Privacy Policy

Who we are

Welcome to Freelancing for Good. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy rights. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, and your rights concerning your data.

Our website address is: https://freelancingforgood.com.

Collection

We collect personal data from users through various interactions on our website, including:

Data related to course enrollments and participation
Data collected from community engagement on platforms such as Slack
Information for directory and job board sign-ups
Payment information via third-party payment platform (Stripe)
Name, email address, and phone number for pledgers via our partnership with Giving What We Can (GWWC)
Purpose of Data Processing

The personal data collected is used for the following purposes:

Managing event enrollments and participation
Managing course enrollments and participation
Enabling community engagement and interaction
Operating and maintaining the directory and job board
Processing payments and providing access to paid features
Marketing and analytics to improve our services
Facilitating the pledge process and communication with GWWC

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Courses, Community and Event Engagement

We collect data from users enrolling in courses, including name, email, and course participation details.
Community engagement on platforms such as Slack may involve the collection of personal data such as usernames and interaction history.
We collect data from users enrolling in events, including name, email, and participation details.

Freelance Directory and Job Board

Users signing up for the directory and job board will provide personal data such as name, email, job details, and other relevant information.
This data is used to manage and operate the directory and job board, enabling users to find and apply for opportunities.

Payments

Payments for access to certain features are processed through Stripe, and we collect necessary payment information to facilitate these transactions.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for:

Google Analytics
Social media advertising
Referring pledgers to our custom flow

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We collect personal data from users who pledge through our partnership with Giving What We Can (GWWC):

The personal data collected is used for the following purposes:

Facilitating the pledge process and communication
Marketing and analytics
Coordinating with GWWC to enhance support for pledgers
We share pledger data with GWWC to facilitate joint processing activities.

Both parties (Freelancing for Good and GWWC) act as joint controllers of pledger data and adhere to the following responsibilities:

Transparency and Lawful Basis: Both parties ensure a lawful basis for processing, with clear communication to data subjects about the nature of the joint controllership.
Data Subject Rights: GWWC acts as the primary contact for data subjects’ rights requests such as access, rectification, and erasure. Freelancing for Good assists in ensuring timely and accurate responses.
Data Security and Breach Notification: Both parties implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures. In the event of a personal data breach, the parties notify each other and relevant authorities within 24 hours of discovery and cooperate fully in mitigating the effects of such a breach.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You have the right to:

Access your personal data
Request correction of any inaccurate data
Request deletion of your data
Withdraw consent for data processing

For any requests regarding your data, please contact us at data@freelancingforgood.com. Our Data Protection Officer is Marija Nenadov Webster.

We may update this privacy policy periodically. Any changes will be communicated to users via our website or email.

Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal data, we will take steps to delete such information.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.