Privacy Policy



Data You Provide to Us
We collect data you provide when you interact with Rotary, either through our Website or any interaction offline or in person. That data includes:
Personal data that you provide by making an inquiry or joining as a member of a Rotary or Rotaract club; this includes data provided when registering to Rotary.org through My Rotary.
Details of transactions made through our Website and details of the fulfillment of your orders (you may be required to provide financial personal data before placing an order through our Website)
Your search queries on our Website
Features that are developed in the future may result in the collection of additional new personal data.
You also may provide data to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Content"). Your User Content is posted on the Website and transmitted to others at your own risk. We limit access to certain pages and you may set certain privacy settings for this data from your account profile. However, we cannot control the actions of other Website users with whom you may choose to share your User Content.

Usage Details, IP Addresses, Cookies, and Other Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may automatically collect certain data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Website
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type
When you are not signed in to a My Rotary account, the data collected in this way is anonymous. It is aggregated into statistical data to help us improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:
Estimate our audience size, browser statistics, popularity of content, and usage patterns
Speed up your searches
Recognize you when you return to our Website
We use cookies (or browser cookies) for this automatic data collection. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
When you are signed in to a My Rotary account, we collect usage data that is tied to your individual account. This data is collected to improve site functionality and to tailor site behavior and content to you, and we process this personal data in accordance with this Policy.

Third-party Advertiser Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some advertisements and offers on Rotary Global Rewards are served by third-party advertisers, ad networks, and ad servers. Additionally, some of the applications accessible from, or on, our Website may be owned by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collect data about our users. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or offer on Rotary Global Rewards, you should contact the responsible advertiser directly.

How We Use Your Personal Data
We use data that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data:
  • To present our Website and its contents to you
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us
  • To offer and fulfill our core business purposes, which include:
    • Fulfilling Rotary's obligation to Rotarians, Rotaractors, and other individuals
    • Financial processing
    • Supporting The Rotary Foundation, including fundraising efforts
    • Facilitating convention and special event planning
    • Communicating key organizational messages through Rotary publications and other materials
    • Supporting the programs and membership of Rotary
    • Complying with any legal obligations
    • Preserving Rotary's legacy by building and maintaining accurate archives that effectively document Rotary's history
    • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
    • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection
    • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it
    • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website
    • To store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests
    • To help us develop and test updates to this Website and other Rotary applications that support Rotary's core business purposes
    • In any other way we may describe when you provide the personal data
    • For any other purpose where we have your consent


Disclosure of Your Personal Data
We may disclose aggregated data about our users, and data that cannot be used to identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal data that we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:
  • To the Rotary club or Rotaract club in which you are a member (if applicable), as well as the assigned Rotary district
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, including:
    • Travel service providers, such as airlines, hotels, ground transport, and travel agencies
    • Companies that produce, publish, and/or ship Rotary publications and Rotary branded goods and other merchandise
    • Online shop vendor
    • Payment processing vendors
    • Financial institutions and fiscal agents when processing financial transactions, such as expense reimbursements
    • Software and applications used for administrative functions such as providing online forms/surveys/applications, newsletter services, online learning, webinar/teleconference services, electronic voting
    • Cloud-based databases used for administrative functions
    • Rotary convention host committees and other event organizers and vendors
    • Email distribution services
    • To third parties to promote Rotary or for the third party to market their products or services to you if you have consented to these disclosures. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
    • If you do not want us to share your personal data (even when anonymized) with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for advertising or promotional purposes, you can send an email stating your request to rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org.
    • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it
    • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the data
    • With your consent
We may also disclose your personal data:
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
If disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Rotary, Rotarians, Rotary clubs, Rotary districts, or others. This includes exchanging personal data with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.