Pennsylvania Environmental Council Donor Privacy Policy

1.0  PURPOSE

The purpose of this Donor Privacy Policy is to recognize and protect the privacy rights of donors to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. (“PEC”).

2.0  SCOPE

This policy applies to all employees, officers, directors, and agents of PEC. Those individuals are expected to follow the guidelines outlined in this document.

3.0  POLICY STATEMENT

PEC is fully committed to respecting the contributions and privacy of our donors. PEC has adopted this Donor Policy to assure the prudent and discreet use of information pertaining to individuals and entities that have contributed, pledged, or may pledge gifts to PEC.

4.0   POLICY GUIDELINES

Information provided to PEC as part of any donation will be treated in agreement with the following principles:

  • 4.1 PEC will not release donor information outside of the organization unless authorized by the donor or required by law.
  • 4.2 Donors are requested to provide limited personal information to PEC in order to expedite the completion of contribution transactions, provide charitable gifting tax information, and/or facilitate donor recognition. This information is retained in the records of PEC for contributor outreach, financial recording and consolidated reporting, recognition in our Annual Report or program materials, and compliance with state and federal law. Payment information is used only for donation processing and is not used or retained for any other purpose.
  • 4.3 PEC provides all donors with the option to be removed from program or promotional materials, including our Annual Report. PEC exercises special caution to protect the identity of donors who wish to remain anonymous.
  • 4.4 PEC fully respects the rights of donors who wish to be excluded or removed from mailings and other contributor outreach. Donors may opt out of communications by emailing Molly Kestner at [email protected].
  • 4.5 PEC reserves the right to change our Donor Policy at any time with respect to information collected, following the posting of our revised Donor Policy on our organizational website (pecpa.org). Any change will not result in the lessening of privacy protections afforded to donor information collected prior to the date of the change in Policy, except to the extent required by law.