Effective Date: Dec 8, 2025
Islamic Relief USA (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of every individual who engages with our organization. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, share, and protect your information—both online and offline—and your choices regarding that information. It also explains how we uphold key privacy rights.
This policy applies to all information collected from or submitted to the Islamic Relief USA website located at irusa.org and all related sub-domains (the “Website”). Other websites of the Islamic Relief Worldwide family may operate under their own privacy notices.
By visiting Islamic Relief USA’s website, you accept the practices described in this privacy policy.
Islamic Relief USA is the controller of your personal information. Our Information Security Officer (ISO) within the IT Department is responsible for managing data privacy practices and responding to privacy inquiries.
For inquiries, you may contact the Donor Steward Services department:
“Personal information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. If we aggregate and anonymize Personal Information the data will no longer be considered Personal Information and we may use it for any purpose.
When you interact with us (e.g., make a donation, subscribe to communications, or volunteer), we may collect the following Personal Information:
We use certain third-party services and other tools to collect behavioral data. We use this information for analyzing the use of the Website and our services to improve the quality and design, user experience, and performance of our Website and services. Our legal basis for processing this type of data is our legitimate interests, namely, to provide you with a better user experience.
We may receive limited information from advertising platforms (e.g., campaign performance) or analytics tools to measure the effectiveness of our outreach efforts.
We use personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. We may process this information to:
In limited cases, automated logic may restrict access or limit communication if patterns suggest a risk to our community, platform integrity, or organizational mission. You may contact us if you wish to challenge decisions made through automated processing.
We use these insights to ensure supporters receive timely, relevant, and meaningful information that reflects their engagement and interests.
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We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share it with:
All third parties are contractually bound to use your information only as needed to provide services to Islamic Relief USA. In addition, we will make sure that these third parties keep any information we provide secure and that they subsequently delete the information from their systems.
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, mobile or other internet-connected device by your web browser (“Cookies”). They are used by most websites to facilitate certain types of functionality and usability of the website, including remembering you the next time you visit.
Cookies contain information about your use of a particular website but do not include any personally-identifying information by themselves (for example, they do not store your name or address).
We use cookies and similar technologies for:
You can manage preferences using our Cookie Consent Manager, which allows opt-out of non-essential cookies.
We retain personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may retain Personal Information:
Even though tax-exempt organizations are generally exempt under CCPA/CPRA, we voluntarily provide the following rights:
You can exercise these rights by contacting us at [email protected] or 1-855-447-1001. We are required to verify your identity to process your request and reserve the right to confirm your state residency. We will provide a substantive response within 45 calendar days of receiving your request, or inform you of the reason and extension period (up to a total of 90 days) in writing.
Please note that, before we process your request, we may ask that you provide us with additional information to verify your identity. We reserve the right to deny your request if we cannot verify your identity or an exemption applies. You may designate an authorized agent to submit your verified consumer request by providing written permission and verifying your identity, or through proof of power of attorney.
As a visitor to our Website, you may opt-out of our collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information through Cookies or other online tracking technologies that may be collected by or disclosed to our advertising and analytics partners.
You can opt-out by clicking on the “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of our websites and changing your cookie settings. Note that this opt-out will apply only to the device or browser you are using when submitting the request.
Islamic Relief USA is headquartered in the United States and maintains its primary website servers there. While we accept international donations, our marketing activities and data processing are primarily governed by U.S. law.
This website is controlled and operated by Islamic Relief USA from the United States and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. As such, any information you provide will be transferred from your country of residence to Islamic Relief USA’s servers in the US.
Where applicable, Islamic Relief USA complies with European Union (“EU”) data protection law when collecting, using, storing and otherwise processing your personal data (as defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”)).
By opting into SMS, you agree to receive automated texts from us. Message/data rates may apply. Reply STOP to unsubscribe. Email communications include subscription preferences and unsubscribe links.
We use encryption technologies when transferring and receiving data from our Website, including the following technical and administrative safeguards including:
In addition, we have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss or misuse of information on the Website that we have collected from you. However, the transmission of information over the internet (or email/mobile where applicable) is never completely secure, so, while we do our best to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our website.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. Islamic Relief USA does not intend to solicit information of any kind from children under 13 (or if being a ‘minor’ is defined as a higher or lower age in your relevant jurisdiction, that relevant age), and we have designed the Website to block our knowing acceptance of information from minors whenever age-related information is requested.
It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to minors. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the notification, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by minors, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-855-447-1001.
Our website may link to external sites with different privacy practices. We encourage you to review their policies. Islamic Relief USA is not responsible for their content or data handling.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Updates will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of our site indicates your acceptance of changes.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy: