PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION

The National Black Empowerment Council (“NBEC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, make donations, register for events, or otherwise interact with NBEC.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our website or services.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal Information

We may collect the following categories of personal information: 

1.   Identity Information: Name, postal address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, and similar identifying information.
2.   Financial Information: Payment card details, bank account information, and billing address when you make donations or purchases.
3.   Profile Information: Username and password, preferences, feedback, survey responses, and other information you provide when creating an account or profile.
4.   Communications: Records and copies of your correspondence with us, including email addresses and phone numbers used to contact us.
5.   Demographic Information: Information about your race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, or similar demographic information that you choose to provide.
6.   Employment Information: Professional or employment-related information when you apply for volunteer opportunities or employment with NBEC.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including: 

1.   Usage Details: 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 the website.
2.   Device Information: Information about your computer, mobile device, internet connection, and operating system.
3.   Location Information: General location information derived from your IP address or more precise location if you grant permission through your device settings.
4.   Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience, analyze website traffic, and personalize content. We use the following types of cookies: 

1.   Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly.
2.   Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website.
3.   Functionality Cookies: Enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
4.   Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the website may become inaccessible or not function properly. 

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes: 

1.   Provide Services: To process donations, registrations, and other transactions; fulfill your requests; and provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
2.   Communications: To communicate with you about NBEC programs, events, initiatives, and opportunities that may be of interest to you.
3.   Website Improvement: To improve our website, products, and services, including by analyzing user behavior and trends.
4.   Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our website, services, and users from fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
5.   Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, such as responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.
6.   Research and Analysis: To conduct research and analysis to better understand our supporters and improve our programs and services.
7.   Personalization: To personalize your experience on our website and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this Privacy Policy: 

1.   Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, including: 

1.   Website hosting and maintenance providers
2.   Payment processors
3.   Email communication services
4.   Customer relationship management systems
5.   Analytics providers
6.   Marketing and fundraising services

These service providers are contractually obligated to use your personal information only as necessary to provide services to us and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose. 

1. Legal Requirements

We may disclose your personal information: 

1.   To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
2.   To enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements.
3.   If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of NBEC, our supporters, or others.
4.   Organizational Changes

If NBEC undergoes a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information. 

1.   With Your Consent

We may also disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. 

DATA RETENTION

We will retain your personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal information for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or other requirements.

DATA SECURITY

We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. 

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information: 

1.   Access and Correction

You have the right to access, review, and correct the personal information we maintain about you. You can request access to your personal information by contacting us at the information provided in the “Contact Information” section below. 

1.   Data Portability

Where technically feasible, we will provide you with a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or transmit it directly to another data controller at your request. 

1.   Deletion

You may request that we delete your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. 

1.   Restriction of Processing

You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data. 

1.   Objection to Processing

You may object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the processing is based on our legitimate interests. 

1.   Withdrawal of Consent

Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal. 

1.   Marketing Communications

You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by: 

1.   Following the unsubscribe instructions included in each marketing email.
2.   Sending us an email stating your request to info@thenbec.org.
3.   Writing to us at the address provided in the “Contact Information” section below.

Please note that we may still send you transactional or administrative emails, such as those related to your donations, event registrations, or account. 

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at the information provided in the “Contact Information” section below. 

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

NBEC is based in the United States. If you are accessing our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using our services, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy. 

 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the website home page, by email to the email address specified in your account, or by other means.

The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

National Black Empowerment Council
976 Brady Avenue NW, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30318
Email: privacy@thenbec.org