No Small Act and NoSmallAct.com Privacy Policy
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE USING NoSmallAct.com (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "SITE").
This Privacy Policy is here to better serve those who are concerned with how their information is used online. The following describes what type of information we collect, what it's used for, and the measures we take to protect it.
IMPORTANT NOTE: By using the Site and/or becoming a member, volunteer, or otherwise engaging with No Small Act through our website, email lists, community platforms, or digital communications, you voluntarily agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact
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If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you shall not use or browse the Site.
1. Definitions
"Company", "We", "I", "Our", or "Us" means No Small Act and
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"Content" means any and all written, visual, video, or audio information contained on the Site, including, but not limited to, any and all emails received from No Small Act, newsletters, social media content, organizing materials, community resources, action guides, templates, volunteer resources, and any and all written or downloadable material viewed or otherwise offered on NoSmallAct.com.
"Personal Information" means information that can be used on its own or in conjunction with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. For example, personal information includes, among other things, your name, address, email address, telephone number, site behavior, etc.
"Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms" means NoSmallAct.com, Content (as defined herein), email lists, newsletters, social media posts, blog posts, community organizing resources, action guides, organizing templates, website materials, community spaces, volunteer portals, and/or digital communication channels available through the Organization.
"Site" means NoSmallAct.com and any and all of the Organization's associated pages, tabs, landing pages, forms, or sub-pages.
"Member" means any individual who has registered with No Small Act as a member of the community organization.
"Volunteer" means any Member who has also agreed to our Volunteer Privacy and Confidentiality Pledge and taken on additional responsibilities within the organization.
"You" or "Your" means the user, member, volunteer, or viewer of the Site.
2. Organization Statement:
The Site and its Content are owned by No Small Act.
No Small Act is committed to protecting your Personal Information. We will only collect or use your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy herein.
3. What kind of Personal Information do we collect?
Personal Information You Provide:
When using the Site, and in filling out membership forms, volunteer applications, providing comments, or contacting us, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, location information, mailing address, social media profiles, or phone number. We use this information to:
Process your membership applicationConnect you with your local county groupProvide organizational updates and communicationsImprove the performance and applicability of the SiteCoordinate local action in support of our mission
Personal Information Automatically Collected:
Through use of the Site, the Organization may use data collection technology, such as Google Analytics (hereinafter referred to as the "Data Collection Companies") to collect information related to your use of the Site. Generally speaking, this includes information about your geographic location and Site behavior. The Data Collection Companies also provide us with information about what type of device or software you use, your IP address (with location information), and whether you view the Site on mobile, tablet, or desktop.
We collect this information for statistical purposes only and to improve the viewer experience.
4. What if the Personal Information we have about you is incorrect or you want to update it?
If the Personal Information we have collected about you is incorrect or incomplete in any way, or you would like to update what we have, please contact
[email protected]. We will make the appropriate corrections when notified, as long as the corrections requested to be made are not incorrect or fraudulent in any way.
5. When do we collect Personal Information?
We collect Personal Information from you when you:
Submit a membership applicationSign up for our newsletterFill out forms on our websiteVolunteer for additional responsibilitiesParticipate in our community platformsBrowse the SiteView ContentEnter any Personal Information on the Site
If you're just viewing the Site, you won't be required to provide personal information to browse.
If you're outside of the EU: if you sign-up to receive newsletters or updates from the Organization, you will automatically be added to our email list to receive messages from us. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email [email protected] to be unsubscribed from future messages.
If you're IN the EU: if you sign-up to receive newsletters or updates from the Organization, you will only be added to our email list to receive messages from us if you affirmatively consent to receiving such messages. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email
[email protected] to be unsubscribed from future messages.
