Last Updated: August 28, 2026
Habitat for Humanity Bay Waveland (“Habitat Bay Waveland,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through our website and related online services, how we use and share that information, and the choices available to you.
Habitat for Humanity Bay Waveland is a locally governed Habitat for Humanity affiliate serving communities in Hancock and Pearl River Counties in Mississippi. We are a separate legal entity from Habitat for Humanity International and are responsible for the personal information we collect and use through our operations and website.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Make a donation
- Register to volunteer
- Sign up for an event or activity
- Subscribe to our newsletter or other communications
- Contact us through a form, email, telephone, or other communication
- Apply for or inquire about a Habitat Bay Waveland program or service
- Participate in surveys, campaigns, or other activities offered by Habitat Bay Waveland
- Apply for employment or otherwise communicate with us regarding employment opportunities
Depending on the activity, information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, organization or employer, and other information you choose to provide.
Some activities may be conducted through third-party platforms or service providers. Information you submit through those platforms may be collected and stored by those providers on our behalf and may also be subject to the provider’s own privacy policy.
Habitat Program and Application Information
If you apply for or participate in a Habitat Bay Waveland program, including homeownership, Critical Home Repair, Veteran Home Repair, or other community programs, we may collect information necessary to:
- Determine program eligibility
- Process and evaluate applications
- Communicate with applicants and program participants
- Coordinate services and repairs
- Document work performed
- Maintain homeowner and program records
- Meet grant, funding, audit, and reporting requirements
- Meet legal, accounting, and regulatory obligations
Certain Habitat programs may require additional personal or household information because of the nature of the program. We collect and use such information only as reasonably necessary for the applicable program and related organizational responsibilities.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
This information may include your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, pages viewed, dates and times of visits, and the website or link that referred you to our website.
We use this information to understand how visitors use our website, improve website functionality and content, maintain website security, and evaluate the effectiveness of our communications and outreach.
Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, measure site usage, and improve the visitor experience.
We may use third-party analytics services to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These services may use cookies or similar technologies and may collect information about your device, browser, pages visited, and interactions with our website.
If Google Analytics or another analytics service is used on our website, its collection and use of information is also subject to that provider’s privacy policies and terms.
You may control or disable cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of portions of our website.
Third-Party Services
Habitat Bay Waveland uses third-party platforms and service providers to support certain activities conducted through our website.
These may include services used for:
- Online donations
- Volunteer registration
- Event registration
- Newsletter and email communications
- Website hosting and maintenance
- Forms and surveys
- Analytics
- Information technology and data management
For example, Habitat Bay Waveland may use GivePulse to facilitate donations, volunteer registration, event participation, and certain communications.
When you provide information through a third-party platform, that information may be collected and processed by the applicable provider. Your use of that platform is also subject to the provider’s own privacy policy and terms of use.
How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information we collect to:
- Process donations and provide receipts or acknowledgments
- Register and coordinate volunteers
- Register and communicate with event participants
- Administer Habitat programs and services
- Evaluate program eligibility and process applications
- Coordinate home repairs and other services
- Communicate with homeowners, applicants, donors, volunteers, partners, and supporters
- Respond to questions, requests, and other communications
- Send newsletters, updates, and other communications when permitted or requested
- Maintain appropriate records of donations, volunteer participation, program activities, and other interactions with Habitat Bay Waveland
- Understand and improve how our website and programs are used
- Improve fundraising, volunteer engagement, community outreach, and communications
- Meet legal, accounting, grant, funding, audit, and reporting requirements
- Protect the security, rights, property, and operations of Habitat Bay Waveland
How We Share Information
Habitat Bay Waveland does not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share personal information in limited circumstances, including:
Service Providers
We may share information with third-party organizations and service providers that assist us with website hosting, payment processing, volunteer and event registration, email communications, data management, analytics, information technology, fundraising, or other organizational functions.
Program Partners and Funders
We may share information when reasonably necessary to administer a Habitat program, comply with grant or funding requirements, coordinate services, document program outcomes, or satisfy legal or contractual obligations.
Legal and Safety Requirements
We may disclose information when required by law, legal process, court order, or governmental authority, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, property, or operations of Habitat Bay Waveland or others.
Organizational Changes
If Habitat Bay Waveland undergoes a merger, reorganization, transfer, or other change in organizational operations, personal information may be transferred as part of that process where permitted by applicable law and where appropriate protections for personal information are maintained.
We expect third-party service providers that handle personal information on our behalf to use that information only as necessary to provide the services for which they have been engaged and to maintain appropriate safeguards.
Donations and Communications
If you make a donation, volunteer with us, participate in an event, or otherwise provide your contact information, we may contact you regarding your transaction, participation, Habitat Bay Waveland programs, volunteer opportunities, fundraising activities, or other organizational news, where permitted by applicable law.
You may opt out of promotional or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our emails or by contacting us directly.
Opting out of promotional communications does not prevent us from sending communications necessary to complete a transaction, administer a program, provide a receipt, respond to a request, or otherwise fulfill a legal or administrative obligation.
Photographs, Video, and Personal Stories
Habitat Bay Waveland may photograph or record volunteers, donors, homeowners, program participants, community members, and events for purposes such as documenting our work, recognizing volunteers and supporters, promoting Habitat programs, fundraising, and communicating our mission.
Where appropriate, Habitat Bay Waveland may obtain releases or other permissions for the use of photographs, video, or personal stories.
Participation in Habitat programs or services will not be conditioned on agreeing to have a photograph, video, or personal story used for communications or fundraising when such consent is not required for the service or program.
We take particular care when photographs, stories, or other information involve children or young people and follow applicable organizational policies and required permissions.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites and platforms, including services used for donations, volunteer registration, event registration, newsletters, social media, and other activities.
When you follow a link to a third-party website, you leave the Habitat Bay Waveland website. Information you provide to that third party is governed by its own privacy policy and terms of use.
Habitat Bay Waveland is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information in our possession from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Access to personal information is limited to employees, volunteers, contractors, or service providers who have a legitimate organizational need for that information.
No method of transmitting or storing information electronically is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of personal information.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy or as required or permitted by applicable law.
Certain information may be retained for longer periods when necessary to satisfy legal, accounting, tax, audit, grant, funding, contractual, mortgage, program, or other record-retention requirements.
If you request deletion of personal information, we will consider your request in accordance with applicable law and our record-retention obligations.
When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy, or de-identify it, as appropriate.
Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the ability to:
- Unsubscribe from newsletters and promotional communications
- Request access to certain personal information we maintain about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Ask questions about how we collect or use your information
Requests may be subject to applicable legal, contractual, program, grant, accounting, audit, or record-retention requirements.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information provided below.
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before fulfilling a request involving access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information.
Children’s and Student Privacy
Our website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
Habitat Bay Waveland may participate in volunteer, educational, school, and community activities involving students and young people. Information collected in connection with those activities will be handled in accordance with applicable law, organizational policies, and any required parental or guardian permissions.
When children or students participate in volunteer activities, we may collect information necessary to register participants, coordinate volunteer activities, document service hours, communicate with parents, guardians, schools, or supervising adults, and maintain appropriate participation records.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us online without appropriate permission, please contact us so that we can review the information and take appropriate action.
Do Not Track
Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Our website does not currently respond to browser-based Do Not Track signals because there is no universally accepted standard for responding to such signals.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or services.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.
If we make material changes to the way we collect, use, or share personal information, we may provide additional notice on our website or through other appropriate means.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or the personal information we maintain about you, please contact us:
Habitat for Humanity Bay Waveland
103 Central Avenue
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
(228) 467-9699
info@habitatbw.org