Privacy Notice

Simple Steps Community Connection (“Simple Steps”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Notice applies to all information collected through our website https://www.simplestepscc.org/ (the "Website"), as well as any related programs, or events (the "Services", which include the Website).

Information that is personally identifiable to you such as your name, address, email address, or phone number is referred to as “personal information”. By submitting personal information to us through the Website or platform (when registering for events, for example) you agree and consent to the processing of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. If there are any terms in this Privacy Notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you participate in our Services or otherwise when you contact us. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interaction with us, and it may include the following: names; email addresses; city; state; and other similar information.

We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make donations or register for the paid Services. If you use Donorbox, Paypal, and Stripe, all payment data is processed by them, and you can find their privacy notice links here:
https://donorbox.org/privacy, https://www.paypal.com/va/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full, and https://stripe.com/privacy. If you donate via Employee Matching Gift program, your name, email address, donation amount, donation date will be sent to us by a platform used by your company.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity like your name or contact information but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, operating system, browser, country, city, and search engine referral. Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use your personal information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We may use your personal information to promote our Services and deliver our newsletters and other information we think will be of interest. If for any reason, you would like to be removed from our email list, you can unsubscribe by clicking on the unsubscribe link present in all our messages.

We may use your personal information for other purposes, such as data analysis, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services and your experience.

We may also use anonymous information on which portions of our website visitors access or visit. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We will share certain personal information such as your resume/CV with prospective employers who are partnered with us for specific hiring opportunities. To the extent necessary to provide you with the Services, we may provide your personal information to other third-party contractors or business partners who work on behalf to help us provide you with the Services or maintain the Website. We will only share your personal information with third parties necessary to perform these functions.

We will not sell or share personal information with any other third parties for any other purpose.

4. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

5. DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly solicit data from children under 18 years of age. By using our Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

6. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

7. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@simplestepscc.org or by post to:

Simple Steps Community Connection
265 Cambridge Ave, #60307
Palo Alto, CA 94306
United States

THIS PRIVACY NOTICE IS EFFECTIVE AS OF JULY, 2020.