PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: October 9, 2024

Introduction

Green Workers Alliance, a project of PowerSwitch Action, 1305 Franklin St # 501, Oakland, CA 94612 (“GWA,” “us,” or “we”), is committed to respecting your privacy and recognizes your need to protect the personal information that you share with us on our website. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, share, and protect information you and others provide to these sites https://greenworkers.org/ and https://gwaapp.org/ (“Site,” or “Sites”), what information we collect about your use of the Site, as well as what rights users have with regard to their data.

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If any portion of this Policy is unacceptable to you, do not use the Site. Use of the Site constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy, including any future revisions to this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Data

We collect certain personally identifiable information defined as “information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household” when you sign into the Site; create an account; donate to the Site, or submit or access a report. Without limitation, we collect the following information from users on the Site:

Name and contact information;
Issues, campaigns, and programs you’re interested in;
Financial information necessary to process and track donations;
Other information you provide to us;
Other information as described below.

We also keep a record of your use of the Site and automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser (including your IP address, our cookie information, and the page you requested).

You do not need to register or provide any information to us if you are just browsing the Site, but if you want to engage in certain services on the Site, you must provide us with your first and last name, your email address, your phone number, and current zip code.

When you interact with our Site, we also collect limited non-personally identifying information that the browser you used makes available automatically. This information includes the internet address of the computer or network you used to access our Site, the date, time, and page(s) you visited on our Site, the browser and operating system you used, and the referring page (the webpage that contained the link to our Site that you clicked on to get there). We also use cookies or similar data files to help you navigate on the Site. Once you leave our Site, you have the right not to be followed. Please see our section on Cookies below to learn more about managing your experience.

We may collect your email address via cookies and pixels on the Site through the use of trusted third-party partners. If you do not want us to collect information about you, please contact us to opt out.

If you call, email, or chat with our staff, we may ask for information such as your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number.

Use of Data

We have a legitimate interest in using your personal information for the following purposes:

To create and secure your account with us.
To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
To send you newsletters and information about us and our programs.

We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our Site operates correctly and efficiently. Toward that goal, we use the aggregated nonpersonal data and information from all users of our Site to measure server performance, analyze user traffic patterns, and improve the content of our Site and portions of our Site. We sometimes track the keywords that are entered into our search engines or through our Sites to measure interest in specific topics and to improve the visitor experience on the Site.

We have a legitimate interest in communicating with you about your account and will use your personal information to send you important non-commercial emails, such as administrative notices related to our Site.

Messages

We will use your e-mail address and/or other personal information you provide to us to send you information we think you will be interested in, including our programs, GWA news, updates, and information about programs you may have viewed.

Opting Out of Messages

You can opt out of receiving our communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in any email you receive from us, or by sending an e-mail to us at the address provided under Contact Us below that contains the email address you wish us to unsubscribe from our lists. Please note that if you do not supply the email address in your request, we will be unable to unsubscribe you. Also, if you do not supply the same email address to us that you used to subscribe to, we will be unable to unsubscribe you. Even if you opt-out of receiving messages, we will still send you administrative messages so long as you maintain your account. Please see below for how to permanently delete your account.

Text Messages

You may have the opportunity to receive messages from us via SMS text message. We will only send such messages with your consent. You can revoke your consent to receive text messages from us at any time by replying “STOP” to any text message you receive. If you have revoked your consent to receive text messages but have not opted out of targeting cookies in your browser settings, revoking your consent will not stop you from seeing ads on third-party websites based on your browsing history on the Site.

Sharing of Your Information

Third Parties

We may use third parties to process your data when it serves a legitimate business purpose. These entities include vendors, consultants, and other service providers or volunteers who are engaged by or working with us and who need access to such information to carry out their work for us or with our affiliate organizations and the Partnership for Working Families Action Fund. We may also match information collected from you with information from third-parties in order to better tailor content to your interests. Our contracts with these third parties require them to comply with the terms and the intent of this Privacy Policy, make commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard your information, and not use your information for their own commercial purposes. In regard to SMS text messages, we do not share any text message originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Business Transactions

In the event we (or our parent organization) go through a business transition or transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, liquidation, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred to a successor entity. We or the successor entity may notify affected users of such transfer.