6. How do we use your Personal Information?
When using the Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms, we may use the Personal Information we collect from you when you register as a member, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or communication (typically by email), browse the Site, or use certain other Site features in the following ways:
To process your membership application and connect you with your local county groupTo personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content in which you are most interestedTo improve our Site and community platforms in order to better serve youTo allow us to better respond to your customer service requestsTo administer a survey, action, or other Site featureTo send periodic emails regarding organizational activities, resources, and calls to actionTo coordinate local action in alignment with our missionTo tailor social media (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, etc.) outreach to you
7. Member-to-Member Information Sharing
As a community organization focused on coordinated local action, No Small Act facilitates connections between members within their respective counties. By becoming a member, you acknowledge that:
Certain basic information (such as name and county) may be visible to other members in your local groupCommunication within member spaces is visible to other members of those spacesMembers are expected to respect the privacy and confidentiality of other membersSharing of member information outside the organization is strictly prohibitedScreenshots or sharing of private communications without express permission is prohibited
All members are required to adhere to our Community Guidelines regarding privacy and confidentiality, which are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.
8. Volunteer Access to Information
Volunteers who take on additional responsibilities within No Small Act may have access to member information necessary to fulfill their volunteer duties. These volunteers:
Are bound by our separate Volunteer Privacy and Confidentiality PledgeHave access only to the information necessary for their specific roleAre prohibited from downloading, storing, or sharing member information for any purpose outside their volunteer dutiesMust immediately report any privacy or security concerns to leadershipMust surrender all access to information upon conclusion of their volunteer roleRemain bound by confidentiality obligations even after their volunteer service ends
Violation of these requirements may result in immediate termination of volunteer status and, in serious cases, legal action.
9. Do we share your Personal Information with anyone?
In general, we DO NOT sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside (third) parties your Personal Information for marketing or advertising purposes, except for the following purposes:
In order to comply with an investigation, law enforcement inquiry, government entities, courts, or other third parties as required or allowed by applicable law, such as for legal and/or safety purposes.
Third-party service providers that provide products, tools, platforms or services to us, such as email-list building, website management, community platform hosting, customer service, account maintenance, and performing other activities and services related to the management and running of our organization.
Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. that offer functionalities and services to use their services through our website (i.e., pinning an image to Pinterest, sharing a link to Facebook). If you use those functionalities on the Site, your information will be shared with those platforms to complete those functions and activities.
Third-party advertising purposes, such as advertising on social media platforms (i.e., Facebook and Instagram) to track and categorize your interests and behavior on our Site for the purposes of outreach and awareness. We share information with these companies, and these companies may collect information, including your actions taken on the Site, through tracking methods such as Cookies. These third-parties may also possess or get information about you from your behavior/actions: directly with the third-parties; on/from other websites, mobile apps, or companies that the third-party companies work with; or from your interactions with advertisements the third-party companies show you. The information that these companies collect or that we share may be used to customize or personalize the advertisements that are displayed to you.
We may disclose your Personal Information to our subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, assigns, affiliates or successors in interest when necessary to carry out our organizational functions. This may include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, email service, conducting our activities, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for outreach, educational, or advocacy purposes. If you make your personal information available to third parties through our Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms, No Small Act is not responsible for any unauthorized use by that third party.
It's also important to note that we DO allow third-party behavioral tracking. For more information see Section 3.
10. How do we protect your Personal Information?
We aim to make your visit to our Site and participation in our community as safe as possible. The Site uses commercially acceptable methods of security protection to protect your information. We also use a SSL certificate and never transmit your personal information by unsecured methods.
Your Personal Information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the Personal Information confidential. By viewing, using, or participating on or with the Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms, you acknowledge that No Small Act and its volunteers may access your Personal Information as needed to fulfill their roles.
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your Personal Information.
11. Do we use 'cookies' or social media pixels?
Cookies. We, and third-parties as described in Section 9 herein, use cookies and collect information from the computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to access the Site, read our emails, or view our advertisements. This information is automatically collected. Cookies are small data files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current Site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
Help process membership applications
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better Site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
To personalize your experience and better understand members' preferences for our organizational and outreach purposes.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
While you may disable the use of cookies through your browser's settings or options page, you may lose some of the features and functionality of the Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms, as cookies are necessary to help track and enhance your experience on the Site.
