Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 6/1/2026
Last Updated: 6/1/2026

North East Trees Inc. (“North East Trees,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, make a donation, sign up for our newsletter, register for events, volunteer, apply for opportunities, contact us, or otherwise interact with us online.

By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information you provide directly to us, including:

Name
Email address
Mailing address
Phone number
Donation information
Volunteer, event, or program registration information
Employment, internship, or workforce program application information
Organization or affiliation
Messages or inquiries submitted through contact forms

We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit our website, including:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Links clicked
Referring website
Date and time of visit
General website usage and analytics information

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information to:

Operate, maintain, and improve our website
Respond to inquiries and requests
Process donations and send donation-related communications
Send newsletters, updates, event information, volunteer opportunities, and fundraising communications
Manage volunteer, program, event, and employment-related submissions
Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
Improve our programs, outreach, and communications
Protect the security and integrity of our website
Comply with legal, tax, accounting, reporting, and recordkeeping obligations

3. Wix Website Platform

Our website is hosted and operated through Wix. Wix may collect, store, and process certain information about website visitors and users in order to provide website hosting, security, analytics, forms, communication tools, and related website services.

Information processed through Wix may include information submitted through Wix Forms, newsletter sign-ups, event forms, contact forms, or other interactive features on our website. Wix may also collect technical and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and interactions with the website.

Wix’s collection and processing of information is governed by Wix’s own privacy practices, in addition to this Privacy Policy.

4. Donations and Payment Information

If you make a donation, your payment information may be collected and processed by a third-party payment processor, donation platform, or Wix-supported payment service. North East Trees does not store full credit card numbers directly on our website.

Donation-related information may be used to process your gift, send receipts, maintain required records, and communicate with you about our work, unless you opt out of non-transactional communications.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to help the site function, improve performance, understand traffic, support analytics, remember preferences, and provide a better visitor experience.

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are necessary for website functionality and security. Other cookies, such as analytics or performance cookies, help us understand how visitors use our website.

Because our site is hosted on Wix, Wix may place cookies or similar technologies on your device for site functionality, security, analytics, and visitor experience. Where available, you may manage cookie preferences through our website’s cookie banner or your browser settings.

6. Analytics and Website Performance

We may use Wix Analytics or other analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, device type, browser type, general location information, referring websites, and interactions with site features. We use this information to improve website content, design, accessibility, outreach, and user experience.

7. Email Communications

If you sign up for our newsletter, register for an event, donate, volunteer, or otherwise provide your email address, we may send you updates about our work, programs, events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising campaigns, and related news.

We may use Wix email tools or another email marketing platform to send these communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us directly. We may still send transactional or administrative messages, such as donation receipts, event confirmations, or responses to inquiries.

8. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with trusted service providers who help us operate our website, process donations, manage forms, send communications, host events, support programs, or comply with legal obligations. These service providers may include Wix, payment processors, donation platforms, email marketing services, event registration tools, analytics providers, and other vendors that support our work.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our rights, to prevent fraud or security issues, or in connection with organizational reporting and compliance obligations. We may share aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you.

9. California Privacy Rights

California residents may have certain rights regarding their personal information, depending on applicable law and the nature of their relationship with us.

These rights may include the right to:

Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, or share
Request access to personal information we maintain about you
Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Opt out of certain uses or disclosures, where applicable
Limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable
Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights

North East Trees is a nonprofit organization and may not be subject to all requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, in every circumstance. However, we strive to honor reasonable privacy requests and be transparent about our data practices.

To submit a privacy request, please contact us using the information listed in the “Contact Us” section below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

10. “Do Not Track” Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not currently a uniform industry standard for responding to these signals, our website may not respond to “Do Not Track” browser settings.

Where available, you may manage certain tracking technologies through your browser settings, our website’s cookie banner, or other privacy tools provided through Wix.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

If we collect information from minors in connection with youth programs, volunteer activities, school partnerships, or workforce programs, we do so only as appropriate for the program and in accordance with applicable requirements.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect personal information. Our website platform, Wix, also provides hosting and security tools designed to support website operation and data protection.

However, no website, online service, or electronic transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, support donor and program administration, and improve our work.

Information stored through Wix Forms, contact submissions, event registrations, or other Wix features may remain in our Wix account or related systems until deleted or no longer needed.

14. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including donation platforms, social media sites, partner organizations, event tools, and external resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third-party websites.

We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

15. Social Media

If you interact with us on social media platforms, those platforms may collect information according to their own privacy policies. Your interactions with our social media pages are governed by the privacy policies of the applicable platform.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above.

Your continued use of our website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to submit a privacy request, please contact us:

North East Trees Inc.
570 W Ave 26 #200
Los Angeles, CA 90065

Email: info@northeasttrees.org
Phone: (323)441-8634

North East Trees Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.