What data do we collect?

• Personal identification information like name, email address and contact information.

• Anonymized Information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other technical information.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide most of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:

• Register online or place an order for Donella Meadow’s book Thinking in Systems.

• Sign up for our newsletter.

• Make a donation.

• Send us a message through our contact us form.

• Access or use our website. We may automatically collect certain information through cookies and tracking technologies.

Third Parties

• We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to any third parties.

• We use third party applications to help us provide services and collect and manage information. For example we use Eventbrite for book sales and program registration, Crazy Egg for website analytics, Mailchimp for our newsletter, Squarespace, Stripe and/or PayPal for donation collection, and Little Green Light for donation record management. 

How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

• Process your order and manage your account.

• Send you  our newsletter.

• Answer your questions.

• Thank you for your donation!

• Make our website more intuitive and informative.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

• These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

• These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

How to manage cookies

You can manage cookies through your browser settings and by indicating your preferences on our cookie banner. Some of our website features may not function if you decline or remove cookies. The website allaboutcookies.org offers information on cookie management. 

Links and third party applications

This website uses third party applications and contains links to other sites, such as Eventbrite and YouTube. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this academyforchange.org website.

Changes to our privacy policy

This privacy policy is under regular review. Any updates will be posted on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on November 24, 2025.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy or the data we hold on you, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Email us at: info[at symbol]academyforchange.org