PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 24, 2026 

Sophia's Place respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how Sophia's Place ("Sophia's Place," "we," "us," or "our") may collect, use, protect, and disclose information when you visit our website, communicate with us, make a donation, volunteer, inquire about partnerships or programs, or otherwise interact with our organization.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Name 
• Email address 
• Telephone number 
• Mailing address 
• Information submitted through contact forms 
• Volunteer inquiries 
• Partnership inquiries 
• Donation-related information 
• Grant or sponsorship inquiries 
• Information included in messages or correspondence you send to us 
• Other information you voluntarily provide 

Please do not submit confidential medical, financial, or other highly sensitive personal information through general website contact forms unless specifically requested through an appropriate secure process.

If you make a donation through our website, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment processor.

Sophia's Place may receive information concerning the transaction, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, transaction date, and payment status.

We generally do not directly receive or store complete credit or debit card numbers when transactions are processed by an independent payment provider.

The payment provider's collection and use of information may also be governed by its own privacy policy and terms.

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through standard website technologies.

This may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address 
• Browser type 
• Device type 
• Operating system 
• Pages visited 
• Date and time of visits 
• Referring website 
• General geographic information 
• Website interactions and usage information 

This information may be used to operate, secure, analyze, and improve our website.

Our website or third-party services used by our website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies may help us understand how visitors use the website, remember preferences, improve website functionality, and measure website performance.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.

 Sophia's Place may use information we collect to:

• Respond to questions and inquiries 
• Communicate with supporters 
• Process and acknowledge donations 
• Provide donation receipts when applicable 
• Respond to volunteer inquiries 
• Evaluate partnership opportunities 
• Communicate with potential community partners 
• Respond to grant and sponsorship inquiries 
• Provide information about our mission, programs, and projects 
• Maintain and improve our website 
• Protect the security and integrity of our website 
• Maintain organizational records 
• Comply with applicable legal obligations 
• Further the charitable mission of Sophia's Place

Sophia's Place does not sell personal information to third parties.

We may share information with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our organization and website, including providers that assist with:

• Website hosting 
• Email communications 
• Donation processing 
• Payment processing 
• Data storage 
• Website analytics 
• Security 
• Professional services 

We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process, governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect Sophia's Place, our supporters, residents, prospective residents, volunteers, partners, or others.

Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

Sophia's Place does not control those third-party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices, security, content, or policies.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information under our control.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Our website is intended primarily for a general adult audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.

If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected through the website inappropriately, we will take reasonable steps to address the situation.

You may contact us to:

• Update or correct information you previously provided 
• Request removal from nonessential email communications 
• Ask questions about our privacy practices 

Certain records may need to be retained for legal, financial, tax, security, or organizational purposes.

Sophia's Place may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the Contact Us page on the Sophia's Place website.