Privacy Policy

Putumayo Education Foundation Inc. · Last Updated: Oct 22, 2026

1. Data Collection and Use Practices

The Putumayo Education Foundation Inc ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you make a donation, sign up as a volunteer or sponsor, register for an event, subscribe to our updates, or otherwise contact us through our website at https://spirit-africa.org/ .

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make, and the services you use. As a donor, volunteer, sponsor, or supporter, this may include your name, email address, mobile phone number, mailing address, donation history, and billing information. As a visitor who submits a contact, event, or sign-up form, this may include your name, contact information, your areas of interest, and consent records captured at the time you submitted your information.

We may also collect your phone number and SMS consent preferences when you voluntarily opt in to receive text communications.

2. Privacy of Personal & Donor Information

The Putumayo Education Foundation Inc understands the sensitive nature of the personal and financial information shared by the donors, volunteers, and supporters who use our website.

We implement reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the personal and donor information we create, receive, maintain, or transmit.

We only use or disclose personal and donor information as necessary to process donations and issue receipts, communicate about our programs and events, operate our email and SMS communications, coordinate volunteers and sponsors, provide support, or as authorized by you.

We maintain confidentiality expectations with third-party vendors and service providers, such as our payment processor, email and CRM tools, and SMS/email delivery providers, who may handle your information solely to support our services.

3. SMS Communications & TCPA Compliance

We comply fully with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and A2P messaging requirements.

By providing your phone number and opting in through our donation, event, volunteer, or sign-up forms, you consent to receive text messages from The Putumayo Education Foundation Inc. These may include event and volunteer reminders, donation receipts and confirmations, program updates, fundraising appeals, account notifications, and occasional service-related messages.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time by replying "STOP" to any message. For assistance, reply "HELP" or contact us directly.

We will not send SMS messages using automated dialing systems or prerecorded messages without your prior express written consent where required, and we retain consent records as proof of that consent for every person who opts in.

We maintain an internal Do-Not-Call list and honor all requests to be added to it immediately.

SMS Data Protection Statement

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

We implement strict data protection measures to safeguard your SMS opt-in information and consent records.

4. Data Security and Encryption

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.

All data transmitted between your browser and our website is encrypted using industry-standard TLS/SSL protocols. Access to personal and donor information is restricted to authorized personnel and service providers who are bound by confidentiality obligations. We do not directly store full payment card details; donations are processed through a secure third-party payment processor.

Despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

5. User Rights and Data Access

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

The right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information.

The right to request rectification or erasure of your personal information.

The right to restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability.

We will respond to verified requests within 30 days.

6. Cookie and Tracking Policies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) on our website and forms to access or store information and to help us understand how visitors and supporters interact with our website. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice, where applicable.

We do not use tracking technologies in a manner that would compromise the confidentiality of donor or supporter information.

7. Third-Party Data Sharing Practices

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not sell or share donor, volunteer, or supporter lists with other organizations for their own marketing.

Any sharing of personal or donor information is limited to what is necessary to operate our website and programs, for example with our payment processor, email and CRM tools, and SMS/email delivery vendors, and is handled under confidentiality obligations with those service providers. We may use aggregated, de-identified data for website analytics and program improvement.

8. Data Retention Policies

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, charitable donation recordkeeping, or TCPA consent-recordkeeping requirements).

9. SMS Opt-In Data Protection (CRITICAL COMPLIANCE NOTICE)

We do not sell, rent, or share SMS opt-in data or phone numbers with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes.

Your SMS consent is used solely for communication with The Putumayo Education Foundation Inc, and is not shared with any external parties except as required to deliver messaging services (e.g., SMS/email delivery providers), and only under strict confidentiality obligations.

10. Contact Information for Privacy Inquiries

If you have questions or comments about this notice, or wish to exercise your privacy rights, you may contact us at:

The Putumayo Education Foundation Inc

10764 70th Ave Unit 5106, Seminole, FL 33772, USA

Email: [email protected]

+1 727-346-8747

https://spirit-africa.org/