Privacy,
plainly.

This policy applies to companye.org, its pages and forms, and online interactions that link to this policy. It also describes certain third-party services embedded in or reached through the website.

Some services—such as Vimeo video players, Zeffy donation or registration forms, and social-media platforms—operate under their own privacy policies. When you use those services, their terms and privacy practices also apply.

Information you choose to provide

• Communications: your name, email address, phone number, subject, message, and any other information you include when you contact us.
• News and updates: your name, email address, and communication preferences when you subscribe to Company E news.
• Programs and events: information needed to answer an inquiry, review an application, register a participant, or administer a Company E program. When a program involves a young person, a parent or guardian may provide information on that person’s behalf.
• Donations and transactions: donation amount, donor identity and contact details, campaign designation, receipt information, and preferences made available to Company E by our fundraising provider. Company E does not receive full payment-card numbers or security codes.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, Company E and its service providers may collect technical and usage information such as IP address, approximate location derived from IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, date and time, interactions with the site, cookie or similar identifiers, and advertising click information contained in a URL.

• Respond to questions and communicate about Company E.
• Administer programs, events, registrations, donations, and requested services.
• Send newsletters or announcements when you ask to receive them.
• Understand website use, measure outreach, and improve content and performance.
• Protect the website, prevent fraud or abuse, and maintain security.
• Keep appropriate business, tax, donation, and program records.
• Comply with law and protect the rights, safety, and property of Company E and others.

We use personal information only for the purposes described here, for a compatible purpose, or with additional notice or consent when required.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and our programs. We ask providers to use information only for authorized services and to protect it appropriately. The principal website services currently include:

We may also disclose information when required by law; to protect rights, safety, or security; in connection with a reorganization or transfer of organizational assets; or with your direction or consent.

The site uses cookies and related technologies for several distinct purposes:

• Essential and security functions, including maintaining and protecting website functionality.
• Analytics, including Google Analytics, to understand visits, pages, devices, and interactions.
• Campaign and conversion measurement, including Google Tag Manager and Google Ads tags, to understand whether outreach leads people to Company E.
• Embedded media, including Vimeo players. Company E uses Vimeo’s “Do Not Track” player parameter where implemented, but Vimeo explains that essential player-security cookies may still be used and previously stored Vimeo cookies may be sent by a visitor’s browser.
• Donation functionality, including Zeffy scripts used to connect visitors with fundraising services.

These technologies may operate when a page loads. Your choices include browser cookie controls, the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, and Google’s advertising controls. Blocking cookies may affect some website features or embedded media.

• Email: use the unsubscribe link in a Company E marketing message or contact us to change your preferences.
• Access and correction: ask what personal information Company E holds about you and request that inaccurate information be corrected.
• Deletion or restriction: ask us to delete or limit our use of information, subject to legal, security, recordkeeping, and operational requirements.
• Objection or withdrawal: where applicable, object to certain processing or withdraw consent without affecting earlier lawful processing.
• Additional local rights: depending on where you live, you may have rights to portability, appeal a decision, or complain to a privacy regulator.

To make a request, email info@companye.org. We may need to verify your identity and will respond as required by applicable law. Authorized agents may submit requests where local law permits.

Company E creates programs for children and young people, but this website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to collect personal information directly from children under 13 without involvement from a parent, guardian, school, or authorized program partner.

Parents and guardians should submit inquiries, applications, and registrations for younger participants. If you believe a child provided personal information directly to Company E without appropriate permission, contact us so we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate program and business records, to meet tax or legal obligations, to resolve disputes, or to protect Company E and its community. Retention periods vary according to the type of information and the reason it is held.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information. No website, transmission, or storage system is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Company E is based in Washington, D.C. and works internationally. Information may be processed in the United States or in other countries where our providers operate. Those countries may have different data-protection laws from your own.

Where applicable, our grounds for processing may include your consent, taking steps at your request or performing an agreement, our legitimate interests in operating and improving Company E, and compliance with legal obligations. If local law gives you additional rights, we will honor them as required.

Questions, requests, or concerns about this policy or Company E’s handling of personal information may be sent to:

Company E’s corporate and public-records address is 1400 K Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005.

We may update this policy as our website, programs, or service providers change. The effective date at the top identifies the current version. Material changes will be presented prominently when appropriate.