Privacy Policy
PRIVACY NOTICE FOR THE CAST WEBSITE
The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (Cast) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate Cast’s firm commitment to the privacy of our website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by Cast’s website, www.castla.org (referred to as “Site” for the purpose of this policy), and how this information is used. We follow industry best practices to help secure your data, including encryption and firewalls.
INFORMATION CAST COLLECTS AND HOW WE USE IT
Your Contact Information is collected when you sign up for one of Cast’s newsletters or email communications. Contact information includes your name and email address. This information is used to provide newsletter communications or other relevant communications to you, should you opt-in to receive it.
Your Donation History is used for accounting and invoicing; tracking your donations; and thanking you for your contributions. We do not store your credit card information, and credit card payments are routed through payment card industry compliant third-party payment services.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
A “cookie” is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from Cast’s web server and is stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are used to collect non-identifying information about the user, such as web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific website. Cast may use two different types of cookies — session-based and persistent cookies. Session-based cookies expire at the end of a browser session and terminate once you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your computer until you remove them. Persistent cookies are used to provide website analytics. You can manually delete all cookies, including persistent ones, within your browser privacy settings menu.
This website may be enabled with one or more add-on Google services, such as Google Analytics or another Google service. As such, this website will collect information consistent with the terms of Google’s Privacy Policy which could include but is not limited to the collection of device-specific information, log information, location information and cookie-related information as described in the Google Privacy Policy. Because this website is enabled with one or more add-on Google services, Google will have access to and may use Google Services Collected Information that is collected by this website and may use such information to improve Google’s services. Cast will use such information, to the extent available such as by way of Google Analytics, to better understand use of the website and topics of interest to Cast site visitors and may adjust our website to better target information based on such information and usage.
WE DO NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
Our website is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent by the holder of parental responsibility.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE
We do not disclose your personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy or as we disclose to you at the time the data is collected. Cast does not sell, rent, exchange or otherwise disclose our mailing lists or information about our site visitors. Personally Identifiable Information will not be sold or shared with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. Cast will only share your personal information in certain situations:
Payment Processing. Cast uses third parties to provide credit card, bank, payment and information processing services. If you choose to make a donation online, by phone, through the mail, or by other means, your information will be utilized by our processing service providers. We authorize these service providers to use your personal information only as necessary to perform payment services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. We require these service providers by contract to safeguard the privacy and security of personal information they process on our behalf.
Necessity. Cast will disclose your personal information as necessary to protect your vital interest, protect the vital interest of another person, protect public safety, respond to government requests, and report information as required by law.
YOUR CHOICES
If your contact information changes or if you no longer wish to receive communications from us, please email us at info@castla.org
If you do not want the Site to collect information through the use of cookies, you can set your web browser to reject cookies from the Online Platforms. Each browser is different, so you should check your browser’s “Help” menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you reject or block cookies from the Site, however, the Site may not function as intended.
WEBSITE LINKS
We may list other resources on our website to other programs and services. These resources may include links to other websites from our website. Cast’s privacy practices may not be applicable at any third-party sites. When you leave the Cast website, we have no control regarding what information may be collected about you, nor do we control what third parties might do with the information. It is important that you review any privacy policies on third-party sites carefully before you use any services or programs offered.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
From time to time, Cast may revise its Privacy Policy to address changing technology, security measures and website functionality. We will provide the updated Privacy Policy on this page and indicate when it was updated.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information you provided to us, please contact us at info@castla.org.
Last Updated: 03/27/2025