Legal Obligations

We have a legitimate interest in complying with our legal obligations. Accordingly, we may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it, we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency, or such release is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers, or others.

Links

Our Site may contain links to other sites. Those sites may have their own privacy policies or no privacy policies at all. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites, and those other sites have not agreed to our privacy policy. We have no control over or responsibility for any unaffiliated third-party sites or the content contained in them, and we provide these links solely for the convenience of our visitors. We do not sponsor, endorse, or otherwise recommend such sites or any products or services they may offer. In short, once you leave our Site, we are no longer responsible for the collection practices of the companies operating those sites.

Cookies

To help us serve you better, we collect information that identifies the computer or browser used to access the Site, as well as the user account associated with that computer/browser if you are logged in. Cookies are pieces of information placed in the settings of your web browser by a website server to identify your computer when you return to a website. Whenever a site welcomes you and tailors data to your specifications, it is reading a cookie left in your browser and identifying information that you may have registered during previous visits, such as your viewing preferences. You can find more information about cookies and how they work here: http://www.aboutcookies.org.

Certain cookies used by our Site do not collect any personal information and are essential to the provision of a functional website and/or app. Accordingly, we have a legitimate interest in placing these cookies (known as “Necessary Cookies”) that drive your navigation and settings when visiting our Site, such as remembering you each time you visit the Site. We and our service providers also use “Analytics Cookies,” which allow us and such parties the ability to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of the Site and help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site.

If you prefer not to receive cookies through our Website, you can set your browser to either reject all cookies, to allow only "trusted" websites to set them, or to accept only those cookies from those sites you are currently on. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site and use it.

By using this Site, you agree that we can place cookies on your computer or device, as explained above. However, you can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may limit system performance and may impact your user experience, and parts of the Site may no longer be fully accessible.

If you refuse cookies, this may limit system performance and may even cause certain features of the Site to malfunction or not to work at all. You can learn more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.

Selling Information

We do not sell your personal information collected on or through the Site under this Privacy Policy.

Google Analytics

This Site may use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. The Site may also make use of other Google Analytics for Display Advertising features, including Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, and/or the DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration. We are required by Google to disclose the following information to you in our Privacy Statement in connection with our use of any Google Analytics for Display Advertising features on the Site.

You may opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize Google Display Network ads by using the Google Ads Settings page. You may also prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by opting out through the use of the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. If we make use of the Google Analytics for Display Advertising Remarketing feature, We will use such Remarketing feature to advertise online, and third-party vendors, including Google, may show our ads on sites across the Internet.

Before using cookies or similar tracking technologies, including those used by Google Analytics and related advertising features, we will obtain your explicit consent. When you first visit the Site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that provides information about the types of cookies and tracking technologies we use. You will have the option to accept, reject, or manage your cookie preferences.

By accepting our privacy policy, you consent to the use of all cookies and tracking technologies as outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to customize your preferences, you can select which categories of cookies you allow, including essential, performance, and advertising-related cookies.

You can also change your consent settings at any time by accessing our cookie preferences page, where you may update your choices or withdraw your consent altogether. For more information on how we handle cookies and other tracking technologies, please review our Cookie Policy.

As with all information we collect, the data from Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting may be utilized by us to help recognize and understand user preferences, to make improvements to the Site, to choose content and advertising to display to you, and for other business purposes that will allow us to better serve you.

