Your information, in plain words.

Only what you type into our forms, plus basic data about how the site is used.

• Contact details: name, email, phone and home address.
• Membership applications: date of birth, gender, CDCR number, release date and conditions, time incarcerated, and the services you want.
• Program applications: your answers, and any files you choose to upload.
• Event RSVPs: if we invite you to an event, whether you are coming and which activities interest you.
• Messages: what you write to us, and whether you want news and event updates.
• Donations: you pick an amount here. Stripe collects your payment details on its own secure page.
• Site use: pages visited, device and browser type, and rough location, through Google Analytics. Our web host and map provider also see your IP address, as with any website.

• To answer your messages.
• To review applications and contact you about our programs and services.
• To send the newsletters, event news and alerts you asked for.
• To process donations and send receipts.
• To improve this site and measure our free Google Ad Grants ads.

ALi team members who need your information to help you can see it. So can these service providers:

• Supabase: stores form submissions and uploaded files.
• Google: Google Analytics, address suggestions from Google Maps, and a Google Sheet copy of applications for our staff.
• Stripe: processes donations.
• Resend: sends our emails.
• Vercel and CARTO: host this website and the footer map.

We do not share your information with anyone else unless the law requires it.

A cookie is a small file a website saves in your browser. Google Analytics uses cookies to count visits and see how people use the site. We also set two cookies that only remember which homepage video or story you saw last.

Google uses this data as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. Google may collect information about your activity on our site and other sites over time.

To turn off Google Analytics, install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, or block cookies in your browser settings. The site still works without them.

• To see, correct or delete your information, email support@ali-ca.org with the subject “Privacy request.” We may ask a question to make sure it is you. Some records, like donation records, we may have to keep by law.
• To stop our emails, use the unsubscribe link in a newsletter email, or email us.
• To stop Google Analytics, use the opt-out add-on or block cookies.

This site does not change how it works when your browser sends a “Do Not Track” signal. You can still turn off Google Analytics as described above.

This website is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect information online from children under 13. If you think a child has sent us information, email support@ali-ca.org and we will delete it.

Everything you send through this site travels over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. No website is completely secure, so please keep sensitive details, like medical information, out of contact messages.

If we change this policy, we will post the new version here and update the effective date at the top.