LAST UPDATED: September 18, 2025
The VII Foundation and its affiliates (collectively, the “Foundation,” “we,” or “us”) want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information we collect through:
- Websites operated by us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (the “Websites”);
- Our social media pages and apps located at:
- HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy; and
- Offline business interactions you have with us.
Collectively, we refer to the Websites, social media, emails, and offline business interactions as the “Services.”
This Privacy Policy does not apply to our job applicants, employees, contractors, owners, directors, or officers where the Personal Information we collect about those individuals relates to their current, former, or potential role with us. Applications submitted via Idealist are handled directly through that platform and subject to their privacy policy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
“Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. The Services collect Personal Information, including:
- Name
- Postal address (including billing and shipping addresses)
- Telephone number
- Email address
- IP address (we may also derive your approximate location from your IP address, including date and time of access)
- Payment card data
- Profile picture
- Social media account ID
- Information you provide in a profile, including photographs, biography, location, and any images or other content you upload
Collection of Personal Information
We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:
- Through the Services. We collect Personal Information when you subscribe to our newsletter, pledge a donation, register for or attend one of our events, apply for one of our education or mentorship programs, or create a profile as an invited alumnus or guest.
- From other sources. We receive your Personal Information from publicly available databases and from joint marketing partners, when they share the information with us.
We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide the requested Services to you. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Services.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We and our service providers use Personal Information for the following purposes:
- Providing the functionality of the Services and fulfilling your requests.
- To provide the Services’ functionality, such as facilitating your participation in our educational programs, workshops, mentorship programs, and events.
- To create and maintain user profiles for alumni and invited guests, and to display information you choose to make visible, such as your biography, uploaded images, and location.
- To respond to your inquiries and requests.
- To process and acknowledge your donations, provide receipts, and respond to inquiries related to contributions.
- To send administrative information such as changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- To allow you to send messages to another person through the Services, if you choose to do so.
- Providing you with newsletters and other communications.
- To send you marketing-related emails with information about our services, projects, and news.
- To facilitate social sharing functionality.
- Analyzing Personal Information for business reporting and providing personalized services.
- To prepare aggregated reports on how our digital content is used.
- To better understand your interests and preferences to improve how we communicate with you.
- Accomplishing our business purposes.
- For data analysis, audits, fraud prevention, security monitoring, developing new services, improving and maintaining our Services, identifying usage trends, and evaluating campaigns.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We disclose Personal Information:
- To our affiliates for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy:
- The VII Foundation (United States), EIN 51-0427657
- VII Académie France (France), Loi 1901 Association, SIRET #853 578 342 00026
- Fondacija VII Akademija (Bosnia and Herzegovina), TIN 4202672160002
- To our third-party service providers, to facilitate services they provide to us, including website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, email delivery, auditing, and other services.
- Profile information provided by alumni and invited guests (including images, bios, and locations) will be visible to other community members and may be publicly displayed on our Website in connection with exhibitions, educational features, or other Foundation projects.
- By using the Services, you may elect to disclose Personal Information (for example, on social media pages or public forums).
We also use and disclose your Personal Information as required by law, in cooperation with authorities, for legal reasons, and in connection with a sale or business transaction.
OTHER INFORMATION
“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual. This includes:
- Browser and device information
- App usage data
- Information collected through cookies and similar technologies
- Demographic information and other information you provide that does not identify you
- Aggregated information
Collection of Other Information
We and our service providers may collect Other Information through your browser or device, cookies, and analytics services.
Key services include Google Analytics, Vimeo, YouTube, Donorbox (Stripe/PayPal), Mailchimp, and Shopify. For a full and current list of cookies and tracking technologies, and to manage preferences, please refer to our cookie banner and preference center powered by CookieYes.
SECURITY
We use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization. No data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
CHOICES AND ACCESS
- Marketing emails. You may opt out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails.
- We do not share Personal Information with affiliates or third parties for their own marketing purposes.
To request access, correction, or deletion of your Personal Information, or to exercise rights under applicable law, contact us using the details below.
RETENTION
We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purposes for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
This Privacy Policy does not address the practices of third parties, including platforms such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Vimeo, YouTube, Mailchimp, Donorbox, Stripe, PayPal, and Shopify. Please review their privacy policies.
PAYMENTS
Payments made through our Website are processed via Donorbox (Stripe, PayPal) and Shopify. The VII Foundation does not collect or store your payment card information directly.
USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS
The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of sixteen (16), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 16. Profiles are only created for invited alumni and invited guests.
JURISDICTION AND CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or service providers, including the United States, France, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
We do not sell or share Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising. California residents may request to know or delete their Personal Information, as provided by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA). Requests can be made using the contact details below.
CONTACTING US
The VII Foundation
429 W 45th Street, 5FW
New York, NY 10036
United States
Postal address for written requests:
The VII Foundation
PO Box 621
Manville, NJ 08835
United States
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://theviifoundation.org
Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.