Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 23, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

Pritam Adhikari Education Foundation America (“PAEFA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, retain, and disclose information when you visit https://paefa.org, make a donation, submit a form, apply for a program, volunteer, or otherwise communicate with us.

1. About PAEFA

Pritam Adhikari Education Foundation America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting education, scholarships, health awareness, and community wellness initiatives.

Website: https://paefa.org
Email: paefa2025@gmail.com
Mailing address: 5775 Carlton Way, Stone Mountain, GA 30087
EIN: 87-4422854

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:

• Your name, email address, telephone number, and mailing address
• Information submitted through contact, volunteer, partnership, scholarship, sponsorship, or program forms
• Volunteer interests, availability, experience, and related application information
• Donation information, such as the amount, date, donor name, and contact information
• Communications you send to PAEFA
• Photographs, documents, testimonials, or other materials you voluntarily submit
• Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring website, pages visited, and approximate location
• Cookie and website-usage information

Please provide only information that is accurate and necessary for the purpose of your submission.

3. Donation and Payment Information

When you make an online donation, payment information may be collected and processed by the third-party payment processor displayed during checkout.

PAEFA may receive information such as your name, email address, mailing address, donation amount, transaction date, and payment status. We generally do not directly receive or store your complete credit or debit card number.

Your payment processor’s privacy policy and terms also apply to the information it processes.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

• Respond to inquiries and requests
• Process donations and provide donation acknowledgments
• Review volunteer, scholarship, sponsorship, or partnership submissions
• Administer educational, health, and community programs
• Communicate about programs, events, opportunities, and organizational updates
• Maintain records required for administrative, accounting, legal, or tax purposes
• Protect our website and detect spam, fraud, abuse, or security threats
• Understand and improve our website, outreach, and services
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

We will not sell or rent your personal information.

5. Email Communications

If you subscribe to updates or provide permission to receive communications, PAEFA may send you information about its programs, events, fundraising campaigns, and volunteer opportunities.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link provided in the message or by contacting us at paefa2025@gmail.com. We may still send essential administrative communications relating to a donation, application, or request you submitted.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Provide essential website functionality
• Remember user preferences
• Protect forms and prevent spam
• Measure website traffic and performance
• Support embedded media or third-party services

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features operate.

If authorized users access the WordPress administration area, WordPress may use temporary, login, and screen-preference cookies necessary to operate those accounts.

7. Embedded Content and External Links

Pages on our website may include videos, images, social media posts, donation tools, maps, forms, or other content provided by third-party websites.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction according to their own privacy policies.

PAEFA is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party service you use.

8. How We Share Information

We may share information only when reasonably necessary with:

• Website hosting and technical-support providers
• Form, email, communication, and spam-prevention services
• Donation and payment processors
• Accounting, auditing, legal, or administrative service providers
• Program partners helping deliver an activity for which you applied or registered
• Government authorities when disclosure is required by law
• Other parties when necessary to protect PAEFA, our website users, or the public

Service providers are permitted to access information only as necessary to perform services for PAEFA and are subject to their own legal and contractual responsibilities.

We may also share information with your consent or at your direction.

9. Photographs, Testimonials, and Program Stories

PAEFA may publish photographs, testimonials, scholarship-recipient stories, or other program-related content when appropriate permission has been obtained.

If a submission concerns a child or another person, the person submitting it must have the legal authority and necessary consent to provide the material. Requests concerning published photographs or stories may be sent to paefa2025@gmail.com.

10. Children’s Privacy

PAEFA’s programs may support children and students, but this website is not intended to collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate consent.

A parent, legal guardian, or authorized adult should submit information on behalf of a child when required. If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 was collected without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to review and delete it.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Fulfill the purpose for which it was collected
• Administer programs and applications
• Maintain donation, accounting, and organizational records
• Resolve disputes
• Protect against fraud or misuse
• Meet applicable legal, tax, or reporting requirements

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

12. Data Security

PAEFA uses reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures intended to protect personal information.

However, no website, email system, or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through the internet.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, full financial-account details, medical records, or other highly sensitive information unless PAEFA has specifically requested it through an approved secure process.

13. Your Privacy Choices and Requests

Subject to applicable law, you may contact us to:

• Ask what personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of information
• Withdraw consent for certain uses
• Unsubscribe from promotional communications
• Raise a concern about how your information is handled

Some information may need to be retained for legal, tax, security, accounting, or administrative purposes.

Send requests to paefa2025@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

14. International Information Transfers

PAEFA supports communities and programs in the United States, Bhutan, Nepal, and refugee communities. Information connected with a program may therefore be accessed or processed outside the country in which it was submitted when reasonably necessary to administer that program.

Where appropriate, PAEFA will take reasonable steps to limit the information shared and protect it during such transfers.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, programs, service providers, or legal obligations change.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

16. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

Pritam Adhikari Education Foundation America
5775 Carlton Way
Stone Mountain, GA 30087
Email: paefa2025@gmail.com
Website: https://paefa.org