Do-Not-Track Signal

Our Site does not currently respond to browser-based Do-Not-Track (DNT) signals. This is because there is no consistent standard for interpreting such signals, and they do not always reflect the user's intended privacy preferences. However, you can manage your privacy settings by opting out of marketing communications and adjusting your cookie preferences as outlined in the Google Analytics section of this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Access

Our Site is a general audience website intended for adult use only. We do not market to and do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are based in the European Economic Area (EEA), you may only use our Site if you are over the age at which you can provide consent to data processing under the laws of your country. If you become aware of any person under the age of 13 who has provided personal information to us on the Site or otherwise, please notify us at the email address provided under Contact Us below.

Site Security

We take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of data located on and collected by our Site. We exercise reasonable care to protect your non-public personal information at rest. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your non-public personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us while it is in transit. Once we receive your personal information, we will maintain commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect it. If a data breach occurs, we will, if required by applicable law, promptly notify you and the proper legal authority.

Site Hosted in the United States; Consent for Collection and Processing

This Site is hosted in the United States. The country or jurisdiction in which you reside or from which you access the Site may have privacy laws that provide greater protections for your information than those in the United States. By accessing and using this Site from a location outside the United States, you understand and unambiguously agree that we and our third-party service providers may collect, store, and process your information in the United States.

Dispute Resolution

If you have an inquiry or complaint regarding whether we have violated our obligations under this Privacy Policy as to you, please contact us at the e-mail address provided under Contact Us below. We will endeavor to acknowledge your email within 24 hours and provide a substantive response within 45 days. We may ask that you provide additional information and/or request a one-on-one discussion or conference.

Right of Access

You are entitled to access your personal information and to have it amended, updated, or deleted where such information is incorrect, incomplete, or outdated. You may exercise your right to access your information and obtain:

a description of the categories of personal information and sources of such personal information we have collected within the past year;
a description of the business purpose for which we have collected such personal information;
a description of the specific pieces of personal information we have collected within the past year.

In order to obtain such information, please contact us via the contact information provided under Contact Us below. In making such a request, please be sure to provide us with your name and the email address about which you are requesting information. In order to verify your identity, we may require email verification from the email address we have in our records for you. You may be required to provide more information in order for us to assist you. We will answer your request within 45 days from our receipt, provided your request is complete and accurate.

If you would like to update your information, you can contact us by sending a request in writing to the email address under Contact Us, below. When making a request to update your information, please make sure to provide the name and email address associated with the account. The email address you provide must match the email address we have on file for you. We will answer your request within a reasonable business period from receipt, provided that this request is complete and accurate. You may be required to provide additional information in order for us to process your request.

You may, on legitimate grounds, object to the processing of your personal information. Such objection may, however, prohibit us from providing the requested service.

Deleting Your Account

You can delete your account and information we keep about you (subject to certain legitimate business and legal exemptions) at any time by contacting us using the information under Contact Us, below or our Contact Page.

To properly delete your account, you must provide the name under which the account was opened as well as the email address you used to create the account (names are similar, so we must have your email address to permanently delete your account). In order to verify your identity, we may require email verification from the email address we have in our records for you.

We retain your information for as long as it is necessary for legitimate business purposes. We consider your continuing to receive emails from us to be an ongoing relationship with you that allows your account to remain active.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or desire to exercise any of your rights described above, please contact us at (202) 649-0332 or email us at info@greenworkers.org.

Policy Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove any portion of this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time. If our information practices change, we will post an updated policy on our Site. You can tell if the policy has changed by checking the effective date that appears at the top of this policy. We shall not apply changes in our policy retroactively to information collected from you under a prior policy if, in the reasonable exercise of our discretion, we determine that the changes substantively affect your rights, unless we have given you notice of the changes of the policy and an opportunity to opt-out. We will provide this notice to you by email if we have a current email address for you and otherwise by posting notice of the change prominently on the home page of our Site. Otherwise, by using this Site you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit the page to determine the then-current terms of use and privacy policy to which you are bound.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

If you are a resident of California, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request once a calendar year information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by us to a third party for the third party’s direct marketing purposes. Please note that not all information sharing is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements, and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response. This right granted to California residents applies only to their activities within the State of California. To make such a request, please contact us using the information under Contact Us, above.