Who we are
Girl unKnown is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and educating women all over the world.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Girl, unKnown Network, Applications for Funding, Volunteer Registration, Newsletter & Contact Forms
Girl unKnown collects a variety of data from many difference sources for our internal use and purposes. This data includes, but is not limited to: Girl unKnown Network accounts/updates/messaging/groups/forums, Applications for funding, Volunteer Registration, Our Newsletter and Other contact forms.
The data collected is never shared or sold to any third parties without your expressed consent. This is notably not asked for in our user agreement. By joining our network, applying for funding, registering to volunteer or joining our newsletter or using other contact forms on our site you are not agreeing to information sharing of any kind other than between other members and Girl, unKnown Inc.
Media
We strip all image meta-data prior to making images available in the media library. You can upload images free-from-worry that your location-data could be embedded when published.
Embedded content from other websites
We are not responsible for content embedded from other websites and your interacting with that contact is subject to their rules about data collection. Please be advised that we have no control over how they may use your data when and if you choose to supply it to them. However, rest assured, we will never transmit your data to a third party via embedded content automatically or programmatically.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track anonymous user-data to improve our website and the services we offer.
Who we share your data with
No one. Ever. Unless in the case where you specifically have asked your data to be shared with a specific agency or contact we may have to connect you to.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service that runs through our site anonymously to ensure we are bot-free
Your contact information
As with any other data we collect, your contact information (name, email, phone, address, etc) is kept private to our organization and the intended use of that information. For example:
- if you post your home address on the Girl unKnown Network Activity page, obviously that will be shared with anyone who has access to the network
- however if you’ve submitted a form to become a volunteer that data is only review by the Girl unKnown Leadership Team, Staff or Interns.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We protect our network with an SSL certificate and strong password requirements. In addition, only members of our premium network and direct employees of Girl unKnown have login access to our site and there is both a paywall and also a human-to-human verification process we take with each potential member to ensure only verified users gain access to the Girl unKnown (GU) Network.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the unlikely event of a data breach, every affected user will be notified and password resets will be sent automatically to ensure
What third parties we receive data from
None.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Only separation by intention of submission and intended use of data. For example, we keep the volunteer registration info and the funding applications info separately by programmatically storing those two different types of data in separate database tables for organizational purposes and ease of use/review for our staff.