Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January, 2025
Last Updated: September 30, 2026
Wings for Wishes Academy, Inc. (“Wings for Wishes Academy,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of our supporters, donors, volunteers, families, educators, website visitors, and program participants.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit wingsforwishesacademy.org, communicate with us, make a donation, register for a program, or otherwise interact with Wings for Wishes Academy.
By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address
- Donation information
- Program registration information
- Volunteer or supporter information
- Communications and messages sent to us
- Information submitted through website forms
- Parent or guardian information when applicable
- Other information you choose to provide
When you make an online donation or payment, payment information may be collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor. Wings for Wishes Academy does not necessarily receive or store your complete credit or debit card number.
We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you use our website, including:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages viewed
- Referring website
- Approximate geographic information
- Date and time of visits
- Website interaction information
- Cookies and similar technologies
2. How We Use Information
We may use information we collect to:
- Process donations and other transactions
- Provide donation acknowledgments and receipts
- Respond to questions and requests
- Register individuals for programs, events, or services
- Communicate with parents, guardians, educators, donors, supporters, and volunteers
- Provide information about our charitable programs and activities
- Send newsletters or organizational updates when permitted
- Maintain donor and supporter records
- Improve our website, programs, and services
- Measure website usage and performance
- Prevent fraud, misuse, or security incidents
- Maintain financial, tax, and regulatory records
- Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations
- Protect the rights, safety, and property of Wings for Wishes Academy and others
We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.
3. Donations and Payment Processing
Online donations may be processed through third-party payment processors, including Stripe or other payment providers used by Wings for Wishes Academy.
Payment processors may independently collect information necessary to complete transactions and are responsible for their own privacy and security practices.
We encourage donors to review the privacy policies of the applicable payment processor.
We may retain donor information as necessary for accounting, tax reporting, donor acknowledgment, fraud prevention, and nonprofit recordkeeping.
4. Children and Children’s Privacy
Wings for Wishes Academy provides educational and charitable programs that may benefit children and young people. Protecting children’s privacy is particularly important to us.
Our general public website is intended primarily for parents, guardians, educators, donors, supporters, and other adults.
Children under 13 should not submit personal information directly through our website without the involvement and authorization of a parent or legal guardian.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information online directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been submitted to us improperly, we will take reasonable steps to delete or appropriately handle that information.
Parents or legal guardians who believe that a child has submitted personal information to us may contact us using the information provided below.
Program-specific forms involving children may require additional parental consent, releases, authorizations, or privacy notices.
5. Photographs, Video, Audio, and Participant Stories
From time to time, Wings for Wishes Academy may use photographs, video recordings, audio recordings, testimonials, artwork, or participant stories to document and communicate our charitable work.
When identifiable children are involved, Wings for Wishes Academy should obtain appropriate authorization from a parent or legal guardian before using identifiable images, recordings, testimonials, or similar content for promotional or public-facing purposes, except where another lawful basis applies.
Participation in a Wings for Wishes Academy program does not automatically authorize public promotional use of a child’s image or personal information.
6. Email Communications
If you subscribe to newsletters, request information, make a donation, participate in a program, or otherwise provide us with your email address, we may send you communications related to Wings for Wishes Academy.
Marketing or promotional emails will include an unsubscribe mechanism when required.
Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may continue to send transactional, administrative, donation-related, program-related, or legally required communications.
7. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar tools to:
- Operate the website
- Remember preferences
- Understand website traffic
- Measure website performance
- Detect security problems
- Improve the user experience
Third-party services such as website analytics providers, embedded video providers, social media platforms, or payment processors may also place or access cookies according to their own policies.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
8. Third-Party Services and Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or use services operated by third parties, including payment processors, video services, email platforms, social networks, analytics providers, and other technology vendors.
We do not control the privacy practices of independent third parties. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own policies and terms.
A link to another website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of that website or its privacy practices.
9. When We May Share Information
We may disclose information:
- To service providers that help us operate our website or organization
- To payment processors and financial institutions
- To email and communications providers
- To hosting and technology providers
- To accountants, auditors, attorneys, insurers, or professional advisers
- When required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or governmental request
- When reasonably necessary to prevent fraud or protect safety, rights, or property
- In connection with a restructuring, merger, transfer, or similar organizational transaction
- With your consent or at your direction
Service providers should receive only information reasonably necessary for the services they perform.
10. Donor Privacy
Wings for Wishes Academy respects the privacy of its donors.
We do not sell donor mailing lists or personal donor information for monetary compensation.
We may publicly recognize donors when appropriate and when permitted. A donor may request anonymity by contacting us.
Certain donor information may be disclosed when required by law, tax reporting rules, audits, grant requirements, or governmental authorities.
11. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
- Providing programs and services
- Maintaining donor and financial records
- Fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations
- Resolving disputes
- Preventing fraud
- Enforcing agreements
Different categories of information may have different retention periods.
13. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law and the nature of your relationship with us, you may request that we:
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Update your contact information
- Remove you from promotional mailing lists
- Delete certain information when legally permissible
- Explain certain information we maintain about you
We may need to retain some records when required by law or for legitimate nonprofit, financial, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping purposes.
14. State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain states may have additional rights regarding their personal information under applicable state privacy laws.
Where a state privacy law applies to Wings for Wishes Academy, we will honor rights required by that law.
Some state privacy statutes contain exemptions or different requirements for nonprofit organizations.
15. International Visitors
Wings for Wishes Academy is based in the United States. If you access our website from outside the United States, information you provide may be processed or stored in the United States.
Different jurisdictions may provide different levels of privacy protection.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When material changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.
Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
17. Contact Us
Questions, privacy requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Wings for Wishes Academy, Inc.
4678 Kiser Island Road
Terrell, NC 28682
United States
Website: wingsforwishesacademy.org
Please use the contact information or contact form provided on our website for privacy-related inquiries.