Goddard College Donor Privacy PolicyGoddard College maintains the highest level of respect for the privacy of its alumni and donors. The following privacy policy articulates Goddard College's practices for the collection, use and protection of information about our alumni and donors. The policy is intended to guide the actions of Goddard College staff members, volunteers and authorized representatives.
Goddard College collects and uses various personal information from alumni and donors that includes:
1. Personal information obtained from alumni, donors, prospective donors, and volunteers through pledge cards, letters, surveys, applications, and other forms, in writing, in person, by telephone, or electronically (including name, address, employer, birth date, credit card number, bank information, family members, interests, etc.).
2. Individual information may also be collected about alumni, donors and potential friends of Goddard regarding their history of philanthropic giving, volunteer activities, committee service work, information from public documents and reports, and interactions an individual may have had with Goddard College.
Goddard College will not sell, trade, rent or publish names (unless permission is given to publish for gift recognition) mail addresses, email addresses or telephone numbers of our alumni and donors.
Goddard College will use contact information (email, telephone number and mailing address) of alumni and donors for these purposes:
General, anonymous information about Goddard fundraising may be used for promotional and fundraising purposes. Donors have the option to have their name publicly associated with their donation unless the donor explicitly chooses otherwise on their pledge cards or when donating online.
Comments given in alumni/donor forms and surveys may be used in Goddard publications, and may be used in promotional materials, while comments sent in confidence to us via email, fax or telephone remain confidential.
All access to alumni/donor personal and financial information is limited to development staff members. Goddard uses encryption technology to protect sensitive information online and maintains security practices to protect alumni and donor information off-line. Only staff members who require information to deposit, record, acknowledge and report on financial donations are granted access to personally identifiable financial information. Development staff members will provide volunteers, who require pertinent donor/alumni gift-giving information for outreach and fundraising activities to advance Goddard’s mission, with the requested information on a need-to-know basis.
Volunteers and staff members are kept up-to-date on Goddard’s security and privacy practices. The Development Director will review this policy periodically with all advancement volunteers for the purpose of ensuring clarity on the reasons for confidentiality and accessibility and to maintain integrity within the practices of maintaining confidentiality of donor/alumni and potential donor information.
If you have questions about this Alumni/Donor Privacy Policy please email mandy.speaker@goddard.edu or call 1-866-614-ALUM. |