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Privacy Policy

Last updated 5/1/2024

This privacy notice for Valley City Community Group (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process“) your information when you use our site (“Site“), such as when you:

  • Visit our website at valleycity.org, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
  • Engage with us in other related ways ― including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Site. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at valleycitycommunitygroup@gmail.com.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you fill out any forms on our website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our Site, when you participate in activities on the Site, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Site, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Any other information you willingly provide

Sensitive Information.

We do not process sensitive information.

    All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

    Information automatically collected

    We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

    The information we collect includes:

    • Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Site and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Site (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called “crash dumps”), and hardware settings).
    • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Site. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.

    HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

    We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Site, including:

    • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
    • To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
    • To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
    • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time.
    • To protect our Site. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
    • To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Site to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
    • To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
    • To save or protect an individual’s vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

      WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

      Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

      • Ad Networks
      • Affiliate Marketing Programs
      • Cloud Computing Services
      • Communication & Collaboration Tools
      • Data Analytics Services
      • Data Storage Service Providers
      • Finance & Accounting Tools
      • Government Entities
      • Order Fulfillment Service Providers
      • Payment Processors
      • Performance Monitoring Tools
      • Product Engineering & Design Tools
      • Retargeting Platforms
      • Sales & Marketing Tools
      • Social Networks
      • Testing Tools
      • User Account Registration & Authentication Services
      • Website Hosting Service Providers

      We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

      • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
      • When we use Google Maps Platform APIs. We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g., Google Maps API, Places API).  We use certain Google Maps Platform APIs to retrieve certain information when you make location-specific requests.
      • Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

      WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?

      The Site may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Site. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

      DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

      We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.

      HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

      We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

      When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

      DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

      We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Site. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at valleycitycommunitygroup@gmail.com.

      CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

      Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

      DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

      We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

      HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

      If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact is by email at valleycitycommunitygroup@gmail.com, or by post to:

      Valley City Community Group
      PO Box 203
      Valley City, OH 44280