Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 24, 2026

This policy replaces the version dated December 7, 2023.

Coastal Corridor Alliance (“CCA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a nonprofit organization working to protect biodiversity, foster community stewardship, and advocate for appropriate human access on the Randall Preserve and Santa Ana River Coastal Corridor. This privacy policy explains what information we collect through CoastalCorridor.org (the “Site”), how we use and share it, and the choices available to you. It applies to the Site and to email communications you receive from us.

Who We Are

Coastal Corridor Alliance
P.O. Box 15333
Newport Beach, CA 92659

Tax ID #26-2803100. Phone: (714) 216-0880. Email: Hello@CoastalCorridor.org

Coastal Corridor Alliance (CCA) respects your right to privacy and is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust.

Information We Collect

CCA obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

Directly from you. For example, from donor forms or other forms you complete or by communicating with us by post, phone, email or otherwise.
Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our website, computer systems or other platforms.
Third parties. For example, from payment processors that separately collect credit card information from donors through our website.

Information you give us directly

Contact information (name, email address, mailing address, phone number) when you email us, sign up for our Newsletter or SMS service, or otherwise reach out.
Donation information (name, email, mailing address, and payment details) when you give online.
Any other information you choose to include in a message, comment, or form submission.

CCA may collect the following categories of personal information about you:

Personal identifiers and contact information including name, mailing address, email, and telephone number.
Information and background information related to donors, prospective, and current.
Internet or other similar network activity including information regarding your interactions with our website and with emails you receive from us.

CCA may use your personal information for the following purposes:

To present our site and its contents to you.
To receive or solicit donations.
To communicate with you as a prospective or current donor.
To notify you about changes or contact you with regard to any reason you may interact with us.
Any purpose that is necessary for our legitimate interests, including soliciting donations, fundraising, and receiving feedback on various projects.
To investigate and help prevent fraud or otherwise ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our systems, services, databases, and other assets.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
As described to you when collecting your personal information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

Information collected indirectly or automatically

When you visit the Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, including your IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, time spent on the Site, referring website, and general location (city/region, derived from IP address). We use this information to understand how the Site is used and to improve it. See “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” below for the specific tools we use and how to control them.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use Google Tag Manager to deploy the following tools on the Site. Tools in the “non-essential” category do not run until you consent through our cookie banner; you can change your choice at any time by reopening the cookie settings link in the Site footer.

Essential: cookies required for the Site to function (e.g., remembering your cookie preference, basic security).
Analytics (non-essential): Google Analytics, which helps us understand aggregate visitor traffic and site usage. You can opt out globally using Google’s browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Session recording / heatmaps (non-essential): Hotjar, which shows us anonymized, aggregate patterns of how visitors interact with pages (e.g., scrolling and click patterns) so we can improve navigation and content. Hotjar is configured to mask form field entries. You can opt out at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out.
Embedded video (non-essential): videos hosted on YouTube, embedded on our Publications and issue pages. Playing an embedded video may set cookies controlled by Google/YouTube, governed by Google’s privacy policy.

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings, and doing so will not prevent you from reading content on the Site, though some features may not work as intended.

How We Use Your Information

Process and acknowledge donations and send tax receipts.
Send newsletters, action alerts, SMS messages, and other communications you’ve signed up to receive.
Respond to inquiries submitted through the Site.
Understand how the Site is used so we can improve content, navigation, and our programs.
Meet legal, accounting, and reporting obligations.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We disclose personal information that we collect or you provide for fundraising purposes as follows:

To our related entities.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our work and services.

We may also disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as follows:

To third party service providers who support our ability to carry out our mission, including a contractor providing community engagement assistance.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email to sign up for our newsletter, we will use your email to provide you with our e-newsletter.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.
To third-party analytics.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of CCA’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by CCA is among the assets transferred.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce any agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of CCA, our donors, or others.

How We Share Your Information

We share information only with the service providers and consultants who help us run the Site and our programs, each of which is authorized to use your information solely to provide services to CCA:

Little Green Light, our donor database and online giving platform, which processes donations and stores donor records, and sometimes sends event invitations.
MailChimp which manages our newsletters and SMS Service.
Google, through Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and embedded YouTube video.
Hotjar, for anonymized session-behavior analysis.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights or safety of CCA or others, or in connection with a merger, reorganization, or similar transaction involving CCA.

Your Privacy Choices

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
Opting Out of Receiving Electronic Communications. If you no longer want to receive donor emails or marketing-related emails from us, you may opt-out via the unsubscribe link included in such emails. We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if you opt-out of receiving fundraising or marketing-related emails from us, we may still send you other messages in connection with your donations, transactions or services you receive.
Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Accessing, Correcting, or Deleting Your Information. You may send us an email at Hello@CoastalCorridor.org to request access to, correct or delete personal information that you have provided to us, subject to certain exceptions. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change or deletion would violate any law or legal requirement to maintain the information or cause the information to be incorrect.

Cookie preferences. CCA uses the cookie settings link in the Site footer to change your consent choices at any time.
Email communications. Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link, or you can email Hello@CoastalCorridor.org to be removed from our list.
Access or deletion. You can ask us to review, correct, or delete the contact or donor information we hold about you by emailing Hello@CoastalCorridor.org.

Online Donations

We use PayPal and/or Stripe as our secure online donation service. Donations of any size are greatly appreciated and require that you provide contact information on the Donate page. This information is disclosed only to the payment processor. CCA uses it to send an acknowledgment letter of your gift, which may be used for your tax deduction purposes. Payment card data is collected and processed by our donation platform and its payment processor — CCA does not store your full card number.

E-Newsletter Subscription

Our monthly newsletter includes ways to help, volunteer opportunities, educational content, and the latest program developments in our work to steward natural lands and waters in the Coastal Corridor.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information we hold, and we rely on reputable third-party providers (such as our donation and email platforms) to secure payment and contact data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain contact, donor, and subscriber information for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, maintain accurate financial and donor records, and meet legal and accounting requirements, after which it is deleted or de-identified.

Email Subscription and E-Alerts

CCA E-Alerts bring breaking news about the Coastal Corridor, upcoming event information, action alerts, and other important updates to your email inbox. To receive these emails/alerts, you can subscribe to our email list, which requires only your email address. First and last name, and other information is optional. If you are receiving emails, you may elect to unsubscribe at any time. The unsubscribe option is available at the bottom of every email we send out. You can also resubscribe at any time.

Secure Transactions

CCA maintains its PCI Compliance annually from the PCI Security Standards Council. When you donate to CCA via our online system rest assured that your donation information is secure. Information is protected with SSL with an encryption key length of 128 bits (the highest level commercially available).

To further shield your credit card and bank numbers, our payment providers use your credit card information only for the purpose of processing your donation. We will not disclose this information except as necessary to process your donation. Neither CCA, nor our payment providers, store your credit card information electronically once your donation has been processed.

Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

The Site links to and embeds content from third-party sites (for example, YouTube videos, social media, and linked reports). Those sites have their own privacy practices, and we encourage you to review them; this policy does not apply to third-party sites.

California Privacy Rights

CCA is a nonprofit organization and is generally not subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which applies to for-profit businesses meeting certain thresholds. As a matter of practice, we voluntarily honor the access, correction, and deletion requests described above for all visitors, regardless of where you live.

Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” above reflects the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at Attn: Communications Team, P.O. Box 15333, Newport Beach, CA 92659; or email us at Hello@CoastalCorridor.org.

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