Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 16, 2026
Last Updated: March 16, 2026
Youth for Youths Voices Inc. ("Youth for Youths Voices," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website, https://www.youth4youthsvoices.org/ (the "Site"), including when you contact us, volunteer, donate, subscribe, register for events or programs, apply for mentoring or support opportunities, or otherwise interact with us online.
As a nonprofit organization serving youth ages 14 through 21, we take privacy seriously and aim to handle personal information responsibly, respectfully, and in accordance with applicable law.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when we share it, the choices you have, and how to contact us about our privacy practices.
1. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
on or through our Site;
through online forms, including contact forms, volunteer forms, event/program registration forms, mentoring-related forms, newsletter sign-up forms, and donation forms;
when you communicate with us by email or through the Site;
through certain offline interactions that relate to our website activities; and
from service providers that help us operate our website, communications, fundraising, and nonprofit programs.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by third-party websites, services, or applications that are not operated by us, even if they are linked from our Site.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:
A. Information You Provide Directly
We may collect information you voluntarily provide to us, such as:
your name;
email address;
phone number;
mailing address;
date of birth or age range, where relevant to youth eligibility, program participation, or event registration;
emergency contact information, where relevant to a program, event, mentoring activity, or volunteer role;
organization, school, or employer name, where applicable;
information submitted through contact forms or inquiry forms;
information submitted through volunteer interest forms or volunteer applications;
information submitted through event, workshop, mentoring, or program registration forms;
donation details and donor contact information;
messages, comments, or other information you choose to provide; and
any other information you voluntarily submit to us.
B. Volunteer and Program Information
If you complete a volunteer form or register for an event, mentoring activity, youth program, workshop, or related opportunity, we may collect information needed to review, coordinate, schedule, administer, or communicate about that opportunity.
Depending on the form, that may include:
availability or scheduling preferences;
areas of interest;
relevant experience or qualifications;
age eligibility information;
parent or guardian contact information, where applicable;
accessibility or accommodation-related information you choose to share; and
other details relevant to participation.
Please do not submit highly sensitive personal information through general website forms unless we specifically request it and provide an appropriate means to do so.
C. Donation and Payment Information
If you make a donation through the Site, your payment information is typically processed by a third-party payment processor and is not stored by us in full.
We may receive limited donation-related information such as:
donor name;
contact information;
billing or mailing address;
donation amount;
donation frequency;
transaction date;
payment status; and
a partial payment identifier, receipt record, or related transaction information.
We use this information to process donations, issue receipts or acknowledgments, maintain nonprofit records, communicate with donors, and support our fundraising efforts in accordance with applicable law.
(We currently use Squarespace Payments to accept all Donations on our website)
D. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our Site, our website platform and service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, such as:
IP address;
browser type and version;
device type;
operating system;
referring pages and URLs;
pages viewed and actions taken on the Site;
dates and times of visits; and
cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers.
E. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to operate the Site, remember preferences, understand website traffic, improve performance, support security, and help us understand how users interact with our Site.
See Section 8 below for more information.
3. How We Use Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
to operate, maintain, and improve our Site;
to respond to inquiries and communicate with you;
to review and respond to volunteer submissions;
to administer events, workshops, mentoring activities, programs, applications, and related communications;
to confirm eligibility, participation, and logistics for youth and volunteer opportunities;
to process donations and send donation confirmations, receipts, and acknowledgments;
to send newsletters, updates, fundraising messages, volunteer opportunities, event announcements, or other communications you request or that are otherwise permitted by law;
to understand how visitors use the Site and improve user experience;
to maintain nonprofit, donor, and program-related records;
to protect the security and integrity of our Site and systems;
to detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, abuse, or other unlawful activity; and
to comply with legal, accounting, tax, reporting, and recordkeeping obligations.
4. When We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share personal information in the following circumstances:
A. Service Providers
We may share information with vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, payment processing, analytics, email delivery, form processing, spam prevention, data storage, scheduling support, and IT/security support.
B. Donation and Payment Processing
When you donate online, your information may be shared with the payment processor used to complete the transaction.
C. Program, Event, and Volunteer Administration
We may share information internally with authorized staff, contractors, or trusted service providers who need access to administer programs, mentoring opportunities, events, volunteer coordination, communications, registrations, or related operations.
