Privacy Policy
SEZP values your support and respect your privacy rights. To demonstrate our commitment to protecting your rights, we created this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), which explains how we treat the information collected and received from your use of our website www.sezp.org (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy describes our collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that you may submit to us offline, or to third-party websites and mobile applications that may link to the Website or be linked to on the Website. We are not responsible for the practices of persons, companies, or websites that SEZP does not control, manage, or employ; please consult those websites and applications directly to understand their privacy practices.
By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy where permitted by applicable law.
- What Information We Collect. We collect, process, and retain information from you and any devices you use to interact with our website in different ways.
- Information You Give Us. We collect information that you provide to us when you select the “Contact Us” button and send us email messages, and/or make donations on our Website. We may receive your information when you send us an email message or otherwise contact us.
- Donations. When making donations on our Website, you are required to provide us with information, including your name, email address, phone, billing address, and payment information. To learn more about how we collect and use our donors’ information, please contact the co-Executive Directors of SEZP via the “Contact Us” button.
- Information We Automatically Collect. When you visit our Website, we automatically collect information about how you interact with the services as well as the devices that you use to interact with the services. This includes which pages of our Website were visited, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks were “clicked,” as well as logging the IP address, operating system, and browser software used by each user of the Website.
We use Cookies, which are electronic identifiers that are transferred automatically to your computer through your browser that allow our computers to save certain information you provide us and store information about you so we can recognize you when you visit our Website in the future. Cookies help us determine the type of content and sites to which a user of our Website visits, links, the length of time each user spends at any particular area of our Website, and the specific features that users choose to use.
Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. If you reject our Cookies, certain features and conveniences of this Website may not work properly, but you do not have to accept our Cookies in order to productively use many features of the Website.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., on our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Website, compile reports on the Website’s activity, and provide other services related to Website activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt out of tracking of analytics by Google, click here.
How We Use Your Information
Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the different ways SEZP uses the information that we gather. We use the information that you provide to respond to your questions, send you information about our work, and correspond with you about donations.
We use information we collect from or about you in the following ways:
- Communications with SEZP. When you send us an email message or otherwise contact us, we use the information provided by you to respond to your communication. We may archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you, including newsletters. We may use your contact information to send you updates and email messages. You can decide to unsubscribe from our mailing lists at any time by clicking on “Unsubscribe” on our newsletters.
- Donations. When you make a donation on our Website, we collect this information to process your donation (either directly or through our providers), and we also archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you. To learn more about how we collect and use our donors’ information, please contact the co-Executive Directors of SEZP via the “Contact Us” button.
- To Improve our Website. We use information to build higher quality and more useful services by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of our Website.
- Disclosure to SEZP Contractors. Our SEZP technology consultants, vendors, and payment processors sometimes have limited access to your information, including your mobile number, in the course of providing products or services to us. These contractors may include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content related to the operation and maintenance of the Website, or offer you educational programs and services. SEZP enters into confidentiality agreements with its technology consultants, vendors, and payment processors. Moreover, access to your information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the consultant to perform its limited function for us.
- Government Authorities, Legal Rights and Actions. SEZP may share your information with various government authorities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes; to establish or exercise our legal rights or to protect our property; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us. We also may share your information when we believe it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of SEZP, the Website, our users, customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms of Use and other agreements.
- Sale, Assignment, or Change of Control. We may transfer to another entity or its affiliates or service providers some or all information about you in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, sale of assets or any line of business, change in ownership control, or financial transaction.
External Links
For your convenience we may provide links to websites operated, controlled, managed, or employed by companies other than SEZP (“Third Party Sites”) that we believe may be of interest to you. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. If you choose to link to one of these websites, you should review the privacy policy posted on the other website to understand how it collects and uses your information.
How We Secure Your Information
We consider the confidentiality and security of your information to be of the utmost importance. SEZP takes reasonable measures to protect your information from disclosure to or access by third parties. However, no precautions or systems are completely secure. Please note that we do not guarantee the security of information, and there is some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way to circumvent our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the internet will be intercepted.
Users Under 13
SEZP does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to make donations. If we learn that we have collected personal information through the website from anyone under the age of 13, we will delete that information.
International Users
Our Website is intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you access the Website from any jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, you are transferring your information to the United States.
Your California Privacy Rights
California residents may choose to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes or choose to opt out of such disclosure. Our policy is not to disclose personal information collected online to a third party for use in their direct marketing without your approval. To make a request or to opt out at any time, please contact us at info@sezp.org or the other contact information provided below. It is important to note that this opt-out does not prohibit disclosures made for non-marketing purposes.
Changing Our Privacy Policy
Please note that we review our privacy practices from time to time, and that these practices are subject to change. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on our Website. We will notify you of any material change to this Privacy Policy by posting a notice on our Website’s homepage following such update and will obtain your consent to such changes where required by law. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.
Contacting SEZP
If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our Website, please contact us at:
Mailing Address:
1500 Main Street
P.O. Box 15331
Springfield, MA 01115
Email:
The effective date of this privacy policy is September 8, 2022.
