Last Updated: July 2026
We value your trust and are committed to complete transparency regarding how we handle your data. This Privacy Policy explains how our organization, operating as a Delaware non-profit 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organization (hereafter referred to as the "Assembly," "we," "our," or "us"), collects, uses, stores, and protects the information you provide to us through our volunteer, mentor, and project participant platform.
We only collect information that is strictly necessary to coordinate our initiatives, match mentors with working groups, organize community events, and fulfill our social welfare missions.
Personal & Contact Information: Your name, email address, phone number, and city/state of residence.
Professional & Academic Background: Your LinkedIn profile URL, portfolio, resume, areas of expertise, professional experience, and your preferred mentorship or volunteer formats.
Research, Media & Linguistic Data (Collected via Explicit Consent): If you participate in our technological or cultural preservation initiatives (e.g., oral history recording, building speech technology models, or generating studio TTS datasets), we may collect audio recordings of your voice, text transcripts of interviews, and photographic materials.
Note: The collection of voice and biometric speech patterns is conducted strictly under a separate, explicit Informed Consent agreement.
Technical & Usage Data: Your IP address, device type, and cookies used to analyze website traffic and optimize user experience.
We use the collected information solely for non-profit purposes to develop and scale the Assembly’s ecosystem:
Coordination & Matching: Aligning volunteers and mentors with the active projects and working groups that best fit their skills.
Communication: Sending project updates, coordination calls, and invitations to community events (including those managed via the Luma platform).
Research & Development (R&D): Utilizing de-identified audio data to train AI/TTS models and build digital archives under strict ethical and scientific protocols.
Social Impact Reporting: Preparing aggregated, de-identified statistical reports for US government agencies, Grantmakers, and auditors to verify the social impact of our programs.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.
We only share your information in the following limited circumstances:
Within Our Ecosystem: Shared with Assembly project leads and coordinators to facilitate your volunteer work.
Service Processors: Trusted third-party platforms that host our website, manage our CRMs, send newsletters, or coordinate events (e.g., Luma). These providers access your data strictly to perform their functions and are bound by confidentiality agreements.
Legal Compliance: When required by US federal law, Delaware state law, court orders, or to protect the safety, rights, and security of the Assembly and our community.
Academic Licenses: De-identified linguistic or research datasets may be shared with academic partners (e.g., universities) under non-commercial open-source licenses (like Creative Commons) without disclosing your personal contact information.
We implement industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, modification, or destruction:
All data transmitted through our website is encrypted using secure SSL/TLS protocols.
Audio archives and speech datasets are stored on secure cloud servers with strict, role-based access control (RBAC).
We retain your personal data only as long as you are actively involved in the Assembly’s initiatives or as required by law for NPO compliance and tax auditing.
We respect your privacy rights under applicable state laws, including the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) and other relevant state frameworks (such as California's CCPA/CPRA for our California-based participants):
Right to Access & Portability: You can request confirmation of whether we are processing your data and request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or outdated information.
Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request the complete deletion of your personal data from our databases (except where retention is legally required for corporate or tax auditing).
Right to Opt-Out of Profiling/Targeting: Although we do not engage in commercial profiling or targeted advertising, you have the right to opt-out of any automated processing of your personal data.
Right to Revoke Voice/AI Consent: If you provided your voice recordings for our AI/TTS datasets, you have the right to withdraw your consent for its use in future model training cycles.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We guarantee equal access to all Assembly initiatives regardless of the privacy rights you choose to exercise.
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. You can configure your browser to decline all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. However, please note that some features of our volunteer platform may not function properly without cookies enabled.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as our ecosystem expands and legal frameworks evolve. When changes are made, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. For significant updates, we will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to withdraw your consent, or want to request the deletion of your data, please contact our Compliance Officer:
Email: you@volunteer.belarusian.org
Mailing Address:
1207 Delaware Ave, Suite 4559, Wilmington, DE
Wilmington 19806, USA