UPDATED 8.20.23
Plan C, a project of the National Women’s Health Network, is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy refers to Plan C as “Plan C,” “we,” “our,” or “us,” and does not refer to other activities by or on behalf of the National Women’s Health Network.
Plan C is an information campaign. Our mission is to ensure everyone in the U.S. knows about online access to abortion pills. We also provide information about legal and medical support for people choosing to self-manage an abortion with pills.
This Privacy Policy describes Plan C’s privacy practices in user-friendly terms, including the types of personal information we may collect from visitors to our website www.plancpills.org, and all related websites (collectively, our “Sites”). This Privacy Policy also describes how we may use and disclose personal information.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, products, or services -- even if they may link to our Sites, be embedded in pages on our Sites, or be linked to by our Sites -- or to other websites provided by the National Women’s Health Network (which are governed by the National Women’s Health Network Privacy Policy). We strongly recommend you review the privacy practices of those third parties before accessing third party websites and sharing any personal information.
We also encourage you to review our Terms of Use to understand how we treat your personal information as you make full use of our Sites. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use.
This Privacy Policy is provided in a layered format. You can jump to a specific section by clicking on the section below:
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual, and does not include protected health information (“PHI”). The personal information we collect through our Sites may include the following types of information.
Personal information you provide to us
We may collect the following personal information about you that you choose to provide us when you use our Sites:
Information that is automatically collected
Our Sites may use cookies and other tracking technologies such as web beacons, embedded scripts, and tags (“Cookies”), which collect information from you automatically as you use our Sites, including:
Aggregated, anonymized, and deidentified information
We may create aggregated, anonymous, or de-identified data from personal information by removing data components that make the data personally identifiable to you or through obfuscation or other means. Our use of aggregated, anonymized, and de-identified data is not subject to this Privacy Policy. We may use aggregate information for any purpose, including for marketing purposes.
We use the personal information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Sites, and to provide information you may request about Plan C. This may include, but is not limited to:
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:
We may share personal information with our affiliates, in which case, we will require such affiliates to comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We share personal information with our service providers to provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, hosting, customer and technical support, and other services.
If Plan C is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal information may be shared or transferred in connection therewith.
We may share personal information as we believe necessary to comply with applicable law, rules and regulations; to enforce our contractual rights; to investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Sites; to protect and defend the rights, privacy, safety and property of Plan C, you or others; and to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities.
We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes, unless we have your permission. Some pages on our Sites contain elements loaded from other websites, and those websites may collect some of your personal information to use for advertising or marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising. For example, the donate page contains embedded content from Humanitru and, in turn, Google. For more information, please see Links To Other Websites and the privacy policies for those other websites to understand how your personal information is used and stored by those websites.
Our Sites contain links to other websites that are not operated by Plan C, and provides access to products and services offered by third parties whose privacy practices we do not control. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of websites we do not own or control, and our privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites. When you access another website, use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of such products or services. We strongly suggest you review the privacy policies for third-party websites to understand how your personal information is used and stored by those websites.
If you wish to opt out of the sharing of the data that is gathered when you visit third party sites for purposes of targeted digital advertising, we encourage you to visit the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising for more information about opting out of seeing targeted digital advertisements. You may also visit these websites for more information on how you can opt back in to the sharing of data. Please note that opting out of advertising networks does not necessarily mean that you will not receive advertisements on other websites.
Additionally, Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
When you visit our Sites, we and our third-party service providers receive and record information from you automatically through Cookies. We may use cookies for the following purposes:
To allow us to remember your preferences and identify you when you return to our Sites.
To allow us to understand how our Sites are being used, track site performance and content views, and make improvements to the content, products, or services.
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We maintain appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to help protect the security of your personal information against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or misuse.
You may have rights and choices regarding our use and disclosure of your personal information. Unless instructed otherwise, you can exercise these rights and choices using the information in the Contact Us section at the end of this Privacy Policy.
