Who We Are

Saving Our Snow Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness about winter environments, encouraging sustainable action, and helping protect snowfall for future generations.

Our primary website is savingoursnow.org .

Information We May Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our website. This may include information submitted through contact forms, volunteer inquiries, partnership requests, donation forms, newsletter sign-ups, event registrations, or other website features.

Information you provide may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Organization or company information
• Messages, questions, or other information you choose to submit

How We Use Your Information

Information collected through our website may be used to communicate with you, respond to inquiries, provide information about our mission and programs, process requests, coordinate volunteer or partnership opportunities, and improve our website and outreach efforts.

We may also use information to provide updates about Saving Our Snow initiatives, events, educational resources, fundraising efforts, and other opportunities to support our mission when appropriate.

Contact Forms

When you submit a contact form, we may collect the information entered in the form along with basic technical information needed to process and protect the submission. This information is used primarily to respond to your request and communicate with you.

Comments

If comments are enabled on portions of our website, we may collect the data entered into the comment form as well as the visitor's IP address and browser information to assist with spam prevention and website security.

Comments may also be reviewed through automated spam detection services.

Media

If visitors are permitted to upload images to the website, we recommend avoiding images that contain embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data. Other visitors may be able to download publicly available images and extract embedded information from those files.

Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, remember visitor preferences, understand website activity, and provide a better browsing experience.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. Depending on the features you use, cookies may help remember form information, website preferences, login details, or other settings.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

Website Analytics

Saving Our Snow may use analytics services to better understand how visitors interact with our website. These services may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, browser type, device type, referral source, and time spent on the website.

This information helps us understand website performance and improve the information and resources we provide.

Donations and Payment Processing

When online donations are available, payments may be processed through third-party payment providers. Saving Our Snow does not necessarily store complete payment card or financial information on its own website.

Payment processors may collect information necessary to complete your donation according to their own privacy policies and security practices.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Pages on our website may include embedded content such as videos, social media posts, maps, images, or other third-party content. Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly.

These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, or monitor your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.

Third-Party Services

We may use trusted third-party providers to support website hosting, analytics, email communications, spam prevention, donation processing, social media features, and other website functionality.

These providers may receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services and may maintain their own privacy policies and data practices.

Who We Share Your Information With

Saving Our Snow does not sell your personal information. Information may be shared with service providers when necessary to operate our website, process donations, deliver communications, protect website security, or carry out organizational activities.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, or security of Saving Our Snow, our visitors, or others.

How Long We Retain Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, maintain organizational records, respond to inquiries, meet legal obligations, or support website security.

Certain website information, such as approved comments and associated metadata, may be retained for an extended period to support moderation and website functionality.

How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to help protect personal information submitted through our website from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning the personal information we maintain about you. You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you previously provided.

Certain information may need to be retained for administrative, legal, security, financial, or recordkeeping purposes.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by Saving Our Snow. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of those websites.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

Children's Privacy

Saving Our Snow may provide educational information intended to benefit students and younger audiences. However, our website is not designed to knowingly collect personal information directly from children without appropriate authorization where required.

If you believe personal information from a child has been submitted improperly, please contact us so we can review the situation.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, technology, and services evolve. Any revisions will be posted on this page along with an updated revision date.

Contact Saving Our Snow

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled, please contact us: