Privacy policy.

1. Information We Collect

Member-Provided Information

  1. Required information through Welcome Form:

    • Full name

    • Email address

  2. Optional information through Welcome Form and other solicitations:

    • City of residence

    • College (if currently enrolled)

    • Cause areas of interest

    • Areas of expertise, advice, and services you can offer to other members (for our private community directory)

    • Giving What We Can Pledge or other giving pledge status

  3. Event attendance

Publicly Available Information

  1. Professional information from LinkedIn and company websites

  2. Other publicly accessible professional or biographical information

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

  1. Facilitate community connections and networking

  2. Organize and manage events

  3. Tailor the content of our monthly newsletter

  4. Provide career advising services

  5. Maintain our community directory

  6. Connect members with relevant professional contacts

  7. Improve our community-building initiatives

3. Information Sharing

We share your information with:

  1. Volunteer cause area organizers—name and email only, and only if you choose to join a cause area email list

  2. The Center for Effective Altruism (our parent organization)—anonymized metadata only

  3. Within the EA DC community, as part of our networking efforts—publicly available information only, unless you explicitly authorize us to share other information

  4. Other organizations or individuals—only with your explicit consent

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

4. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  1. Access your personal data

  2. Update or correct your information

  3. Request removal from our directory

  4. Opt out of our newsletter

  5. Choose what information appears in our community directory

  6. Request deletion of your data

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information and maintain the privacy of our community members.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically. We will notify community members of any material changes via email or our regular communications channels.

7. Contact Us

For questions about this policy, please contact us at info@EffectiveAltruismDC.org.

Last Updated: November 19th, 2024