Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
Oxfam America Privacy Policy
Oxfam America Privacy Policy Oxfam America, Inc. (together with its U.S. affiliates and Oxfam America Action Fund, Inc., “Oxfam America”) owns and operates this website, including all pages hosted at www.oxfamamerica.org, all sub-domains hosted through our top-level domains, and those hosted through our online donations (collectively, "the Sites"). Oxfam America respects the privacy of its supporters. We have developed a rigorous Privacy Policy that reflects that respect and addresses how we collect and use the personal information collected through the Sites, as well as how we use donor information that may be provided to Oxfam America via other means.
The Privacy Policy does not apply to pages hosted by other organizations in the Oxfam confederation, including Oxfam International and other Oxfam organizations around the world (e.g., Oxfam GB, Oxfam Ireland, Oxfam Australia) or to any links to third party websites or applications. These other websites and applications will have their own privacy policies that you should review.
Although our Sites may be accessed from outside of the United States, the Sites are directed to individuals and entities within the United States. If you are not located in the United States, please be aware that by using our Sites you are consenting to your information being transferred to the United States and that we might not offer the same level of privacy protection that would be required by your home country. If you are outside of the United States, you may choose to access information about Oxfam’s activities through the Oxfam International website located at https://www.oxfam.org/en
Please read the following Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. The use of the Sites is conditioned on your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, and your use of the Sites constitutes your agreement with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use our Sites. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check back periodically. Your continued use of the Sites following any such changes will constitute your agreement with the amended Privacy Policy.
The safety of children is very important to us. Our Sites are not intended for children younger than 13 and we do not intend to collect personal information from children. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online.
Our Privacy Policy is organized in the following sections:
Update, correct, or delete personal information
Privacy rights for California residents
Oxfam will use reasonable efforts to the extent required by law to comply with requests to make corrections or deletions to your personal information and to provide you with certain reports or information relating to our use of your personal information. If you reside in Colorado, Delaware, or Oregon, we are notifying you that your state’s law may require us to comply with the general rights described in the “Update, correct, or delete personal information” section below.
Information We Collect
Oxfam America may collect information regarding visitors to the Sites, including IP address, browser and domain information, and information volunteered by you, such as e-mail address, contact information (which may include phone numbers) and, for donations and purchases, credit card or banking information.
Some information we collect automatically when you use our Sites, such as visitor usage patterns, device and advertising identifiers, browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before and after using the Sites, the date and time of your visit, information about the links you click, the pages you view, the general manner in which you navigate our Sites, and other standard server log information. We and third parties that provide content or functionality on our Sites, may use cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies to automatically collect information. For more information about cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies, please see the “Cookies” section below.
Oxfam America collects personal information provided to us by users of our Site, donors, and other supporters when they register to join our organization, become a member, make a donation or purchase online or offline, subscribe to our emails, take an action concerning an issue using our service or through our outreach, or otherwise participate in one of our online communities or outreach programs. Some users voluntarily agree to provide us with their mobile phone numbers.
We collect contact information from third parties who provide us with donor matching services so that we can provide more effective outreach for our fundraising activities. We may also receive information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access third-party services, such as Facebook or Google, through the Site to login to the Sites or to share information about your experience on the Sites with others, we may collect information from these third-party services. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy. For more information on Google’s practices, please visit, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
In addition, we may collect your personal information in connection with donations or gifts made by others in your name or honor. We will collect contact information of both the giver and the gift recipient so that we can complete the donation and provide proper notifications to the individuals involved.
Use of information
Oxfam America uses your personal information only in furtherance of our fundraising, educational, and advocacy objectives.
Oxfam America uses personal information to:
- Provide and improve our Sites;
- Contact you, including for fundraising purposes;
- Fulfill your requests for products, services, and information;
- Analyze the use of the Sites and user data to understand and improve the Sites, our programs, and outreach;
- Customize advertising content you see when you visit other sites;
- To enforce our Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, and to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; and
- For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.
If you desire to opt-out of receiving email communications from Oxfam America, you may unsubscribe here or by sending an unsubscribe request by e-mail to [email protected]. Requests to unsubscribe from email may not take effect immediately and may need to be renewed periodically.
We participate in Facebook’s custom audience and lookalike audience programs, which, depending on your privacy settings with Facebook, enable us to display our content to our existing or potential supporters on Facebook. We provide personal information such as your email address to Facebook in accordance with Facebook’s policy. Facebook’s policy is to securely encrypt your personal information and then delete it if it does not match a Facebook account or after they have confirmed that you have an account. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy.
Please note: We are aware of and sensitive to the issue of unsolicited e-mail ("spam"); therefore, Oxfam America will never rent, trade or sell your e-mail address to a third party for directed marketing of commercial products (we do not consider list sharing for charitable fundraising purposes to be commercial use). We may, from time to time, allow our service providers to draw conclusions regarding user behaviors from demographic and aggregated information. We may agree or collaborate with other reputable, charitable organizations or third party aggregators to write via postal mail or e-mail to some of each other's supporters, for the mutual benefit of both. If you would prefer not to have your information used in this manner, simply send us a request via e-mail to [email protected], with your exact name and address and a request to not share your information in this manner.