If you no longer wish to receive promotional email communications from us, you may opt out via the unsubscribe link included in such emails or by contacting us at info@plancpills.org. We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages that are required in order to provide you with our Sites or for other reasons disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of the Site is directed to children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that a child under age 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under age 13 without verification of parental consent, you may alert us at you may alert us at info@plancpills.org, and we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Our Sites are operated exclusively in the United States and intended for users located in the United States. We may transfer, store, and use information we collect and maintain about you, including personal information outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction. The data protection laws in the jurisdiction in which we process personal information may differ from those of your jurisdiction, and in certain circumstances, your personal information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, law enforcement agencies, or regulatory agencies in those jurisdictions. By using the Sites or providing us with any information, you consent to the transfer and processing of your information, including personal information, in the United States as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect new services or changes in our data practices or relevant laws. The “effective date” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes are effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Sites. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise one of your privacy rights, please contact us by emailing info@plancpills.org or by writing to us at:
NWHN
1413 K Street NW, 4th fl
Washington DC 20005
c/o Plan C
Date Effective: 5.12.2023
This website (the "Site") is owned and operated by Plan C, a project of the National Women's Health Network (“Plan C” "we" or "us"). By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Site or to products and services available through the Site or from us. Accessing the Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of the Site and your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service. We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service or to impose new conditions on use of the Site, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified.
You may establish a hypertext link to the Site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by us or by the Site. However, you may not, without our prior written permission, frame or inline link any of the content of the Site, or incorporate into another website or other service any of our material, content or intellectual property.
Throughout the Site, we may provide links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. Our linking to such third-party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products or services offered on or through the sites. In addition, neither we nor affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services that third parties may provide on or through the Site or on websites linked to by us on the Site. If applicable, any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, are those of the respective authors or distributors, and not Plan C. Neither Plan C nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. Furthermore, Plan C neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy and reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on any of the Sites by anyone other than an authorized representative while acting in his/her official capacity.
THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR MATERIALS ON THIS SITE OR ON THIRD-PARTY SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
You agree at all times to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Plan C and its affiliates, their successors, transferees, assignees and licensees and their respective parent and subsidiary companies, agents, associates, officers, directors, shareholders and employees of each from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your breach of any obligation, warranty, representation or covenant set forth herein.
To access certain features of the Site, we may ask you to provide certain demographic information including your city, zip code and country. In addition, if you elect to sign-up for a particular feature of the Site, such as Ambassadors of Information, you may also be asked to register with us on the form provided and such registration may require you to provide personally identifiable information such as your name and email address. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site's registration form. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof). Our use of any personally identifiable information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARY AND PARENT COMPANIES OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, INCLUDING OUR MESSAGING, BLOGS, COMMENTS OF OTHERS, BOOKS, EMAILS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, OR THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR BY US IN ANY WAY, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARY AND PARENT COMPANIES OR AFFILIATES IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.) YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, ANY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES ON THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THE SITE'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE AND THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND/OR MATERIALS.THIS SITE IS CONTINUALLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP MATTERS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, AS TO ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR APPROPRIATENESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under the U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by Plan C infringe your copyright, you, or your agent may send a notice requesting that the material be removed or access to it be blocked. Any notification by a copyright owner or a person authorized to act on its behalf that fails to comply with requirements of the DMCA shall not be considered sufficient notice and shall not be deemed to confer upon Plan C actual knowledge of facts or circumstances from which infringing material or acts are evident. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send a counter-notice. All notices and counter notices must meet the then current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright for details. Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement or counter notices can be reached as follows: EMAILS.com. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Plan C and our respective assigns, successors, heirs, and legal representatives. Neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder may be assigned without the prior written consent of Plan C Notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights and obligations under this Agreement may be freely assigned by Plan C to any affiliated entity or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Washington DC and any dispute shall be subject to binding arbitration in Washington DC. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Class arbitrations, class actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitrations aren't allowed. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a class or representative proceeding or claims (such as a class action, consolidated action or private attorney general action) unless all relevant parties specifically agree to do so following initiation of the arbitration.
If any clause within this Provision (other than the Class Action Waiver clause above) is found to be illegal or unenforceable, that clause will be severed from this Provision, and the remainder of this Provision will be given full force and effect. If the Class Action Waiver clause is found to be illegal or unenforceable, this entire Provision will be unenforceable and the dispute will be decided by a court.