Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 17, 2026
Project Victory Gardens ("us", "we", or "our") operates the website https://www.projectvictorygardens.org (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service, process donations, and communicate updates about our veteran programs and farm life. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service (such as signing up for events, subscribing to our newsletter, or contacting us), we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). This may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

• Cookies and Usage Data

Donation & Payment Data
If you make a donation (e.g., for the Veteran Memorial Food Forest), your financial details are processed directly by our third-party payment processors (such as Wix Payments, PayPal, or Stripe). We do not store or collect your payment card details on our servers.
Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
2. Use of Data
Project Victory Gardens uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service or upcoming farm events

• To process your donations and send tax-deductible receipts

• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service

• To monitor the usage of our Service

• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about our programs, unless you have opted not to receive such information

3. Transfer and Disclosure of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
Project Victory Gardens may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation

• To protect and defend the rights or property of Project Victory Gardens

• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

• To protect against legal liability

4. Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Examples of Service Providers:

• Wix / Wix Studio: Our website hosting and design platform.

• Google Analytics: Used to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• YouTube: We embed YouTube videos to share farm updates and stories. YouTube may collect usage data when you view this content.

6. Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
7. Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By Mail: Project Victory Gardens, 140 Harbor Lane, Townville, SC 29689

• Via Website: Visit our Contact Us page.