Privacy Policy

Light Beyond may collect information in the following ways.

Information You Voluntarily Provide

You may choose to provide information when you:

• Submit a contact form;

• Request information about programs or services;

• Ask about partnership opportunities;

• Sign up for a newsletter or update;

• Register for an event, class, or program;

• Make a donation;

• Send us an email, message, or other communication;

• Complete a survey, intake form, testimonial form, or feedback form.

This information may include:

• Name;

• Email address;

• Phone number;

• Mailing address;

• Organization or role;

• Donation or payment details;

• Program interest;

• Message content;

• Any other information you choose to share.

Please do not submit urgent, unsafe, or highly sensitive information through website forms. Website forms and email may not be the safest way to communicate if someone else has access to your device, accounts, browser, or location information.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically through Squarespace,

analytics tools, cookies, or similar technologies. This may include:

• IP address;

• Browser type;

• Device type;

• Pages visited;

• Date and time of visit;

• Referring website;

• Approximate location based on technical data;

• How visitors interact with the website.

This information helps us understand website performance, improve accessibility, maintain security, and learn what information is helpful to visitors.

Donation and Payment Information

If you make a donation or payment, your transaction may be processed by a third-party payment provider.

Light Beyond may receive limited information such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date, and transaction confirmation details.

Light Beyond does not intentionally store full credit card numbers on its own website systems. Payment processors may collect and process payment information under their own terms and privacy policies.

Light Beyond may use information to:

• Respond to inquiries;

• Provide requested information;

• Communicate about programs, services, partnerships, donations, or events;

• Process donations, registrations, payments, and receipts;

• Send newsletters or updates if you opt in;

• Improve website content, accessibility, and user experience;

• Maintain website security and prevent misuse;

• Keep internal records;

• Comply with legal, financial, accounting, insurance, or reporting obligations;

• Protect the rights, safety, and integrity of Light Beyond, participants, staff, volunteers, partners, or others.

Light Beyond does not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share limited information when necessary with:

• Staff, volunteers, contractors, or service providers who help us operate the website, communicate with visitors, process donations, manage programs, or provide administrative support;

• Third-party platforms used for website hosting, email, scheduling, donations, analytics, forms, communications, or file storage;

• Professional advisors such as attorneys, accountants, auditors, insurers, or consultants;

• Partner organizations, but only when appropriate, authorized, or necessary to respond to your request or coordinate support;

• Government agencies, courts, law enforcement, or others if required by law, legal process, subpoena, reporting obligation, or to protect safety.

We aim to share only the information reasonably necessary for the purpose involved.

Because Light Beyond’s mission involves survivors and people navigating vulnerable circumstances, we ask visitors to be careful about what they submit online.

Please avoid submitting detailed abuse histories, trafficking details, location information, legal information, medical information, mental health information, immigration information, financial information, or other highly sensitive information through general website forms unless it is necessary and you believe it is safe to do so.

If you participate in a Light Beyond program, additional confidentiality, consent, intake, or participant policies may apply.

If you contact Light Beyond, we may respond using the contact information you provide. However, email, text messages, voicemail, social media messages, and online forms may not be fully secure or confidential.

If you need us to communicate in a particular way for safety reasons, please tell us if it is safe to do so. For example, you may ask us not to leave voicemail, not to mention Light Beyond in a subject line, or to use a preferred contact method. While we will make reasonable efforts to honor safe-contact requests, we cannot guarantee that any communication method is completely secure.

This website may use cookies or similar technologies to help the site function, understand visitor activity, improve content, remember preferences, and maintain security.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect how the website functions.

If the website uses third-party tools such as Squarespace analytics, Google services, embedded videos, social media links, newsletter signups, donation processors, or scheduling tools, those third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies.

Light Beyond uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect personal information. However, no website, email system, online form, database, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You submit information at your own discretion and risk. If you believe information you submitted to Light Beyond may no longer be safe or confidential, please contact us as soon as possible.

Light Beyond keeps information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to respond to requests, provide services, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, support financial/accounting needs, and protect organizational interests.

Different types of information may be kept for different periods depending on the nature of the information, the reason it was collected, program requirements, legal obligations, insurance needs, or operational needs.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we have about you;

• Request correction of inaccurate information;

• Ask us to delete certain information;

• Opt out of non-essential communications;

• Ask questions about how your information is used.

To make a request, contact us. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

We may not be able to delete information that we are legally required or permitted to keep.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us directly.

This website is not directed to children under 13. Light Beyond does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.

If Light Beyond provides programming involving minors, separate parent/guardian permissions, partner-agency arrangements, consent forms, or program-specific policies may apply.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through this website, please contact us.

This website may link to third-party resources, including hotlines, partner organizations, social media platforms, donation processors, video platforms, scheduling tools, and other websites.

Light Beyond is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, safety, security, availability, or services of third-party websites or platforms. Please review their privacy policies before submitting information.

Light Beyond values donor trust. We do not sell or rent donor information.

We may use donor information to process donations, issue receipts, maintain financial records, thank donors, communicate about Light Beyond’s mission, and comply with legal, tax, accounting, or reporting obligations.

If you would like your donation or name to remain anonymous in public-facing materials, please contact us. We will make reasonable efforts to honor anonymity requests, subject to legal, accounting, and administrative requirements.

Light Beyond may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Your continued use of the website after a policy update means you acknowledge the revised policy.