Privacy Policy

“Sunbird Trust” is committed to providing privacy for our web site visitors as well as recipients of our email messages. Sunbird Trust promotes the tenets of opt-in email and privacy among our partners and employees. We maintain a strict privacy policy to protect the integrity and privacy of the personal information gathered from our supporters and visitors through all of our communication channels. We are continuously evaluating our internal procedures and technology to ensure privacy at all levels in our organization.

Information Tracked

We may track location, device type, browser type to help us understand our visitors’ needs related to our web site design. We do so in a way that makes your personal information non-personally identifiable by aggregating data and removing identifiable characteristics.

There are registration and application sections of our web site where input forms require your name, email address and other information. By submitting such forms, you give us permission to send email messages to you containing information relating to your interest in Sunbird Trust. Each email we send will also contain instructions on how to opt-out of receiving future emails of any sort from Sunbird Trust.

Cookies

Client-side cookies are used to verify the login status of visitors and registered users of our web site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. If visitors reject a cookie, they may still use our site; however, they may not be able to log in, or access all areas of our site. (Cookies are text files our website places in your computer’s browser to store your preferences.). By continuing to use our sites without changing settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Security and Privacy

We will never share, sell, exchange or rent your personal information with or to any individual or organization without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you, processing your application, online donations, or sending you emails related to your interest in Sunbird Trust.

Links to other websites

Our website has links to other websites that may collect information about you. Sunbird Trust cannot ensure the privacy practices of such sites and is not responsible for any damages due to them. The inclusion of a link in our website to those other sites does not imply endorsement by us of the linked site or of those sites’ privacy policies.

Choice/Opt-out

Our e-newsletter subscribers and website visitors are given the opportunity to opt-out of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. Users of our site will always be notified if their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this to ensure our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Third party agreement

This site works with third party services that collect anonymous traffic data at this site and Sunbird Trust will not be responsible for such usage by the third party.

Notification of changes

If we change our privacy policy, we will post these changes to ensure that our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. The “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email at the last address provided and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our website. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which information was collected. Any such changes may affect our use and sharing of personal information that you provided to us before our notification to you of the changes. If you do not wish to permit changes in our collection, use, or sharing of personal information that you have provided to us before the effective date of such changes, you must notify us before that effective date. Please be advised, however, that regardless of whether you provide such notice to us, the changes to this privacy policy will apply to any personal information that you provide to us on or after the effective date of such changes.