Partners in Diversity (“PiD” or “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit and interact with our Website www.partnersindiversity.org (our “Website”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On or through our Website, including through our Career Center, which is powered by our third-party provider, NWeb Scribble Solutions, Inc. (our “Career Center”).
• In email, text, telephone calls, and other messages between you and us.
• Through the application process of becoming a PiD Board Member (“Member”).
• On Members in their service of such position, including through committee engagement.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.  If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Policy.  This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy).  Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Policy periodically for updates.

Users Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children or users under 18 years of age.  No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on our Website.  We do not knowingly collect personal information from children or users under 18.  If you are under 18, do not register or create an account on our Website, sign-up for our newsletters, or otherwise provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.  If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child or user under 18, we will delete that information.  If you believe we might have any information from or about a child or user under 18, please contact us at hello@partnersindiversity.org.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about you, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (collectively, “personal information”);
• That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your internet protocol (“IP”) address, and your account user name and password; and
• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us (such as when you register for any event).
• Automatically as you navigate through the site.  Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
• From third parties, for example, our services providers who assist in the operation of our business.

Information You Directly Provide to Us

The information we collect directly from you on or through our Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website.  This includes information provided at the time of registering or logging in to use our Website, subscribing to our newsletter, signing up to volunteer with us, registering for an event, interacting with our Career Center (such as posting or searching for a job, internship, or Request for Proposal), and requesting further information or services.  We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
• Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
• Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders.  You will be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website.
• Your search queries on our Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of our Website (collectively, “User Contributions”).  For example, our Career Center may allow you to post a job for public viewing. Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk.  Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.  Additionally, we cannot control the online or offline actions of other users of our Website with whom User Contributions are shared. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visit(s) to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically may include personal information or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.  It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
• Speed up your searches.
• Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection includes:

• Cookies (or browser cookies).  A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer.  You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.  However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.  Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
• Analytics Tools.  We collect analytics information from a variety of analytics providers.  This includes information such as how often users engage with our Website and emails, where they click and what pages and links they visit when they do so, what other sites they used prior to coming to our Website, users’ IP addresses, and the devices used to access our Website and emails.  We use the information we get from analytics tools only to improve our Website and email marketing campaigns, and do not combine the information collected with personally identifiable information.

These automatic data collection technologies and other content on our Website, such as event registrations, may be served by third parties.  These third parties may use other tracking technologies like web beacons, click tracking, etc., to collect information about you when you use our Website.

The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services.  They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used.  For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see  Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We use the following third-party tools in connection with our Website:

• Google Analytics. Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Website.  We do not control Google’s tracking technologies or how Google may use them.  Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Website is restricted by its Privacy Policy, available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/
  partner-sites. For more information on how to opt-out of Google Analytics, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• Emma by Marigold. Emma by Marigold (“Emma”) provides analytic information in connection with its email marketing services (such as whether you open the email, and, if so, what device you used to access our email and what links you clicked on).  We do not control the tracking technologies of Iris Holdings L.P. d/b/a Marigold’s (“Marigold”) or how Marigold may use them.  Marigold’s ability to use information about your interactions with our emails, collected by Emma’s analytics tools, is restricted by its Privacy Notice, available at https://meetmarigold.com/privacy-notices/#customer-data.
• SurveyMonkey provides analytics information in connection with its survey services (such as survey answers and demographic information).  We do not control SurveyMonkey’s tracking technologies or how SurveyMonkey may use them.  SurveyMonkey’s ability to use information about your interactions with surveys we create through SurveyMonkey is restricted by its Privacy Notice, available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-basics/.
• Web Scribble. Web Scribble provides analytics information in connection with its services in powering our Career Center.  We do not control Web Scribble’s tracking technologies or how Web Scribble may use them; however, Web Scribble is contractually required to keep any personal information collected confidential, using it only for the purpose of providing their services to us.
• Bitly. provides analytics information in connection with its URL shortening services and link management platform (such as the total number of clicks and link visitor’s geographic data).  We do not control Bitly’s tracking technologies or how Bitly may use them.  Bitly’s ability to use information about your interactions with our Website, collected by Bitly’s analytics tools, is restricted by its Privacy Policy, available at https://bitly.com/pages/privacy.

Please note that in many instances, these third-party analytics tools do not collect personal information.  Please reach out to each service provider directly for more information on whether its particular analytics tool(s) collect personal information, if any, and whether, if so, it is de-identified or anonymized.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To present our Website and its contents to you.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
• To provide you with information, events, or services that you request from us.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To provide you with notices about your account.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any events, or services we offer or provide though it.
• To contact you about our goods and services that may be of interest to you, unless you opt-out of such promotional correspondence (see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information).
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

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

• To our members, partners, and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PiD’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PiD is among the assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• With your consent.
• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our Terms of Use, available at www.partnersindiversity.org/terms-and-conditions/,  and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of PiD, our customers, or others.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us.  We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising.  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 our Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.  Other ways to opt-out of specific third-party data collection technologies that we utilize include:
  • Google Analytics.  Google has a browser add-on for opting out of Google Analytics which can be found here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• Promotional Offers from PiD.  If you do not wish to have your personal information used by PiD to promote our own events or services, you can opt-out by clicking unsubscribe in a promotional email sent to you or sending us an email stating your request to hello@partnersindiversity.org.
• Do Not Track Signals.  Some internet browsers include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” signals.  Since uniform standards for “Do Not Track” signals have not been adopted, our Website does not process or respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

Please note that we do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising.  However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.  You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website at https://thenai.org/opt-out/.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by emailing us at hello@partnersindiversity.org to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.  We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account.  We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from our Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users.  Proper access and use of information provided on our Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

Your State Specific Privacy Rights

If applicable, state consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.  Please know that we do not currently trigger most state-specific privacy rights.  We do not sell your personal information, nor do we process it for targeted advertising or profiling.  If you think a state-specific right applies, please send your rights request to hello@partnersindiversity.org.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you.  Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We ask you not to share your password with anyone.  We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas, as it may be viewed by authorized persons.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.  Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to, on, or through our Website.  Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.  We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our practice to post any changes we make to this Policy on this page.  If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and through a notice on our Website home page.  The date this 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 Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, or to request access this Policy in an alternative format due to having a disability, please email us at hello@partnersindiversity.org.