We may deidentify and aggregate personal information to draw conclusions relating to our programs and outreach and to support our fundraising efforts. Individuals cannot reasonably be identified through deidentified or aggregated information. We will use deidentified and aggregated information as appropriate for any legal purpose.
Text messaging terms and conditions
By providing us with your mobile phone number, you agree that we may contact you via text messaging. Recurring messages, message and data rates may apply. You may opt-out of receiving texts from us at any time.
- There is no fee from Oxfam America to receive text messages. Message and data rates may apply- this can be checked with your mobile service provider.
- Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your mobile phone number, your carrier’s name and the date, time and content of your messages. Alerts sent via SMS may not be delivered if the mobile phone is not in range of a transmission site, or if sufficient network capacity is not available at a particular time. Even within a coverage area, factors beyond the control of the wireless operator may interfere with message delivery, including the customer’s equipment, terrain, proximity to buildings, foliage, and weather. Wireless operators do not guarantee message delivery and will not be held liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
- We will not be liable for any delays in the receipt of any SMS message as delivery is subject to effective transmission from your network operator.
To unsubscribe from Oxfam America’s mobile program, text the keyword "STOP" to 77547 or "HELP" for more info.
Sharing of information
Oxfam America will share your personal information with others only as described in this Policy and when we have your specific consent or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.
Because Oxfam America is funded solely through private donations, we may exchange your personal information with our affiliates and with third party service providers who support or promote charitable fundraising and who may perform other marketing activities.
In addition, we may share personal information in the following circumstances:
- With our third party vendors and service providers for certain services such as billing, payment processing, customer service, email deployment, business analytics, marketing, advertising, performance monitoring, hosting, and data processing.
- With our corporate affiliates who have expressly agreed to this Policy.
- To place advertisements to market Oxfam America on sites across the web. We place a cookie on your browser, and then a service such as Google reads these cookies and may serve an ad for Oxfam America on a 3rd party site. You may opt out of this ad serving by visiting Google’s advertising policy page. If you are concerned about 3rd party cookies served by networks, you should also visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
- In connection with a corporate transaction or reorganization, such as a merger, consolidation, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
- In response to legal action, such as in response to a subpoena, court order, law enforcement request, or government inquiry, and to protect, defend, enforce our rights and interests.
- For other purposes, if you provide consent at the time we collect the personal information to be shared.
Oxfam America uses third party services throughout the Sites, such as Google Analytics 4, to place first party and/or third party cookies (see Cookies below) on devices that access the Sites. These cookies enable Oxfam America to track how our Sites are used, which portions of the Sites are visited and which items our visitors find most interesting and this information will be shared with Google. We do not control Google’s use of your personal information. We encourage you to visit Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites to exercise your options as to Google’s collection and use of your information. You can see how Google collects and uses your information through this site: myactivity.google.com.
You can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Oxfam America works diligently to ensure that our advertisements do not appear on extremist or fake news websites. However, due to the nature of digital advertising, this can occur without our knowledge. If you see an Oxfam America advertisement on such a website, please let us know by sending an e-mail to [email protected] so that we may investigate.
Update, correct, or delete personal information
The accuracy of your individual information is important to Oxfam America. Additionally, we have tried to streamline our operations by making it easy for you to control the information that we maintain about you. For inquiries or to change your personal information, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. You may also change your contact information by logging into our Supporter Portal.
If you reside in Colorado, Delaware, or Oregon, we are notifying you that your state’s law may require us to comply with the following general rights relating to our collection and use of your personal information:
- The right to confirm whether and how we are processing your personal information
- The right to correct inaccuracies
- The right to require us to delete your personal information
- The right to obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable format
- The right to obtain a list of third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information
- The right to opt out of our processing of your personal information for any of the following purposes:
- targeted advertising
- sale of your personal information;
- profiling in furtherance of automated decisions
Security
Oxfam America takes reasonable steps to treat your personal information securely and to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected. Oxfam America uses industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive visitor data (e.g., financial information) within the Sites. All online donations are processed via third parties using secure servers. Oxfam America is PCI compliant and works only with vendors who are also PCI compliant for handling personal information and/or financial transactions. More information can be found on the PCI Security and Standards Council website. Secure payment tokens are generated when recurring donations are established to enable ongoing payment processing. Oxfam America does not store your credit card or banking information for future use. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Oxfam America cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Cookies
Cookies are small text-only files that are stored by your web browser that can be used to help identify you when you visit any of the Sites. A cookie cannot read data off of your computer hard disk, nor can it read cookie files created by other websites. We may use cookies to make visiting and using our Sites easier, for instance, so that you do not have to continually re-enter information, and so that we can tailor the Sites to your expressed preferences.
Pixel tags are very small images or small pieces of data embedded in images, also known as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs,” that can recognize cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, a description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information from your computer or device.
We use cookies and similar technologies to enable the efficient operation of our Sites, to enhance the ease of use of our Sites, and to gather statistics on how you use our Sites. By using our Sites, you are consenting to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
Most web browsers accept cookies. However, if you wish, you can usually set your browser to refuse cookies, or to notify you when you receive a new cookie. Note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to enjoy all the interactive features of the Sites. For more information about cookies, including instructions on how to stop cookies being installed on your browser, please see www.allaboutcookies.org.
