Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025

The Zion Zuares Community Enrichment Foundation ("ZZCEF", "we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website or interact with our services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address when you register for an account, submit a scholarship application, make a donation, or contact us.
• Financial Information: Payment details are collected and processed securely by Stripe. We do not store your credit card numbers on our servers.
• Usage Information: Pages visited, time spent on pages, browser type, device information, and referring URLs — collected via Google Analytics when you consent to analytics cookies.
• Account Information: Login credentials, role (applicant/donor), and profile data associated with your portal account.

2. How We Use Your Information

• Process scholarship applications and evaluate candidates
• Process and record donations, issue tax receipts
• Respond to sponsorship and contact inquiries
• Provide access to applicant and donor portals
• Improve our website through anonymised analytics
• Send communications related to your applications, donations, or events (never unsolicited marketing without consent)

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on:

• Consent: When you opt in to analytics cookies or submit a form.
• Contractual Necessity: To process applications and donations you initiate.
• Legitimate Interest: To operate and improve our nonprofit services.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Supabase: Database and authentication provider (data stored in the US).
• Stripe: Payment processing for donations. Stripe's privacy policy applies to payment data.
• Google Analytics 4: Website analytics, enabled only with your cookie consent.
• Netlify: Website hosting provider.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described. Scholarship application data is retained for the duration of the program cycle plus two years. Donation records are retained as required by tax and nonprofit regulations. You may request deletion of your data at any time.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Withdraw consent for analytics cookies at any time
• Request a copy of your data in a portable format

7. Security

We implement appropriate security measures including encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure authentication, and role-based access controls. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure.

8. Children's Privacy

Our scholarship program may involve applicants under 18. We collect only the information necessary for application processing and do so with the understanding that a parent or guardian is aware of the submission.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

Zion Zuares Community Enrichment Foundation
Email: info@zzcef.org
Website: zzcef.org