Privacy Policy

Last updated 28 September 2023

This privacy policy explains how Order of the Common Life (“OCL”) uses the personal data it collects from you when you use this website. For additional questions about how OCL uses any information you provide to OCL, please contact us at hello@orderofthecommonlife.org.

Website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized (or “de-identified”) form.

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

  • Your IP address

Analytics

This website collects personal data  to power OCL’s site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

OCL shares this information with Google Analytics, OCL’s website analytics provides, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Form Submissions

When you voluntarily submit information to this website via webform, OCL collects the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions and, ultimately, communicate with you appropriately over time. OCL shares the information submitted through these webforms with Squarespace, OCL’s hosting provider, only so that they can provide website services to OCL. OCL also shares this information with Google, Monday.com and HubSpot for storage and communication and with Zapier for data porting.

OCL does not sell or share your data to be used for any other purposes by other organizations.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, OCL’s hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not targeted to children under the age of 13. OCL does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18 without their parents’ or guardians’ consent.

Legal Basis for Collection

If you’re an individual from the European Economic Area, please note that OCL’s legal basis for collecting and using your personal data will depend on the personal data collected and the specific context in which OCL collects it.

OCL normally collects personal data only where: (a) OCL has your consent to do so, (b) OCL needs it to deliver a requested response or services, (c) the processing is in OCL’s legitimate interests for the delivery of express services; or (d) OCL is required to collect, retain or share such information under applicable laws.

Where OCL relies on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline consent at any time. Where OCL relies on its legitimate interests to process your personal data, you have the right to object.

If you have any questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which OCL collects and uses your personal data, please contact hello@orderofthecommonlife.org.

User Rights

If you’re an EU resident, you may request to:

  • Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and access your stored personal data.

  • Receive a copy of any identifiable personal data you directly volunteer to OCL in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. 

  • Request rectification of your personal data that is in OCL’s control.

  • Request erasure of your personal data.

  • Object to the processing of personal data by us.

  • Request to restrict processing of your personal data by us.

  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Please note that these rights pertain to EU residents only, are not absolute, and may be subject to OCL’s own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements.

If you’re a California resident, you may request to:

  • Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal data, which was collected in the 12 months prior to the request.

  • Receive a copy of personal data you directly volunteer to OCL in the 12 months prior to the request, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

  • Request erasure of your personal data by OCL.

  • Not to be discriminated against because of the exercise of your rights under the CCPA.

Pease note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to OCL’s own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements.

Some of the aforementioned rights are applicable in certain jurisdictions outside the EU and California as well. Users residing outside the EU and California are welcome to contact OCL for any questions or requests at hello@orderofthecommonlife.org.

Protecting Your Information

OCL endeavors to follow reasonable and appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and suitable security measures in order to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal data.

This site is SSL secured and personal data is stored in secure, password-protected platforms with restricted access to OCL employees and volunteers on a need-to-know basis.

While OCL takes reasonable measures to protect your personal data, no party can guarantee or warrant absolutely the security and privacy of personal data or other content you transmit using this website, and you do so at your own risk.

Retention

OCL will retain your personal data for as long as may be necessary to provide OCL’s services and as to comply with any legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time.

Changes

OCL may update this privacy policy at any time. The most current version will always be posted on this webpage (as reflected in the “Last Updated” heading. By continuing to access or use this website after any revisions become effective, you agree to the updated privacy policies.