Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Hope For Haiti Incorp. ("Hope For Haiti," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Website Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information when you visit or interact with our websites, including hope-for-haiti.net and hopeforhaitimission.org (collectively, the "Website").

This policy applies only to information collected through the Website, including information submitted through Website contact forms and information collected through cookies, Google Analytics, and similar technologies. It does not address the privacy practices of Hope For Haiti's charitable programs, donations, beneficiaries, volunteers, employees, vendors, offline communications, or other organizational operations.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Through the Website

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you use a Website contact form, submit an inquiry, request information, sign up for updates, or otherwise communicate with us through the Website.

Depending on the form or communication, this information may include:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Your phone number
• The content of your message or inquiry
• Any other information you choose to provide through the Website

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, we may automatically collect certain technical and usage information about your device and interaction with the Website. This may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser type and version
• Device type and operating system
• Pages viewed and links selected
• Date, time, and duration of your visit
• Referring website or search source
• General location information derived from your IP address, such as city, state, or country
• Cookie identifiers, browser settings, and other technical diagnostic information

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website to:

• Respond to questions, comments, and requests submitted through the Website
• Provide information or communications you request
• Operate, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot the Website
• Understand how visitors use the Website
• Measure Website traffic and the effectiveness of Website content
• Improve the Website's content, functionality, usability, and performance
• Protect the Website and visitors against spam, fraud, misuse, or security incidents
• Comply with applicable legal requirements

We do not use information collected through the Website to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on visitors.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies, such as web beacons, tags, scripts, and analytics tools, to operate and improve the Website.

A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer, mobile device, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies may be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a period of time.

We may use the following types of cookies:

• Necessary cookies: These cookies are needed for Website security, basic functionality, and the proper operation of the Website.
• Preference cookies: These cookies may remember choices or cookie-consent preferences that you make on the Website.
• Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are visited, how visitors arrive at the Website, and whether visitors encounter technical problems.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website and to improve its content, usability, and performance. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and process information about your use of the Website.

Information collected through Google Analytics may include pages visited, time spent on pages, browser and device information, approximate geographic location, referring websites or search sources, interactions with Website content, and general usage patterns.

We use this information in aggregated form to evaluate Website traffic, identify popular content, understand visitor behavior, detect technical issues, and improve the Website. We do not intentionally send Google Analytics directly identifying information, such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, or the contents of a Website contact-form message.

Google may collect and process information in accordance with its own privacy practices. For more information, please review Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

You may prevent Google Analytics from collecting information about your Website activity by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You may also manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through our cookie-consent tool.

How We Share Website Information

We may share information collected through the Website with service providers that help us operate, host, secure, maintain, analyze, or support the Website. These service providers may include Website hosting providers, email or form-processing providers, security providers, and analytics providers such as Google Analytics.

We may also disclose Website information when required by law, legal process, or a valid governmental request, or when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to protect the Website, our rights, visitors, or the public from fraud, abuse, security threats, or other harm.

We do not sell personal information collected through the Website for money. We do not knowingly share personal information collected through the Website for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Retention of Website Information

We retain information collected through the Website only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your communication, operate and secure the Website, conduct Website analytics, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce applicable agreements.

• Website inquiries and contact-form messages: We may retain these communications for up to 24 months after the last communication, unless a longer retention period is needed for legal, security, or recordkeeping reasons.
• Website analytics data: We may retain analytics information for up to 24 months, subject to the retention settings and capabilities of Google Analytics or another analytics provider.
• Website server logs: We may retain server logs, including IP addresses and access times, for up to 24 months for Website security, troubleshooting, fraud prevention, and technical support.

We may delete or anonymize information sooner when it is no longer needed. Limited copies may remain in secure backup systems for a limited period.

California Privacy Notice

This California Privacy Notice applies only to California residents who visit or interact with the Website. It supplements the other provisions of this Website Privacy Policy and is intended to address applicable California privacy-law requirements for information collected through the Website.

Personal Information Categories

In the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information from California residents through the Website:

• Identifiers: such as name, email address, phone number, IP address, cookie identifiers, and device identifiers.
• Internet or electronic network activity information: such as pages viewed, links clicked, browser type, device details, referring pages, cookies, and interactions with the Website.
• Approximate geolocation information: such as a general location inferred from an IP address.
• Communications information: such as information included in a Website contact-form submission or other Website-based inquiry.

Purposes for Collection

We collect and use this Website information to respond to Website inquiries, operate and maintain the Website, provide Website functionality, measure Website usage, improve Website content and performance, protect Website security, and comply with legal obligations.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose personal information collected through the Website to service providers that assist with Website hosting, maintenance, security, forms, communications, and analytics. Google Analytics is one such analytics service provider.

We do not sell personal information collected through the Website. We do not share personal information collected through the Website for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Your California Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable legal limitations and verification requirements, California residents may have the right to:

• Request information about the personal information we collected about them through the Website
• Request access to specific personal information collected through the Website
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information maintained through the Website
• Request deletion of personal information collected through the Website
• Receive equal service and pricing even if they exercise applicable privacy rights
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, if applicable

Because we do not sell or share personal information collected through the Website as defined by California privacy law, we do not currently provide a separate "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link.

How to Submit a California Privacy Request

To request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information collected through the Website, please contact us through the Website at https://hopeforhaitimission.org. Please state that your request concerns California privacy rights and provide enough information for us to reasonably verify your identity.

We may ask for additional information to verify your identity before processing a request. If an authorized agent submits a request on your behalf, we may require written authorization and verification of your identity, as permitted by applicable law.

Children's Privacy

The Website is not directed to children under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 through the Website.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has submitted personal information through the Website, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.

Third-Party Links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content, security, privacy practices, or policies of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Changes to This Website Privacy Policy

We may update this Website Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will post the updated policy on this page and revise the "Last updated" date above.

Your continued use of the Website after an updated policy is posted means that you acknowledge the revised Website Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Website Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request regarding information collected through the Website, please contact us through:

• https://hopeforhaitimission.org
• Hope For Haiti Incorp., PO Box 99365, Troy, MI 48099-9365