Privacy Policy

Last updated November 7, 2026

Rec-Safe is run by Rec-Safe (RECSAFE), a Washington corporation ("we" and "us"). This policy says what Rec-Safe keeps about you, why, who else sees it, and what you can do about it. It covers Rec-Safe only; our other sites and apps have their own.

What we keep

When you use Rec-Safe, we keep:

• newsletter sign-ups: your email address, the page you signed up on, and your IP address
• memberships and donations: your name and email address, the tier or fund, the amount, and Square's payment number
• gift cards: the buyer's and recipient's email addresses, the message, the card number, a scrambled (hashed) PIN, and the balance; and the IP addresses of balance checks
• gear orders: your name, email address, shipping address, and the items
• satellite-communicator rental requests: your name, email address, phone number, where you're going, and your trip dates
• signatures given on the signature page: your name, an optional email address, the signature you draw, your IP address, and your browser

Like any website, our servers also keep a short log of the pages asked for (with the IP address, the browser, and the time), to keep the site running and safe. We don't use analytics, advertising, or tracking services.

Why we keep it

Only to run Rec-Safe for you: to handle your membership, donation, gift card, order, or rental, to send your receipts and notices, to keep the records the law asks of a non-profit, and to stop fraud and spam. We don't sell or rent your information, we don't show ads, and we don't use it for anything else.

Who else sees it

Nothing you send is shown on the site. Rec-Safe's staff see it to handle your request.

We use these services to run Rec-Safe, and each sees only what it needs:

• Amazon Web Services, which hosts our servers in the United States, where everything the app keeps is stored
• Postmark, which sends our emails, so it handles your email address and the message
• Square, which takes card payments: we never see or keep your card number
• Google Fonts, which supplies the fonts, so your browser asks Google for them and Google sees your IP address
• public code libraries (such as cdnjs, jsDelivr, or unpkg), which supply scripts and styles that your browser downloads, so they see your IP address
• Spreadshop, which runs our separate merchandise shop (recsafe.myspreadshop.com), under its own terms and privacy policy

We'd share information if the law makes us (a court order, for example), or to protect someone's safety. If Rec-Safe ever handed Rec-Safe to someone else, this policy would go with it.

Cookies

Rec-Safe uses one cookie, only for the spam check on its forms (and one for its staff's sign-in).

How long we keep it, and deleting it

We keep your information while you use Rec-Safe. To get off the newsletter list, or to have anything else deleted, email us and we'll do it, apart from anything the law makes us keep (such as payment records). Server logs are kept only as long as they're needed to run and protect the site, and backups are overwritten in time.

Keeping it safe

Every page uses an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Access is limited to the people who need it. No website is perfectly secure, but if something ever goes wrong in a way that puts your information at real risk, we'll tell you, and the authorities when the law requires it.

Children

Rec-Safe isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly keep a child's information. If you think a child has given us theirs, email us and we'll delete it.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us what we keep about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by emailing info@rec-safe.com. We'll answer within 30 days. Depending on where you live (for example in Canada, a US state such as Washington or California, the UK, or the EU), the law may give you more rights, and we honour them for everyone.

Our servers are in the United States, so if you're elsewhere, your information is stored and handled there, under US law. In Canada, if you're not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

This policy covers rec-safe.com. The apps that rec-safe.com links to (such as Scan If Found and the Community Message Board) have their own.

Changes and questions

If we change this policy, we'll change the date at the top, and if a change is big, we'll say so on Rec-Safe first. Questions? Email info@rec-safe.com.