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Sonoma Community Animal Response Team, Sonoma CART, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit sonomacart.org, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to Sonoma CART, including your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and other information you choose to provide when you:
Make a donation
Contact Sonoma CART by email
Request information
Communicate with us about volunteering, partnerships, media inquiries, or community outreach
Register for or participate in Sonoma CART programs or activities

When you make a donation, we may also receive information related to your donation, including the donation amount, date, contact information, and transaction status.

Our website may also automatically collect certain technical information when you visit, such as your Internet Protocol address, browser type, device information, pages visited, website interactions, and other information used to operate and understand website activity.

How We Use Your Information
Sonoma CART may use information collected through our website to:
Process and acknowledge donations
Provide donation receipts and maintain financial records
Respond to questions and requests
Communicate with volunteers, donors, partners, media representatives, and community members
Provide information about Sonoma CART programs, training, outreach, preparedness resources, and activities

Maintain and improve our website
Protect the security and operation of our website
Meet applicable legal, financial, and recordkeeping requirements
We do not sell or rent personal information.

Donations and Payment Processing
Online donations made through our website are processed using Wix and connected payment processing services.
Payment processors may collect information necessary to complete your transaction, including payment and billing information. Their collection and use of information is governed by their own privacy and security practices.
Sonoma CART may retain donor and transaction information needed for donation acknowledgment, accounting, tax reporting, recordkeeping, and other legitimate nonprofit purposes.

Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website is hosted on the Wix platform. Wix uses cookies and similar technologies that help websites function securely and properly.

Cookies may also be used to understand website traffic and how visitors interact with the site.
Depending on the services enabled on the website, visitors may have the ability to accept or decline certain nonessential cookies through website cookie settings. You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect how some portions of the website function.

Third Party Services and Links
Our website contains links to websites and services operated by other organizations, including Better Impact, government agencies, partner organizations, social media platforms, and other resources.
Information you provide directly to an outside website or service is governed by that organization’s privacy practices and is not controlled by Sonoma CART. For example, individuals who choose to apply or register as Sonoma CART volunteers through Better Impact provide their information directly through the Better Impact platform.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of outside websites before providing personal information.

Sharing Information
Sonoma CART may share personal information with trusted service providers when necessary to operate our website, process donations, provide services, maintain records, or support organizational activities.
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, property, or security of Sonoma CART, our volunteers, our community, or others.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.

Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and to meet applicable legal, accounting, financial, operational, or recordkeeping requirements.

Data Security
Sonoma CART takes reasonable measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. Our website is hosted through Wix, which provides the technology and infrastructure used to operate the site. No method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Information
You may contact Sonoma CART to request access to personal information you have provided to us, request that inaccurate information be corrected, or request deletion of information when appropriate.
Certain information may need to be retained for legal, financial, tax, donation, safety, or recordkeeping purposes.

Requests may be sent to:
info@sonomacart.org

Email Communications
If you receive informational or promotional email communications from Sonoma CART, you may request to stop receiving those communications at any time.

Operational communications related to volunteer activities, donations, registrations, emergency response, or other requested services may still be sent when necessary.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
Sonoma CART may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, technology, or privacy practices change.
When updates are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact Us
Questions about this Privacy Policy or Sonoma CART’s privacy practices may be directed to:
Sonoma Community Animal Response Team
info@sonomacart.org