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If you have donated ever to any charitable organization, you will notice that the calls you receive from other charitable organizations increase tenfold. It is a common practice among charitable non-profit organizations to exchange the information about donors and volunteers. If you are not someone like Bill Gates who openly publicizes the fact that he donates for philanthropic causes, you will not need to protect your privacy. But if you are the kind of people who hates getting emails and frustrating phone calls, then you need to choose your charity organizations with care.
Charities helping other charities are not uncommon; well it is exactly what charities are for. If they cannot help other charities, what are good they for. Some of these charities tend to get aggressive in their approach, which causes many donors to feel compelled to donate to this charitable organization. Charities understand the fact that converting a person who never gives to a charity to a charitable person is very hard. Instead it is easier for charitable organizations to make already charitable people give more to charities by making them feel guilty. If you want to protect your information, you need to concentrate your donations to one charity. You need to see if this charity is spreading your information to other charities. If it is, then it is certainly not worth paying your charities to. Some charities have a policy of not letting your information pass on to others. This will be either displayed on their websites or will be present on the paper work available with the charity. They are only a very few charitable organizations which hold a policy to avoid spread of donor information to other charities. Keep on the lookout for opt-in policies from charitable organizations instead of the opt-out policy; they will help you keep you inbox free from aggressive and redundant charity mails.