Links to third-party sites
The Sites provide links to several third party websites. While we make efforts to choose our links carefully, we cannot take responsibility for the content of linked websites, or for the privacy policies of websites we link to. Since we do not control those websites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies on those websites prior to any use.
Children's privacy
If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 and believe your child is using any of the Sites, please contact us at [email protected]. Upon request, the parent or guardian of a child under 13 may review and request the deletion of such child’s personal information, as well as refuse to permit the further collection or use of such information. If we discover that a user is under the age of 13, we will delete their account and all personal information immediately.
Privacy rights for California residents
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected].
International Users
Our Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, you should be aware that we will collect, process, and maintain your information in the United States. By using the Sites, accessing the Sites or providing any information to the Sites, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States, which may not offer the same level of privacy protection that would be required by your home country, and to the processing and maintaining of that information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy changes
If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on our Sites so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we may disclose it to anyone. Your continued use of any of the Sites indicates your consent to the Privacy Policy as posted from time to time.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or this Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (800) 776-9326
Mail:
Oxfam America
77 North Washington Street
Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
Oxfam America Terms of Use
This website is owned and operated by Oxfam America, Inc. (together with its U.S. affiliates, “Oxfam America”). Please read these Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") and our Privacy Policy.
The Terms of Use govern all pages hosted at www.oxfamamerica.org, www.OxfamGifts.com and www.hungerbanquet.org, including all sub-domains hosted through our top-level domains and those hosted through our online donation and eCommunity areas (collectively, "the Sites"), as well as donor information that may be provided to Oxfam America (including Oxfam America, Inc. and Oxfam America Action Fund, Inc.) via other means.
These Terms of Use do not apply to pages hosted by other organizations, including Oxfam International and other Oxfams around the world (e.g., Oxfam GB, Oxfam Ireland, Oxfam Australia), to which we may link and whose privacy and other policies may differ. The use of the Sites is conditioned upon acceptance of these Terms of Use, including our Privacy Policy, and your use of any of the Sites constitutes your agreement with these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. Your continued use of the Sites following any such changes will constitute your agreement with the amended Terms of Use.
The safety of children is very important to us. Our Sites are not intended for children younger than 13 and we do not intend to collect personally identifiable information from children. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online.
Use of the Sites is provided by Oxfam America subject to the following Terms of Use.
You agree to use the Sites only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Sites by, any third party. If Oxfam America reasonably determines that you have violated or are likely to violate the foregoing prohibitions, Oxfam America may take any action it deems necessary to cure or prevent the violation, including without limitation, termination of your access to any of the Sites at any time, without notice, and/or the immediate removal of any content from this Sites. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to any of the Sites or for removal of information from the Sites.
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Copyright restrictions:
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In addition, please note that some documents and photos may have been published on the Sites with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not Oxfam America). All rights in these documents are reserved to their owners, and permission to copy or otherwise exploit them must be requested and obtained directly from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).
As noted, the Sites may contain links to other websites. All such links are provided as a convenience to our users. Oxfam America takes no responsibility for the content of external websites.
Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the Sites, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, (collectively, “User Content”) is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information. You hereby grant to Oxfam America a nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to reproduce, display, distribute and modify all such User Content for the purposes of operating the Sites and to provide the services referenced in the Sites.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account information, user names, access permissions or passwords that you use to access the Sites or any portion thereof. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities occurring under your accounts, user names or passwords that are due to your conduct, inaction or negligence. If you become aware of any suspicious or unauthorized conduct concerning your account, you agree to contact us immediately and take other appropriate action to deal with such conduct.
The Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, you should be aware that we will collect, process, and maintain your information in the United States. By using the Sites, accessing the Sites or providing any information to the Sites, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States, which may not offer the same level of privacy protection that would be required by your home country, and to the processing and maintaining of that information as described in our Privacy Policy. Acknowledging the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local, state, federal and international rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside and shall not violate any laws governing or restricting interactions by or among persons or entities of different nations.
If there is any conflict between these general Terms of Use and any rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on the Sites relating to specific material, then the latter shall prevail. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
By using the Oxfam America Sites, you agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Oxfam America, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, successors, agents, partners, contractors, and vendors (collectively, the "Oxfam America Parties") from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and all costs and expenses of defense, including but not limited to, attorneys' fees, resulting directly or indirectly from a claim (including without limitation, claims made by third parties for infringement of intellectual property rights) that arise in connection with (i) your use or misuse of any of the Sites; (ii) your breach of these Terms of Use; or (iv) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party. You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. Oxfam America reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you for which you will remain responsible for indemnifying and holding harmless the Oxfam America Parties.
The Sites are administered by Oxfam America from its offices in Massachusetts, United States of America. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts. You agree that any disputes relating to or arising out of the use of any of the Sites or any transaction undertaken through the Sites shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal or state courts located in Suffolk County.
If you do not accept these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy in full, you must immediately terminate use of the Sites.
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Last Updated: April 2025