PRIVACY POLICY

Overview

Challenge Workforce Solutions is firmly committed to protecting your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide such information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, engage with our services, or donate to our cause.

 

Definitions

  • Affiliate – An entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party. “Control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other security entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

  • Beacons – A small electronic file that tracks user behavior on a website.

  • Cookie(s) – Small data files that identify your computer as you use a network. Specific cookies are used to identify specific users and improve their website experience.

  • Personal Data – Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Usage Data – Refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself.

  • We – This refers to Challenge, the organization.

  • Website – This refers to Challenge, accessible from aboutchallenge.org

  • You – The individual accessing or using the website.

 

Usage Data

Usage data is collected automatically when using the website. Usage data may include the following information:

  • Your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

  • Browser type

  • Browser version

  • The time and date of your visit.

  • The pages of the website that you visit.

  • The time you spent on those pages.

  • Unique device identifiers.

  • Other diagnostic data.

When you access the website through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to:

  • The type of mobile device.

  • The mobile device’s unique ID.

  • The IP address of the mobile device.

  • Your mobile device’s operating system.

  • The browser.

  • Unique device identifiers.

  • Other diagnostic data.

 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technology to monitor website activity and store certain information. Other tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts. These technologies collect and track information to improve and analyze our website.

Cookies – You can refuse to accept all cookies or some cookies. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may be unable to use some parts of our website. Our website may use cookies unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies.

Beacons - Certain sections of our website may contain web beacons that permit Challenge to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (e.g., recording the popularity of a specific section or verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both Persistent and Session Cookies for the purposes outlined below:

Necessary/Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Challenge

Purpose: These cookies are essential to providing services throughout the website and enabling you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. The websites you requested cannot be provided without these cookies. We only use these cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy/Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Challenge

Purpose: These cookies identify if users have accepted cookies on the website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Challenge

Purpose: Cookies allow us to remember your choices when you use the website, such as login details or language preference. These cookies provide a more personal experience and help you avoid having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

Challenge may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website, including monitoring its usage.

  • To contact you by email, telephone, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.

  • To provide you with news and general information about services and events unless you have opted not to receive such information.

  • To attend to and manage your requests to us.

  • We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our website, marketing, and your experience.

 

Retention of Your Personal Data

Challenge will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in the privacy policy. Challenge will also retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Challenge will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when it is used to strengthen the security or improve our website's functionality or when Challenge is legally obligated to keep it for more extended periods of time.

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at Challenge’s operating offices and in other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This information may be transferred to and maintained on computers outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to the privacy policy and submitting such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Challenge will take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and per this privacy policy. No transfer of your personal data will occur to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls, including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that Challenge assist in deleting the personal data we collected about you.

Our website may allow you to delete certain information about you from within the website.

Please note that Challenge may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

Your personal data may be transferred if Challenge is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Challenge may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Other Legal Requirements

  • Challenge may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation.

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Challenge.

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website.

  • Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public.

  • Protect against legal liability.

 

Security of Your Personal Data

Challenge values the security of your personal data, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of storage is 100% secure. While Challenge strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Children’s Privacy

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided Challenge with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from any under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from Challenge servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before collecting and using that information.

 

Use of Links

Challenge’s website contains links to other websites not operated by Challenge. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. We strongly advise you to review every site's privacy policy.

Challenge assumes no responsibility for any third-party site’s content, privacy policies, or practices.

 

Sending Us an Email

You may send us personally identifying information in an email containing a question or comment. We primarily use personally identifying information from email to respond to your request. We may forward your email to other staff members who can better answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may interest you.

 

Donation Information

The information provided through the website for the purpose of donating will be exclusively utilized to give further details about our organization or for essential communication with you. We do not disclose your contact details or our mailing list to any individuals or entities external to Challenge.

 

Financial Information

We do not store or transmit credit card information. DonorView processes all transactions.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

            Email: info@aboutchallenge.org

            Address: 950 Danby Rd., Suite 179

                              Ithaca, NY  14850

 

 Updated 11/4/2024