ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THIS BBQ MISSION PRIVACY POLICY (“PRIVACY POLICY”) CAREFULLY. THIS PRIVACY POLICY PERTAINS TO YOUR ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING, OR USING THE HTTPS://WWW.BBQMISSION.ORG WEBSITE (THE “WEBSITE”), AND YOUR ACCESSING ANY ASSOCIATED CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE).

This Privacy Policy describes the information collected through (“Your”) use of the BBQ Mission website, volunteer platform and our donation platform, how We use it, how We share it, how We protect it, and the choices you (“You”) can make about Your information.

ATTENTION: PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE BBQ MISSION WEBSITE, THE VOLUNTEER AND DONATION PLATFORMS. USING BBQ MISSION WEBSITE, THE VOLUNTEER AND DONATION PLATFORMS INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN FULL. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USEBBQ MISSION WEBSITE, THE VOLUNTEER AND

DONATION PLATFORMS. You acknowledge (a) that You have read and understood this Privacy Policy;

BY USING OUR WEBSITE, VOLUNTEER AND DONATION PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY.

I.       Information We Collect

We collect information from You when You use the BBQ Mission website, Volunteer or Donation platform, contact or interact with us, fill out a form, and voluntarily provide us with.

When You create and log into Your account, or manage Your Subscription, We may collect Your name, address, telephone number, telephone type, email address, password, birthdate, and information related to Your impact, donations, and volunteering.

When You reserve spots to volunteer, request more information regarding events, become a donor, We may collect Your contact information (including Your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, whether

We may collect information about You from third-party sources. Our website provides links to our social media pages, including our Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn pages. If You connect with social media websites through our website, We may receive personal information about You. We may also receive information from other third-party providers.

II.  How We Use Your Information

We use the information that We collect for several purposes, including: The purposes for which You provided it;

To provide information and services to You;

To accept and process payments, including donations (Your information will be used to submit Your payment information to our payment processors);

To register volunteers;

To register fundraisers, and create complimentary fundraising pages; To process and respond to Your inquiries and comments;

To create or add to Your registered account; To display relevant advertising of events.

To send You information about Your relationship or transactions with us;

To administer, operate, and improve your experience using our website / volunteer platform; To personalize and enhance Your experience using our website / volunteer platform; ;

To send periodic emails. If You choose, the email address You provide may be used to send You occasional news, updates, etc. Note: If at any time You would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, We include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email;

To generate and review reports and data about our user base and website usage patterns; To analyze the accuracy, effectiveness, usability, or popularity of our website;

To compile aggregate data for internal business purposes;

To prevent fraud and abuse of our website and volunteer platform and to otherwise protect users and visitors and our organization;

To perform other business activities as needed, or as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy. As explained elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, personal information We collect may be processed by our partners in providing services related to BBQ Mission (such as administration services, technical services relating to the maintenance, servicing, and upgrading of the products, software, hosting services, customer service, data migration services, and analytical services, among others).

Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties unless required by law.

III.  How Your Information is Disclosed

Information may be disclosed to third parties in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Service Providers and Business Partners. We may use third-party service providers and business partners to perform functions in connection with BBQ Mission, such as social sharing, marketing, site analytics, relationship management, functions related to analyzing and improving our websites usefulness, reliability, user experience, and operation, storing data, and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
B. Payment Processing. Any credit card information You provide may be shared with and may be stored by our payment processors for the purposes of processing Your credit card payment and is subject to their privacy policies, including in the case of data breach. For more information, please see the privacy policies of the third-parties We use to process and maintain financial transactions:

Qgive: https://www.qgiv.com/privacy-policy

Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

Analytics. We use analytics tools to better understand who is using our website and how people are using it. These tools may use cookies and other technologies to collect information about Your use of website and Your preferences and activities. These tools collect information sent by Your device or the website and other information that assists us in improving the service we provide . This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand Your online activity, among other things.

F. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We, along with third parties, use cookies, local storage objects, Web beacons, and other technologies. These technologies are used for tracking, analytics, and personalization and optimization of the BBQ Mission

Cookies are small files that are transferred to and stored on Your computer through Your Web browser (if You allow it) that enable the website’s or service provider’s system to recognize Your browser and capture and remember certain information. You can instruct Your browser to stop accepting cookies, but if You do not accept cookies, You may not be able to use all portions of all functionality of the BBQ Mission website.

Persistent cookies remain on the visitor’s computer after the browser has been closed. Session cookies exist only during a visitor’s online session and disappear from the visitor’s computer when he/she closes the browser software.

IV.  Security

We implement a variety of security measures to protect the safety of Your personal information when You enter, submit, or access Your personal information.

While We take reasonable measures to protect the information You submit our website and volunteer platform against loss, theft, and unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. No Internet, email, or mobile application transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Email or other messages sent through website may not be secure. You should use caution whenever submitting information through our website and volunteer platform and take special care in deciding with which information You provide us.

We cannot guarantee that transmissions of Your personal information will be fully secure and that third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or the security measures of our partners. WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION DUE TO TRANSMISSION ERRORS, THIRD-PARTY ACCESS, OR CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

V.  Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information

We will retain Your information for as long as You are a volunteer or donor and for a reasonable time thereafter. We may maintain anonymized or aggregated data, including usage data, for analytics purposes. We may retain and use Your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and/or for the period required by laws in applicable jurisdictions.

Please note that some or all of the information We have collected may be required for the Volunteer and Donor platforms to function properly.

VI.  Links to Other Websites or Applications

This Privacy Policy applies only to the BBQ Mission Website and our Volunteer & Donation platforms which may contain links to other websites or apps or may forward users to other websites or apps that We may not own or operate and to which this Privacy Policy does not apply. The links from our website and volunteer and donation platforms do not imply that We endorse or have reviewed these websites or apps. The policies and procedures We describe here do not apply to these websites or apps. We neither can control nor are responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites or apps. We suggest contacting these websites or app providers directly for information on their privacy policies.

VII.  Your Choices Regarding Your Information

You have choices regarding the use of information by BBQ Mission.

Removing Your name from mailing lists

To remove your name from BBQ Mission’s email lists, you may follow the instructions for opting out on any mass emails. You may also provide Your full name and email address to [email protected] requesting we remove you.

To remove Your name from BBQ Mission’s postal mailing list, please email us at [email protected] and provide Your full name and mailing address.

Please note that it may take 2–4 weeks for Your name to be removed from all lists.

Changing Your Information – To change Your information, You may log in to Your account, or You may email us at [email protected].

Closing Your Account – You may close Your account by contacting us at [email protected]

BBQ Mission does not sell, rent, lease or otherwise share your name, phone number, physical address or email address with third parties except as otherwise provided in our Privacy Policy. This policy applies to all donor information, whether obtained online or offline.

IX.  Changes to our privacy policy.

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically, and especially before You provide any information. This Privacy Policy was made effective on the date indicated above.

X.  How to Contact Us

Please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected] or writing to us at BBQ Mission, 11565 N. 189th Drive, Surprise, AZ 85388, if you have any questions about this privacy policy.