Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Tennquest (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected on our website (https://www.tennquest.org) and personal information you provide to us through our website. Where applicable, you consent to the use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy each time you visit our website.

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Collection of Personal Information

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. We may collect different kinds of personal information from or about you:

  • Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide—such as your name, address, and email address—when you use our website, contact us, register for our events, subscribe to our blog online, apply for employment, submit comments on blog posts, or otherwise interact with us through our website.
  • Donations: If you make a donation, we collect personal information in connection with the donation. This information includes payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and other card information, and billing and contact details, required to process your donation with our payment processor(s).
  • Information about use of our website: When you visit our website we may collect information about your use of our website, which may include information about your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, usage information, diagnostic information, location information, or browsing information, from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Information from comments: When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form and your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
  • Information from third parties: We may also receive information from third parties, including analytics, hosting and search information providers.

Use of Personal Information

Generally speaking, we use the information we collect through our website to provide, improve, and develop our website, programs, and services, to communicate with you, and to protect us and our website visitors. We collect, process, and determine how to process your information for the following purposes:

  • Communicating with you: We use your information to process and respond to your requests when you contact us; to communicate with you about donations, subscriptions, events and issues, or employment applications; and to inform you about our policies and terms. If you wish to unsubscribe, you can do so at any time by following the “unsubscribe” link included in each such communication. We may use your information to process and respond to your requests when you contact us.
  • Providing, improving, and developing our website, programs, and services: We use personal information to help us provide, improve, and develop our website, programs, and services.
  • Promoting safety and security: We may use personal information to help verify payment transactions, as well as to promote safety and security, such as by monitoring or responding to fraud or violations of our terms or policies.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our website and services, such as by understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. You can remove or reject cookies using your browser or device settings, but in some cases doing so may affect your ability to use our website.

Embedded Content

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). By default, embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Where possible, we will prevent third parties from tracking you through content embedded on this site (e.g. “privacy mode” for embedded YouTube videos) but cannot guarantee this prevention.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We make certain personal information available to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with us to help communicate with you about our work, upcoming events, and collaborations between Tennquest and other organizations. Personal information will only be shared by us with these parties in order to provide or improve our services or programming; it will not be shared with third parties for any other purpose or use without your prior express consent.

Service Providers

We may share personal information with companies that provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting; email services; donation management; payment processing; data analytics; and other services that assist in providing our programs and services. These companies are obligated to protect your information.

Legal Compliance and Security

We may be required to disclose the name and address of persons donating $5,000 or more in single year to the SEC.

We may be required to release personal information to comply with a court order or court-ordered warrant, a subpoena or summons issued by a judicial officer, or a grand jury subpoena. In such instances, only the information specifically described in the subpoena, warrant, or summons will be disclosed.

Your Access and Control Over Information

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are  obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. You may contact us to request either. We will respond to your request in a reasonable timeframe, and in any event in less than 30 days.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our websites and services may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, products, and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through our website and services.

Information Security, Integrity, and Retention

We take reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your information. It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your information and computers or other devices. If you feel that the security of your personal information has been compromised in connection with our website, please immediately contact us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach, we will notify you and any authorities as required by law. We will retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. We also store the personal information registered users provide in their user profile. All registered users can see, edit, or delete the personal information in their profile at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Children

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately contact us if you become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information

U.S. Website; Consent to Transfer

This website is operated in and targeted to individuals in the United States. If you are outside of the United States, any information you provide will be transferred to the United States, and by using this website and/or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may periodically change this Privacy Policy and expect most changes to be minor. Any non-material changes will take effect immediately upon posting of an updated Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our website after the effective date of this Privacy Policy means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the revised Privacy Policy, please send an email to the email address below to give your feedback and request deletion of any personal information we may have.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information retained by us, you may contact us at: