Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 27, 2026
Last Updated: July 27, 2026

Lotus Worldwide Foundation (“Lotus WWF,” the “Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of our donors, volunteers, partners, supporters, beneficiaries, applicants, and Website visitors.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.lotusww.org, make a donation, subscribe to communications, submit a form, register for an event, volunteer, seek a partnership, or otherwise interact with us.

1. Information We May Collect

A. Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name.
• Email address.
• Telephone number.
• Mailing address.
• Organization, employer, school, or professional affiliation.
• Donation amount, donation frequency, and transaction details.
• Volunteer interests, experience, skills, and availability.
• Partnership, grant, program, or event information.
• Messages, questions, feedback, and correspondence.
• Newsletter and communication preferences.
• Photographs, testimonials, stories, or other materials you submit.
• Any other information included in a form or communication.

B. Donation and Payment Information

Donations may be processed by a third-party payment provider.

The provider may collect payment-card, bank-account, billing, identity-verification, fraud-prevention, and transaction information. Lotus WWF may receive limited transaction details, such as the donor’s name, contact information, donation amount, date, payment status, and a transaction identifier.

Lotus WWF does not intend to store complete payment-card numbers unless specifically disclosed and supported by appropriate payment-security controls.

C. Information Collected Automatically

When you use the Website, we or our service providers may automatically collect:

• Internet Protocol address.
• Browser type and device type.
• Operating system.
• Referring and exit pages.
• Pages visited and links selected.
• Date, time, and duration of visits.
• Approximate location derived from an IP address.
• Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
• Website performance and error information.

D. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from:

• Donation and payment platforms.
• Event-registration services.
• Email and newsletter providers.
• Social-media platforms.
• Volunteer and employment platforms.
• Partner organizations.
• Publicly available sources.
• Individuals or organizations referring a donor, volunteer, partner, or applicant.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Process and acknowledge donations.
• Issue donation receipts and tax-related documentation.
• Manage recurring donations and refund requests.
• Respond to inquiries and requests.
• Evaluate volunteer, partnership, grant, program, or employment interest.
• Coordinate events, programs, partnerships, and community activities.
• Communicate about our mission, work, impact, campaigns, events, and fundraising.
• Send newsletters and other communications requested by the user.
• Maintain donor, supporter, volunteer, and partner relationships.
• Conduct due diligence, screening, safeguarding, and fraud-prevention activities.
• Improve Website content, accessibility, functionality, and user experience.
• Measure Website traffic and communication effectiveness.
• Maintain security and prevent misuse.
• Comply with legal, financial, tax, audit, reporting, and regulatory obligations.
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
• Support other purposes disclosed when information is collected.

3. How We Share Information

We may share information with:

Service Providers
Vendors that provide payment processing, website hosting, cloud storage, cybersecurity, analytics, email distribution, donor management, accounting, auditing, legal, event, communication, and other operational services.

These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform services for Lotus WWF and subject to applicable contractual or legal obligations.

Professional Advisers
Lawyers, accountants, auditors, consultants, insurers, and other professional advisers.

Program and Community Partners
Schools, nonprofit organizations, institutions, community groups, implementation partners, or other organizations involved in evaluating or delivering programs, where appropriate and subject to suitable privacy and safeguarding measures.

We will seek to limit disclosures involving children and beneficiaries to what is reasonably necessary.

Legal and Safety Disclosures
Government authorities, regulators, courts, law-enforcement agencies, or other parties when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with law, legal process, or regulatory obligations.
• Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Lotus WWF or others.
• Investigate fraud, misconduct, abuse, safeguarding concerns, or security incidents.
• Enforce agreements or policies.

Organizational Transactions
If Lotus WWF undergoes a restructuring, affiliation, merger, transfer, or similar organizational change, information may be transferred as permitted by law and consistent with the Foundation’s charitable purposes.

Lotus WWF does not sell personal information for money.

Lotus WWF does not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising unless this is clearly disclosed and any legally required choice mechanism is provided.

4. Donor Privacy

Lotus WWF respects donor confidentiality.

We will not publish a donor’s name, donation amount, testimonial, photograph, or other identifying information without consent, except where disclosure is legally required.

Donors may request anonymous recognition by contacting [email protected] or selecting an anonymous-donation option, where available.

Anonymous recognition does not necessarily prevent Lotus WWF, its payment processor, financial institution, auditor, or government authority from receiving information required to process, document, audit, or regulate the transaction.

5. Email and Marketing Communications

You may unsubscribe from promotional or fundraising emails by selecting the unsubscribe link in the communication or contacting us.

Even after opting out of promotional communications, we may continue to send transaction-related, donation-related, administrative, legal, security, or service communications where appropriate.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies to:

• Enable Website functionality.
• Remember user preferences.
• Maintain security.
• Understand Website usage.
• Diagnose technical issues.
• Measure communications and campaigns.
• Improve performance and user experience.

Some cookies may be set by third-party providers, including analytics, embedded-media, payment, social-media, and communication services.

You may control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, the Website’s cookie-preference tool. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

7. Children’s Privacy

Lotus WWF’s mission may involve supporting children and young people. However, this Website is intended primarily for adults.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.

Children under 13 should not submit personal information through the Website. A parent, legal guardian, school, or authorized partner should submit information where necessary.

If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information without appropriate consent, contact us at [email protected]. We will review the matter and take reasonable steps to delete or restrict the information where appropriate.

8. Beneficiary Information and Images

Information about students, children, families, and communities may be particularly sensitive.

Lotus WWF may use consent procedures, anonymization, pseudonyms, image restrictions, access controls, or other safeguards appropriate to the circumstances.

Publication of a beneficiary’s photograph, quotation, name, or story does not authorize others to reuse, identify, contact, profile, or target that individual.

Requests concerning published beneficiary materials should be directed to [email protected].

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, payment platform, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.

10. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Fulfill the purposes described in this Policy.
• Maintain donor and organizational records.
• Satisfy tax, accounting, audit, legal, reporting, and regulatory obligations.
• Resolve disputes.
• Enforce agreements.
• Protect the Foundation and the communities we serve.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and applicable legal or operational requirements.

11. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to request:

• Access to personal information we maintain about you.
• Correction of inaccurate information.
• Deletion of certain information.
• Restriction of or objection to certain processing.
• A portable copy of certain information.
• Withdrawal of consent.
• Opt-out from certain communications or data uses.
• Information about categories of information collected or disclosed.

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions, identity verification, record-retention requirements, and the Foundation’s legitimate obligations.

To make a request, contact [email protected]. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and process the request.

12. International Visitors and Data Transfers

Lotus WWF is based in the United States.

If you access the Website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where Lotus WWF, its partners, or service providers operate.

Privacy laws in these countries may differ from those in your country. Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

13. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may link to or integrate third-party services.

Lotus WWF is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third parties. You should review the privacy policies of those services before providing personal information.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

The revised version will be posted on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through the Website or other appropriate means.

15. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

Lotus Worldwide Foundation
Attn: Privacy
9423 NE 130th Pl
Kirkland, WA 98034
USA

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lotusww.org