Pixels. The Organization MAY USE social media pixels (Facebook pixels) to track visitors to the Site so we can tailor advertisements towards those visitors on various social media platforms, including: Facebook, Instagram, etc. The Organization reserves the right to use pixels in accordance with the terms of the social media platform.
12. Third-Party Links:
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products, services, or links to articles/blogs/sites on our Site. These third-party sites may or may not have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites and/or their privacy policy (or lack thereof). Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and welcome any feedback about any issues you experience with linked-to sites by emailing us at
13. Password Privacy:
While using the Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms, you may create a username and/or password for login. It is your responsibility to keep the username and password safe. You are also responsible for any actions which occur through the use of your username/password, whether completed by you directly or through the use of your account. You shall notify us immediately by email at
[email protected] of any unauthorized use of your login information or any other security breach. Please log out at the end of each session to prevent any unauthorized use of your account or login information.
You may not share your username/password or login information with anyone other than yourself. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damages as a result of your failure to protect your login information or your unauthorized sharing of same.
14. Google Ads & Analytics:
Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for you. We are not currently using Google Ads on the Site, although this may change in the future.
We have implemented the following through Google Analytics: Demographics and Interests Reporting.
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
To Opt-Out of Google Ads: You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt-out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on.
15. California Online Privacy Protection Act ("CalOPPA"):
CalOPPA stretches well beyond California to require any person or company that operates websites collecting Personal Information from California viewers/consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. Read more about CalOPPA here.
Pursuant to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users CANNOT visit our site anonymously.
There IS a link to this Privacy Policy on the footer.
Our Privacy Policy link DOES include the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above. It is titled "Privacy Policy" very clearly.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page (see bottom "Updated On" date).
16. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"):
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13. Please STOP and do not use, view, or otherwise browse the Site, Materials, Resources, and/or Community Platforms if you are under 13 years old. If you're younger than 13, you are not permitted to enter any Personal Information on this Site.
If you are a parent and you believe your child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us immediately to have it removed by emailing us at
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17. Fair Information Practices:
In order to comply with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email within 5 business days of any known breach.
18. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003:
The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law which establishes rules for commercial email messages, gives you the right to stop certain commercial emails from being sent to you, and outlines certain penalties for commercial entities or persons who violate the law.
We collect your email address and name so we can:
Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
Process your membership application and send updates about organizational activities
Send you additional information related to our mission and activities
Communicate with you about local actions and opportunities
Email you newsletters with information and updates about our organization
In accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act, we agree to the following:
We WILL NOT use false or misleading subjects or email addresses
We WILL identify the message as an advertisement when applicable
We WILL include our organization's mailing address and/or physical address in our emails
We WILL monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance
We WILL honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
We WILL allow users to unsubscribe by using the appropriate link at the bottom of each email
TO UNSUBSCRIBE:
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at [email protected] or follow the instructions at the bottom of any email you receive from us and we will promptly remove you from future correspondence(s). However, unsubscribing from one list or set of emails may not unsubscribe you from receiving ALL future emails from us. If you experience any problems unsubscribing, please email us at [email protected] and we will promptly handle your removal.
19. Your General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") Rights
If you are located within the European Union ("EU"), you are entitled to certain rights under the GDPR. You have the right to:
Know how long we'll keep your information. We'll keep your personal information until the earlier of: (1) you either ask us to delete your information or (2) the Organization decides it no longer needs the data and the cost of retaining it outweighs the value to keeping it.
Access, rectify or erase your personal information.Withdraw your consent to the Organization's processing of your data, which shall have no effect on the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information prior to your withdrawal.
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over GDPR issues.
Provide only your personal information which is reasonably required to participate in our organization. The Organization will not ask for your consent to provide unnecessary personal information on the condition of membership.
20. Contacting Us:
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the following information:
No Small Act
Website: NoSmallAct.com
Email: [email protected]
Updated on April 27, 2025