D. Legal Compliance and Protection
We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to:
comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or legal process;
protect our rights, property, safety, Site, operations, or participants;
protect the rights, safety, or property of our users, donors, volunteers, staff, youth participants, or the public; or
investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity.
E. Organizational Changes
If our organization undergoes a merger, restructuring, transfer of assets, or similar organizational change, information may be transferred as part of that process, subject to applicable law.
F. With Your Direction or Consent
We may share information when you ask us to do so or otherwise consent.
5. Donor Privacy
We value the privacy of our donors.
We use donor information to:
process donations;
provide acknowledgments and receipts;
maintain financial and nonprofit records;
communicate about our mission, programs, events, and fundraising efforts; and
support donor stewardship and relationship management consistent with applicable law.
Unless required by law, we do not trade, rent, or sell donor personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.
If you would like to opt out of fundraising emails or request updates to your donor information, please contact us using the information in Section 14.
[Optional if true: We may recognize donors by name in reports, event materials, campaigns, or on our website unless a donor requests anonymity.]
6. Email Communications and Marketing
If you sign up for our newsletter, fill out a form, donate, volunteer, register for an event or program, or otherwise provide your email address, we may send you messages about our programs, events, fundraising campaigns, volunteer opportunities, impact updates, and related nonprofit activities.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us directly. Even if you opt out of marketing messages, we may still send you transactional or administrative messages, such as responses to your inquiries, donation receipts, volunteer follow-ups, or event-related communications.
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7. Youth Privacy, Minors, and Age-Related Information
Youth for Youths Voices Inc. serves young people ages 14 through 21 through programs, events, mentoring, leadership development, and related activities. Because some participants may be minors under applicable law, we take extra care in how we handle age-related and participation information.
Our Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed primarily to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate consent where required by law. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information through our Site, please contact us so we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
For youth registration, events, mentoring, volunteer opportunities, or program participation involving minors, we may collect information from the youth participant, the participant’s parent or guardian, or both, where appropriate. This may include contact information, age or date-of-birth information, emergency contact information, participation details, and consent-related information necessary to administer the activity responsibly.
Where required or appropriate, we may use separate registration forms, consent forms, parent/guardian permission forms, waivers, media releases, emergency contact forms, or intake forms in addition to this Privacy Policy.
We ask users not to submit unnecessary sensitive information through general website forms. If we learn that information has been submitted inappropriately, we may delete or limit use of that information as appropriate.
8. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
Our Site is hosted on Squarespace. Squarespace and certain third-party services may use cookies and similar technologies to support core website functionality, performance, security, and analytics.
These technologies may be used to:
enable essential website functions;
remember visitor preferences;
analyze traffic and usage patterns;
improve Site performance and content; and
help protect against spam, abuse, and security threats.
Depending on how our Site is configured, we may use:
essential cookies;
performance or analytics cookies; and
functional cookies.
We may also use third-party tools that place their own cookies or similar technologies.
(Our current third-party tools include: Google Forms and our Squarespace Donation Widget)
You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location and our Site settings, you may also see a cookie banner or consent tool that allows you to manage certain cookie preferences.
9. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, donation tools, maps, videos, scheduling services, social media platforms, or other embedded content. If you interact with those third-party features, the third party may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third parties.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:
provide requested services or information;
administer programs, mentoring activities, events, volunteer opportunities, and donor relations;
maintain nonprofit, financial, tax, and operational records;
comply with legal, audit, accounting, and reporting requirements;
resolve disputes; and
enforce our agreements and protect our operations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
11. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to help protect personal information. However, no website, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to:
request access to personal information we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate information;
request deletion of personal information, subject to exceptions;
opt out of certain communications; and
appeal a denied privacy request where required by law.
To exercise a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information in Section 14. We may need to verify your identity before completing your request.
Some U.S. state privacy laws may not apply to nonprofit organizations in the same way they apply to for-profit businesses. However, we aim to handle personal information responsibly and respond to valid privacy requests as required by applicable law.
13. Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting, and some users may enable browser-based privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC). Because there is not yet a single uniform standard for how all websites should interpret these signals, our Site may not respond to all such signals in every context.
If applicable law requires us to recognize a particular signal for a particular processing activity, we will do so as required.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to update your information, or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact us at:
Youth for Youths Voices Inc.
127 Eaton Place #1
Staten Island, NY 10302
Email: Youthforyouthsvoices@gmail.com
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or organizational operations.
When we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.