Privacy Policy

The Conservation Fund understands your concerns about privacy and your interest in knowing how your information is used. This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes the practices and policies for our websites located at www.conservationfund.org and www.workingforestfund.org (collectively, the “Website”).  The Website is owned and operated by The Conservation Fund (hereinafter referred to as “TCF,” or “we” or “us”).  This Privacy Policy applies only to TCF’s online information-gathering and sharing practices occurring on the Website and does not apply to any of TCF’s practices conducted offline.  By visiting the Website, you are accepting the practices and policies described in this Privacy Policy and are further indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should not visit this Website or use any of the “links” on this Website.  We periodically update this Privacy Policy, so please check it for changes. The date this Privacy Policy was last updated is stated at the end of this document.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal Information You Provide and How It Is Used: You may visit our Website   without being required to provide us with any personal information. However, a few requests and features do require that you provide us with some personally identifying information and are described below. Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact you.  Please do not send confidential information, such as a credit card number, to us directly via the contact email addresses listed on this Website.

If you make a donation through the Website via the “donate” button, you will be asked to provide personally identifying information, such as your name and home address, as well as your credit card billing information, in order to process the donation. The credit card information that you provide at the time of donation is used only to process your donation and will not be stored or used for any other purpose.  However, if you opt to make a recurring donation, your credit card information will be encrypted and securely stored and used for the purpose of processing your recurring donation. Your personal information will not be sold, shared, or traded with any individual or entity.

E-Newsletter:  When you provide your email address, you are automatically subscribed to our monthly e-mail newsletter to receive the latest updates on conservation news and events. You may unsubscribe from these emails at any time by using the link provided in the footer of every email we send. Your personal information will not be sold, shared, or traded with any individual or entity.

Contact Us:  If you contact us through our Contact Us form, we will collect your email address and any other personal information that you provide to us only as it is necessary to respond to your request and/or questions.

HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose all of the information (described herein) that we collect, as stated in this Privacy Policy including in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. TCF works with a variety of third-party partners in order to allow us to make the Website available to you, to host and store the information we collect from you, and to provide certain functionality and features.

Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third parties for their independent use unless: (1) you expressly authorize TCF to do so, (2) it is necessary to allow TCF and its service providers or agents to provide services on TCF’s behalf, (3) it is to provide products or services to you, (4) it is disclosed to entities that perform marketing or data aggregation services for TCF, (5) it is necessary in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of TCF or the merger of TCF into another entity or any consolidation, share exchange, combination, reorganization, or like transaction in which TCF is not the survivor, (6) TCF is required or permitted to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to comply with a subpoena, legal process, government request or any other legal obligation, (ii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of the Website or our network, and/or (iii) to protect the rights, privacy, property, business, or safety of TCF, its partners and employees or the visitors to the Website.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY/NOTE TO PARENTS

The Conservation Fund Website does not intentionally or knowingly collect, use, or disclose personally identifiable information about visitors to our Website who are less than 13 years of age. If a child under the age of 13 submits information to us through any part of the Website and TCF becomes aware that the user submitting the information is under the age of 13, the information provided will be deleted as soon as it is discovered and not used for any purpose. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us at hi@conservationfund.org and be sure to include in your message the name and email address that you believe your child submitted, if applicable.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES/LINKS

We provide a variety of links on the Website, including those related to courses and events.  We may also provide links to a variety of third-party social media sites and/or websites – such as Facebook, Twitter Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and others – as a service to you, and in order to provide you i) additional information and/or content related TCF, or ii) additional venues in which you can learn about and discuss the activities of TCF.  Please note that we have no affiliation with any of these other websites and cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection, use, and disclosure practices of such third parties. We encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices and policies, if any, before using providing any personally identifying information to them.  We are not responsible for the content or information of these websites, or any other use of the linked website.

HOW WE ATTEMPT TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INFORMATION

We maintain – and ask that any third-party partners who may store information on our behalf to maintain – administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the Website designed to protect your personal information against theft, loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the personal information that we collect from you.  We restrict access to personal information collected about you on the Website to our employees, our affiliates’ employees, those who are otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, or others who need to know such information to provide services to you or in the course of conducting our business operations or activities. Sensitive data, such as credit card and other financial information, are collected on secure forms and transmitted using industry-standard Secure Socket Layer Encryption (SSL) technology. Credit card information is retained only as long as necessary to complete the donation or purchase request of the user.

However, no website, application or transmission can guarantee security.  For those users who prefer not to use credit cards for online donations can complete this donation form and mail or email to:

The Conservation Fund
1655 North Fort Myer Drive
Suite 1300
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 908-5834
hi@conservationfund.org

USE OF THE WEBSITE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

We do not represent or warrant that the Website, or any part thereof, is appropriate or available for use in any particular geographic location. If you choose to access our Website, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction. The Website is hosted in the United States and is governed by United States law. If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

PRIVACY QUESTIONS AND CONTACTING US

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact us at hi@conservationfund.org.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back regularly to see if there have been changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Website after those changes become effective, you consent and agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

HOW YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED

At any time, you can update your personal information and email contact preferences by emailing us at hi@conservationfund.org.

PRIVACY POLICY EFFECTIVE DATE

This Privacy Policy is effective as of December 17, 2025.