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Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: September 7, 2026

Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc. (“Open Arms,” “the Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit or interact with our website, how we use that information, and the choices available to you.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

  • Your name

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Membership account information

  • Information you provide when completing our “Stay Connected” form

  • Your reason for wanting to connect with the Foundation

  • Messages, questions, or other information you choose to submit

  • Information provided through future volunteer, program, event, assistance, or donation forms

Please do not submit highly sensitive personal information through a general website contact or “Stay Connected” form unless we specifically request it through an appropriate form.

2. Membership Accounts

Our website allows users to create membership accounts. When you create an account, certain information may be collected to establish and manage your account and provide access to applicable website features.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for notifying us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.

Our website is hosted through Wix, and certain account information may therefore be processed or stored through Wix’s website and membership services.

3. Stay Connected Form

Visitors may choose to complete our “Stay Connected” form by providing information such as their name, telephone number, email address, and reason for wanting to connect with Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc.

We may use this information to:

  • Respond to your inquiry or request;

  • Contact you about the Foundation;

  • Provide information about programs, resources, services, events, or opportunities that may be relevant to your request;

  • Maintain appropriate records of communications; and

  • Improve how we communicate with and serve our community.

Submitting the form does not guarantee acceptance into a program, membership, financial assistance, or any particular service.

4. Donations

Our website may display information about supporting or donating to Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc. Online donation processing may not be available at all times.

If online donations are activated in the future, we may use a third-party payment processor to securely process transactions. Payment information may be collected directly by that payment provider rather than stored directly by the Foundation.

Any applicable payment provider will process information according to its own privacy and security practices.

5. Volunteers, Programs, and Events

As our website grows, we may provide forms for volunteer opportunities, programs, events, community outreach, or requests for assistance.

If you voluntarily submit information through these features, we may use the information to evaluate your request, communicate with you, coordinate participation, administer our programs, maintain organizational records, or fulfill another purpose described when the information is collected.

6. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website platform and related services. This may include information such as:

  • IP address

  • Browser or device information

  • Pages visited

  • Date and time of visits

  • General website activity

  • Cookie and similar technology information

This information may be used for website operation, security, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving the website.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website is built and hosted using Wix. Wix and services used with our website may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, membership features, preferences, and analytics.

Where required, visitors may be provided with options for managing non-essential cookies.

You may also be able to control certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website features.

8. How We Use Personal Information

We may use information collected through our website to:

  • Operate and maintain the website;

  • Create and manage membership accounts;

  • Respond to questions and requests;

  • Communicate with individuals who ask to stay connected;

  • Provide information about Foundation programs, resources, events, and activities;

  • Coordinate future volunteer opportunities;

  • Process donations if online donations become available;

  • Maintain the security and integrity of our website;

  • Improve our website, programs, and communications;

  • Maintain appropriate organizational records; and

  • Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information.

9. When Information May Be Shared

We may share information when reasonably necessary with service providers that help us operate our website or provide related services, such as website hosting, email communications, analytics, account management, and future payment processing.

We may also disclose information when required by law, when responding to a valid legal request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, property, or security of the Foundation, our website users, or others.

We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

10. Children’s Privacy

Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc. serves women, men, and children through its mission and programs. However, our general website and membership features are not intended for children under the age of 13 to independently provide personal information without the involvement or consent 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 a parent or guardian believes that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us through the website without appropriate permission, please contact us at oawef@mail.com so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

Separate forms or programs involving children may require information from a parent or legal guardian in order for the Foundation to provide services or administer the program.

11. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect information provided to us. Our website is hosted through Wix, which provides website hosting and security infrastructure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should use care when submitting personal information online.

12. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, maintain appropriate organizational records, resolve disputes, protect the Foundation, or comply with applicable legal obligations.

Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted or otherwise handled in accordance with our recordkeeping practices and applicable law.

13. Your Choices and Requests

You may contact us to ask questions about personal information you have provided through our website or to request that we update or delete information when appropriate.

Certain information may need to be retained for legal, security, financial, recordkeeping, or legitimate organizational purposes.

To make a privacy-related request, contact:

Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc.
Email: oawef@mail.com

14. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to websites, social media platforms, payment services, or other services operated by third parties.

Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites and services that we do not control. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, services, or legal obligations change.

When changes are made, the updated policy may be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or information you have submitted through our website, please contact:

Open Arm Empowerment Foundation Inc.
Email: oawef@mail.com

Effective Date: September 7, 2026

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