Last Updated: August 2026:
Hope for Voiceless Foundation (“Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and disclose information when you visit our website, contact us, volunteer with us, support our activities, or make a donation.
1. Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address
- Information submitted through contact, volunteer, foster, adoption, rescue, or donation forms
- Communications you send to us
- Photographs, videos, rescue information, or other material voluntarily submitted to us
- Donation and transaction-related information
Our website may also automatically collect limited technical information such as browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited, and cookie or analytics data.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through our website to:
- Respond to inquiries and requests for assistance
- Coordinate animal rescue, treatment, fostering, adoption, feeding, vaccination, sterilization, and other animal-welfare activities
- Manage volunteers and supporters
- Process and acknowledge donations
- Provide donation receipts where applicable
- Send updates or communications when you have chosen to receive them
- Improve our website and services
- Maintain appropriate organizational and financial records
- Prevent misuse, fraud, or security threats
- Meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements
3. Donations and Payment Information
Where donations are processed through a third-party payment provider, payment information may be collected and processed directly by that provider.
Hope for Voiceless Foundation does not intentionally store complete credit-card, debit-card, or banking credentials unless specifically required and permitted by applicable law and appropriate security measures are in place.
Third-party payment providers operate according to their own privacy policies and terms.
4. Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with service providers, veterinarians, rescue partners, foster or adoption coordinators, payment processors, professional advisers, government authorities, or other parties involved in carrying out our legitimate activities.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect animals, individuals, the Foundation, or the public.
5. Photographs, Videos and Rescue Information
Individuals may voluntarily provide photographs, videos, locations, or information concerning animals requiring assistance.
We may use appropriate submitted material for rescue coordination, awareness, education, fundraising, advocacy, or reporting purposes where we have an appropriate basis or permission to do so.
We will make reasonable efforts not to unnecessarily disclose sensitive personal information associated with such submissions.
6. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, understand website usage, improve visitor experience, and measure the effectiveness of our communications.
Visitors may be able to control cookies through their browser or device settings.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, operational, and regulatory requirements.
9. Your Choices and Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may contact us to request access to or correction of your personal information, request deletion where appropriate, or withdraw consent for certain communications.
You may unsubscribe from promotional or informational emails by using the unsubscribe option provided or by contacting us.
10. Third-Party Websites
Our website or social-media pages may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites operated by third parties.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website is intended for general audiences. We do not knowingly seek to collect unnecessary personal information from children. Where activities involve minors, appropriate consent may be required from a parent or legal guardian.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
13. Contact Us
For questions concerning this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:
Email: info@hopeforvoicelessfoundation