Privacy Policy

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank shares your concerns about privacy and is extremely committed to protecting the security of your personal information.  This Privacy Policy explains the different types of information which we may collect from you and how that information may be used.  We will not sell, share or rent the information you provide to us in any way that has not been specified in our Privacy Policy.  If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s information practices, please contact us at donations@rifoodbank.org.

In several locations with this Site, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank requests personal information (including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number and email address) in exchange for further information related to our various programs and the opportunities we may be able to offer you to become further involved in the fight against hunger. 

Upon registering personal information with us, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank stores your information in various databases so that we may continue to provide you with information related to your interests.  If you no longer wish to receive such information or to change your information, please contact us at donations@rifoodbank.org.  Upon receipt of your request, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, within a reasonable time period, will make specified edits to your information and/or remove your information all together from receiving future communications.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank asks for personal information from anyone who chooses to make a financial donation to the Food Bank.  When making an online gift, we request name, mailing address, phone number, email address and credit card information.  This enables us to record and provide written acknowledgement of such contributions, as required by law.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank may share donor names and addresses with third parties not affiliated with us who may want to solicit your support, either online or offline.  To request that we not share your name, please contact us at donations@rifoodbank.org.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank uses external financial corporations to process many of our charitable donations. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing us with these services. 

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewalls and password protection systems.  Only authorized individuals have access to this information.  Any other particularly sensitive information, such as a customer’s credit card number collected for a financial transaction is also encrypted prior to transmission.  Although the Rhode Island Community Food Bank operates secure data networks, no Internet transmission can be guaranteed 100% secure.  However minimal, you use this site and its services at your own risk.