Privacy Policy
How we protect your personal information and your rights as a member or visitor.
🛡 Our Commitment
Advocates for Change serves a community that faces unique challenges. Many of our members, their families, and supporters navigate deeply personal circumstances that require the highest level of discretion and care. We understand that trust is the foundation of everything we do.
We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of every person who interacts with our organization — whether you are a member, a donor, a volunteer, or a visitor to our website. Your personal information belongs to you, and we treat it accordingly.
Our core promise: We do not share your personal information with anyone outside this organization. No exceptions. No third parties. No selling of data. Ever.
Last updated: March 5, 2026
📋 Information We Collect
We collect only what is necessary to serve our members and operate our organization.
Information You Provide
- Contact forms: Your name, email address, and any message you submit through our website contact form.
- Membership: Name, email, mailing address, and other details you provide when joining or renewing your membership.
- Donations: Name, email, and payment information when you make a contribution. Payment processing is handled by secure third-party processors — we do not store credit card numbers on our servers.
Information Collected Automatically
- Analytics data: We may collect anonymized usage data such as pages visited, time spent on site, and general geographic region to help us improve the website experience.
- Cookies: Small files stored on your device to maintain site functionality and security. See the Cookies & Tracking section below for details.
🔍 How We Use Your Information
Your information is used exclusively for the internal operations of Advocates for Change:
- Member communications: Sending newsletters, event announcements, legislative updates, and organizational news.
- Membership management: Processing new memberships, renewals, and maintaining our membership records.
- Donation processing: Acknowledging contributions and providing receipts for tax purposes.
- Site improvement: Using anonymized analytics to understand how visitors use our website so we can make it more useful.
- Responding to inquiries: Replying to messages submitted through our contact form.
🔒 Information Sharing
We Do Not Share Your Data
Your personal information is never sold, rented, traded, or disclosed to any person, organization, or entity outside of Advocates for Change. This applies to all data we collect — membership information, contact details, donation records, and any other personal data.
We recognize that the people we serve may face significant consequences if their personal information were to be disclosed. This is not a standard legal formality for us — protecting your identity and your association with our organization is a core part of our mission.
🔐 Data Protection
The safeguards we use to keep your information secure.
- SSL/TLS encryption: All data transmitted between your browser and our website is encrypted using industry-standard SSL/TLS protocols.
- Cloudflare security: Our website is protected by Cloudflare, which provides DDoS protection, web application firewall, and additional security layers.
- Limited access: Only authorized administrators within the organization have access to personal data, and only as needed to perform their duties.
- Secure hosting: Our website is hosted on infrastructure that meets industry security standards with regular updates and monitoring.
- Payment security: Donation payment processing is handled by PCI-compliant third-party processors. We never store your full credit card information on our servers.
⚖ Your Rights
You have full control over your personal information.
Under the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) and our own organizational policies, you have the right to:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion: Request that we delete your personal information from our records.
- Opt out: Unsubscribe from any communications at any time using the link provided in our emails, or by contacting us directly.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
🍪 Cookies & Tracking
Our website uses a limited number of cookies to function properly and to understand how visitors use the site:
- Essential cookies: Required for basic site functionality, including WordPress session management and login state. These cannot be disabled.
- Security cookies: Set by Cloudflare to protect against malicious traffic and ensure site availability.
- Analytics cookies: Used to collect anonymized data about site usage, such as which pages are visited most frequently. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics.
How to Manage Cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect site functionality.
📝 Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal and regulatory reasons. When we make changes:
- The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.
- Significant changes will be communicated to members through our regular communications.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
📩 Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please reach out: