GFWC Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for GFWC.org. GFWC respects your privacy. In collecting and using information about you, we adhere to the following principles:

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) is the sole owner of the information collected on GFWC.org.
We only have access to and/or collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, online forms, or other direct contact from you.
We use the collected information only for the purposes for which you provided it.
We will not sell or rent our email or mailing lists to anyone.

By providing us with your personal information or by using GFWC.org, you consent to our handling of personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We urge you to read it carefully and contact us with any questions.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We may collect and/or track the following information:

the server domain names, email addresses, type of computer, and type of Web browser of visitors to GFWC.org;
the email addresses of visitors that communicate with GFWC.org via email;
information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, registration forms, and surveys, (including name, address, email, and other personal profile data), and
aggregate and user-specific information regarding page views.

We may collect location information if a visitor enables their computer or mobile device to send us location information. The visitor may be able to change the settings on their computer or mobile device to prevent it from providing us with such information.

We may use your information to:respond to you and provide you with prompt and effective customer service;

communicate information about GFWC.org and to occasionally send important notices or information;
enhance our services, such as by analyzing usage trends, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of GFWC.org; and
support the operation of the GFWC.org, troubleshoot problems, resolve disputes, and to enforce our Terms and Conditions.

We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, unless such information is shared:

with your consent;
as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to make a donation;
with our agents and advisors (such as our accountants or attorneys) so they can provide their services to you or to us, but only with strict confidentiality restrictions;
as GFWC believes necessary to: (i) comply with law (including court and government orders, and civil subpoenas); (ii) enforce or apply the GFWC.org Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or (iii) protect the rights, property, or safety of GFWC personnel, our users, or others; and
in aggregated form, i.e., information about multiple users collectively without identifying any individual user, such as the total number of visitors to a particular page in a given month.

Cookies
This website may use cookies to store your usernames and passwords. Cookies are small text files a website may use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the website, and allow the website to track the visitor’s behavior and compile aggregate data for content improvements. Most Internet browsers will let you disable cookies. If you do so, you may not be able to use the remember password or other features on this site.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

Your Access to and Control Over Information; Opt Out Right
If you do not wish to receive mailings or emails from GFWC, you can opt out at any time. GFWC members can log on to the GFWC.org member portal and review and/or correct personal information. If you wish to review or have questions regarding your information, please contact us:

General Federation of Women’s Clubs
202-347-3168
GFWC@GFWC.org

1734 N ST NW
Washington, DC 20036-2990

Updates
Our Privacy Policy is reviewed regularly and may be revised as laws and technology change. Updates will be posted on this page. Use of any information previously collected by GFWC through this site will continue to be governed by the policy in effect when the information was collected. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this policy periodically, and to be aware of any modifications. Your continued use of our site after any such modifications will constitute your (a) acknowledgment of any modified policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by any modified policy.

This Policy was last updated in April 2024.