Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you create an account or use Serve With Wisdom, we may collect information including:

Personal Information

• First name and last name;
• Email address;
• Phone number;
• Account login information.

Volunteer Profile Information

To help identify suitable volunteer initiatives and provide relevant notifications, we may collect:

• Parish/location;
• Skills and abilities;
• Volunteer interests;
• Information you choose to provide about your volunteer experience.

We only collect information that is reasonably necessary to provide and improve our volunteer engagement services.

2. How We Use Your Information

WisdomPhilanthropy may use your information to:

Provide Volunteer Services

• Create and manage your volunteer profile;
• Identify volunteer initiatives that align with your skills, interests, and location preferences;
• Notify you about relevant volunteer opportunities coordinated by WisdomPhilanthropy;
• Manage your participation in volunteer activities.

Communications

• Send notifications about volunteer opportunities matching your skills, interests, or parish;
• Send updates regarding opportunities you have registered for;
• Communicate important information relating to your account or volunteer activities.

Improve the Platform

• Understand how users interact with the Platform;
• Improve volunteer opportunity recommendations;
• Improve our services and user experience.

3. Volunteer Opportunity Matching

Serve With Wisdom uses information from your volunteer profile to help identify opportunities that may be relevant to you.

For example, we may use:

• Your parish/location to identify nearby opportunities;
• Your skills to identify opportunities requiring those skills;
• Your interests to suggest relevant activities.

The purpose of this matching is to help volunteers discover meaningful service opportunities and allow WisdomPhilanthropy to communicate relevant initiatives based on volunteer skills, interests, and location preferences.

4. Sharing of Information

WisdomPhilanthropy may share limited volunteer information where necessary to coordinate volunteer activities and provide the services offered through Serve With Wisdom.

Information may be shared with relevant project partners, community locations, or individuals involved in coordinating a volunteer initiative where necessary to support participation.

Information shared may include:

• Name;
• Contact information;
• Relevant skills;
• Information necessary to coordinate participation.

WisdomPhilanthropy does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

5. Public Information

Your volunteer profile is not intended to be publicly searchable.

Your personal information will only be made available as necessary to support volunteer engagement, participation in initiatives, and communication.

6. Notifications and Communications

By creating an account, you agree that WisdomPhilanthropy may send communications related to:

• Volunteer opportunities coordinated by WisdomPhilanthropy that align with your profile;
• Opportunities you have registered interest in;
• Changes or updates relating to volunteer activities.

These communications are part of the service provided by Serve With Wisdom and are intended to support your participation in volunteer initiatives.

You may manage your notification preferences through your account settings where available.

7. Cookies and Website Information

Serve With Wisdom may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Maintain user sessions;
• Improve website functionality;
• Understand website usage;
• Enhance user experience.

You may adjust your browser settings to manage cookies; however, disabling cookies may affect certain Platform features.

8. Data Protection and Security

WisdomPhilanthropy takes reasonable measures to protect your personal information from:

• Unauthorized access;
• Loss;
• Misuse;
• Unauthorized disclosure.

However, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Retention of Information

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:

• Provide volunteer engagement services;
• Maintain account records;
• Meet legal obligations;
• Resolve disputes;
• Improve our services.

If you request deletion of your account, we will take reasonable steps to remove or anonymize your personal information, subject to any legal or operational requirements.

10. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including:

• Requesting access to information we hold about you;
• Requesting correction of inaccurate information;
• Requesting deletion of your information;
• Withdrawing consent where applicable;
• Managing communication preferences.

To make a request, please contact us using the information provided below.

11. Children's Privacy

Serve With Wisdom is not intended for children under the age of 18 unless participation is permitted and supervised through appropriate arrangements with a parent, guardian, school, or authorized organization.

WisdomPhilanthropy and approved project partners working with minors are responsible for ensuring appropriate safeguarding practices are followed.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

WisdomPhilanthropy may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Any changes will be posted on servewithwisdom.org with an updated revision date.

Your continued use of the Platform after changes are posted indicates acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:

WisdomPhilanthropy
Website: wisdomphilanthropy.org
Email: contact@wisdomphilanthropy.org