Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 2/22/2026
Welcome to www.samishisland.net. The Samish Island Community Center (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of our neighbors, constituents, and visitors. This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for our website and applies solely to information collected by this site.
Its purpose is to notify you of the following:
- What information is collected from you through the website.
- How that information is used and with whom it may be shared.
- The choices available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect your information.
Information Collection and Use
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to or collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, opt-in forms, volunteer sign-ups, or other direct contact.
We may collect:
- Contact Information: Name and email address (e.g., when you join our email group or contact us).
- Donation Information: If you make a donation online, we (or our third-party payment processor) collect payment information necessary to process the transaction.
- Volunteer Data: Information you provide when signing up to volunteer for community events.
We will use your information to respond to your inquiry, process donations, and send community updates and newsletters if you have opted in.
Log Data: Like many site operators, we may use non-personal information (such as IP addresses) to analyze trends, administer the website, and track usage volume to make our community website more useful. This data is not linked to the personal information of any individual user.
Sharing and Donor Privacy
We will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.
We do not share your information with any third party outside our organization, except as necessary to fulfill your request (e.g., processing a donation or managing a mailing list).
- Third-Party Processing: Online credit card donations are processed through a secure third-party service provider. We do not retain, store, sell, or share any of your credit card or payment-related information on our own servers.
- Legal Requirements: We reserve the right to disclose information if required by law or to protect the security/integrity of our website and community.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address provided below:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change or correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Online: You can verify that your connection is secure by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and the “https” prefix in the webpage address. Offline: Only members or volunteers who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, sending a newsletter or processing a donation) are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Links to Other Websites
www.samishisland.net contains links to other websites (such as local resources). Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites, and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Changes to This Policy
We review our privacy practices periodically, and these practices are subject to change. Any change will take effect immediately upon posting on our website and by updating the effective date at the top of this page.
Contact Us
If you believe we are not complying with this privacy policy, or if you have any questions, please contact us immediately at samishisland@gmail.com.