Privacy Policy

Here’s a draft Privacy Policy tailored for Catholic Engineering Corps (catholicengineeringcorps.org). This mock policy reflects common nonprofit website practices and your site’s existing features (like cookies, web forms, newsletter), ensuring clarity and compliance. Feel free to adapt or share with your legal team for review.

Effective Date: August 26, 2025

Catholic Engineering Corps (“we,” “us,” or “our”) commits to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect information through our website, catholicengineeringcorps.org (the “Site”).

• Contact Forms: When you submit forms (e.g., “Send us a message,” newsletter sign-up), we collect your name, email address, subject, and any attached files. (Catholic Engineering Corps)
• Newsletter Subscriptions: We also capture your email address when you subscribe to updates. (Catholic Engineering Corps)

• Cookies: We use cookies to analyze website traffic and improve your experience. Acceptance aggregates your data with anonymized user data. (Catholic Engineering Corps)
• reCAPTCHA: Provided by Google to prevent spam; governed by Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. (Catholic Engineering Corps)

• To respond to inquiries submitted via our contact form.
• To send newsletters or updates, if you’ve opted in.
• To analyze user behavior and maintain/improve the Site using cookies and aggregated usage data.
• To enhance security, including the use of reCAPTCHA to prevent automated misuse.

We use cookies for website analytics and performance improvement. Your consent to cookies means your anonymized data is aggregated with other user data. You may choose to accept or decline cookies—decline may affect certain site functionalities. (Catholic Engineering Corps)

• reCAPTCHA by Google: Applies Google’s policies, not ours. (Catholic Engineering Corps)
• Analytics or Hosting: We may use third-party providers (e.g., hosting platforms, newsletter services). Any personal data shared with them is limited to what’s strictly necessary and secured under appropriate agreements.

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share your data only if:

• Required by law or legal process (e.g., subpoenas).
• Necessary to enforce our policies or protect our rights or users.
• With your explicit consent.

• We implement reasonable security measures (technical and administrative) to protect your information.
• We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill its purpose (for example, keeping newsletter subscriptions until you unsubscribe).

• Opting Out: You may unsubscribe from newsletters at any time using the link in your email or by contacting us.
• Cookie Preference: You can accept or decline cookies when prompted on the Site.

Our Site is not intended to collect information from children under age 13. If we inadvertently collect such data, it will be promptly deleted upon discovery.

Our Site may include links to external sites. This Privacy Policy applies only to our Site. We are not responsible for third-party privacy practices—please review their policies directly.

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy. If changes are significant, we will post a prominent notice and update the “Effective Date.” Continued use of the Site signifies acceptance of changes.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please reach out:

Catholic Engineering Corps
4520 N Decatur St, Denver, CO 80211
Phone: +1 (303) 919-2872
Email: Joshua.Knight@GlobalAssociates.org (Catholic Engineering Corps)

CategoryDetailsData CollectedName, email, message content, attachments, cookie dataPurpose of UseContact response, newsletters, analytics, securityThird-Party ServicesGoogle reCAPTCHA, possible hosting/newsletter providersYour RightsUnsubscribe, decline cookiesData SecurityReasonable safeguards, limited retentionChildrenUnder 13 data not intentionally collectedPolicy UpdatesChanges posted with updated effective date

Let me know if you'd like to customize any sections further—such as GDPR or CCPA additions, or details around donation processing and payment security. Happy to refine it!