Big Ocean's Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10/22/2026
Big Ocean Women ("BOW," "we," "us") is a nonprofit organization. This policy explains what information we collect on bigoceanwomen.org, how we use it, and your choices.
What Information We Collect
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Information you give us: your name, email, phone number, address, and any details you enter when you join a WAVE, apply to become a WAVE Leader, volunteer, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or donate.
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Payment information for donations and shop orders. Payments are handled by our payment processor [Wix Payments / PayPal / Stripe]. We do not see or store your full card number.
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Automatic information: your browser, device, pages visited, and approximate location, collected through cookies and analytics tools.
How We Use the Information
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To respond to you and connect you with a WAVE or WAVE Leader.
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To send the newsletter and updates you asked for. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link in each email.
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To process donations, send receipts, and fill shop orders.
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If authorized, to stay up to date with news from Big Ocean Women through text messaging.
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To understand how the site is used and improve it.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your information. We share it only with the people and services that help us run BOW, such as WAVE Leaders who contact you about joining, our website host (Wix), our payment processor, and our email service (Gmail).
We may share it if the law requires.
What are Your choices
You can ask to see, correct, or delete your information, or to stop receiving emails, by writing to bigoceanwomen@gmail.com
You can also turn off cookies in your browser.