Friends of McPherson Privacy Policy

Effective: October 4, 2024

This privacy policy describes how the Friends of McPherson ("FOM") collect, use, and disclose information associated with an identified or identifiable individual ("Personal Data") and what choices you have around this activity. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

FOM is a non-profit organization working to assist Chicago’s James B. McPherson Elementary School ("McPherson"). Through fundraising activities, including special events, solicitations and grant requests, FOM strives to support the school’s academic and extracurricular programs.

Information We Collect

Contact information

We collect contact information from parents, guardians, caretakers, and teachers including first and last name, email, physical address, neighborhood, and phone numbers.

Student information

We collect the first and last names of students, parent guardian information, grade level, and homeroom.

Financial information

We may collect your payment card information (including credit card, Zelle, and Venmo) to submit to our vendors to fulfill orders placed by you or to process your donations.

How We Use Your Information

Contact information will be used for official Friends of McPherson communications, including news, updates, and notification of upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. We will also use contact information to coordinate volunteer activities.

With your consent, we will share contact information and student information with other parents or guardians who have opted into the planned school directory. Participation in the school directory program will be entirely optional and you may opt-out at any time.

Financial information (including credit card, Zelle, and Venmo) will be shared with our vendors  to fulfill orders placed by you or to process your donations.

Data Retention

Unless otherwise directed, we will retain your contact information and student information for the duration that your children or dependents are students at McPherson. If you no longer have children or dependents attending McPherson, we will remove student information and contact information within one year of their last date of attendance.

We do not retain personal financial information; however, we will retain records of financial transactions to support audits of our finances and as required by law.

Security

FOM takes security of data seriously. We take reasonable steps to protect Information you provide from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. These steps take into account the sensitivity of the Information we collect, process and store, and the current state of technology. Given the nature of communications and information processing technology, FOM cannot guarantee that Information during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others. When you click a link to a third-party site, you will be leaving our site and we don’t control or endorse what is on third-party sites.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

FOM may change this privacy policy from time to time. Laws, regulations, and industry standards evolve, which may make those changes necessary, or we may make changes to our services or business. We will post the changes to this page and encourage you to review our privacy policy to stay informed. If we make changes that materially alter your privacy rights, FOM will provide additional notice, such as via email. If you disagree with the changes to this privacy policy, you should request that FOM remove your personal data and opt-out of future communications, volunteer opportunities, and the school directory.

Your Rights

You have the right to request a review of personal information that FOM collects about you. 

You may request updates or changes to that data at any time. 

You have the right to request that we remove any and all personal data that FOM has collected.

You may opt-out of communications, volunteer opportunities, or the school directory at any time.

All requests with regard to your personal data or participation in volunteer opportunities or the school directory should be submitted by email.


Contacting Friends of McPherson

Email Address

privacy@friendsofmcpherson.org


Mailing Address

Friends of McPherson

4728 North Wolcott Avenue

Chicago, IL 60640