Privacy Policy
SEI Online Privacy Policy
10/31/2024
This Web site is owned and operated by Self Enhancement, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered at 3920 North Kerby Ave. Portland, OR 97227, USA ("SEI" or "we.") Our online properties include all pages on our corporate site, www.selfenhancement.org. This Privacy Policy applies to this site, SMS text messaging, or other services we provide that link to this Policy (collectively referred to below as the "site").
SEI is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy discloses how we collect, protect, and use Personal Data we collect online or that you provide to us in other ways, as well as how we protect children's privacy. "Personal Data" is information about an identifiable person, such as your email address, name, or mobile telephone number. If our policy practices change in the future, we will let you know by posting our revised privacy policy on our site. By using the pages on this site or other services covered by the posted Privacy Policy, you are accepting the practices described in the Privacy Policy.
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION
You may visit our website without registering an account or providing information. However, please note that our site automatically collects certain Personal Data information via cookies, as further described below.
SEI collects Personal Data directly from you to the extent you voluntarily provide it to us. You may give us your name, address, email address, land or mobile telephone number, race, income, and information regarding minor participants in SEI programming. Once collected, we may combine this information with other information from external sources, where applicable law permits.
SEI may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer, such as your Internet service provider, your Internet Protocol address, your browser type, your operating system, the web pages viewed, the web pages viewed immediately before and after accessing the Web site, and the search terms entered to get to our site. This information may contain Personal Data. We, whether directly or via a third-party provider, may collect this information using "cookies," which are small text files many websites save on your computer or similar technologies. See the "Use of Cookies and Similar Technology" section below for more information.
USE AND SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA
The personal data we collect is used and processed by SEI in the operation of this site or by those who support SEI's mission and programs for general business purposes and for the purposes for which you provided the information. General business purposes include SEI program participation, fundraising activities, and communications. The purposes for which you provide information include, for example, our use of your Personal Data to process online donations or process job applications.
We may share any of the Personal Data we collect with the following categories of third parties: (i) data storage providers and data security vendors) in furtherance of our operations or the operation of the site, for instance, to facilitate participation in SEI programs; or (ii) with law enforcement and government agencies, as necessary to comply with legal processes such as a subpoena or court order or to otherwise protect your or our legal rights.
We do not sell Personal Data to third parties in exchange for money or sell your information in a way that most people would think of as a sale. Your Personal Data is collected through, stored, and processed by us or our vendors.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
SEI is committed to providing a safe, secure, and fun experience for children who visit our site or participate in our programming. We are dedicated to safeguarding any Personal Data collected and helping parents and children have positive experiences on and off the Internet.
We will never knowingly request Personal Data directly from anyone under 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. With parental consent, we may collect Personal Data from children under 13, such as name, address, email address, or mobile telephone number. This information allows us to facilitate participation in programs and keep records.
To do this or to review Personal Data collected from children, we must verify the identity of the requesting parent. When a parent revokes consent, we will stop collecting, using, processing, or disclosing information from that child.
USE OF COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Visitors should be aware that the SEI Web site may automatically collect Personal Data, non-personal information, and other data through "cookies" or similar technologies such as web beacons. "Cookies" are small text files a Website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor's ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data to allow content improvements. Generally, cookies assign a unique number to the visitor without meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies. In that case, a simple procedure in most browsers allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. "Web beacons" are small snippets of code embedded in webpages typically used to monitor activity on a webpage and transfer or collect information, such as information about your Internet Protocol address, the URL of the page on which the beacon is located, the browser type that is accessing the site, and the ID and number of cookies placed on your computer.
SEI uses "cookie" technology only to obtain information, including Personal Data, from its online visitors to improve their online experience and facilitate their visit to our site. SEI may also use web beacons to improve website services, conduct website analytics and first-party advertising for us and our sponsors, and optimize the browsing experience.
