Privacy Policy

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Mailing address
• Donation information
• Communication preferences
• Information submitted through contact forms
• Newsletter subscriptions
• Event forms
• Other information voluntarily submitted through website features

We may also collect certain non-personal or technical information automatically when you visit our website, including:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of access
• Time spent on the website
• Other usage and diagnostic information

Information collected through GiveToRARA.org may be used to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve our website.
• Process donations and provide donation acknowledgments.
• Respond to questions, requests, and communications.
• Send newsletters, updates, fundraising communications, and organizational announcements.
• Maintain donor records and communication preferences.
• Analyze website usage and improve the visitor experience.
• Protect the security and integrity of our website.
• Comply with legal, tax, accounting, administrative, and recordkeeping obligations.

Online donations made through our website are processed by secure third-party payment processors.

R.A.R.A. does not store complete credit card numbers, debit card numbers, bank account numbers, or full payment credentials on its website servers.

When you make an online donation, payment information is submitted directly to the applicable third-party payment processor and is governed by that provider's privacy policy, terms, and security practices.

R.A.R.A. may receive limited donation-related information such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date of donation, transaction status, and any designation or message you provide.

Royal Arch Research Assistance, Inc. is a nonprofit organization recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are generally tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Donation acknowledgments may be provided by R.A.R.A. or by our third-party payment processor.

Donors are responsible for maintaining appropriate records for their own tax purposes. Certain charitable contributions may require written acknowledgments containing specific information regarding the contribution and whether goods or services were provided in exchange.

If you request that your donation remain anonymous, we will make reasonable efforts to honor that request in public recognition materials.

R.A.R.A. may still maintain internal records of the donation for accounting, tax, administrative, legal, and compliance purposes.

If a donor indicates a preference that a gift be used for a particular purpose, R.A.R.A. will make reasonable efforts to honor that preference.

Unless a gift restriction is expressly accepted by R.A.R.A. in writing, donations may be treated as unrestricted charitable contributions and may be used where most needed to advance the mission of the organization.

If you believe a donation was made in error, please contact us promptly.

Refund requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Refunds, when approved, may be processed through the original payment method when available and may be subject to third-party payment processor rules, fees, or limitations.

If you subscribe to receive updates, newsletters, fundraising messages, or other communications, we may use your email address to send those communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us.

We may continue to send non-marketing communications related to donations, receipts, transactions, security, or administrative matters.

Cookies are small files placed on your device by websites you visit.

GiveToRARA.org may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Support website functionality.
• Remember visitor preferences.
• Analyze traffic and website performance.
• Help prevent spam, fraud, and abuse.
• Improve visitor experience.

You may disable cookies through your browser settings. If cookies are disabled, certain portions of the website may not function properly.

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with the website and to improve content, accessibility, performance, and donor experience.

Analytics and server logs may include information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, browser type, device type, general location information, referring websites, IP address, dates and times of access, and other usage statistics.

If visitors leave comments on the website, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. Following approval of a comment, a profile image associated with your account may be publicly visible in connection with the comment.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data.

Visitors may be able to download images from the website and extract location or other metadata contained within those files.

Pages and articles on GiveToRARA.org may contain embedded content such as videos, images, maps, forms, articles, or social media content.

Embedded content from third-party websites behaves substantially as though the visitor has visited the external website directly.

Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies, employ additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with embedded content.

We may use third-party companies, vendors, and service providers to help operate our website and support our charitable mission.

These providers may include:

• Payment processors
• Website hosting providers
• Email communication platforms
• Analytics providers
• Spam detection services
• Security providers
• Form providers
• Database and administrative tools
• Other operational service providers

These third parties may have access to personal information only as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf and are expected to protect that information appropriately.

R.A.R.A. may share personal information in limited circumstances, including:

• With service providers performing functions on our behalf.
• With payment processors to process donations and transactions.
• When required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process.
• When necessary to protect the rights, safety, property, or security of R.A.R.A., our users, donors, or others.
• For accounting, audit, tax, compliance, or administrative purposes.
• With your consent or at your direction.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including donor relations, donation records, tax compliance, accounting, legal obligations, dispute resolution, security, and organizational operations.

If you leave a comment, the comment and related metadata may be retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically instead of being held in a moderation queue.

For users who register on the website, if any, we may store personal information provided in the user's profile. Users may be able to view, edit, or delete certain personal information, subject to technical, administrative, legal, and security limitations.

Depending upon the circumstances and applicable law, you may request to:

• Review personal information maintained about you.
• Correct or update inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of certain information.
• Unsubscribe from optional newsletters or fundraising communications.
• Disable cookies through your browser settings.

Requests may be subject to legal, tax, accounting, security, recordkeeping, and administrative obligations.

GiveToRARA.org is not directed to children under the age of 13, and R.A.R.A. does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to remove that information.

R.A.R.A. supports research related to Central Auditory Processing Disorder and related charitable purposes.

Information appearing on GiveToRARA.org concerning medical research, health conditions, scientific studies, grants, investigators, or related subjects is provided for general educational and informational purposes only.

Nothing on this website constitutes medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or professional healthcare guidance.

Visitors should consult qualified healthcare professionals regarding medical questions, diagnosis, treatment, or health-related decisions.

GiveToRARA.org may contain links to websites operated by third parties.

If you follow an external link, you will be directed to a website that R.A.R.A. does not control. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, security practices, accuracy, or practices of third-party websites or services.

Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information.

R.A.R.A. seeks to make GiveToRARA.org accessible and usable for visitors.

If you experience difficulty accessing any part of the website, please contact us so that we may review the issue and make reasonable efforts to improve accessibility.

GiveToRARA.org is operated from the United States.

If you access the website from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, processed in, and maintained in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website functionality, organizational practices, technology, or legal requirements.

Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Changes are effective when posted unless otherwise stated.