Deeper Pathways respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information thoughtfully and responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect through this website, how we may use and share it, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, submitting a contact form, making a donation, or completing a registration or payment form, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
Information we collect
Information you provide directly
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- Your name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Mailing or billing address
- Information included in a message submitted through our contact form
- Donation information
- Registration and participant information
- Communication preferences
- Any other information you choose to provide to us
Please do not submit highly sensitive personal, medical, mental-health, financial, or identification information through our general contact form.
Donation and payment information
When you make a donation or payment, your transaction may be processed by a third-party payment provider.
The payment provider may collect information such as your payment-card number, bank information, billing address, and other details needed to process the transaction. Deeper Pathways does not intend to directly receive or store complete credit-card or bank-account numbers through this website.
Payment providers process information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
Information collected automatically
Depending upon the website services we use, certain information may be collected automatically when you visit the site, including:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- General geographic region
- Pages viewed
- Referring website
- Date and time of access
- Interactions with the website
This information may be collected through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, or similar technologies.
How we use information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to questions and messages
- Process donations and payments
- Provide donation receipts
- Manage course or program registrations
- Communicate with participants
- Provide information someone has requested
- Administer scholarships or financial assistance
- Maintain organizational and financial records
- Improve our website, programs, and communications
- Protect the security and integrity of our website
- Prevent fraud or misuse
- Comply with legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations
We will not use personal information for purposes that are materially inconsistent with this policy without providing appropriate notice.
Email communications
We may send administrative emails relating to a donation, registration, payment, inquiry, or current program.
We may also send organizational news or updates when someone has asked to receive them. You may unsubscribe from nonessential promotional or informational emails by using the unsubscribe link provided in the message or contacting us directly.
Transactional communications, such as donation receipts, payment confirmations, and important participant information, may still be sent when necessary.
How we share information
Deeper Pathways does not sell personal information.
We may share information with trusted service providers that assist us with activities such as:
- Website hosting
- Contact-form delivery
- Email communications
- Donation and payment processing
- Registration management
- Data storage
- Website analytics
- Accounting and recordkeeping
- Fraud prevention and security
These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform services for Deeper Pathways and are subject to their own contractual and legal obligations.
We may also disclose information:
- When required by law, subpoena, court order, or other lawful process
- To protect the rights, safety, property, or security of Deeper Pathways or others
- To investigate fraud, misuse, or security concerns
- In connection with a restructuring, merger, transfer, or similar organizational change
- With your direction or consent
Donor privacy
Deeper Pathways values the trust of its donors.
We do not sell, rent, or trade donor names, contact information, or giving histories for marketing purposes.
We may use donor information to process contributions, issue receipts, maintain legally required records, express appreciation, provide organizational updates, and respond to donor questions.
We will not publicly identify a donor without permission unless disclosure is required by law. Donors may request that a gift be acknowledged anonymously in public materials.
Cookies and analytics
This website may use cookies or similar technologies to remember preferences, understand how visitors use the site, improve website performance, and help maintain security.
Some cookies may be necessary for the website, donation forms, or registration tools to function. Other cookies may relate to analytics or optional website features.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Data security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
When possible, payment-card and banking information is handled directly by established payment processors rather than stored by Deeper Pathways.
No website, transmission method, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. For that reason, we cannot promise absolute security.
Data retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Fulfill the purposes described in this policy
- Maintain donation, payment, registration, and participant records
- Meet tax, accounting, legal, and organizational requirements
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce agreements
- Protect the organization and its participants
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods.
When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it.
Your choices
You may contact Deeper Pathways to:
- Ask what personal information we maintain about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of information, when appropriate
- Update your communication preferences
- Unsubscribe from nonessential emails
- Ask questions about our privacy practices
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Some information may need to be retained when required for legal, tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, or legitimate organizational purposes.
Children's privacy
This website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental authorization. If you believe that a child under 13 has submitted personal information through this website, please contact us so that we can review and, when appropriate, delete it.
Third-party websites and services
This website may contain links to or integrations with websites and services operated by third parties, including payment processors, registration services, email platforms, and social-media services.
Deeper Pathways does not control the privacy, security, or content practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing information to them.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, programs, and legal obligations change.
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or other appropriate means.
Contact us
Questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Deeper Pathways
Email: [email protected]
Mailing address:
3801 N. Capital of Texas Hwy
Suite E240, PMB #85
Austin, TX 78746