Cookies expire after they have fulfilled their purpose. Our websites use cookies that expire when you close your browser (i.e., session cookies) or expire after a set period (i.e., persistent cookies). Cookies that third parties store will have their expiration period determined by the third party, not us.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES
This site may have links to other sites and services that SEI does not maintain. These websites have privacy policies, which you should review before visiting them. We have no responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.
OUR SECURITY SAFEGUARDS
The safety and security of your experience are of the utmost concern to us. We implement reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect.
We retain your Personal Data for only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or any other notice provided at the time of collection, taking into account the applicable statute of limitations and records retention requirements under applicable law. We may retain your Personal Data for longer in case of a complaint or reasonable anticipation of litigation.
You understand that anyone accessing your mobile telephone can view messages you may receive from SEI.
Credit Card Safety
Protecting the safety of your credit card information is also important to us. For card transactions we process, we use Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology to protect the security of your credit card information as it is transmitted to us. TLS is an Internet encryption technology that scrambles data as it travels from your computer to our website servers. We also encrypt your credit card number when we store your order and whenever we transfer that information to participating merchants.
To ensure you are accessing our secure server before submitting sensitive information, check the document for your browser to indicate a TLS connection (most browsers utilize an unbroken or closed padlock). Verify that TLS is active before submitting sensitive information to our server. To double-check, verify that your browser's TLS or Address line for our site begins with "https."
You must protect against unauthorized access to your password and computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
Children
If you are under 18, you need permission from your parents/guardians to use a credit card to make donations online.
Oregon Student Information Protection Act
We do not compile, share, or disclose student information for non-educational purposes.
Your Right to Opt-Out from Receiving Fundraising Communications
You may opt out of using your Personal data to send marketing communications to you. For example, email messages will contain instructions on "unsubscribe" from receiving the email. You may opt out of using your Personal data to send marketing communications to you via text message by responding "Stop."
Your Rights Concerning Your Personal Data
Subject to certain exceptions, Oregon residents (and potentially certain other jurisdictions) have the right to make the following requests at no charge:
· Access/Data Portability: You may request confirmation regarding whether SEI is processing your Personal Data and, up to twice per calendar year, to receive a copy of your Personal Data delivered electronically in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily useable format that allows you to transmit this information to another entity without hindrance;
· Correction: You may request to correct your Personal Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
· Deletion: You may request the deletion of your Personal Data;
· Opt-Out: You may request that we not sell your Personal Data or process it for targeted fundraising.
You will be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under applicable state law.
To exercise the rights above, you must contact us using this webform or by email to SEI at @selfenhancement.org
Only you or a person that you authorize to act on your behalf may make a request related to your Personal Data. A request to exercise any of these rights must (1) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected Personal Data (or an authorized representative of that person) and (2) describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to understand, evaluate, and respond to your request. We will verify your identity by comparing the information you provide us with the information we have in our records. In some instances, we may need to ask for more information. We may be unable to respond to your request or provide you with the information you requested if we cannot verify your identity (or establish the authority of an authorized agent acting on your behalf).
You may also have the right to appeal our decision regarding requests to exercise these rights. To appeal a decision, please follow the instructions provided in our communication regarding the status of your request.
Your Rights: You have the right to request to (1) update, amend, or erase your Personal Data; (2) restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Data; (3) receive a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and transmit Personal Data to another data controller; and (4) withdraw any consent you have given regarding the use of your Personal Data. If you withdraw consent, we will apply your preferences going forward as appropriate, which will not affect the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before such withdrawal. You also have the right to file a complaint with a regulator if you have concerns regarding our processing of your Personal Data. You may exercise any of your rights by contacting us using the instructions in the "Your Rights Concerning Your Personal Data" section above.
By submitting your email address and mobile telephone number when you opt-in in any manner, you agree to this Policy and authorize SEI to contact you by text message at your mobile telephone number using an automatic telephone dialing system or device or any computer-assisted technology as applicable.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
Email: @selfenhancement.org
Phone: 503-249-1721
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
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