Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 2025

The Congregation of Sisters of the Holy Cross (the “Congregation,” “we,” “us,” “our”) recognizes the importance of your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we may collect and process Personal Information when you visit https://www.cscsisters.org (the “Site”) or otherwise interact with us in an online or offline context (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy also describes any rights you may have regarding our use of your Personal Information. As used herein, “Personal Information” refers to any information that identifies or reasonably could be used to identify a particular individual or household. “Personal Information” does not include data that has been anonymized or aggregated. By using our Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.


Collection of Your Personal Information

In order to provide the Services, we may collect the following categories of Personal Information:

  1. Identifiers, such as name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifiers, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, signatures, physical characteristics or description, telephone number, or other similar identifiers.
  2. Financial Information, such as bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information that does not allow access or withdrawal of funds.
  3. Internet or Other Electronic Activity Information, such as information about your browser (e.g., type and version) and your interactions with the Site.
  4. Internet or Other Network Information, such as browsing history, search history, information regarding your interactions with our websites or advertisements.
  5. Inferences drawn from any of the Personal Information listed above.

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform various functions, such as facilitating your use of the Site and tracking access to and use of our Site. A “cookie” is a small file placed on your device when you visit a website that can be understood by the website that issued the cookie or a third party. Depending on your internet browser, you may be able to change your settings to block or erase cookies from your device. Please note that if you block or reject cookies and similar technologies, the functionality of our Site may be limited.

We retain Personal Information for the period reasonably necessary to provide our Services to you and ensure compliance with applicable law.


Purposes for Processing Your Personal Information

The Congregation collects and discloses the above categories of Personal Information to:

  • Provide our Services to you
  • Provide you with requested information, products, or services
  • Communicate with you and provide you with notices about your account
  • Engage with advertisers, advocacy groups, vendors, and third parties
  • Conduct internal analysis and research
  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations, and enforce our rights and policies
  • Administer, monitor, and secure our information technology systems, websites, applications, databases, and devices, including by detecting and preventing against security incidents and fraudulent activity


Sources of Personal Information

We collect Personal Information directly from consumers when they interact with us. Additionally, we collect Personal Information from vendors and third parties when they provide it to us.


Disclosure of Your Personal Information

The Congregation may disclose any of the categories of Personal Information that we collect (as listed above) to:

  • Our vendors. We may disclose Personal Information to our vendors who process Personal Information on our behalf, including vendors who provide website hosting, information technology and infrastructure, data analytics and modeling, email or mail delivery, order fulfillment, auditing, payment processing, marketing and analytics services, and other services to us. .
  • Third parties for marketing purposes. We may disclose Personal Information to third parties, such as third-party marketing and analytics providers, and other organizations for marketing purposes, including to support our fundraising efforts and the fundraising efforts of third parties.
  • Third parties to facilitate our programming and fundraising. We may also disclose Personal Information to other third parties to facilitate our programming and fundraising.

We may also disclose your Personal Information in the following contexts:

  • Pursuant to a change of control. We may disclose Personal Information to a successor entity or purchaser upon a merger, consolidation, or other reorganization in which we participate, or a sale of all or a portion of our assets. In this situation, we will seek assurances that the successor entity or purchaser will process Personal Information collected by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
  • For legal purposes. We may disclose Personal Information to protect our rights, defend or pursue a legal claim, investigate or prosecute illegal activities, comply with a subpoena, court order, governmental inquiry, legal process, or other legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, you, or any other consumers.


Third-Party Links on Our Services

Our Services may contain links to other websites. If you choose to use these links, you will leave our Services. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of any other website as this Privacy Policy will no longer govern.


Security of Your Personal Information

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your Personal Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet that are beyond our control; and (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through our Services cannot be guaranteed.


EEA & UK Residents

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom (UK), then the term, “Personal Information,” refers to “personal data,” as that term has been defined under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) or the UK GDPR, as applicable. This section provides additional disclosures that apply only to EEA and UK residents. We may rely on the following legal bases to process Personal Information:

  • You have provided consent to the processing
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or to fulfill a legal obligation

As a resident of the EEA or UK, you are entitled to various rights with respect to your Personal Information, including rights to access, correct, erase, restrict processing, and object to processing. If you have provided your consent to processing, you also have the right to withdraw it. You may submit a request to exercise your rights under the GDPR or UK GDPR using one of the methods listed in the “Contact Information” section below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law. Residents of the EEA are entitled to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in their place of residence.


Children’s Privacy

The Congregation does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected Personal Information from your child in error, please contact us at communications@cscsisters.org so that we can make reasonable efforts to remove such information from our systems. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.


Other Disclosures

  • California Residents Under 18. If you are under the age of 18 and a registered user of our Site, you may ask us to remove content or data that you have posted to the website by writing to communications@cscsisters.org. Please note that your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or data as, for example, some of your content or data may have been reposted by another user.
  • Direct Marketing Disclosure for California Residents. California’s "Shine the Light" law regulates the disclosure of certain Personal Information to third parties by a company for the recipients’ direct marketing purposes by requiring companies to provide certain information upon request and allow consumers to opt out of such disclosures. To make such a request, please contact us at communications@cscsisters.org with the subject “Shine the Light Request.” We process such requests in accordance with applicable law.
  • Email Communications. From time to time, the Congregation may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our services, you may receive a notification when you open an email from the Congregation or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from the Congregation, you may opt out of such communications by clicking unsubscribe in the footer of any email.


Changes to This Policy

The Congregation reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When changes to this Privacy Policy are made, we will update the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 


Contact Information

The Congregation welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices. Please contact us at:

Mailing Address:

Congregation of Sisters of the Holy Cross
100 Rosary Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5050

Email Address: communications@cscsisters.org

Phone Number: (574) 284-5660

Contact Us: https://www.cscsisters.org/contact-us/


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