Last Modified: October 9, 2026
Privacy Statement
Volunteers for Youth Justice (VYJ) values your trust, and we understand the importance of protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement applies to all information collected through your communications with VYJ, whether electronic, written or oral; information collected through VYJ mobile applications (“Apps”) or VYJ websites (“Sites”) that include a link to this Privacy Statement; as well as any other information about you that we may collect offline or receive from third parties (collectively, Apps, Sites, and offline or third-party information are referred to as the “Services”). By accessing our Services or providing your information to us, you accept and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Statement.
Types of Information We Collect
VYJ collects information that identifies you as an individual or information which is linked or linkable to you as an individual, including contact information, demographic information, health and financial information, as well as call recordings and transcripts. Personal information may be gathered through your relaying personal information to VYJ or through publicly available data.
With Whom We May Share Your Personal Information
VYJ shares Personal Information with its service providers and other third parties that assist VYJ in furtherance with its mission; information is only shared with third parties pursuant to confidentiality requirements. In furtherance of our mission, your Personal Information may be shared with the following categories of third parties: service providers, mission collaborators, referring organizations, volunteers, individuals in whose name you donated, or immediate family members (memorial donations), other non-profits, and others with your consent or as required by law.
Our Data Security Protection
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures designed to secure the information to protect Personal Information within our organization. We incorporate industry standard security controls (like firewalls) and protocols (like SSL/TLS) to create a site that is resistant to standard internet-based threats. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Notices and Disclosures
Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Services may contain links to third party websites, whose privacy practices may be different from VYJ’s. This Privacy Statement does not address, and we are not responsible for the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link. Links to other sites do not imply VYJ’s endorsement of the products or services or privacy or security practices of those websites. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Sites or our Social Media Pages.
Information on Third Parties
If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
How to Contact Us
Privacy Questions and Communication Preferences
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, or if you wish to update or correct your personal profile, change your communication preferences, or limit communications, please contact us at:
Telephone: 318-425-4413
Postal Mail:
Volunteers for Youth Justice
ATTN: Security and Privacy Requests
900 Jordan Street, Suite 102
Shreveport, LA 71101
E-mail: info@vyjla.org
Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to obtain confirmation regarding whether VYJ processes Personal Information about you, request access to your Personal Information, delete your Personal Information remove and/or receive information about the Personal Information that we maintain. To make such a request, please email info@vyjla.org
Updates to this privacy statement
VYJ may modify this Privacy Statement at any time. When changes are made, we will update the “last modified” section at the top of our Privacy Statement. Your use of VYJ’s Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement.