Privacy Policy —
Youth Exploring Science (YES)

Effective date: September, 30, 2025

Youth Exploring Science (“YES”, “we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

1) Who we are

Youth Exploring Science (YES) is a US 501(c)(3) education charity.Contact (privacy): rperry@yescience.org
Mailing address: 34 Plaza St East, Suite 1209, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11238, USA

2) WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect the following information when you interact with us:

Information you provide

  • Contact details: name, email address, phone number, organisation/school (if provided)
  • Message content submitted through our contact forms
  • Donation-related details you provide (e.g., donation preferences, notes, whether you want to be anonymous)

Donation and payment information

  • If you donate online, your payment is processed by a third-party payment processor (for example, [Donorbox/Stripe/PayPal/Classy]).
  • We typically receive confirmation and details such as your name, email, donation amount, date/time, and transaction ID.
  • We do not store full card numbers on our systems.

Information collected automatically

  • Basic technical data (such as IP address, browser type, device information) and usage data (pages visited), often collected through cookies or analytics tools.


3) How we use your information

We use your information to:

  • Respond to enquiries and provide support
  • Process donations and issue receipts/acknowledgements
  • Maintain donor and enquiry records for administration and compliance
  • Improve our website and communications
  • Send updates/newsletters only if you opt in, or where otherwise permitted by law
  • Protect our website, prevent fraud, and ensure security

4) Legal bases for processing

Depending on where you are located, we process personal information because:

  • You asked us to (e.g., responding to your enquiry)
  • It’s necessary to process your donation or provide a receipt
  • We have a legitimate interest in operating and improving our charity and services
  • You gave consent (e.g., marketing/newsletters), which you can withdraw anytime
  • We have legal obligations (e.g., accounting and recordkeeping)