v About Zeffy.com:
Like other platforms such as Givingfuel, Givecentral, Zeffy is a company providing free software to thousands of charities to receive monetary donations. One of the remarkable points of Zeffy is that it assures 100% of a donation delivered to a charity without charging any fee.
* Who is Stripe?
Stripe is the global leader in secure online transactions, and payment processor used by Zeffy, allowing us to safely accept debit and credit cards around the world.
* Is a donation through Zeffy.com safe?
Zeffy.com strongly protects the confidentiality and employs several measures to protect the privacy of users accessing its website.
Zeffy is safe due to following factors:
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Payment security: Zeffy employs Stripe in transferring money. Stripe is certified as a PCI compliance level 1, the highest level in the field of money transfer. This ensures a safety of all donation transactions.
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Data storage: Zeffy applies best measures in the field of data storage, utilizes technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Heroku well known with their strick data security. User informations are safely stored on RDS servers of Amazon.
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Encryption: All personal data are encrypted with a SSL or TLS certification that ensures safe transfers on the internet.
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Compliance: Zeffy follows regulations of data protection including GDPR, PIPEDA, personal data ( California Consumer Privacy Act) and other privacy protection laws.
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Cases for personal data violations: In case of suspecting a personal data violation, Zeffy established policies to quickly solve any issue and inform affected parties according to current data protection laws.
* Do I have to pay a fee to Zeffy?
No, Zeffy absolutely does not charge any fee to nonprofit organizations. VFVM receives 100% of donated money.
* How does Zeffy earn money to pay for all expenses?
Zeffy is funded solely by donations from benefactors. Usually 2 third of benefactors suppor Zeffy for continuing to serve. Therefore, after 7 years of functioning, Zeffy has supporting over 50000 nonprofit organizations in the North America.
* In case donors do not contribute any money to Zeffy?
They can give tips to Zeffy. However if Zeffy does not received any tip, Zeffy still ensures to deliver 100 % of donation to nonprofit organizations.
