer. Any such third parties shall be required to maintain and use your information in accordance with our privacy policy.

Other than as described above, we will not use your personal information nor release it to any other party without your permission, unless we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, violations of our terms of use,or as otherwise required by law.

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