Last Modified: June 2, 2025
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Online Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to information that we collect on or through the website located at https://www.legalclinic.org/ (the “Website”), as well as through our online interactions with you, such as via email (collectively with the Website, the “Services”).
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, applications, or contents that may link to or be accessible from the Services. For instance, you may be able to access or use certain features of the Services through EveryAction’s website, and such access or use will be subject to EveryAction’s privacy policy, not this Privacy Policy.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will update the “Last Modified” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and notify you of the changes via email if we maintain your email address.
What Information We Collect About You
We may collect the following information through the Services:
- Identifiers. When you contact us or otherwise interact with us online, we may collect information identifiers, such as your name, email address, and mailing address.
- Donation information. When you donate to us, we may collect information necessary to facilitate and administer your donation and related information, such as your name, email address, phone number, employer, and donation history.
- Website activity information. We may collect information regarding your interactions with the Services, such as cookie identifiers, browser and device information, IP address, and browsing or search history.
- Other information. We may collect other information that you choose to provide to us in connection with your access to or use of the Services or that we otherwise collect in connection with the operation of the Services in accordance with applicable law.
How We Collect Your Information
We collect your information from various sources, including the following:
- Directly from you. We may collect information that you provide to us in connection with your access to or use of the Services, such as when you provide information about yourself on the Website or communicate with us.
- From your device. We may collect information from the devices you use to access or use the Services, including through automated means such as cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, or other similar technologies.
- From others. We may receive information about you from our vendors who provide services on our behalf, such as our website analytics service provider, or from third-party platforms you access through the Services. We may also receive information from other third parties in accordance with applicable law, such as from other individuals that provide information about you.
Please note, there may be instances when you provide us with another individual’s information. If you submit any information about another individual to us, such as by sending us an email containing another individual’s information, you are representing and warrantying that you have obtained appropriate authorization to do so and allow us to use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
How We Use Your Information
We may use your information for various purposes, including to:
- Process and administer your donations.
- Operate, maintain, and improve the Services and our offerings.
- Communicate with you, such as emailing you or providing information to you about the Services and our offerings.
- Measure performance of and analyze usage of the Services.
- Protect the rights of us, our donees, and others.
- Protect the security and integrity of the Services.
- Serve other purposes that we disclose to you, you consent to or are otherwise permitted by applicable law.
How We Disclose Your Information
We may disclose your information in the following ways:
- To our vendors who provide services on our behalf.
- To law enforcement, regulators, and courts to comply with any court order, applicable law, or legal process, including to respond to any governmental or regulatory request.
- In connection with a corporate transaction, such as part of a sale, merger, bankruptcy, or change in control.
- As necessary to protect the rights of us, our donees, and others, including to establish, assert, exercise, defend against, or enforce legal claims, rights, obligations, or processes, applicable law, governmental requests, and our policies and procedures.
- To protect the security and integrity of the Services.
- To any other person or entity where you consent to or direct the disclosure, or the disclosure is otherwise permitted by applicable law.
How We Retain Your Information
We retain your information for the length of time necessary to carry out the purposes described in the Privacy Policy. We also retain your information for related business purposes, security, legal compliance, and disputes and claims handling, consistent with our retention policy and as permitted by applicable law.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
As discussed in the How We Collect Your Information section above, we may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, or other similar technologies when operating the Services. Your browser may provide options to restrict certain cookies or similar technologies or to notify you when we use them. Please be aware that restricting these technologies may have an impact on the Services’ functionality or otherwise limit your experience.
Additionally, we and our service providers may monitor access to and use of the Website. For example, we or our service providers may log the details of your visit to the Website, such as clicks, page visits, text entered, how long you spent on a page, and other details of your visits to or actions on the Website. We use these technologies to collect and retain usage data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including for marketing, business operations, and security purposes, and to improve your experience with the Website. We may disclose any of the data collected by these technologies to third parties for our business purposes.
Information Security
We seek to keep your information secure by implementing reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards that are designed to help us protect your information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. But please be aware that no method of electronically transmitting or storing information is ever completely secure.
Children’s Privacy
The Services are not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under 18. If you believe your child has provided his or her information to us, please contact us using the contact information provided in the Contact Us section below.
Third-Party Links
The Services may contain links that will let you leave the Services and access another website, application, or content. Linked websites, applications, and contents are not under our control. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information that we collect through the Services, and we accept no responsibility or liability for these other websites, applications, and contents.
Your Privacy Choices
You may have the following choices with respect to the privacy of your information we collect through the Services:
- Unsubscribe from mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe to our mailing list, you may click the “Unsubscribe” link in an email at any time.
- Update your information. If you believe certain information that we maintain about you may be inaccurate or outdated, you may contact us using the contact information provided in the Contact Us section below.
The Services are operated by The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1200 U St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009.
Please contact info@legalclinic.org for any feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Services, including any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our collection, use, or disclosure of your information through the Services.