Last Updated: June 20, 2024

This Privacy Policy explains how Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. (“BLMGNF,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our websites, mobile sites, and mobile applications that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”). To make this Privacy Policy easier to read, our website, applications, and other offerings are collectively called the “Services.” By using our Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy, and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

Collection of Information

The categories of personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us, our Services, and the requirements of applicable law. We collect information that you provide to us, information we obtain automatically when you use our Services, and information from other sources such as third-party organizations, as described below.

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you sign up to receive updates, request information, fill out a form, sign a petition, sign up as a volunteer, sign up for an event, participate in a contest or promotion, make a donation or purchase, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request support, send us an email, apply for a job, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect includes your name, contact information (such as email address, postal address, and phone number), credit card and other payment information (which may be collected directly by a third-party processor), area of study, and any other information you choose to provide.

In addition, federal or state law may require us to collect certain personal information from donors. For example, federal law requires us to collect (and report to the IRS) the name and address of all individuals whose donations to BLMGNF exceed $5,000.

Automatically Collected Information

When you access or use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:

  • Log and Usage Information: We collect information related to your access to and use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, app version, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, the frequency and duration of your activities, the page you visited before navigating to our Services, your mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, device information, location information, internet service provider, and other information about how you use our Services.
  • Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
  • Transactional Information: If you make a donation or purchase, we may collect information about the transaction, such as donation amount, purchase price, product details, and date and location of the transaction.
  • Location Information: We may derive the approximate location of your device, such as from your IP address.
  • Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and our service providers) use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in your device’s memory that help us improve our Services and enhance your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and to help us understand usage and campaign effectiveness. The use of a pixel tag allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. We may also include web beacons in e-mails to understand whether messages have been opened, acted on, or forwarded. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see Your Choices below.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We and our service providers may also obtain information about you from other sources and combine that with information we collect about you on our Services.

Use of Information

We may use the information we collect to:

  • Supporting lobbying efforts aimed at supporting Black lives globally and housing justice;
  • Facilitating front-line organizations’ efforts to promote healthy Black communities, including creating space for Black imagination and innovation;
  • Send you confirmations, updates, alerts, and support and administrative messages and otherwise facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of, the Services;
  • Notify you about important changes to the Services;
  • Provide, maintain, support, and improve our Services;
  • Provide and deliver the information you request, process donations and transactions, and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;
  • Respond to your emails, comments, questions, and requests and otherwise contact you about your participation with BLMGNF and the use of the Services;
  • Communicate with you about BLMGNF, such as sending you information to keep you informed about various issues, events, activities, and volunteer opportunities, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you (see Your Choices below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);
  • To solicit volunteers, donations, and support for BLMGNF and for other issues and organizations that we support, and to connect you with other volunteers;
  • Assess your qualifications if you reply to any job postings or other opportunities on the Services;
  • Assess and pursue potential business opportunities;
  • Request feedback and to otherwise contact you about your use of the Services;
  • Contact you if state or federal tax laws require us to request additional information from you;
  • Remind you to vote and register to vote and assist you in finding your registration information, polling location, and BLMGNF events near you;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services;
  • Personalize the Services and provide advertisements (including cross-context behavioral advertising), content, or features based on your preferences, interests, and browsing and online activities;
  • Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
  • Link or combine the information we receive with information we receive from others; and
  • Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

We also use your information for various administrative purposes, such as:

  • Pursuing our legitimate interests such as direct marketing, research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention;
  • Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
  • Protect the rights and property of BLMGNF and others;
  • Measuring interest and engagement in our Services;
  • Improving, upgrading or enhancing the Services or our internal business purposes;
  • Ensuring internal quality control and safety;
  • Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests to exercise your rights under this policy;
  • Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services;
  • Auditing relating to interactions, transactions and other compliance activities;
  • Enforcing our agreements and policies;
  • Complying with our legal obligations;
  • Prevent potentially inappropriate or illegal activities and otherwise act in accordance with our Terms of Service; and
  • For any other legitimate business purpose, as permitted by law.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

  • With vendors, service providers, volunteers, and consultants who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;
  • With organizations, groups, or causes that we believe have similar viewpoints, principles, or objectives or share similar goals and with organizations that facilitate communications and information sharing among such groups;
  • To report required information to the Internal Revenue Service or state agencies, including names and addresses of individuals whose contributions to BLMGNF exceed $5,000;
  • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
  • When we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests, claims, or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or court orders;
  • To third-party purchasers or by otherwise selling, sharing, or otherwise disclosing it to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration;
  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of BLMGNF, its employees, volunteers, constituents, or others;
  • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any reorganization or formation of a new committee or successor organization, asset sale or transfer, financing or lending transaction, or in any other situation where personal information may be disclosed or transferred as one of the assets of BLMGNF;
  • We may share data for advertising and related purposes, including showing you ads about BLMGNF or third-party services, showing you ads through our partners, and helping advertisers understand how ads on BLMGNF perform;
  • We may tell the ad partners we work with how their ads are doing, and how to make them better. To do this, we may disclose information about the ads you see or interact with on BLMGNF to our advertisers and third-party companies to improve the performance of the ads that we or they use to audit or improve the delivery and performance of ads or content on websites and apps. Some of this information may be aggregated. Depending on where you live and your settings, we may also disclose this information at an individual level;
  • To enforce or apply this Policy, our Terms of Use, or our other policies or agreements; and
  • With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third parties.

The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent, which information will not be shared with any third parties, provided that the foregoing does not apply to sharing (1) with vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (and who will not use such information for their own purposes); (2) if we believe disclosure is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation or to comply with law enforcement or legal process; and (3) if the user consents to our sharing of such information.

Links to Other Websites

The Services may contain links to other websites. For example, we may link to third-party sites to facilitate donations or purchases. Any personal information you provide on such linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy and not this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of these websites or any other sites that are linked to from our Services. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

Social Sharing Features

The Services may offer social plugins (“Plugins”) and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button, which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa). Plugins are generally identifiable by the logo for the applicable social network or other notice indicating the use of a Plugin. When you visit a page of our website that contains a Plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the social network providing the Plugin, which enables that social network to receive certain information, such as information about your having accessed the respective page of our Services. If you are logged into the applicable social network, your visit can be assigned to the account of such social network. If you interact with the Plugins, for example by clicking “Like,” the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to the social network providing the Plugin and is stored by it. Even if you are not logged into that social network, there is possibility that the Plugins transmit certain information, such as your IP-address, to the applicable social networks. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by such social networks, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit the privacy policy page for the social network providing the Plugin. If you do not want the social networks providing the Plugins to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your member data already stored by such social networks, you must log off all such social networks before entering our website. Simply closing the social network page does not suffice.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by BLMGNF and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites, and better understand your online activity.

For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices.

Transfer of Information to the U.S.

BLMGNF is based in the United States and is directed to U.S. residents, and we process and store information in the U.S. If you are located outside the U.S., we, and our service providers, may store, access, or transfer your information to jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

Children’s Information

The Services are not directed to children under 13 (or other age as required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, and terminate the child’s account if applicable.

Your Choices

Cookies and Internet-Based Advertising

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. To delete or disable flash cookies please visit www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security for more information. However, if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. However, you may opt-out of personalized advertisements on some mobile applications by following the instructions for Android, iOS and others.

The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance.

Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails or text messages from BLMGNF by following the instructions in those emails or text messages. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

Mobile Push Notifications/Alerts

With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.

Retention of Personal Information

We will delete your information upon your request. We otherwise retain your personal information indefinitely.

Colorado Residents

Additional information for Colorado residents can be found here.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.