
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 7 - 8 - 2026
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is intended to provide you with information about our approach to
personal data. It covers this website, https://4dnv-indiancountry.org/, and any other websites,
Four Directions Native Vote - Indian Country (“4DNV-IC,” “Our,” “We,” or “Us”), a Virginia
nonprofit corporation, owns and operates that link to this Policy, and the related content,
platforms, services, products, and other functionalities offered on or through our services,
(collectively referred to as the “Sites” or “Site”).
Your privacy is important to us. Please take a moment to review the practices described in this
Privacy Policy and any updates posted here from time to time. To make sure you stay informed
of all changes, we encourage you to check this Privacy Policy periodically. Updates will be
referenced by the “Last updated” date shown above.
1. Our Collection and Use of Personal Information
“Personal Information” or “Personal Data” is data or information that identifies, relates to,
describes, or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked with a particular
person, including but not limited to:
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Name;
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Postal address;
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Telephone number;
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Email address;
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If making a contribution, credit card or bank account information; and
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IP address.
Personal information does not include information considered de-identified or publicly available
information under applicable law.
We collect personal information in the methods described below:
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When you visit our Sites;
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When you sign up for email communications from us or reach out to us; or
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When you fill out forms on the Sites; or
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When you make donations to us through ActBlue.
a. Personal Information You Provide to Us
We collect the information you voluntarily provide directly to us. For example, when you fill out
a form, send us an email, sign up to receive email or text message updates, make a donation,
request information, or otherwise interact or communicate with us.
b. Personal Information We Collect from Third Parties
We may also receive information from third parties, such as partners and affiliates, including but
not limited to the following:
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Our affiliates and partners in relation to the services we provide subject to relevant data
protection obligations we may have as a third-party processor;
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Other individuals who interact with our Sites, such as when others refer you to our Sites;
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Social media, such as when someone engages with our social media networks, or other
social media networks that may share our information;
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Service providers performing services on our behalf, such as communications and
marketing providers that may collect personal information on our behalf and often share
some or all of this information with us; and
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Other sources, such as publicly available sources, third-party service providers, or other
activities consistent with our mission.
c. Personal Information We Automatically Collect
We and our third-party affiliates and partners may collect information automatically when you
access the Sites, read our emails and/or texts, or otherwise interact with us. This information may be collected through tracking technologies, including cookies, web beacons, pixels, or other
related technologies. This may include:
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Information about your device, such as your IP address, browser type, Internet service
provider, device manufacturer, type or model, operating system, date and time of access,
and unique IDs that allow us to identify you when you engage with our Sites;
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Information about how you access and use our Sites, such as how you got to our Sites,
which pages you visited, what links you clicked, the frequency of your visits, and other
browsing behavior;
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Location information, such as a general geographic location that we or our third-party
providers may derive from your IP address or other relevant information; and
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Analytics information that our third-party providers may use to help us understand how
our Sites are being accessed and used.
If you would like to disable cookies or prevent the collection of cookies, you may consult your
browser’s settings and options. You may find your browser type below to go directly to the
browser user guide to learn how to disable or erase cookies.
However, blocking all cookies may negatively impact the functionality of some websites. To
learn more about cookies, please visit allaboutcookies.org.
2. How We Use Personal Information
We may use Personal Information:
If you would like to disable cookies or prevent the collection of cookies, you may consult your
browser’s settings and options. You may find your browser type below to go directly to the
browser user guide to learn how to disable or erase cookies.
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To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you updates by e-
mail (for information about how to unsubscribe from certain e-mails, please see the
“Choices and Access” section below);
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To communicate with you about 4DNV-IC and things that may be relevant to your
interactions with us (for example, we may communicate with you regarding upcoming
events, new partnerships, or information about our activities.);
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To ask you to make charitable donations to 4DNV-IC in support of its mission;
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To send you important information regarding the Sites, changes to our terms, conditions,
policies, and/or other administrative information;
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To send you communications from like-minded partners that we believe may be of
interest to you;
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For our business purposes, such as data analysis, enhancing our website, improving our
services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our programs; and
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As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws
outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government
authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e)
to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or you
or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we
may sustain.
3. How Personal Information is Disclosed
Your Personal Information may be disclosed to the following third parties in the following ways:
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We may share your information with our third-party service providers who provide
services such as website hosting, data analysis, infrastructure provision, IT services,
customer service, email delivery services, and other similar services to enable them to
provide services;
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To a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture,
assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business or assets
(including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings);
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As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws
outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to
requests from public and government authorities including public and government
authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e)
to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or you
or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we
may sustain.
However, your Personal Information, including your mobile phone number, will not be sold or
shared with third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes.
4. Security
We use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal
Information under our control.
However, no security system is impenetrable. As such, we are not able to nor do we guarantee
that our security systems are 100% safe. If we become aware of a breach of security, we will take
reasonable steps to investigate the incident and where appropriate, notify the relevant parties
regarding what information may have been compromised, and take other steps in accordance
with applicable laws and regulations.
5. Your Choices
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Email. 4DNV-IC may, from time to time, send you emails for a variety of purposes,
including, but not limited to, marketing or promotions. If you do not want to receive such
emails, you may unsubscribe from our emails using the “Unsubscribe” link contained in
such emails.
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Text Messages. 4DNV-IC may, from time to time, send you text messages for a variety of
purposes, including, but not limited to, marketing or promotions. If you do not want to
receive such texts, you may unsubscribe from our texts by replying “STOP” to stop
receiving messages.
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Cookies. You may opt out of the use of new Cookies, disable Cookies and delete Cookies
by changing the settings on your browsers on your computer(s). You may opt out of the
use of Cookies on your mobile device by changing your device’s settings. Please note
that rejecting cookies will limit your ability to use various features of our website.
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Access, Correction or Deletion. You may ask to access, correct, or delete your personal
information with our Sites and communications systems at any time by contacting us at
info@4dnv-ic.org.
6. Your Privacy Rights
You may have certain rights under state consumer privacy laws. If you believe any of these rights
apply to you and you would like to exercise them, please email us at info@4dnv-ic.org.
7. Third-Party Sites
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or
other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site to which this Site
contains a link. The inclusion of a link on the Sites does not imply endorsement of the linked site
by us or by our affiliates. To learn more about the privacy practices of third parties, please visit
their respective privacy notices.
8. Use of Site by Minors
The Sites are not intended for children under the age of thirteen (13).
We do not knowingly, directly or passively, collect information from children under the age of
thirteen (13). To respect the privacy of children and to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, children under the age of 13 should not provide any Personal Information on our Sites.
If you believe that we may have collected or received personal information from a child under
thirteen, please contact us at info@4dnv-ic.org to request deletion of that information.
9. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@4dnv-ic.org.
Please note that email communications are not always secure, so please do not include sensitive
information in your messages to us.
