Overwatch Project / forge privacy policy

The Overwatch Project is an initiative of FORGE, a 501c3 nonprofit. FORGE is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices that FORGE uses in association with its website www.overwatchproject.org (the “Website”). By using the Website or submitting personal information to FORGE, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection, Use and Sharing

FORGE collects personally identifiable information that you voluntarily give FORGE through the use of the Website, social media, advertising, or through email (collectively, “Personally Identifiable Information”). Examples of such information can include, but is not limited to, information provided by you in making a donation through the Website, information provided by you in making a purchase through the Website, and information provided by you in email correspondence with FORGE.

Like most websites, FORGE may also collect non-personally identifiable information, such as your computer’s IP address, through technical means. An IP address is often associated with the portal through which you enter the Internet. FORGE automatically gathers, or aggregates, certain usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to our website, the length of stay, and other anonymous data, such as topics discussed and areas of importance to users. This data helps us determine usage levels on different parts of our Website, and other useful statistics. We may use such information to analyze site usage for research, internal recordkeeping, and service improvement purposes. In addition, we may aggregate such data and disclose it in a non-personally identifiable manner to donors, sponsors, supporters, and other third parties, to generate support for FORGE, its mission and its services, or as required by law. In these situations, we do not disclose any information that could be used to identify you personally.

FORGE will use your information to process any donation and purchases, and to respond to you, and to fulfill the objectives for which FORGE reasonably believes the information was given. FORGE will not sell the information that you provide to FORGE to third parties. FORGE may share your information with the third party vendors of our organization in order to fulfill the purpose for which the information was given such as FORGE sharing your information with its credit card processing vendor to complete your donation or purchase.

As of the effective date, FORGE uses Classy, Inc. (“Classy”) to manage FORGE’s donation payment processing services. A copy of Classy’s Privacy Policy can be found at the following website address: https://www.classy.org/terms/privacy/.

As of the effective date, FORGE uses Squarespace Commerce for our online store.  When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order, including name, address, phone number, and details related to your purchase (for example your size). We share this information with Squarespace so that they can provide website services to us. As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

Outside of FORGE’s normal business practices, FORGE may be required to disclose your personal information to the government or other legal or regulatory authorities (i) if so ordered by a court of law, or (ii) for other legal reasons, such as (a) to comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order; (b) to protect FORGE’s rights and property; (c) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Website; or (e) in emergencies, such as when we believe someone’s physical safety is at risk. In some cases, disclosure may be required by law to be without notice to you.

In addition to the foregoing FORGE may retain your name and contact information (physical address, mailing address, phone number, and email address) to be added to its donor database which is used exclusively by FORGE to provide past donors and shop customers with updates regarding FORGE’s events and campaigns.

Cookies and how we use them

Like most websites, this website uses "cookie" messages to automatically help provide better services. In general, a “cookie” is a small piece of text data stored on a user’s computer by a website, in order to give that computer a unique identity to the website while performing certain processes, such as filling an online shopping cart and checking out, or calculating the number of unique visitors at a given time.  They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you've done and told us before. The "cookie" is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you're particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.overwatchproject.org, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. This website is hosted on Squarespace. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.

External Links
www.overwatchproject.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.overwatchproject.org domain, and FORGE is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk. 

Modifications
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.